China's Space Program Thread II

[by78]

This is a big deal.

The next-generation "Mozi" quantum communication satellite will be launched around 2026. In cooperation with China's lunar exploration program, the new Mozi satellite will carry out quantum communications experiments between Earth and the Moon.

 

[by78]

Construction on a new high-thrust engine test bench in Tongchuan (铜川) is making good progress. Concrete pouring for the phase I of the project is complete. The new test bench will be used to test the 500-ton YF-130 engine for the Long March 9, China's upcoming super heavy carrier rocket.

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on the construction progress. The test bench for the 500-ton YF-130 engine has finished debugging and review. I guess an official commissioning ceremony is not far off.

That was fast. The new 700-ton engine test bench has just successfully completed its first engine test run. The engine used for the test run was the YF-100N (130-ton reusable LOX/Kerosene engine). The test bench has now been officially commissioned.

 

[by78]

Lunar soil samples gifted to Russia and France.

 

[by78]

The International Astronomical Union has officially recognized and released a list of 22 Martian surface features named after Chinese towns and cities. These surface features are located near the landing site of Tianwen-1 mission.

 

[by78]

Official high-resolution full-color global map of Mars taken by Tianwen-1 orbiter at a resolution of 76m. Pardon the image size.

 

[by78]

On April 17, Changguang Satellite Technology and OrienSpace held a signing ceremony for the "Jilin-1" high-resolution 05 satellite launch project in Beijing. OrienSpace will use its Gravity-1 rocket to launch Changguang's Jilin-1 05 remote-sensing satellite. OrienSpace will also provide Changguang with launch services for its next generation of remote-sensing satellite constellation.

Some more information. OrienSpace will finish the assembly plant for the Gravity series of launch vehicles by mid-2023. Also, for the first time, we get a glimpse of the Gravity-1 launch vehicle on the factory floor.

The launch of Gravity-1 will take place by the end of 2023.

 

[by78]

In other news related to the 2023 China Space Congress, an American guest speaker announced the delay of Artemis-2 mission, which won't achieve a manned landing on the Moon until 2026, at the earliest.

 

[Dante80]

China’s Mars rover, which has been in longer-than-expected hibernation on the red planet since May 2022, has likely suffered excessive accumulation of sand and dust, its mission designer has said, breaking months of silence about the status of the space vehicle.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1650726305254592513

 

[birdlikefood]

The Tianwen-4 mission is planned to be launched around 2040. It will send a probe to study Jupiter and its moon Callisto from their orbits, and then it will perform a flyby of of Uranus.

May I ask if you have entered the wrong data？ Because the date on the PPT is around 2030.

 

[taxiya]

In other news related to the 2023 China Space Congress, an American guest speaker announced the delay of Artemis-2 mission, which won't achieve a manned landing on the Moon until 2026, at the earliest.

NASA's ppt work isn't any better than CASC, see the lander.