China's Space Program Thread II

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Some images showing how the 41 satellites were arranged and packed into the payload fairing.

With this launch, Jilin-1 remote-sensing network has been bolstered to 108 satellites, enabling revisits to any location in the world in 39 minutes. More satellites will be added to the Jilin-1 network later this year, which will complete its phase-1 construction and bring the total to 140 satellites and further shorten revisit time to less than 10 minutes. By 2025, the network is scheduled to be expanded to 300 satellites, enabling it to take images of the entire globe every 24 hours.

 

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News from the private launch provider

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. The company has successfully completed stage separation tests for its Pallas-1 rocket.

https://imgur.com/zeKdNq7

 

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Only hours after their launch, Jilin-1 satellites sent back images it had taken over Uzbekistan.

This is one of the reasons if not the only reason that China pursues large solid launcher, to quickly deploy and re-deploy observation satillite during emergency. From fixed land based site, it takes hours for the satillite to fly over the desired area. If launched from a mobile site on land or in the sea somewhere favorable, it may take less than an hour to fly over.

 

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From June 9th to 10th, a device containing a space radiation exposure experiment has been successfully installed on the outside of the Chinese space station by Mengtian module's robotic arm. It's now running normally. The device will be used to study the effects of space radiation on the various biological samples (seeds, microorganisms) contained within it.

Some images showing the space biological exposure experiment being transported out of Mengtian module's airlock. The experiment is first mounted on a guidance rail, which automatically pushes it out of the airlock. From there, the experiment is grabbed by the space station's robotic arm, which then installs it on the space station's external experimental platform.

 

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New images of the ultra-thin 3.35-meter-diameter fuel tank bottom produced by the eighth academy of CASC. The part is first formed by hydroforming and is then machined for the final finishing. It's already been put to use on Long March 6A, among others.

 

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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.

OrienSpace has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the remote-sensing satellite company AdaSpace. OrienSpace will provide launch services for AdaSpace's satellites. The two company has also agreed to cooperate in areas of space tourism and space science.

 

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A nice infographic.

 

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GalacticEnergy's 6th Ceres-1 rocket is on its way to launchpad. The mission code name is "lemon tree".

 

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I'm not sure if this was reported here yet or not, but - supposedly - several countries have signed onto the Chinese lunar base plan. Russia, Pakistan, the United Arab Emirates and the Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organization, which seems to include Peru, Turkey, Mongolia, Thailand, Iran, and Bangladesh. Malaysia and Venezuela have also expressed interest.

Interestingly, the UAE had signed the Artemis Accords with the US as well. The article mentions more than one signatory of both but I seem to be missing who the others are.

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