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They'll be launching from Jiuquan, an existing state owned and operated complex.
China's Space Program Thread II
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They'll be launching from Jiuquan, an existing state owned and operated complex.
I don't think that you can make a comparison of ILRS and Artemis accord. The two works in very different manner. On paper, ILRS currently only has Russia and China signed a MOU. However anyone is welcomed to be part of it by providing a device, a module or part of experiment. Whenever such involvement happens, that country is part of ILRS. There is no prerequisite for signing some sort of paper that says "I am part of ILRS now". On the other hand Artemis accord works the opposite way, countries signed the paper regardless what they can do, will do or never do. For example, Isle of Man (and many more) is member of Artemis accord, does it really mean anything in reality? It is just a political show business of US being the leader. There is no point to entertain such vanity competition, nor should it be a base of judgement.
I'd imagine something similar to what NASA is trialing on spacesuits for the Artemis program, creating rapidly changing, high voltage electric fields on the surface layer to repulse dust.
Here's a video that goes into more detail, requirements for a rover will probably be less stringent than a space suit due to no need for flexibility on solar panels.
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The latest presentation slide on Long March 10, specifically the LM-10A/CZ-10A variant (without boosters).
Length: 67m
Thrust: 892t
Take-off Mass: 740t
The first stage is re-usable. After it separates from the second stage, it will return and attempt to land on a special ocean platform, where it's captured via cable recovery.
Length: 67m
Thrust: 892t
Take-off Mass: 740t
The first stage is re-usable. After it separates from the second stage, it will return and attempt to land on a special ocean platform, where it's captured via cable recovery.
Some images from the latest Long March 2C launch, which successfully inserted a test satellite (for broadband internet) into orbit. This was the 478th flight of the Long March series.
Actually, there are two.
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According to a from the Ministry of Natural Resources, the China-Africa Center for Satellite Remote Sensing has been established. The center will serve as an exchange for remote-sensing data to better promote resource management, disaster relief, and environmental monitoring, etc.
