China's Space Program Thread II

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Three spacecraft of the first group “Yaogan-40” were launched into a subpolar orbit with an inclination of 86°, which until now has hardly been used in China. In the late 1990s, American Iridium satellites were launched by Chinese carriers into orbits with an inclination of 86.4°, and recently, in 2021–2023, inclinations of 86.0° and 86.4° were used by China to launch experimental low-orbit communications satellites. It is worth clarifying that the orbit chosen for the YG-40 provides an almost global view. The main subject of interest now is the upcoming construction of this new constellation. Are they planned to work in a close group, like the Chinese NOSS family of systems, or will they be distributed along the orbit like the Yaogang-30?
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The China Space Monitor: China's Wagner Group Adventures
Shandong Province saw multiple space projects make headway. First, the “Jigang Defense Satellite Assembly Base” began construction in provincial capital Jinan, with the factory planning a capacity of 100x satellites of under 1,000kg per year. October also saw a conference in Qingdao where the Qilu SAR remote sensing satellites—another Shandong provincial project—were on display. Finally, a CCTV report showcased the industrial base being developed around the commercial launch site at Yantai, also in Shandong.
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HKATG announced an early-stage big deal with Brazilian new space company Alya Space. The deal is for up to US$675M, and calls for HKATG to build a constellation of 108 optical and SAR remote sensing satellites for Alya Space With only a couple of employees and limited apparent ability to fund almost US$700M in satellites, we will chalk this up to “we’ll believe it when we see it” for now, while wishing all the best to Alya Space! About a week later, HKATG announced an investment into Saudi Arabia to help the latter build up a domestic satellite industrial base.
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A photo of the Chinese space station, courtesy of HEO Space.

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