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China's Space Program Thread II
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The 500th Long March! The first hundred launch: April 1970 to June 2007, 37 years. The second took seven and a half years, from July 2007 to December 2014. The third hundred were “shot” by March 2019, that is for 51 months, the fourth for 33 months, and the fifth for 24 months, from December 2021 to December 2023.
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IMO a SAR satellite network would be pretty important. It will bring all weather, all day global surveillance capabilities for the PLA. Optical satellites are limited by the weather condition.
For what it's worth, US Air University of the USAF had this chart of China's roadmap for key technologies (incl. space)
Pay attention to the bottom three, which are space related (Beidou, HGV program - completed/making great progress)
Another example: China's lunar exploration program (CLEP) and Tiangong roadmap was conceived in the 2000s but Chang'e 5 only launched in 2020 as they waited for its heavy lift capability (CZ-5) to mature
The point is, China has a general idea of where to go from here on out and things are changing rapidly, too rapidly to make accurate predictions - but technology procurement is still a very cumbersome process
It's good they're warming up to the private sector though.
Pay attention to the bottom three, which are space related (Beidou, HGV program - completed/making great progress)
Another example: China's lunar exploration program (CLEP) and Tiangong roadmap was conceived in the 2000s but Chang'e 5 only launched in 2020 as they waited for its heavy lift capability (CZ-5) to mature
The point is, China has a general idea of where to go from here on out and things are changing rapidly, too rapidly to make accurate predictions - but technology procurement is still a very cumbersome process
It's good they're warming up to the private sector though.
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High-resolution images from the milestone 500th flight of the Long March series. A Long March 2D rocket successfully inserted Yaogan-39 (遥感三十九) satellite into orbit.
It took 37 years for the Long March family to accumulate its first 100 launches. The second, third, fourth, and fifth 100 launches took seven years and six months, four years, two years and nine months, and two years, respectively.
It took 37 years for the Long March family to accumulate its first 100 launches. The second, third, fourth, and fifth 100 launches took seven years and six months, four years, two years and nine months, and two years, respectively.
The take-off mass of Zhuque-3 is about 660t. The first stage is equipped with 9 Tianque 12B (TQ-12B) engines with a thrust of 1000kN at sea level; the second stage is equipped with 1 Tianque 15B (TQ-15B) vacuum engine with a vacuum thrust of 1183kN.
The specific impulse is 3500m/s...
The specific impulse is 3500m/s...
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Yesterday, LandSpace as part of its R&D for the Zhuque-3 rocket.
A special launchpad for the hopping test has been built next to Zhuque-2's regular launchpad and was described by a filed by the company.
A special launchpad for the hopping test has been built next to Zhuque-2's regular launchpad and was described by a filed by the company.