China's Space Program Thread II
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Besides Wenchang, are there other alternative launch sites or potential new launch sites that would prevent this from happening again?
Edit: And this payload had components from international partners which had observers at the launch. Not a good look.
Edit: And this payload had components from international partners which had observers at the launch. Not a good look.
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The only place near the equator is Wenchang, I don't see any other suitable location.
You can build spaceports at the Xisha and Nansha Islands
For the moment there is no better alternatives to prevent rocket stages falling on sensitive areas. The only alternative you can think of right now is Wenchang in Hainan. Launching SSO sat from Wenchang will have the rocket stages landing somewhere in southern part of SCS or eastern Malaysia/Sulu Sea. I say so based on previous known dropping sites from Taiyuan LC. The possible future alternative is sea based 1st stage recovery, even when that becomes available you still have to deal with closing international air spaces for airliners in SCS or Sulu sea that I think you will complain again.
China has experienced a fast expansion of urban area in the past decades, new settlements eat up the safety margin of military bases and rocket launching paths. For example, air base need safety margin for bail out near the take off and landing strips, but newly expanded villages eat up that margin, or new high rise buildings compromise the security of CAC facility who has to build the wall higher and higher. Who do you want to blame? It is easier to complain than finding a solution when everybody is responsible and the country is much more crowded than any other coutries.
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Wenchang's low latitude helps nothing to avoid rocket stage landing on undesired area. The first stage usually drop at area roughly 1400km to 1600km from the launch site. That means coastal area near Malaysia of Phillipines.
CCTV footage and animation of 10km vertical return test. The test article has 3 engines arranged in a line, it is a fundation for VTVL 4m class rocket to be launched in 2025.
I have some thoughts and questions if someone can find more information.
- Considerring the recent test of CZ-10A having 3 engines arranged in the same way with a 5m fuselage while the real thing has 7 engines. I wonder if the 4m rocket would have 5 or 7 engines. Anyone has seen any paper about the rocket?
- It is very impressive that 1/3 engines is adequate for vertical landing of a smaller 1st stage than the real thing. It means the engine has a very good deep throttling capability. I know they can purposefully add dead weight for the test, that is why the 1st question. Besides the shortened rocket stage works against adding dead weight.
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China is building a space port in Djibouti. According to this article it will have 7 pads…
Also, certain countries on the earths equator have already signed up for the moon base plan, more will surely follow…
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The Chang'e-6 sample return capsule is expected to land at the Siziwang Banner landing site in Inner Mongolia between 13:41 and 14:11 on June 25 (Beijing time).
The Chang'e-6 recovery team, composed of some 100 personnel and 30 vehicles, is en route to the landing site.
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