China's Space Program Thread II
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Interesting news, but not entirely clear. Kazakhstan does not have its own cosmodrome. More precisely, all of Baikonur belongs to Kazakhstan, but is leased from it by Russia until 2050. There is a Russian-Kazakh complex Baiterek. But there is no rocket for him.
China space news and science papers. Popular sci reporting things first:
Wired's take on the accidental launch:
Mino Space raises $137M:
Planetary Society writes about China's first planetary defense mission:
After the successful farside sample collection, China's space agency has further deep space sample returns planned:
Will ESA-China collaboration end after the sample return?
China's spaceplane conducts proximity operations with a small object (can we call it ProxOps?)
Papers!
Contribution of landmark-tracking data to the estimation of the gravity field and rotation parameters of 311P/PANSTARRS for the incoming Tianwen-2 space mission
Longitude structure of Martian upper atmosphere seen from MAVEN/NGIMS during 2018 Mars dust storm (yes, you read that right, look at the authors)
Experimental investigation and numerical simulation of intense plume impingement effects from a 10 N bipropellant thruster
Distant retrograde orbit baseline generation considering solar eclipse mitigation
Novel design of multi-point injection system for laboratory simulation of Martian low-pressure dust devils
Influences of initial voltage and electrode size on propellant surface evolution in a coaxial pulsed plasma thruster
Cislunar L4 and L5 axial orbits and their applications
Obligations and liabilities concerning the active removal of foreign space debris: A global governance perspective
(take a look at that last one!)
Wired's take on the accidental launch:
Mino Space raises $137M:
Planetary Society writes about China's first planetary defense mission:
After the successful farside sample collection, China's space agency has further deep space sample returns planned:
Will ESA-China collaboration end after the sample return?
China's spaceplane conducts proximity operations with a small object (can we call it ProxOps?)
Papers!
Contribution of landmark-tracking data to the estimation of the gravity field and rotation parameters of 311P/PANSTARRS for the incoming Tianwen-2 space mission
Longitude structure of Martian upper atmosphere seen from MAVEN/NGIMS during 2018 Mars dust storm (yes, you read that right, look at the authors)
Experimental investigation and numerical simulation of intense plume impingement effects from a 10 N bipropellant thruster
Distant retrograde orbit baseline generation considering solar eclipse mitigation
Novel design of multi-point injection system for laboratory simulation of Martian low-pressure dust devils
Influences of initial voltage and electrode size on propellant surface evolution in a coaxial pulsed plasma thruster
Cislunar L4 and L5 axial orbits and their applications
Obligations and liabilities concerning the active removal of foreign space debris: A global governance perspective
(take a look at that last one!)
A Long March 6A Y7 from Taiyuan launched Tianhui-5 Group 2 today.
(will update later when more details come out)
May be not.
1. With actual launches, the rocket is 30% heavier. The load of the hooks should be 200t less.
2. According to SP's patents. With actual launches, they would use a loose-connection mechanism. Not a hard-coonection used in this static fire. Which means vibration won't be so direct to the hook point.
Of this test , One thing they didn't have is the vibration data. So IMO may be vibration helped to cut the hook points off like a bone saw.
We need to wait for the detail incident report
Need to wait for the SP's detail report.
