China's Space Program Thread II

[by78]

The first set of images captured by the Einstein probe

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An X-ray image of the Moon captured by the Sino-European Einstein probe in time for the mid-autumn festival.

 

[by78]

The Yutu-2 lunar rover has traveled 1,613 meters so far. It's been operating for 5 years and 9 months, far exceeding its original design life.

 

[tankphobia]

The Yutu-2 lunar rover has traveled 1,613 meters so far. It's been operating for 5 years and 9 months, far exceeding its original design life.

The moon is an incredibly harsh environment, to have a functional rover (the longest duration in fact) is a great achievement for Chinese space flight.

At least it proves that it is at least possible for machinery to survive on lunar surface for an extended period. I have no doubt much of the redundancy features will be useful also for lunar habitation.

 

[by78]

Some high-resolution images from the 10km VTVL test by the Eighth Academy of CASC.

Screen caps from a TV report which allegedly says that Jiuzhou's Longyun engine will be used in a 75km-level VTVL test later this year. The likely candidate is CASC's VTVL vehicle, which is powered by the Longyun and had conducted a 10km-level VTVL test back in June.

 

[ZachL111]

The 59th and 60th BeiDou satellites were launched into Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) at 9:15, from a Long March 3B with Yuanzheng-1 upper stage. I've included a tweet with the video of the launch below, as well as some screenshots from Weibo provided by ithome.com.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1836651586963280099

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[Believer2]

Here's some HD photos of the most recent launch of the Long March 3B/E

 

[by78]

With the launch of the 59th and 60th BeiDou satellites, phase III of Beidou constellation (Beidou-3) has been completed, which now has 30 satellites in orbit. The focus will now

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of the constellation.

 

[Believer2]

HD photos of the Long March 2D launching Jilin-1 Wideband 02B-01 to 06 to a Sun-Synchronous Orbit

 

[by78]

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on the Tianqi constellation of IoT communications satellites.

Currently, 21 satellites are in operation. The constellation will be finished next year (38 satellites total) and achieve global coverage.

One more launch today. A KZ-1A successfully placed four satellites of the Tianqi constellation (Tianqi-29 through 32) into orbit.

 

[by78]

China is building a lunar low-gravity simulation platform. A subsidiary Wuhan Shipyard has won the bid to produce and install the main platform structure along with servos.