China's Space Program Thread II

[by78]

Images of launchpad No. 1 of the Hainan Commercial Spaceport.

 

[by78]

Images of the launch vehicle assembly hall for the Long March 8 at Hainan Commercial Spaceport.

 

[Temstar]

Test Satellite 13 has a really cool mission patch:


He sees through all yaoguai disguises.

 

[GulfLander]

Whats SAR Xband for?

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1863923295315235072

(I dont know his basis on his olympic thing...)

Edit: seem cn also hav plans (2021 article)

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[by78]

A KZ-1A solid rocket successfully launched Haishao-1 (海哨一号/Sea Sentinel 1) remote sensing satellite into orbit. The KZ-1A used in this launch is upgraded from previous KZ-1As. It has an enlarged fairing (increased from 1.4m to 1.8m in diameter) and a larger payload capacity to LEO (increased from 300kg to 450kg). Haishao-1, also known as AIRSAT-08, is an ultra-low-orbit X-band synthetic aperture radar with a resolution of less than 1 meter.

 

[by78]

A stitched panoramic image taken in September by the Yutou-2 lunar rover, when it had just traveled over one mile (1613 meters) on the lunar surface.

 

[by78]

The development of Lijian-2 continues to make steady progress. Her fairing separation test was a complete success.

The 2nd-stage fuel and oxidizer tanks for the Lijian-2 launch vehicle have rolled off the production line. They have a diameter of 3.35 meters and are made from 2219 aluminum alloy.

 

[by78]

An image of a tranquil-looking Korean peninsula taken by Fenyun-4B yesterday.

 

[Tipper]

Space Epoch(箭元科技) will carry out a splashdown test with this rocket in Haiyang soon.

 

[iantsai]

北京时间2024年12月5日12时41分，我国在太原卫星发射中心使用长征六号改运载火箭，成功将千帆极轨03组卫星发射升空，卫星顺利进入预定轨道，发射任务获得圆满成功。

此次任务是长征系列运载火箭的第550次飞行。

China launched the Qianfan (also known as the Thousand Sails Constellation, or G60 starlink) Polar-Group 03, a total of 18 satellites into orbit by a CZ-6A rocket from Taiyaun SLC in 12:41(UTC+8), December 5, 2024.

This is the 550th CZ series rocket launch and the 56th space launch by China in 2024.

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