China's Space Program Thread II

j17wang

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Now that all the major modules of the CSS have been launched, what's next for the space station?

Furthermore, what is the approximate timeline of the next major launches, missions, etc. for the coming few years?
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2023: Xuntian (essentially an upgraded Hubble telescope)
2024: Interstellar Express 1 & 2 (essentially more specialized versions of voyager 1 & 2), fly-by Jupiter and Neptune, Chang'e 6
2025: Tianwen 2: Asteroid sample and return
2026: VOICE Venus probe
2029: Tianwen 4: dedicated Jupiter and Uranus mission

Basically the next 4 years will be slower than the last 4 since the only noticeable step-change will be the Mars Sample Return (Tianwen-3) and manned lunar missions which won't be flown until the late 2028-2029. The manned missions to CSS will be largely "operationalized" and just business as usual.

Does anybody know if China has a Saturn or Mercury mission planned? The planetary probe exploration missions will have higher scientific return on investment with lower risk and cost compared to the manned programs.
 
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The construction on the Daocheng Solar Radio Telescope (DSRT) has been finished as scheduled. The system will now undergo calibration before entering service.

DSRT is the world's largest circular radio telescope array. It's made up of of 313 parabolic antennas (each 6 meters in diameter) that are arranged in a ring 1km in diameter. It will be used to study solar eruptions (e.g. coronal mass ejections).

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The Space New Technology Experimental Satellite (SATech)
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has successfully deployed its extension arm that holds a quantum magnetometer payload for taking measurements of earth's magnetic field. The extension arm was developed by the Shenyang Institute of Automation and has a folded length of 0.95m and an extended length of 5.3m.

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The Long March 6A upper stage broke apart after delivering Yunhai-3 on Saturday

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The Chinese government confirmed on Monday that a spent Long March rocket broke up and scattered debris in a near-Earth orbit close to many of Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites.

Responding to a question from The New York Times at a press conference in Beijing, foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning acknowledged reports of the incident on November 12.

According to the US Space Force, the Long March 6A rocket was between 500 to 700km (310 to 435 miles) from Earth when it disintegrated into more than 50 fragments.

The 500km orbit is used by thousands of SpaceX’s Starlink satellites while the International Space Station and China’s Tiangong space station operate at slightly lower altitudes.

“As far as we know, the relevant incident will not affect the Chinese space station or the International Space Station,” Mao said, without providing any further detail.
 
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