China's Space Program Thread II

[siegecrossbow]

Pretty sure it has failed.

 

[taxiya]

is it normal to be this quiet? Seems like previous launch failures had at least some kind of official acknowledgement or response.

I think it is normal. For example, the previous successful 10km VTVL tests were only reported after the tests were conducted, there were no prior official anouncement of launch. The failures were reported either due to pre-launch anouncement or there were damages/incidents on the ground due to the failure.

So the practice is "official begining has official ending", anything else is selective.

1. Prior anounancement -> report any outcome, example are the recent explosion of test rocket, earlier CZ-5 2nd launch.
2. No prior anounancement -> report only on success, example, the previous 10km VTVL

People here may felt strange because we dig things up, but these companies and government agencies only deal with general public.

 

[FKAMtS4kE]

Pretty sure it has failed.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1881887587314577569

RUMOR alert. Based on discussion on weibo(Not official), The SAST seems hard to define the test is a faliure or sucess. Which may indicate the landing burn may have been initiated. And vehicle lost when engines touched water.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1881888428285128966

From data perspective, They could call the test a sucess if they collect all the data they need & it fits the plan. From vehicle perspective, they could call it a failure since the vehicle is lost after all.

 

[siegecrossbow]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1881887587314577569

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1881888428285128966

China is too good for the partial success bullshit face saving countries like to use.

 

[gadgetcool5]

I think in the early stage of development of a rocket, what is more important than failure or success of any one launch is that the launch organization gets into a habit of learning from each launch and iterating rapidly. That after one failure it will try again soon. That is the real magic of Space X, not any specific technology.

 

[by78]

Another launch earlier today. A Long March 6A successfully inserted the 6th batch of Qianfan/G60 internet satellites into orbit. This was the 557th flight of the Long March series.

 

[by78]

A satellite image of the Jiuquan launch center and the adjacent Dongfeng Commercial Space Test Area.

 

[by78]

Possible landing pad spotted about 3km away from the launchpad being built by LandSpace at Jiuquan.

It looks like LandSpace's launchpad at Jiuquan is near completion.

 

[by78]

The great province of Guangdong is also building a commercial spaceport. The Yangjiang (阳江) Spaceport project has an initial investment of $127 million.

 

[iantsai]

北京时间2025年1月23日13时15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06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557次飞行。

China launched the Qianfan Constellation(aka. the G60) Group 06, a total 18 satellites by a CZ-6A rocket from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center on 13:15(UTC+8) Jan 23, 2025. It's the 557th CZ series launch mission.