China's Space Program Thread II

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The Magpie Bridge constellation project, to be completed in three decadal phases, finishing around 2050. The project will not only establish a Lunar-Earth communications and control network but will also feature a constellation of remote-sensing satellites orbiting the moon.

On March 20, the China Manned Space Office announced that CASC has won the

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. Although I haven't been able to locate the press release on CMSE's website, I'm sharing it here because multiple outlets have reported this.

 

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I think these are protective panels against space debris. The next spacewalk is imminent, and additional protective panels will be installed.

 

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Shanghai Disneyland. Image taken by a Jilin-1 satellite.

 

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A Ceres-1 rocket has successfully launched six meteorological satellites (Yunyao 43 to 48) into orbit.

 

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Shenzhou-19 crew have completed another spacewalk. It lasted seven hours, during which additional space debris protection was installed to the exterior of the space station. Also, Cai Xuzhe has also become the first taikonaut to complete five spacewalks.

 

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More information on Astronstone's AS-1 launch vehicle has been released by the company:
– Diameter: 4.2m
– Capacity (non-reusable, reusable): >15 tons (to LEO?), >10 tons (to LEO?)
– Launch cost (non-reusable, reusable): 20000RMB or 2800USD per kg, 10000RMB or 1400USD per kg.
– Turnaround cycle for the reusable 1st stage: 10 days.

According to AstronStone, the development of the AS-1 is progressing rapidly. The 2nd stage propellant tank will be finished this month. By the end of this year, the company expects to begin conducting 2nd-stage ignition tests, finish building the 1st stage for the maiden flight, as well as completing ground verification tests of the chopstick recovery system.

Sounds ambitious. We'll see.

A thin-wall stainless steel propellant tank for the 2nd stage of the AS-1 launch vehicle has rolled off the production line. The tank has a diameter of 4.2m.

 

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After half a year of testing and calibrating, the Daocheng Solar Radio Telescope (DSRT)

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The Meridian Project Phase II, a network of ground stations for monitoring space environment,

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of LM-10's pad in Wenchang, looks like almost the same height as the LM-5's pad now.

 

[AndrewJ]

The Meridian Project Phase II, a network of ground stations for monitoring space environment,

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China's another world-leading gigantic infra to detect & early warn solar activities!

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China's another world-leading gigantic infra to detect & early warn solar activities!

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Could you please go easy with emojis? If you think this bit of news should deserve the eek/surprise/OMG/this-changes-EVERYTHING emoji, then you probably need to dial back your exuberance.