China's Space Program Thread II

[by78]

Latest progress on the vehicle assembly hall at Wenchang. The building looks to have been capped.

 

[by78]

i-Space/Interstellar Glory has begun construction on a 10,000-ton landing barge for reusable rockets.

Construction progress on i-Space/Interstellar Glory's landing barge for reusable rockets. It will be finished around middle of this year.

 

[by78]

The second Long March 8 is being prepped at the Hainan Commercial Spaceport.

 

[ACuriousPLAFan]

Overflying view of the CZ-10 launch site construction. The photo likely isn't recent, judging by the photos in the above posts. Posted by Adorable Whale on Weibo.

 

[ACuriousPLAFan]

Overflying view of the CZ-10 launch site construction. The photo likely isn't recent, judging by the photos in the above posts. Posted by Adorable Whale on Weibo.

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Full version of the photo. Posted by @Rational314159 on Twitter.

 

[escobar]

A model of what Wenchang will look like in a few years - 8 pads shared between WSLC & HCSLC, this also shows the location of what looks like the 2nd CZ-10 pad which is likely necessary for the lunar landing but may not be needed until 2028/29:

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[escobar]

UPDATE
SY-25 exceeded 1 year at an altitude of 271 km
Qiankun-1 (57422) remained at an altitude of 333 km since Mar 2024.
Chutian-001 (59811) descent rate accelerated and is now decreasing in altitude 5 km per day
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VLEO UPDATE
SHIYAN 25 (SY-25) --> 57047 / 2023-087A, launched 20 June 2023 SY-25 continues a stalwart performance having now operated for more than 17 months at an altitude of ~270 km.

Qiankun-1 (QK-1) --> 57422 / 2023-103B, launched 22 July 2023. After operating a month at 302 km, QK-1 began a further descent on 24 Jan 2025 hitting 283 km on 14 Feb 2025 where it has now been operating for 1 month.

Chutian 001 --> 59811 / 2024-095B, launched 21 May 2024 On 3 Mar 2025, Chutian 001 accelerated its descent from 331 km and hit 305 km on 12 Mar 2025. Its descent has slowed over the past few days and as of 15 Mar 2025 is at 302 km. Chutian 001 is the first of a planned constellation of 300 satellites.