China's Space Program Thread II

[FriedRiceNSpice]

So you are saying Chinese leaders are wrong in trying to establish a SpaceX-like Starlink system i.e Guowang and spacesail since they are pointless?
You do realise that China is still trying to scale up her rocket and satellite launches capabilities/rate like spaceX so they can meet the launch target for this leo satellite system before the space allocated to them by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), which is necessary to maintain its allocated radio spectrum and orbital slots runs out right? Why will they be putting themselves into so mkch hassle to achieve this if it was useless as you claimed? Lol. If anything the Ukraine war and starlink use as shown how important space and this system can be.

I don't believe he was arguing that such a system is useless: he was merely pointing out the vulnerability of such systems in a direct China-US conflict given the formidable ASAT capabilities of both parties. As for the Ukraine war, Russia has demonstrated that even without resorting to kinetic countermeasures (which carries significant escalation risks), Russia has been able to substantially blunt the effectiveness of Starlink using electronic countermeasures (and Russia's capabilities in terms of jamming and electronic warfare are rather modest in comparison to those of the US and China).

 

[iewgnem]

So you believe that chinese leaders and space officials are stupid to put so much effort/capital and manpower in developing such a huge satellite constellation like starlink eventhough its useless? I guess you are smarter than the Chinese and americans?. Lol

If you think a bit on why Guowang are getting launched on LM5B and what that implies about their size and orbit, you'd realize Guowang isn't exactly Starlink.

 

[by78]

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has issued its first business license for direct satellite to mobile connectivity to China Unicom.

 

[by78]

The phased array radar used by the Tianwen-1 to guide its landing. The placard is in English.

 

[by78]

I just stumbled on yet another propellant tank supplier today:

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Like Jianyuan and LightYear, R.Space also focuses on supplying propellant tanks to launch providers. It has just completed the first phase of its production plant located next to the Oriental Spaceport in Yantai, Shandong. The plant now has the capacity for making more than 30 propellant tanks per year. The company is currently focusing on improving production efficiency of stainless steel tanks as well as on R&D of composite tanks.

Another startup

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, this one is named NewSpace. It's currently developing the Red Rabbit (赤兔/Chitu) line of reusable launch vehicles for both satellite payloads and manned missions, which will be powered by the company's lineup of LOX/Methane engines.

– Chitu-1 is an experimental rocket used to verify various control technologies and component.
– Chitu-3/3A has a diameter of 3.35m. Intended for launching payloads to LEO and space tourism.
– Chitu-6/6A, diameter 3.9m, intended for manned missions and deep space exploration.
– Chitu Heavy Lift, 9.9m in diameter, envisioned for transporting humans to Mars.

NewSpace and Jiutian (a.k.a. Jiutian) have

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a strategic cooperation agreement. The two companies will co-develop components such as propellant tanks and payload fairings.

 

[by78]

Private launch startup CosmoLeap

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to build an engine manufacturing base and R&D center in Shapingba district in Chongqing.

 

[Taiban]

LAUNCH at 0200 UTC Sep 9 of 遥感四十五号卫星 (Yaogan-45) by CZ-7A from Wenchang

 

[TheRathalos]

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Piesat signs a major 990m RMB deal with mystery customer for satellite and ground operation

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just a few days ago on 26th, Russia's industrial and trade leadership visited Piesat's Beijing HQ. so this looks to be a Russian purchase


This is quite extensive

satellite delivery and launch, drone cooperation, satellite constellation data sales and servicing.

Says it is leading China's effort to compete against SpaceX.

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According to this article (and others), the contract was with an undisclosed African country.
It does however note collaboration between PIESAT and Russia and a central asian country

Currently, in addition to this African country, satellite launch projects are steadily progressing in several other African countries, Russia, and a Central Asian nation. Aerospace Hongtu is committed to continuing to collaborate with outstanding domestic companies and compete with international companies like SpaceX to contribute to the globalization of Chinese satellites and the internationalization of China's space industry.

In addition PIESAT signed a 2.9 billion yuan strategic cooperation agreement with Pakistan, they specified there is no transfer of fund yet.

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[by78]

High-resolution images from the launch of Yaogan-45 remote sensing satellite, which was carried out by a Long March 7A rocket. This was the 594th flight of the Long March series.

 

[by78]

High-resolution images from the launch of the 5th batch (11 satellites) of Geely's GeeSpace/GeeSat constellation. The launch was carried out by a Jielong-3 rocket from a launch ship at the Haiyang Oriental Spaceport in Shandong.