China's Space Program Thread II

[REautomaton]

The CZ-8A has completed its transport phase and has now entered the assembly stage.

 

[REautomaton]

The ZQ-2E from LandSpace has arrived at Jiuquan, indicating an upcoming launch mission—though its payload remains unclear. Judging by the mission patch, it might carry 4 satellites? (By the way, I love that mission patch)

 

[by78]

Zhongke/CAS Space will launch a pair of Mexican satellites (ThumbSat-1 and 2) very soon.

 

[by78]

Panoramic views of the launchpads of Wenchang launch center and Hainan Commercial Spaceport, including the under-construction Long March 10 launchpad.

 

[by78]

A commercial reusable cargo spacecraft developed by a company out of Guiyang is planned to be launched in the 2nd half of this year. It has a cargo space of 330 liters and is aimed at sending various experiments into space.

 

[by78]

More high-resolution images from the launch of the 8th batch of Guowang/China Satnet satellites.

 

[escobar]

The new bidding for Qianfan sat launch has learned from the lessons of the last failed bidding and lowered the bidding threshold to allow 10 satellites being launched in a group: 4x10 sat launches (2.8t to 950km) + 3x18 (4.8t to 800km) to near-polar orbit.

Sailspace once again announced the failure of the rocket launch service tender: the tender for a rocket launch service carrying 10 satellites due to insufficient number of suppliers registering, which was less than three

LS, SP and CS all meet the qualification and capability requirements of the 3x18 sats bidding documents. Each got contract for 1 launch service. Launches should be completed before March 2026

 

[Michael90]

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The CZ-8A has completed its transport phase and has now entered the assembly stage.

Is it another Guowang launch ?

 

[REautomaton]

Is it another Guowang launch ?

Yes,and it is expected that another CZ-6A launch will also carry Guowang satellites.

 

[REautomaton]

ZQ-2E ready to launch.