China's Space Program Thread II

[ZachL111]

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Maiden launch of the Long March 12A has been announced officially, will happen before the end of the year. It was moved, as previously thought, from the Hainan LCC-2 to the JSLC pad. They are planning to recover the first stage, as also previously speculated. There are a few recovery sites to choose from as well, which is good.

 

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At Wenchang, the LM10 VAB has finished the topping out , a milestone in construction.

 

[sinophilia]

A prototype inflatable space module was recently tested at the Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry. Developed jointly by several institutions, the module is intended to serve as an on-orbit manufacturing facility. The test verified the design of the inflatable module, with its performance parameters meeting all expectations, including airtightness, inflation/deflation control, etc.

Wow did they really take an image from a US private company produced many years ago and edit it?

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[ZachL111]

We have some news that the upcoming Lijian-1 launch in a few days, from JSLC, may be the Chutian-2 satellites, both 01 and 02. For those who don't know, they are uniquely shaped VLEO imaging/observation satellites, people liken their shape to a bullet. The Chutian constellation should consist of 300 satellites in the future, the first was launched in May of 2024.

The Lijian-1 has launched, and as I thought, it was carrying the Chutian-2 satellite pair. This is the 71st launch from China this year. This is also the tenth launch of the Kinetica-1/Lijian-1, which has now launched over 10 tons into orbit collectively. The rocket was also painted with decals celebrating the 15th National Games in China.

Here are some nice photos of launch.

https://imgur.com/a/oOgaZ56

CAS Space, in a tweet, has also updated that they will launch two missions later in the month of November. These are the Kinetica-1 Y11, and the Lihong-1. They are also launching the Kinetica-2 in December, according to a tweet reply.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1987371237388042520

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1987379828576710767

Already typed this post out, I know this will screw up the order of things, but I thought this was the 70th launch until someone updated me, this was the 71st launch, the earlier launch was thought to possibly be a failure, but it was confirmed a success.

 

[ZachL111]

Apologies for the order, this should go above the other post, but it took me a bit to type it out, didn't want to just delete it all.

This is the 70th launch, the one above is the 71st. With this launch, China becomes only the third nation to launch 70 orbital missions in a year, along with the Soviet Union/Russia and the United States. It does look like we will hit the 80 launch mark, as well.

The launch, which was unknown as to the payload, was confirmed to be the Shiyan 32 01, 02 and 03. The university satellite some people speculated that would be on it, will instead be launched on another platform tomorrow, probably a Ceres-1. Had to do Imgur for this one as well, too many images.

https://imgur.com/a/nd68kES

Edit: Two things to add, this is one of the rare pre-dawn launches, also another two images I found, fascinating, I might actually make these my wallpapers.

 

[by78]

High-resolution images from the 10th launch of Lijian-1, which successfully inserted a pair of Chutian-2 technology verification satellites into orbit.

 

[by78]

The Chinese space station transiting a full moon.

 

[by78]

An infographic on the Lihong-1 technology verification spacecraft, which is scheduled to fly in August.

Zhongke/CAS Space has now confirmed that the first flight of Lihong-1 will take place in November.

 

[by78]

This is the first of a series of posts about the various payloads launched by the third Jielong-3/SD-3 rocket.

First images beamed back by Oriental Smart Eye Gaofen 01, a multi-spectral remote sensing satellite with a resolution of <0.5m.

Oriental Smart Eye Gaofen 01 snapped a photo of the crash site of the UPS MD-11 cargo plane.

 

[by78]

More information on Cosmoleap's Leap-1 reusable launch vehicle:
– Diameter: 4.2m
– Length: 70m
– Take-off mass: 554 tons
– Take-off thrust: 720 tons
– Capacity to LEO (single-use, reusable): 18 tons, 12 tons

Cosmoleap's Leap-1 (YQ-1A) reusable launch vehicle has passed the final design review carried out by a panel of experts. The company may now build prototypes for testing.