import it from which country exactly? I cant think of any Western country who would do that with China, even more due to US sanction.
China's Space Program Thread II
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Really looking forward to this, the delays have been killing me. The new renderings look extremely good!New official renderings of the Xuntian space telescope.
by78
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I don't know the specifics.
Gravity-1 Y2 (under its thermal blanket)has been installed on the DFHTG ship ahead of a launch on saturday.
Is the thermal blanket for the payload? or why would a solid-propellant rocket need thermal covering?
A SECM/Microsate/IAMCAS post:
(Gesi/Genesat aerospace is written behind)
It seems that
-A Qianfan batch has been prepared by SECM for launch, potentially hinting at a launch opportunity in the near future (Given the timing I don't think it'll be on the contracted launches on LJ-2/TL-3/ZQ-3 RLV)
-I understand that this batch is Group 18 (and not that it means that it has 18 sats, although this is likely), which is a large numbering jump since the last one, group 6, while there sometime are no apparent reasons behind these gaps it's possible that it means that SECM has kept producing Gen 1 Qianfan sats and may be relatively far along their production contract (as reminder, SECM and Genesat were both contracted for 324 gen 1 qianfan each to be produced and launcher before 2026, something which is obviously not going to happen)
-SECM and Genesat seem to be working on the "Qianfan Constellation 03-batch satellites", which seems to be the 3rd Gesi-made qianfan batch, as reminder 2 of them were previously launched (15/10/24; 11/3/25), there have been rumours that Genesat had to redesign or change some component providers of their satellites because of the high failure rate of their two batches. Maybe this could be the 1st redesigned Gesi-made Qianfan.
Gesi announced in April that they were going to produce 200 gen 1 qianfan in 2025, this is also not going to happen.
The article also mentions that Shiyan-32-02 is being prepared for launch in Haiyang, A Gravity-1, CZ-11, CZ-12 and possibly Ceres-1S & Jielong 3 are expected to launch from the spaceport before the end of the year,
(Gesi/Genesat aerospace is written behind)
It seems that
-A Qianfan batch has been prepared by SECM for launch, potentially hinting at a launch opportunity in the near future (Given the timing I don't think it'll be on the contracted launches on LJ-2/TL-3/ZQ-3 RLV)
-I understand that this batch is Group 18 (and not that it means that it has 18 sats, although this is likely), which is a large numbering jump since the last one, group 6, while there sometime are no apparent reasons behind these gaps it's possible that it means that SECM has kept producing Gen 1 Qianfan sats and may be relatively far along their production contract (as reminder, SECM and Genesat were both contracted for 324 gen 1 qianfan each to be produced and launcher before 2026, something which is obviously not going to happen)
-SECM and Genesat seem to be working on the "Qianfan Constellation 03-batch satellites", which seems to be the 3rd Gesi-made qianfan batch, as reminder 2 of them were previously launched (15/10/24; 11/3/25), there have been rumours that Genesat had to redesign or change some component providers of their satellites because of the high failure rate of their two batches. Maybe this could be the 1st redesigned Gesi-made Qianfan.
Gesi announced in April that they were going to produce 200 gen 1 qianfan in 2025, this is also not going to happen.
The article also mentions that Shiyan-32-02 is being prepared for launch in Haiyang, A Gravity-1, CZ-11, CZ-12 and possibly Ceres-1S & Jielong 3 are expected to launch from the spaceport before the end of the year,
I quote
" The inflatable protective cover (also known as the "air film rocket protective cover" 气膜火箭防护罩" ) developed by Oriental Space is an innovative technology in the rocket launch support system. This technology, similar to a bouncy castle, maintains an internal temperature of approximately 15°C, shields against rain and snow, and occupies a small footprint when folded, effectively giving the rocket a "down jacket," replacing traditional metal protective suits and significantly reducing transportation environmental support costs. This innovation has been demonstrated during the transportation and launch preparation phases of the Gravity-1's maiden flight test."
It's an inflatable Temperature, humidity and salt protection, and yes payloads and sometime launchers need them even with room-temperature propellants of CZ-2/4 series,
I thought they gave up Tianlong and are just focused on dveloping/producing the more capable new tianlong 3 rocket?
by78
General
In a more positive development for i-Space/Interstellar Glory/Interstellar Space Honor, the company has broken ground on its launch vehicle assembly plant in Wenchang. The project covers an area of 90 acres. Once completed, it will have the capacity of assembling three launch vehicles simultaneously and an annual capacity for producing/turning around 36 re-usable launch vehicles.
i-Space/Interstellar Glory/Interstellar Space Honor's launch vehicle assembly plant in Wenchang has been completed and ready for operations.
