China's Space Program Thread II

[Wrought]

How many satellites can China packed into one space launch? I read that spacex can pack 29.

If China can pack 20-25 each time, it will get a good number of them up in space.

Satellites come in all shapes and sizes. You need to specify the types and dimensions in question to avoid comparing apples and oranges.

 

[SanWenYu]

Satellites come in all shapes and sizes. You need to specify the types and dimensions in question to avoid comparing apples and oranges.

India made a record a few years back. They launched 109 or so satellites in one shot. I was told that all but one of these satellites were potato sized.

 

[lcloo]

CCTV released a video news on preparation for returning of the Shenzhou 20 crew.

 

[AF-1]

Hope they will return safe.
Btw, story of debris hit discovery hours before undocking and departure of sz-20 to earth sounds pretty naive, more likely that spacecraft simply didnt pass preflight checks due to some technical problem/disfunction.

 

[ZachL111]

Hope they will return safe.
Btw, story of debris hit discovery hours before undocking and departure of sz-20 to earth sounds pretty naive, more likely that spacecraft simply didnt pass preflight checks due to some technical problem/disfunction.

From rumors I’m hearing and a report I read within the hour, it seems they’re going to return them on the SZ-20 craft, not send up the SZ-22 for a rescue mission.

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[siegecrossbow]

From rumors I’m hearing and a report I read within the hour, it seems they’re going to return them on the SZ-20 craft, not send up the SZ-22 for a rescue mission.

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They should always have an emergency spaceship on standby anyway.

 

[ZachL111]

They should always have an emergency spaceship on standby anyway.

They do in this case. Which is good, I agree. Someone else mentioned to me that the rumor may be wrong but I tend to think with the consensus I’m seeing, they are returning on the SZ-20. I’ll try to update tomorrow.

 

[SCE2Aux]

Btw, story of debris hit discovery hours before undocking and departure of sz-20 to earth sounds pretty naive, more likely that spacecraft simply didnt pass preflight checks due to some technical problem/disfunction.

I suppose it's possible, but there's so much junk up there these days I think it's equally possible that it got hit at any point in the last 6 months, and due to the craft being in a powered-down state over that time, the damage went un-noticed until they powered it back on for the return journey. Neither scenario would be surprising to me, really.

 

[by78]

High-resolution images from the launch of the 12th batch of satellites of the Guowang/China Satnet constellation, which was carried out by a Long March 12. This marks the 607th flight of the Long March series.

 

[by78]

The wait is almost over. LandSpace has shipped the first Zhuque-3 rocket to the launch site in preparation for its maiden flight.

It looks like LandSpace is aiming to launch the Zhuque-3 in mid- to late-November. The second image shows the possible landing pad.