说曹操曹操到, speak of someone who apears upexpected immediately.ha-ha, it's not for nothing that I felt something))
"神舟 20 最新消息：一份空域关闭通知显示，受损的神舟 20 载人飞船将于 1 月 19 日 01:20-01:50 UTC 之间尝试重返大气层并着陆。当然，这次着陆将无人执行，但看看它能否成功着陆将会很有意思。"
China's Space Program Thread II
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Or "speaking of the devil" in English.
The AlSat 3A (developed by Algeria) has been launched from Jiuquan onboard a Long March 2C, the third launch from China this year.
This is a great move towards more Global South cooperation, China has notably cooperated with Egypt, the UAE, Oman, Pakistan, and many more in space, especially in the past five years. AlSat-3B is also expected to be launched soon from China, and the pair of satellites will be used for land observation, agricultural yield estimates, urban planning, environmental monitoring, and more. I believe I read that it will be submeter precise, versus 2.5-10 meters in prior iterations. Algeria usually relied on European firms to manufacture their first AlSat series, now committing to CGWIC, a major shift as well by itself.
Also for context on the image of the rocket that is being transported, people believe that is the Long March 10B, according to rumors I have seen, with hooks and fins able to be made out through the tarp.
Also we should see another launch, the Ceres-1 Y7, from the sea in the next 12 hours or so.
This is a great move towards more Global South cooperation, China has notably cooperated with Egypt, the UAE, Oman, Pakistan, and many more in space, especially in the past five years. AlSat-3B is also expected to be launched soon from China, and the pair of satellites will be used for land observation, agricultural yield estimates, urban planning, environmental monitoring, and more. I believe I read that it will be submeter precise, versus 2.5-10 meters in prior iterations. Algeria usually relied on European firms to manufacture their first AlSat series, now committing to CGWIC, a major shift as well by itself.
Also for context on the image of the rocket that is being transported, people believe that is the Long March 10B, according to rumors I have seen, with hooks and fins able to be made out through the tarp.
Also we should see another launch, the Ceres-1 Y7, from the sea in the next 12 hours or so.
Didn't want to use this on Shenzhou. Unfortunately English does not have a nutural expression.
Elon Musk is quoted saying that a starship will fly once every hour in 4 years.
At that pace, SpaceX can put a million tonnes of payload in orbit.
What's the use of such a cadence? With this, Musk can realize the "rods from god" concept, with stainless steel rods placed in orbit for instant bombardment. What is the solution for this?
At that pace, SpaceX can put a million tonnes of payload in orbit.
What's the use of such a cadence? With this, Musk can realize the "rods from god" concept, with stainless steel rods placed in orbit for instant bombardment. What is the solution for this?
If we believe everything Musk says he should’ve uploaded a digital copy of himself into the Mars base by now.
But Musk has done enough feats which earlier scoffed at and dismissed off hand, for him to be taken seriously. Even if he undershoots by 24x, it is still 1 launch of starship a day (which is very easily feasible), implying over 36,500 tonnes of mass to orbit.
What if this is used to place say 35,000 tonnes of stainless steel rods (that are able to survive reentry, and have a terminal speed of 10 Mach) in orbit?
Well, that launch occurred not too long ago, carrying the IOT satellite series Tianqi-1 37, 38, 39 and 40, from Haiyang. Pictures are quite nice, and I believe this completes the first phase of the series so far, they are looking to launch hundreds more in the near future and then thousands more eventually down the line, it is China's first LEO IOT constellation.
This was the fourth launch in China in 2026.
Next flight will be a CZ-3B from Xichang in about 14-16 hours.