China's Space Program News Thread

[escobar]

700,000 aerospace researchers and thousands of departments in China have been contributing to the manned space mission.

 

[escobar]

The three taikonauts have installed the new floor panels aboard TG-1

[video=youtube;8MJb0C6lU94]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MJb0C6lU94#t=0s[/video]

 

[Fu Wen Shi]

Has China maybe plans/ideas to launch some kind of space-telescope in the future too?

 

[escobar]

Has China maybe plans/ideas to launch some kind of space-telescope in the future too?

- The HXMT (Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope)
- The DSO (Deep Space Solar Observatory) includes a 1m telescope
- A two metre space telescope comparable to the Hubble

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[no_name]

The three taikonauts have installed the new floor panels aboard TG-1

[video=youtube;8MJb0C6lU94]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MJb0C6lU94#t=0s[/video]

Probably experimenting it for Tiangong2 and 3, as Tiangong1 will be de-orbited later this year.

 

[Equation]

Probably experimenting it for Tiangong2 and 3, as Tiangong1 will be de-orbited later this year.

I hate to see it gets de-orbit. Why not turn it into a space hotel of sort for the ultra rich tourists?

 

[Dolcevita]

Probably experimenting it for Tiangong2 and 3, as Tiangong1 will be de-orbited later this year.

de-orbited on standby or permanently. Do you have more info?

 

[jobjed]

de-orbited on standby or permanently. Do you have more info?

Like.. let-it-burn-up-in-the-earth's-atmosphere type of de-orbit.

 

[escobar]

Probably experimenting it for Tiangong2 and 3

TG-3 does not exist...

as Tiangong1 will be de-orbited later this year.

later this year???

 

[Dolcevita]

Like.. let-it-burn-up-in-the-earth's-atmosphere type of de-orbit.

It was launched on year 2011. Surely it has enough fuel for a few more years and act as stand-by lab just in case. Or is de-orbiting part of the experiment and performance testing?