US commercial sector like Space X are innovators in the field whereas Chinese companies still trail CNSA in all aspects.
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US commercial sector like Space X are innovators in the field whereas Chinese companies still trail CNSA in all aspects.
Can such a conclusion be made without knowing the extend of cooperation between CNSA and private startups?
Only SpaceX is pushing the limits and boundaries and the extend NASA supports it is known. If that support is considerable, then isn't it merely a NASA endeavor packaged in nice SpaceX logos?
Also to note is NASA not giving any competition to SpaceX.
by78
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A press release from CASC. The 6th academy of CASC is to build a liquid-oxygen/kerosene engine production base in Baoji, Shaanxi province. Once finished, the base is expected to become a major engine production center serving China's commercial space industry. The image below shows the signing ceremony for the project.
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TJS-2 was the experimental test satellite for the early warning system (Internal Name: Fire Eye). This one should be the fourth EW sat but it is not clear, because it is said to dock with TJS-6 (third EW sat). So waiting for its final orbital position to have a definitive answer.
TJS-2 over Indian Ocean
TJS-5 here
TJS-6 over West Pacific
Just realized something after watching the photo again. The landing legs are pointing exactly at the four cardinal directions and the ramp (above one leg) points at east. It does not look like some random coincidence. If it is intentional, it means the control of the lander has very high accuracy.High-resolution images from Mars, including a 360 view.
The reason that I don't think it is random is that even if we consider 10 degrees (+-5) as the resolution, pointing the ramp to east by chance is a very low probability of 1/36, pointing the ramp to any one of the four cardinal direction is 1/9 still low.
I’d like to think so when the CNSA lander is the first interplanetary spacecraft to use an electronically scanned radar.
Good ads for new NRIET AESA radar.
As practiced on Mars!
US has a head start. China will catch up; it's a matter of time.
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Mars lander's radar didn't come from NRIET. It came from CETC Chongqing.
Hi!
For the last years I have been getting information about the launch of small Chinese sats but with time passing I don't see those launched, or I simply cannot find information about this small sats anymore. Maybe some of you can help with this?
- Dagong Weixing (a CubeSat-12U)
- CAS-5A, CAS-5B, CAS-7A and CAS-7C
- Jiama Shexian Bao Tance Weixing (Gamma ray burst detection microsatellite)
- Tianiy-4 (Xiaoxiang-4)
- Zhongwei-1
- Xianrikui-1A and Xianrikui-1B
- Jianyang-1
- Taihu-1
- Jinggong-1 (a CubeSat-6U)
- Xidian-1
Any help would be appreciated. Thank you!
For the last years I have been getting information about the launch of small Chinese sats but with time passing I don't see those launched, or I simply cannot find information about this small sats anymore. Maybe some of you can help with this?
- Dagong Weixing (a CubeSat-12U)
- CAS-5A, CAS-5B, CAS-7A and CAS-7C
- Jiama Shexian Bao Tance Weixing (Gamma ray burst detection microsatellite)
- Tianiy-4 (Xiaoxiang-4)
- Zhongwei-1
- Xianrikui-1A and Xianrikui-1B
- Jianyang-1
- Taihu-1
- Jinggong-1 (a CubeSat-6U)
- Xidian-1
Any help would be appreciated. Thank you!
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