China's Space Program News Thread

[iantsai]

北京时间2021年11月27日00时40分，我国在西昌卫星发射中心用长征三号乙运载火箭，成功将“中星1D”卫星发射升空。卫星顺利进入预定轨道，发射任务获得圆满成功。
此次任务是长征系列运载火箭的第399次飞行。

此次任务是该发射场今年执行的第14次发射任务，也是该发射场二号发射塔执行的第99次发射任务。

长征火箭实现第一个100次发射用了37年，第二个100次用了不到8年，第三个100次用了仅4余年，而到年底有望实现第四个100次发射，用时仅2年多

Zhongxing-1D communication satellite was launched by CZ-3B rocket at Xichang Satellite Launching Center, 00:40 Nov 27, 2021 UTC+8.

It's the 14th launching mission in 2021, and 99th launch of all time by Launch pad 2 of Xichang, also 399th mission of all CZ series rockets.

It took 37 years for CZ series rockets to orbit 100 satellites, less than 8 years for the second 100 launches, a bit more than 4 years to finish the third hundred launches.

And now the fourth hundred record will be accomplished before the end of 2021, within a less than three years period.

 

[iantsai]

Zhongxing-1D/CZ-3B mission is also the 7th launch by China in November.

 

[by78]

High-resolution images of the "Zhongxing 1D" satellite launch from earlier today. It was the 399th flight of the Long March series.

 

[by78]

A 66-meter deep space communications dish, one of several used for both Chang'E and Tianwen missions. As I said before, if you're truly serious about deep-space exploration and space science – as opposed to publicity stunts and littering the moon with trash – then you must build your own deep space communications network.

 

[by78]

A visual tour of planet Earth from the Chinese space station.

 

[escobar]

Zhongxing-1D communication satellite was launched by CZ-3B rocket at Xichang Satellite Launching Center, 00:40 Nov 27, 2021 UTC+8.

It's the 14th launching mission in 2021, and 99th launch of all time by Launch pad 2 of Xichang, also 399th mission of all CZ series rockets.

It took 37 years for CZ series rockets to orbit 100 satellites, less than 8 years for the second 100 launches, a bit more than 4 years to finish the third hundred launches.

And now the fourth hundred record will be accomplished before the end of 2021, within a less than three years period.
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Fengho-2 tactical and mobile comsat for PLA

 

[escobar]

Seeing this high number of launches, does anyone have any data on how many tons of payload is lifted by China vs US per year

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1464658014980517903

 

[Overbom]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1464658014980517903

Interesting. As usual it is better to look beyond the headlines of who is launching more rockets. For me, how many tons are lifted to space is the more important metric for space development

It seems that the US still retains the lead

 

[AF-1]

At least 200t of US mass fall on dumb starlink satellites...

 

[longmarch]

Interesting. As usual it is better to look beyond the headlines of who is launching more rockets. For me, how many tons are lifted to space is the more important metric for space development

It seems that the US still retains the lead

Probably have something to do with the potatoes that spaceX lobbed into space. I think both numbers are important.