China's Space Program Thread II
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The Tianlong-2 (天龙二号) rocket developed by the private launch provider Beijing Tianbing Technology (北京天兵科技) has been shipped to launch site for its maiden test flight. The TL-2 is a reusable three-stage LOX/Kerosene rocket with a total length of 32.8 meters and a mass of 150 tons at take-off. Payload capacity to LEO is two tons and to SSO is 1.5 tons.
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BIS adds 86 new companies to the Bureau's entity list for supporting the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This includes seven Chinese entities who "significantly contribute to Russia's military and/or defense industrial base." The list include China HEAD Aerospace which have access to 91 Earth observation satellites. So another chinese satellite firm is supplying sat imagery to RU
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What can they realistically do though? I thought there is no collab due to Wolf Amendment?
I mean they can cut them off from US currency transactions, US components & other inputs, etc but it doesn't look like those entities conduct business with anyone that transacts with the US or within the US so at this point its just a feel good exercise. Its not like they have US assets that can be seized or will suffer disruptions since the US already bans space technology/component exports to China. They have to do something for appearances but unless more details emerge about the entities business activities its meaningless.
Cry about it?
This cutout is from three images acquired in 2022 and 2023. The rover is the dark and relatively bluish feature visible in the upper middle of the first (left) image and lower middle of the other two images. This time series shows that the rover has not changed its position between Sept. 8, 2022 and Feb. 7, 2023. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona)
