China's Space Program Thread II
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Tianbing/Space Pioneer's static test fire of Tianlong-3. Static this time.
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The carbon-fiber composite payload fairing for Tialong-3 has been delivered. The fairing is developed by Tianjin iStar. It's 4.2m in diameter and 13m long.
Tianjin iStar's composite fairing lineup. Not sure which ones have been realized and which ones are planned.
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China on Monday sent a CERES-1 sea-launched Y-5 carrier rocket into space from the waters off east China's Shandong Province, placing a group of four satellites into orbit for Tianqi low-Earth orbit Internet of Things constellation. This marked the 20th mission of the CERES-1 rocket series.
Slightly separate from China's civilian space program, but I recently wrote about the PLA's space-based ISR capabilities. Specifically, I outline the PLA's SIGINT/ELINT satellites and how it geolocates U.S. forces by targeting U.S. military electronic emissions.
by78
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Two updates on DeepBlue.
1) The company has inaugurated a new headquarters and launch vehicle production base located in Wuxi. The base covers an area of 75 acres and will be used to assemble the Nebula-1 reusable launch vehicles. It will feature a intelligent production system that can assemble six rockets at the same time.
2) DeepBlue is building a dedicated launch complex at Jiuquan that will include a launchpad with chopstick recovery as well as a satellite manufacturing center.
