20m fairing to GEO, it's a big boy.
China's Space Program Thread II
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Judging by the map under, TJS-25's orbiting position should be around somewhere above east asia.
The rocket badge is clearly for Gaokao
Interesting recent news about potential work on an intermediary heavy launcher between CZ-10 and CZ-9 from CALT
June 11, 2026
"At 10:28 AM, the project shipment ceremony was solemnly held, marking the official completion of offline acceptance for the "7.5-meter-class ultra-large diameter high-strength ring for aerospace applications,"
With the joint witness of experts from the Steel Research Institute, the First Academy of Aerospace Science and Technology, and the Parker New Materials team, the shipment ceremony was successfully completed!
"The "7.5-meter-class ultra-large diameter high-strength ring for aerospace applications" shipped this time is made of S-03L martensitic stainless steel. This material has unique properties and is extremely difficult to process"
June 6, 2026, Tianjin, this was posted simultaneously with The Hainan gov 10.6m section wielding system China's Space Program Thread II on the same Aerospace Bidding platforms
"This tender project is for a Φ7m class box bottom welding system, classified as goods procurement, involving the fields of equipment and metal processing machinery"
April 8 2026
Yang Tianliang Chairman of Hainan Commercial Space Launch Site:
Workstations 3 and 4 here are both 5-meter level. In the future, we hope to have the opportunity to build some larger workstations, for example, 7-meter or 10-meter level, which could potentially generate thrust of several thousand tons.
(Due to the ties between CALT and HICAL, CALT has priority and partial exclusivity on HCSLS)
CALT previously mentioned such 7m rocket as an intermediary step on the roadmap to CZ-9 (here in 2023, SAST also previously mentionned a comparable project):
1) is CZ-10A; 2) will likely be CZ-10C, just with more powerful YF-219 instead of YF-209; 5) is CZ-9.
This could be a testbed for YF-215 and large scale steel launchers using existing Tianjin CALT plant until the Wenchang one is completed. This could also be a diversion of ressources that distracts from CZ-9
June 11, 2026
"At 10:28 AM, the project shipment ceremony was solemnly held, marking the official completion of offline acceptance for the "7.5-meter-class ultra-large diameter high-strength ring for aerospace applications,"
With the joint witness of experts from the Steel Research Institute, the First Academy of Aerospace Science and Technology, and the Parker New Materials team, the shipment ceremony was successfully completed!
"The "7.5-meter-class ultra-large diameter high-strength ring for aerospace applications" shipped this time is made of S-03L martensitic stainless steel. This material has unique properties and is extremely difficult to process"
June 6, 2026, Tianjin, this was posted simultaneously with The Hainan gov 10.6m section wielding system China's Space Program Thread II on the same Aerospace Bidding platforms
"This tender project is for a Φ7m class box bottom welding system, classified as goods procurement, involving the fields of equipment and metal processing machinery"
April 8 2026
Yang Tianliang Chairman of Hainan Commercial Space Launch Site:
Workstations 3 and 4 here are both 5-meter level. In the future, we hope to have the opportunity to build some larger workstations, for example, 7-meter or 10-meter level, which could potentially generate thrust of several thousand tons.
(Due to the ties between CALT and HICAL, CALT has priority and partial exclusivity on HCSLS)
CALT previously mentioned such 7m rocket as an intermediary step on the roadmap to CZ-9 (here in 2023, SAST also previously mentionned a comparable project):
1) is CZ-10A; 2) will likely be CZ-10C, just with more powerful YF-219 instead of YF-209; 5) is CZ-9.
This could be a testbed for YF-215 and large scale steel launchers using existing Tianjin CALT plant until the Wenchang one is completed. This could also be a diversion of ressources that distracts from CZ-9
Chinese New Glenn?Interesting recent news about potential work on an intermediary heavy launcher between CZ-10 and CZ-9 from CALT
June 11, 2026
"At 10:28 AM, the project shipment ceremony was solemnly held, marking the official completion of offline acceptance for the "7.5-meter-class ultra-large diameter high-strength ring for aerospace applications,"
With the joint witness of experts from the Steel Research Institute, the First Academy of Aerospace Science and Technology, and the Parker New Materials team, the shipment ceremony was successfully completed!
"The "7.5-meter-class ultra-large diameter high-strength ring for aerospace applications" shipped this time is made of S-03L martensitic stainless steel. This material has unique properties and is extremely difficult to process"
June 6, 2026, Tianjin, this was posted simultaneously with The Hainan gov 10.6m section wielding system China's Space Program Thread II on the same Aerospace Bidding platforms
"This tender project is for a Φ7m class box bottom welding system, classified as goods procurement, involving the fields of equipment and metal processing machinery"
April 8 2026
Yang Tianliang Chairman of Hainan Commercial Space Launch Site:
Workstations 3 and 4 here are both 5-meter level. In the future, we hope to have the opportunity to build some larger workstations, for example, 7-meter or 10-meter level, which could potentially generate thrust of several thousand tons.
(Due to the ties between CALT and HICAL, CALT has priority and partial exclusivity on HCSLS)
CALT previously mentioned such 7m rocket as an intermediary step on the roadmap to CZ-9 (here in 2023, SAST also previously mentionned a comparable project):
1) is CZ-10A; 2) will likely be CZ-10C, just with more powerful YF-219 instead of YF-209; 5) is CZ-9.
This could be a testbed for YF-215 and large scale steel launchers using existing Tianjin CALT plant until the Wenchang one is completed. This could also be a diversion of ressources that distracts from CZ-9