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[Cutting Edge]

Who knows it may be an excuse.

I mean the excuse for the suspected upcoming ASAT Test. This satellite may be target.
Jiuquan launch facility central China on 9th DEC 2016

on 17th dec

We too should demonstrate our ASAT capabilities for Peaceful purpose in 2017. There are many old Indian satellites ripe for target practice.

If GOI is any serious about Chinese threat than they must have secretly started working on such programme. BTW we shouldn't wait for the right time like we did with our nuke programme.

 

[Indx TechStyle]

We too should demonstrate our ASAT capabilities for Peaceful purpose in 2017. There are many old Indian satellites ripe for target practice.

If GOI is any serious about Chinese threat than they must have secretly started working on such programme. BTW we shouldn't wait for the right time like we did with our nuke programme.

There's nothing "secret" about this program.
We all know about this, you are a latecomer.:biggrin2:
From DRDO

Possibly, the name of missile is "Eklavya".
Tarun says it's coming very soon, now soon can be in days, months or years even.
A lot of rumours im Hyderabad.

 

[Akask kumar]

Who knows it may be an excuse.

I mean the excuse for the suspected upcoming ASAT Test. This satellite may be target.
Jiuquan launch facility central China on 9th DEC 2016

on 17th dec

great excuse.. we should also plan such excuses.. cunning chinese..

 

[Indx TechStyle]

China to Carry Out Some 30 Space Launches in 2017
China plans to carry out some 30 space launches in 2017, local media said Tuesday.

BEIJING (Sputnik) – The launches include the Chang'e 5 unmanned lunar exploration mission atop a Long March 5 lift vehicle due to take place in late 2017, the China News Service agency reported, citing the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC).

The mission is set to be China's first to return with lunar soil samples.

China also plans to launch a Tianzhou automated cargo spacecraft atop a Long March 7 rocket to supply the Tiangong-2 space laboratory, which was launched in late 2016.

The Tiangong 2 space laboratory is designed to probe life support technologies for Beijing’s future space station and is manned by a crew of two. The Long March 7 is due to be launched in April.

 

[J20!]

Two BeiDou-3 navigation satellites have been launched via a Long March-3B rocket; bringing the total BeiDou Constellation to 40 satellites in various orbits


This launch marks the 28th space launch for China overall in 2018, 35% of the worlds total launches for the year.

 

[J20!]

A Long March-2C also launched 2 Yaogan-32 remote sensing satellites from the Jiuquan Satelite Launch Center in northwest China last week on the 9th of October 2018.

 

[chetan chopade]

News update: China's manned Moon landing plans- my analysis

(https://www.chetansindiaspaceflight.com/2019/02/news-update-chinas-manned-moon-landing.html)

China's future space/ manned Moon landing plans- my analysis

In a recent presentation on future space plans of China, these slides were presented as part of next generation manned spacecraft and lunar missions.

Current Chinese manned spacecraft 'Shenzhou' is based on an old design- the Soviet 'Soyuz'. As the first pic above (inside that, top left quadrant) shows that next generation manned spacecraft would look more or less like modern designs of 'Orion', 'Starliner' and 'Dragon' (all from USA).

The same quadrant image also shows Earth, Moon and Mars indicating similar strategy of China like NASA to expand their mission profiles step by step towards the Mars.

The top right quadrant in first pic shows the spacecraft docked with an orbiting lunar station (similar to proposed international "LOP-G"). A lunar lander is also docked with it from opposite side. The lunar lander is suggested to be like a shuttle "to and from" Moon surface.

The bottom left quadrant in first pic shows that, probably the lunar lander is going to be launched separately (unmanned) to dock automatically to Lunar station. When the crew arrives at station, they would have the lander ready to use.

The bottom right quadrant in first pic shows that, the Lunar station and a Lunar truck are also going to be launched separately (unmanned). When the crew arrives at lunar surface, they would have the truck ready to drive around.

 

[shankyz]

https://amp.businessinsider.com/china-long-march-rocket-launch-failure-weibo-video-pictures-2019-5

Video shows a top-secret Chinese space mission failing in mid-flight — China's second rocket loss of the year

Dave Mosher

May 23, 2019, 11:23 AM



[https://amp-businessinsider-com]One of China's Long March-4C rockets launches from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern Shanxi province on May 27, 2008.Shen Hong/Xinhua via AP

China attempted to launch a top-secret military satellite into orbit on Thursday.

However, videos and pictures posted to Chinese social media show the Long March 4C rocket launch failing in mid-flight.

Chinese state media later confirmed the loss of the space mission, apparently because of a problem with the rocket's third and uppermost stage.

The rocket failure marks the nation's second of 2019. The first was by a Chinese startup called OneSpace.

Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.

China attempted to launch a top-secret military payload into space early Thursday morning, but the attempt ended in a rain of wreckage.

The loss of the Long March 4C rocket and its satellite marks the nation's second launch failure of 2019. The first was a commercial launch in March by the Chinese aerospace startup OneSpace.

China put out notifications of airspace closures and other safety measures ahead of the launch, but - as is common - it did not formally announce the mission.

The rocket lifted off of its launch pad at Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern Shanxi province around 6:49 a.m. local time (6:49 p.m. EDT on Wednesday). But within a couple of minutes, videos and photos posted to Chinese social-media sites showed the rocket taking a hard and unexpected turn in the sky.

Zigzag clouds of smoke then appeared in the sky, and one video posted to Weibo - a zoomed-in version of which is reproduced below - shows a tiny white dot rapidly falling back to Earth.

"Thanks to footage and images posted on Chinese social media & reposted elsewhere, it was possible to track this event and put the pieces together," Andrew Jones, a contributor to SpaceNews, tweeted on Thursday.

Xinhua confirmed the failure about 15 hours after the launch attempt. In a post on its website, the Chinese state news agency said the launcher's first and second rocket stages performed well, but a problem occurred with the third stage - the uppermost part that finishes pushing a payload into orbit.

Xinhua also said the rocket's wreckage was observed falling back to Earth.

Unverified photos posted on Twitter earlier on Thursday appear to show pieces of spacecraft, including frayed chunks of carbon-fiber composites and metallic panels, that the social-media posts said landed in remote towns and villages shortly after the failure.

China's Long March 4C rockets have successfully flown Chinese satellites, probes, and other unmanned payloads into space about two dozen times.

The launcher's last and only other known failure was in August 2016, though Chinese officials waited weeks to confirm that mission's loss, according to Spaceflight Now.

Thursday's launch was designed to drop off a Yaogan-33 in orbit. Yaogan spacecraft are often described by Chinese state news agencies as land- and agriculture-surveying satellites, but Western nations beg to differ.

"Outside analysts understand the satellites to be optical and synthetic aperture radar satellites for military reconnaissance purposes," Jones reported for SpaceNews.

 

[smooth manifold]

This thread seems still alive. No big news from CNSA so far after that robotic moon landing earlier this year. If anything interesting happens, I'll update it. This year could be a low key year for CNSA. No manned mission. Moon sample return mission is planned by the end of the year. But I'm not sure if it will go as planned since the Long March 5 heavy hasn't got back on track. So further delay is highly possible.

 

[smooth manifold]

News update: China's manned Moon landing plans- my analysis

(https://www.chetansindiaspaceflight.com/2019/02/news-update-chinas-manned-moon-landing.html)

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China's future space/ manned Moon landing plans- my analysis

In a recent presentation on future space plans of China, these slides were presented as part of next generation manned spacecraft and lunar missions.

Current Chinese manned spacecraft 'Shenzhou' is based on an old design- the Soviet 'Soyuz'. As the first pic above (inside that, top left quadrant) shows that next generation manned spacecraft would look more or less like modern designs of 'Orion', 'Starliner' and 'Dragon' (all from USA).

The same quadrant image also shows Earth, Moon and Mars indicating similar strategy of China like NASA to expand their mission profiles step by step towards the Mars.

The top right quadrant in first pic shows the spacecraft docked with an orbiting lunar station (similar to proposed international "LOP-G"). A lunar lander is also docked with it from opposite side. The lunar lander is suggested to be like a shuttle "to and from" Moon surface.

The bottom left quadrant in first pic shows that, probably the lunar lander is going to be launched separately (unmanned) to dock automatically to Lunar station. When the crew arrives at station, they would have the lander ready to use.

The bottom right quadrant in first pic shows that, the Lunar station and a Lunar truck are also going to be launched separately (unmanned). When the crew arrives at lunar surface, they would have the truck ready to drive around.

The plan will never be chosen by CNSA since it's not applicable at all. Plus, sending one man to the moon is too risky to operate.

 

[Indx TechStyle]

This thread seems still alive. No big news from CNSA so far after that robotic moon landing earlier this year

May be you can update it regularly.

 

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On June 5, 2019, at 12:06 pm Beijing Time, the Long March 11 carrier rocket was launched from the Yellow Sea, carrying two experimental technology satellites and five commercial satellites.

The launch is the 306th launch of the Long March family.

The Chinese solid-fueled carrier rocket CZ-11 WEY of the Long March family has undertaken six successful tests before the latest launch from a sea-based platform. It is the first time that it has been launched from the sea, with improvements in both technology and reliability.

According to the experts, launching a carrier rocket from the sea has the benefit of being more flexible, more adaptable and more economical. Sea launches provide increased flexibility when choosing the launching point and the landing area, meeting the demand of various track payloads, and providing better business launching services for the “Belt and Road” area.

https://pandaily.com/china-successfully-launched-long-march-11-from-sea/

 

[smooth manifold]

International experiments selected to fly on Chinese space Station
https://www.space.com/china-space-station-experiments-selected.html

core module of Chinese space station

Artist's illustration of China's planned space station in Earth orbit.

The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) announced Wednesday (June 12) the winners of their joint opportunity to conduct experiments on board the China Space Station(CSS), which is scheduled to be built in the next few years.

Six winning projects were selected, and three were conditionally selected. They were carefully evaluated by a team of around 60 experts from UNOOSA, CMSA and the international space community.

The winning institutions come from a variety of countries, including Belgium, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Kenya, the Netherlands, Norway, Mexico, Poland, Peru, the Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Spain and Switzerland.

The selected winners will have the chance to physically access space by flying their experiment on the CSS, developing their capabilities in space science and technology.

CMSA Director-General Chun Hao said in a statement: "CMSA stands ready to help the winning teams prepare and implement their experiments on board of the Station. CMSA is working closely with UNOOSA to further our existing cooperation and create more opportunities to enhance access to space: for example, we are thinking of releasing the next call for experiments in the near future."

Experiments selected
The following six proposals have been accepted:

POLAR-2: Gamma-Ray Burst Polarimetry on the China Space Station
This astronomy project will be implemented by four institutions from four countries: The University of Geneva from Switzerland, the National Centre for Nuclear Research of Poland, the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics of Germany and the Institute of High Energy Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Spectroscopic Investigations of Nebular Gas (SING)
This astronomy experiment will be implemented by two institutions from two countries: The Indian Institute of Astrophysics and the Institute of Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Behaviour of Partially Miscible Fluid in Microgravity
This is an experiment in microgravity fluid physics and combustion. It will be implemented by the Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) and the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) in Belgium.

Flame Instabilities Affected by Vortices and Acoustic Waves (FIAVAW)
This is an experiment in microgravity fluid physics and combustion. It will be jointly implemented by two institutions from two countries, which are: Tsinghua University from China and the University of Tokyo from Japan.

Tumours in Space
This life sciences and biotechnology project will be conducted by four institutions from four countries, namely the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, the International Space University, Vrije University Amsterdam in the Netherlands and the Belgium Nuclear Research Centre.

Effect of Microgravity on the Growth and Biofilm Production of Disease-Causing Bacteria
This experiment will be jointly implemented by the Mars Society's Peru Chapter and Spain Chapter.

Conditionally accepted
The following three proposals are conditionally accepted, which means that the applicants will be given the opportunity to update their proposals to fully comply with detailed specifications of the CSS. They are:

Mid infrared platform for Earth observations
This Earth science project will be jointly implemented by two organizations from Mexico, the National Institute of Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics (INAOE) and Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (BUAP).

Development of Multi-Junction GaAs Solar Cells for Space Applications
This is a project in space-utilization technology. It will be jointly implemented by two institutions from Saudi Arabia: the National Centre for Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials and the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST).

BARIDISANA: High Performance Micro 2-Phase Cooling System for Space Applications
This is an experiment in microgravity fluid physics and combustion. It will be implemented by Sapienza University of Rome in Italy and Machakos University in Kenya.

 

[smooth manifold]

China launches latest Beidou satellite for global navigation system

HELSINKI — A Long March 3B lifted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China at 2:09 p.m. Eastern Monday, sending a Beidou satellite toward an inclined geosynchronous orbit.

The launch occurred within a window indicated by the issuance of an airspace closure notice days earlier. Spectator footage provided the first indication of liftoff, with mission success announced by a media arm of the People’s Liberation Army just over an hour after launch.

The mission involved the 21st satellite of the Beidou-3 rollout and the second to be placed in an inclined geosynchronous orbit.

Beidou-3 satellites form the third phase of construction of the Beidou Navigation Satellite System, which expands service coverage from regional to global. The new satellites also adopt inter-satellite link capabilities, new-generation rubidium atomic clocks and passive hydrogen maser clocks.

The completed system will comprise of 27 satellites in medium Earth orbits, five in geostationary orbits and three in inclined GEO orbits. The orbits of the latter are designed to form two figure eight loops to provide optimized coverage to China and neighboring countries in the Asia-Pacific.

Chinese press reports tout a variety of uses of the Beidou navigation and positioning system including public security, transportation, fishing, power, forestry, disaster reduction, the construction of smart cities, social governance and more.

Significantly, Beidou also boosts the capabilities of the People’s Liberation Army in areas including weapons targeting, guidance and other services, notably removing previous Chinese military reliance on U.S. GPS.

The satellite was the 46th launched for the Beidou system overall, with China aiming to complete the positioning, navigation and timing constellation in 2020. China has also established a continuous global monitoring and evaluation system for Beidou with more than 20 ground stations across the world.



Launch schedule challenges

Monday’s launch was China’s 11th orbital mission of 2019, a number which includes the country’s first sea launch but also two failures, one of which was suffered by an emerging private space.

At the start of the year the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), the main contractor for the space program, stated it would aim to carry out more than 30 launches in 2019. However a Long March 4C launch failure last month could impact a number of planned Long March 4C and 4B launches, including the joint China-Brazil CBERS-4A resource monitoring satellite.

Also of concern is an apparent delay to the return-to-flight of the Long March 5 heavy-lift launch vehicle, which was stated to launch mid-July carrying a large, experimental communications satellite. Indications are that the launch has slipped, with no new target date or update of the situation having been issued. The Chang’e-5 lunar sample return mission, the following Long March 5 mission slated for December, will also be affected.

https://spacenews.com/china-launches-latest-beidou-satellite-for-global-navigation-system/

 

[smooth manifold]

China's experimental space lab re-enters earth's atmosphere

https://spaceflightnow.com/2019/07/...estbed-ends-mission-with-controlled-re-entry/



China's experimental space lab Tiangong-2 on Friday made a "controlled re-entry" into the earth's atmosphere and a small amount of its debris fell into the South Pacific Ocean, the country's space agency said.
The re-entry took place under control at 6:24 IST, state-run Xinhua news agency quoted China's Manned Space Engineering Office (CMSEO) as saying.

A small amount of the spacecraft's debris fell into the predetermined safe sea area in the South Pacific, it said.
Tiangong-2's controlled re-entry into the atmosphere marks the successful completion of all the tasks in the space lab phase in China's manned space programme, said Zhou Jianping, chief designer of China's manned space programme.
Tiangong-2, an improved version of Tiangong-1, is China's first space lab launched on September 15, 2016. The space lab has worked in the orbit for over 1,000 days, much longer than its 2-year designed life, according to official media reports here.
China plans to launch its permanent space station by 2022.
Comprising an experiment module and a resource module, the space lab has a total length of 10.4 metres, the largest diameter of 3.35 metres and a take-off weight of 8.6 tonnes.

It has functions of rendezvous and docking with the Shenzhou manned spaceship and the Tianzhou cargo spacecraft.
China has carried out a series of scientific and technological space experiments and tested the in-orbit propellant refuelling technology on Tiangong-2.
Tiangong-2 has docked with the Shenzhou-11 manned spaceship and Tianzhou-1 cargo spacecraft. Chinese astronauts Jing Haipeng and Chen Dong stayed for a period of 30 days in the space lab, the report said.

 

[Tang]

We too should demonstrate our ASAT capabilities for Peaceful purpose in 2017. There are many old Indian satellites ripe for target practice.

If GOI is any serious about Chinese threat than they must have secretly started working on such programme. BTW we shouldn't wait for the right time like we did with our nuke programme.

So true..,..........................

 

[Indx TechStyle]

China's experimental space lab re-enters earth's atmosphere

https://spaceflightnow.com/2019/07/...estbed-ends-mission-with-controlled-re-entry/



China's experimental space lab Tiangong-2 on Friday made a "controlled re-entry" into the earth's atmosphere and a small amount of its debris fell into the South Pacific Ocean, the country's space agency said.
The re-entry took place under control at 6:24 IST, state-run Xinhua news agency quoted China's Manned Space Engineering Office (CMSEO) as saying.

A small amount of the spacecraft's debris fell into the predetermined safe sea area in the South Pacific, it said.
Tiangong-2's controlled re-entry into the atmosphere marks the successful completion of all the tasks in the space lab phase in China's manned space programme, said Zhou Jianping, chief designer of China's manned space programme.
Tiangong-2, an improved version of Tiangong-1, is China's first space lab launched on September 15, 2016. The space lab has worked in the orbit for over 1,000 days, much longer than its 2-year designed life, according to official media reports here.
China plans to launch its permanent space station by 2022.
Comprising an experiment module and a resource module, the space lab has a total length of 10.4 metres, the largest diameter of 3.35 metres and a take-off weight of 8.6 tonnes.

It has functions of rendezvous and docking with the Shenzhou manned spaceship and the Tianzhou cargo spacecraft.
China has carried out a series of scientific and technological space experiments and tested the in-orbit propellant refuelling technology on Tiangong-2.
Tiangong-2 has docked with the Shenzhou-11 manned spaceship and Tianzhou-1 cargo spacecraft. Chinese astronauts Jing Haipeng and Chen Dong stayed for a period of 30 days in the space lab, the report said.

Kindly don't put graphics with mandarin script. It makes it difficult for us to translate through google.

 

[smooth manifold]

iSpace completes China's first private commercial satellite launch

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...lites-into-orbit-for-first-time-idUSKCN1UK0KY


BEIJING (Reuters) - A rocket developed by iSpace put satellites into orbit after a launch from a state facility in northwestern China on Thursday, marking the first successful orbital launch by a privately funded Chinese firm.

iSpace’s Hyperbola-1 rocket blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre at 1 p.m. (0500 GMT) Thursday, sending two satellites and payloads into a predetermined orbit, the company said in a statement on its official Wechat account.

The successful orbital launch was preceded by two failures since late last year by other startups.

Beijing-based Landspace attempted to deliver a satellite into orbit in October 2018 but failed. In late March this year, a rocket developed by OneSpace also failed to reach orbit.

Tens of private Chinese space companies have joined a race in recent years to develop rockets capable of delivering low-cost micro-satellites with commercial applications, backed by mostly Chinese venture capital.

In May 2018, OneSpace became the first private firm to send an independently developed rocket into space. That was followed by successful suborbital launches by iSpace four months later.

The next step was to send a payload into orbit, which is partly inspired by the recent technological success of U.S. firms, such as SpaceX and Blue Origin.

The State Council, or cabinet, said in a white paper in December 2016 the space industry was an important part of China’s overall development strategy.

 

[Tang]

iSpace completes China's first private commercial satellite launch

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...lites-into-orbit-for-first-time-idUSKCN1UK0KY


BEIJING (Reuters) - A rocket developed by iSpace put satellites into orbit after a launch from a state facility in northwestern China on Thursday, marking the first successful orbital launch by a privately funded Chinese firm.

iSpace’s Hyperbola-1 rocket blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre at 1 p.m. (0500 GMT) Thursday, sending two satellites and payloads into a predetermined orbit, the company said in a statement on its official Wechat account.

The successful orbital launch was preceded by two failures since late last year by other startups.

Beijing-based Landspace attempted to deliver a satellite into orbit in October 2018 but failed. In late March this year, a rocket developed by OneSpace also failed to reach orbit.

Tens of private Chinese space companies have joined a race in recent years to develop rockets capable of delivering low-cost micro-satellites with commercial applications, backed by mostly Chinese venture capital.

In May 2018, OneSpace became the first private firm to send an independently developed rocket into space. That was followed by successful suborbital launches by iSpace four months later.

The next step was to send a payload into orbit, which is partly inspired by the recent technological success of U.S. firms, such as SpaceX and Blue Origin.

The State Council, or cabinet, said in a white paper in December 2016 the space industry was an important part of China’s overall development strategy.

Chinese always copy west,
Even their name is not original
Ispace