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Deepblueaerospace's first launch is in mid 2020

its liquid LOX/Kerosene rocket Nebula-1

 

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Are the chinese really that bad with english or are they just f*ucking around with the english speaking world?
Seriously, GalacticEnergy?!? Landspace?!?
When you are literally making a rocket company, it wouldn't hurt to name it a bit hip.

 

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Are the chinese really that bad with english or are they just f*ucking around with the english speaking world?
Seriously, GalacticEnergy?!? Landspace?!?
When you are literally making a rocket company, it wouldn't hurt to name it a bit hip.

there's another one called Onespace. lol

 

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Are the chinese really that bad with english or are they just f*ucking around with the english speaking world?
Seriously, GalacticEnergy?!? Landspace?!?
When you are literally making a rocket company, it wouldn't hurt to name it a bit hip.

1. LandSpace(蓝箭航天) http://landspace.com/
Its Chinese name is BlueArrow(蓝箭), Its English name has no meaning in Mandarin. "Landspace" probably means "land your dreams into space" in English.

2. I-Space(星际荣耀) http://www.i-space.com.cn/
Its Chinese name is InterstellarGlory(星际荣耀). The "I" stands for "Interstellar". So it has a proper meaning in English. It has nothing do with Iphone or Japanese space company Ispace.

3. OneSpace(零壹空间) http://www.onespacechina.com/
Its Chinese name is zero-one space(零壹空间). It is a metaphor meaning "from 0 to 1" or starting from scratch and making an achievement.

4. LinkSpace(翎客航天) https://linkspace.com.cn/
Its Chinese name literally means FeatherGuestSpace(翎客航天). It's a metaphor "send people into space".

5. DeepBlueAerospace(深蓝航天) http://www.dbaspace.com/
Its Chinese name is the same with its English name. no need to explain.

6. KyushuYunjian/JiuZhouYunJian(九州云箭) http://www.jzyjspace.com/
Its Chinese name has a deep meaning in Mandarin but difficult to translate. literally it means "Nine-Provinces-Cloud-Arrow". Why this name is deep? Well, nine provinces refers to the original nine provinces in ancient China four thousand years ago. At that time, China had only 9 provinces. Its becoming a metaphor. So "nine provinces" is synonymous with China in literary Mandarin. A more proper translation is ChinaCloudArrow. Why cloud arrow? Because in Chinese literary world, there's an expression called" Cloud Pricking Arrow"(穿云箭) meaning the arrow is powerful enough to penetrate into cloud. That's why it's difficult to give a good English translation.

7. GalacticEnergy(星河动力) http://www.galactic-energy.cn/
Its Chinese name is StarRiverPropulsion(星河动力). StarRiver means the MilkyWay in Mandarin.

8. SpaceTrek(星途探索) http://www.spacetrek.cn/
Its Chinese name is StarRoadExploration. Same with space trek in English.

9. S-Motor(灵动飞天) http://www.s-motor.cn/
Its Chinese name literally means "swiftly flying in space". "S" probably stands for "swiftly"

10.SpaceTransportation(凌空天行)http://www.spacetransportation.com.cn/
Its Chinese name literally means "Soar high and travel in space". It's an literary expression in Mandarin and is untranslatable. Its English name loses all the original Mandarin meaning.

 

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1. LandSpace(蓝箭航天) http://landspace.com/
Its Chinese name is BlueArrow(蓝箭), Its English name has no meaning in Mandarin. "Landspace" probably means "land your dreams into space" in English.

2. I-Space(星际荣耀) http://www.i-space.com.cn/
Its Chinese name is InterstellarGlory(星际荣耀). The "I" stands for "Interstellar". So it has a proper meaning in English. It has nothing do with Iphone or Japanese space company Ispace.

3. OneSpace(零壹空间) http://www.onespacechina.com/
Its Chinese name is zero-one space(零壹空间). It is a metaphor meaning "from 0 to 1" or starting from scratch and making an achievement.

4. LinkSpace(翎客航天) https://linkspace.com.cn/
Its Chinese name literally means FeatherGuestSpace(翎客航天). It's a metaphor "send people into space".

5. DeepBlueAerospace(深蓝航天) http://www.dbaspace.com/
Its Chinese name is the same with its English name. no need to explain.

6. KyushuYunjian/JiuZhouYunJian(九州云箭) http://www.jzyjspace.com/
Its Chinese name has a deep meaning in Mandarin but difficult to translate. literally it means "Nine-Provinces-Cloud-Arrow". Why this name is deep? Well, nine provinces refers to the original nine provinces in ancient China four thousand years ago. At that time, China had only 9 provinces. Its becoming a metaphor. So "nine provinces" is synonymous with China in literary Mandarin. A more proper translation is ChinaCloudArrow. Why cloud arrow? Because in Chinese literary world, there's an expression called" Cloud Pricking Arrow"(穿云箭) meaning the arrow is powerful enough to penetrate into cloud. That's why it's difficult to give a good English translation.

7. GalacticEnergy(星河动力) http://www.galactic-energy.cn/
Its Chinese name is StarRiverPropulsion(星河动力). StarRiver means the MilkyWay in Mandarin.

8. SpaceTrek(星途探索) http://www.spacetrek.cn/
Its Chinese name is StarRoadExploration. Same with space trek in English.

9. S-Motor(灵动飞天) http://www.s-motor.cn/
Its Chinese name literally means "swiftly flying in space". "S" probably stands for "swiftly"

10.SpaceTransportation(凌空天行)http://www.spacetransportation.com.cn/
Its Chinese name literally means "Soar high and travel in space". It's an literary expression in Mandarin and untranslatable. Its English loses all the actual Mandarin meaning.

Its interesting to see how many of these private rocket companies will survive in the next couple of years. Despite its failed first launch, Landspace is obviously a serious rocket company by investors. I'm not sure about other companies' prospects. There are over 30 private rocket companies now. Some of them will be dead in a few years. Anyways, investing in rocket is better than investing in bike-sharing.

 

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almost forgot. Taiwan's private company Tispace also has their own rocket. It'll make a suborbital fight in Nov. this year.

Looks amazing!

 

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S-Motor's rocket. don't know when its first launch is.

 

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moon rocks and soil look similar to those on Earth.

 

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gif of the future CSS (baseline version around 2024)

the baseline version comprises three modules, one or two manned spacecrafts and one cargo spacecraft.

 

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components of either the 3rd or the 4th Long March 5

 

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the Long March 7 is the exclusive launch vehicle for cargo spacecrafts.

 

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private rocket company EnterSpace conducts a demonstrative rocket launch today.
video link http://t.cn/AiBhpyOj?m=4433920621363909&u=3279752321

this company was founded in late 2018. it has a registered capital of 250 million Yuan (~35.7 million dollars)

Its various small rockets

factory

headquater

 

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At local time 11:22 on November 3, 2019, China's Long March 4 B carrier rocket launches the GF-7 3D mapping satellite at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center.

The mission is the 316th space flight of the Long March series.

http://t.cn/AiBG3vhL?m=4434519027425108&u=6528178851

 

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new information about the 921 new manned rocket under way leaks out

Diameter: 5 m
Height: 87 m
Maximum take off weight: 2,200 ton
Maximum thrust: 2,700 ton
First stage: YF-100K × 7
Second stage: YF-100K × 2
Thrid stage: YF-75D × 2
LEO: 69.3 ton
LTO: 27.5 ton
Manufacture: CASC

new manned spacecraft to replace the Shenzhou

new reusable cargo spacecraft to replace the Tianzhou

 

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the Chang'e 5 moon sample return mission is delayed to Q4 2020(delayed from 2019, delayed from 2017)

 

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Yutu-2 enters the 11th lunar night at Beijing time 5:16, Nov 4, 2019.
travel distace: 318.621 m

the true color of the moon soil is a little bit yellowish rater than previously thought "pure grey".

notice the color difference from those Apollo color pics. the real color of moon soil has baffled me for years.

Q: what is exactly the real color of the moon soil through human eyes? (I know it depends on the light condition so I mean the generic case)

One thing is for sure. the moon surface is indeed covered with an extremely thin layer of dust and the moon soil beneath it seems a bit glutinous.

 

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notice the contrasting color of moon soil pics from Chang'e 4 mission at two different time.

which color is real? yellow or grey?

 

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At local time 01:43 on November 5, 2019, China's Long March 3B rocket launches the Beidou-3 Navigation Satellite IGSO-3 at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center.

The mission is the 317th flight of the Long March series.

 

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which type engine is it? YF100?

 

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asteroid sample return mission around 2023~2024

target asteroids: asteroid 2016HO3 and asteroid 133p