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Same. And also I'm really looking forward we can launch something like the "Cupola" in ISS to our space station. The good news is, CNSA was already negotiated with the Italians and release the news that "we'll launch something made in Italy". So just wait for it

CNSA has released several images sent back by Tianwen-1. So far Tianwen-1 and the Zhurong Mars rover have returned 560GB of raw science data. http://www.cnsa.gov.cn/n6759533/c6813038/content.html As to how the first picture was taken, CNSA's answer on Zhihu is: "It's easy, just throw a camera out to take a picture and send it back via WiFi"https://www.zhihu.com/question/509392150/answer/2293890346 "So how many cameras do you have left now?"

Alright, I did underestimate CNSA... Five hours after the last launch, CZ-3B successfully launched Communication Technology Test Satellite IX (通信实验技术实验卫星九号). https://weibo.com/5386897742/L8mb5hoEg https://weibo.com/5386897742/L8m8Ntm6M https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2021/12/china-tjsw-9/ Officially, they said the launch capped off a successful year for Chinese space launches in 2021. And, of course, it really did: all 48 of CNSA's launches this year were successful, while the seven launches by private spaceflight failed three times.

News: At 19:13 29th Dec. (UTC/GMT+08:00), CZ-2D rocket successfully launched Tianhui (Sky Drawing, 天绘)-4 satellite. The satellite is mainly used to carry out scientific experimental research, land resources census, geographic information mapping and other missions. https://weibo.com/5386897742/L8jLqeW8E This should be the last rocket of the year... ish

Yep, I notice that. It has already been reported (or hyped) for 2-3 days by Chinese domesic no matter the offical or the non-governmental network media. I just thought we had a space stallite interception experiment with the Fengyun satellite, which also caused a lot of trouble. So I didn't post it here. Unless there have a something like "a large net", or a rapid-fire cannon mounted like the Almaz. Otherwise I think we'll just have to dodge when we encounter this. (A bit curious how the Russian media reporting this though)

CNSA Deputy Director: The Chinese government has approved the fourth phase of the lunar exploration project. The fourth phase of the project includes Chang'e 6, 7 and 8. Amoung them, Chang'e 7 will be launched to the south pole of the Moon first, followed by the launch of Chang'e 6, the backup satellite of Chang'e 5, for the sample return from the south pole of Moon. Finally, Chang'e 8 will be launched to lay the foundation fora lunar research station. http://www.stdaily.com/index/kejixinwen/2021-12/27/content_1242286.shtml And yes, at lease 7 and 8 are in cooperation with Russian

I thought the CNSA's launch should be just about done for this year but... 11:11 (UTC/GMT+08:00) 26th Dec, the CZ-4 C rocket take two satellite: Guangxue (Optical, 光学) 02E (aka Ziyuan (Resouce,资源) 02E) satellite and Beijing 101 High School's small science satellite successfully put them into orbit. https://weibo.com/5386897742/L7OMRytZq The mission badge looks really good to me this time My two wishes for 2021: everything goes well with the Chinese space station and the successful launch of the James Webb telescope. As for my two wishes for next year, they are that the two modules of the Chinese space station goes well and the James Webb can adds something to the textbook ASAP

News: Shenzhou 13 crew carrying out the second EVA mission. This mission was carried out by Ye Guangfu and Zhai Zhigang. And it is also the first EVA mission for Ye Guangfu, the third mission for Zhai Zhigang. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-OsfNdeAxM

*When NASA gets the same amount of funding as the US military* Once I wasn't, until I was caught in a sandstorm in the northern provinces of China

The chief designer Jiayang of the Zhurong Mars rover: Only when Mount Everest can open ticket booths and grocery stores will be possible to talk about immigration to Mars. https://www.zhihu.com/question/508129889 My idea is probably more extreme: Only when human can transform the Sahara desert will be possible to talk about immigration to Mars His exact words from the show translate: That is, if we are now a major spacefairing nation and we complete a few days trip to Mars with three or six astronauts, at most... 30 days? I think it's a technical challenge, but it's not unachievable. I think one of the corresponding resources, something like oxygen, how would it be produced on Mars? And then the water (how to produce it)? And then how do we build a castle where it's safe for people to live in? The atmosphere on the surface of Mars is now 0.01 atm, so it's definitely not safe, is it? And electricity, food, clothing, shelter (of how to get and produce resouces) are pretty much the same (all have similar problems). I've said myself, and I may fell on the conservative side, that it's a single ticket to Mars when: (If) a ticket office could be built on the summit of Mount Everest, I'd believe it. Humans have been climbing Mount Everest for many years now, but there isn't even a grocery shop on top of Everest now. That place is good enough for humans: there's untold amounts of water and ice, isn't there? And oxygen, although the air pressure is so low. But none of this is available on Mars

...and can define more "truths"

Shiyan(实验, experiment)-12 01&02 satellite successfully sended into geosynchronous transfer orbit by CZ-7A rocket. http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/20211223/656371f520924c9592f95cd077588a28/c.html https://spacenews.com/long-march-7a-launches-classified-shiyan-12-satellites/

Don't forget that, at least at the level of the Chinese government, they are committed "materialists" Yes white is often used on a traditional Chinese level for funeral occasions and red for festive occasions. But regardless of the heat dissipation of white, it is too weird to paint a rocket red isn’t it? I still remember what happened when I ask my English teacher from Texas “what is red rocket meaning?”, and I was just a poor kid in primary school.

The CZ-7A Y3 mission will be launched from 201 launch site at the Wenchang Space Center. The rocket has now been transferred to the launch tower. According to the article, the rocket has been found to be longer than the previous missions: it has been replaced by a longer fairing, which the author speculate has increased from the original 60.1m to almost 62.6m. It also set a new record for the aspect ratio of Chinese launch vehicles: from 17.94 in the Y1 &Y2 missions to 18.69 this time. Close to Space X's Falcon 9's 18.92. Slim and white rocket, stepping perfectly on my aesthetic

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Well I think it's kind like CZ-5 rocket's core first stage ×3, kind like Falcon Heavy. And then add up a longer version second stage. But in fact, the "original version" CZ-5 can also efford to bring the new manned spacecraft into orbit. In terms of development costs, it wouldn't be very cost effective to develop another new rocket just for a new manned spacecraft. So it's safe to assume that the CZ-5DY is probably not designed to send a new manned spacecraft to dock with the Tiangong Space Station. In addition to the rockets we have to wait for the new rocket launch site to be built. Because the total height of the CZ-5 rocket is 53-56 metres, while the new rocket will be >90 metres. Translate: 1. Launch of the lunar lander using a new generation launch vehicle (I believe it's the CZ-5DY in this slide) 2. Earth-Moon transfer of the lunar lander and waiting in circumlunar orbit 3-4. Launch of a new generation manned spacecraft using CZ-5DY and placing it in an Earth-Moon transfer orbit 5. Docking with the waiting lander in circumlunar orbit 6. Two astronauts on the Moon for six hours 7. take-off from the lunar surface and docking with a manned spacecraft 8. Return of the capsule to Earth The red words at bottom right: Based on the development of the CZ-5 rocket, two rockets were used to dock in near lunar orbit (To a large extent I think it resembles the Soviet moon landing program. I have to say that our northern neighbours are really good teachers for us) I still stand by my view that 2026 to 2030 is a bit too hasty if you look at the pattern that has been going on. It's possible that I'm a little out of step with China after three to four years abroad. If the CNSA is an explosion of growth similar to the Chinese Navy's "055 mode", then it is very possible. 055 mode: China's newest 10,000-ton displacement destroyer - Type 055, (destroyer is the official term, Chinese domestic private forums and the West call her a cruiser) when it first appeared in the public eye, everyone thought that at most one or two ships would be built to try, but it was not expected that the first batch of four ships would be built at once, not to mention that there are plans to build a second batch of eight ships.

I do some wiki. Shows that this is the third failed Chinese space launch this year. The first two were private companies' SQX-1 (Hyperbola-1, 双曲线) rocket. The reasons for the failures were: "a piece of insulation foam fell off the rudder and was blown off again, causing the control system to fail and causing an abrupt change in attitude" and "the fairing did not separate properly and failed to deliver the satellite into the intended 500km SSO orbit", both targeted in Sun-synchronous orbit. Perhaps the other advantage about solid fuel rockets is that people don't feel so bad even when it hit the ground.

This year, our "海上联合-2021" （Joint Sea 2021, Морское взаимодействие-2021) exercise with Russia (in fact, it is not the first time, the tenth time) has used a "Joint Command and Operations Information System software", which allows the two navies to connect not only the fleet intelligence network, the firepower coordination network, the early warning system network, the staff operation network, the operation evaluation network, but even the data chain is shared by both armies. So if we share our Beidou or Glonass, don't be so surprise (shrug) https://www.huaxia.com/c/2021/10/21/832237.shtml And not only the navies, also the armies:http://www.mod.gov.cn/action/2021-08/15/content_4891979.htm Well anyway, Chinese military fan have been amused for some time by the pic from the Japanese (the pic 2 from the twitter). I don't know what about our Russian brothers thought, but it caused quite a stir in the Japanese civil forum for a while anyway. Compared to the strange brain of our military journalists (yes all Chinese military fans are cursing about it), the photographer of the Japanese defence agency is really not bad I have to say.

Oh and btw, the Xinhua Net last year said that CASIC plan to launch 12 laser communicate satellite at 2021. Which the β-stage of "Xingyun" Project. http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-09/07/c_139349012.htm

Actually, in 2017, Shijian(Practice, 实践)13 Satelllite, has already conducted a high-orbit satellite laser two-way communication test verification. According to my understanding and experience of official documents, when they say "XX technology has passed the verification and reached the advanced level" = met the design target, but still have space for improvement. And if then conduct another similar experiment but in different environment some time later, such as the successful laser communication experiment between satellites by Xingyun(Walking cloud,行云)-2-01 and 02 Satellite in May 2020, and then published the statement "we made it!", often means that this "XX technology" "ok, we can use it with confidence." (If don't, I suggest you don't ask question and wait until let time tell you, such as the CZ-5) Shijian-13 and Xingyun-02 one is in high orbit and one is in low orbit. So, the Beidou use it today I can only say: Surprised, but not totally surprised

News: 00:09 14th Dec.2021 (UTC/GMT+08:00), CZ-3B's 82nd mission was successfully launched the Tianlian(Sky Chain, 天链)-2-02 Satellite. https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2021/12/second-tianlian-ii/ https://tass.com/science/1375003

And we have the 400 th mission of the Long March series of launch vehicles: http://www.news.cn/english/2021-12/10/c_1310363922.htm Chinese domestic news incidentally mentions the official confirmation that a heavy launch vehicle is being developed. Long Lehao, currently chief designer of the launch vehicle series at the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology and deputy chief designer of CNSA's Lunar Exploration Project, said, "Before 2030, if everything goes well, we should be going to the moon to deliver people" the 400 mission of Long March (CZ) rocket: CZ-1: 2 times (2 successes) CZ-2: 4 times (3 successes and 1 failure) CZ-2C: 59 times (58 successes, 1 failure) CZ-2D: 56 times (55 successes, 1 partial failure) CZ-2E: 7 times (50 successes, 2 failure) CZ-2F: 16 times (16 successes ) CZ-3: 13 times (10 successes, 3 failure) CZ-3A: 27 times (27 successes) CZ-3B: 81 times (77 successes, 2 failure, 2 partial failure) CZ-3C 18 times (18 successes) CZ-4A: 2 times (20 successes ) CZ-4B: 45 times (44 successes, 1 failure) CZ-4C: 37 times (35 successes, 2 failure) CZ-5: 5times (4 successes, 1 failure) CZ-5B: 2 times (2 successes ) CZ-6: 8 times (8 successes ) CZ-7: 4 times (4 successes ) CZ-7A: 2 times (1 success and 1 failure) CZ-8: 1 time (1successes ) CZ-11: 11 times (11 successes )

After eight years, Wang Yaping gave us another physics lesson in space:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_BQN2ypAJ0 Don't worry this video got English subtitle I'm actually quite curious what happens when you put a Mentos in a bottle of Coke in space. "Good experiment, just a bit space station costly"

Ha, the Yutu II has found a small but strange object on the moon. I'm guessing it's a camera "ghost" or some kind of weird light refraction like "Face on Mars"?

Bought a second hand HP printer from a guy and well...believe it or not I only paid £2 and it was just over £30 for color and black cartridges. It’s really useful but inkjet is definitely worse than the photo printer if you need really specific details: because my dad do plays photography and he used to draw anime as a career. But if just for human figures and scale drawings of people, inkjet are able to fully meet all the challenges