steve9728 Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 2 小时前，tater 说： Now it's finally 'hyperbola': because of the previous failure, Chinese space enthusiasts would call it 'parabola'. Congratulations to them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve9728 Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 (edited) It's probably the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between France and China recently, and there have been particularly many exchanges with France in various fields. Meanwhile China bought 160 Airbus planes and France signed a deal with CSSC for 16 container ships worth 21 billion RMB. Edited April 8, 2023 by steve9728 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve9728 Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 (edited) Replacing the engine from using the toxic fuel to paraffin. Then implement the tech about recover the fairings by parafoil and the grid fins on fist stage. With the de-orbit sail already using on the second stage - that's the best for CZ-2D can do. As for the CZ-3, there's nothing left for it to improve, and if there have, it probably would be left to install parafoil to it at most. The best choice is retired it when the CZ-6, 7 and 8 is fully mature, reliable and about the same cost. This would take at least five to ten years I think. But actually, the most interesting part I think is the flexibility now available to switch between petroleum-based and coal-based aviation paraffin as international crude oil prices change. Edited April 8, 2023 by steve9728 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve9728 Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 Tiangong TV S04E21: Keep clean and hygienic! Looks the cables and wires are getting more and more in the station Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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steve9728 Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 (edited) Tiangong TV S04E22: Beautiful and sacred - this is the Tibetan plateau! According to the Maintenance & Malfunction Workstation, this should be shot in the Wentian Module. Really needs a new Tianzhou to save more room! The bgm it use is the new one for CCTV's special programmes during the entire space station launch instead of the previous Positive Outlook (make the CZ-5B as an instrument). For example, in the launch of Shenzhou-15 and Tianzhou-5. Edited April 13, 2023 by steve9728 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve9728 Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 (edited) On 4/7/2023 at 1:06 AM, steve9728 said: Xuyang (绪洋) 16 is now carrying the CZ-7 rocket scheduled to launch Tianzhou in May to the Qinglan port, which next to the Wenchang Launch Center. Arrived. The photos about the long rocket containers unload from the ship and deliver to the Wenchang Lauch Site should be on the way. Edited April 13, 2023 by steve9728 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve9728 Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 (edited) According to image from the FY-4A weather satellite, the sandstorm from the Mongolian plateau is sweeping across northern and north-eastern China. The front has reached the Korean Peninsula, the Yellow sea, and is about to cross the Huai River. Which means is about to cross the 'normal definition' of central China and entering the southern China. Edited April 13, 2023 by steve9728 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve9728 Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 (edited) ERA meme but in CNSA version: Is that what you guys did on the CZ-2C? The two universities with "aerospace" in their names, Beihang University and Astronautics and Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, haven't launched hypersonic vehicles. While Tsinghua University, Northwestern Polytechnic University and Xiamen University have each launched one. via. https://weibo.com/2645044133/MBCQnhYyL Edited April 13, 2023 by steve9728 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve9728 Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 Construction of commercial launch pad at Wenchang going well: the construction of Launch Pad I is already 10m above the ground, and the four surrounding lightning towers are being built in parallel. The construction of Launch Pad II was also began last year. "Launch pad I will be able to be finished by the end of May, with the overall schedule ahead of the originally anticipated. And the related rupport is scheduled to be fully completed by the end of 2023. By the end of June 2024, the Hainan commercial space launch site is to ensure that make its first launch." Then read the news about these commercial rocket companies that have set up assembly plants in the places where there're adequate shipping facilities, such as CAS-SPACE in Nansha, Guangzhou. When the commercial launch site is finished, they can put their rocket directly on the ship and send them through the Pearl River into the sea, then go to Hainan Island. Instead of currently cross nearly entire country diagonally to JSLC. With the same convenience is also offered to Landspace and Space-Pioneer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve9728 Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 (edited) Ministry of Defence: On the evening of 14 April 2023, China conducted a test of ground-based midcourse anti-ballistic missile interception in China territory, which achieved its intended purpose. This test was defensive in nature and did not target any country. Haven‘t seen any 'munificent sightings' photos in the night sky...yet Edited April 15, 2023 by steve9728 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve9728 Posted April 15, 2023 Share Posted April 15, 2023 13 hours ago, steve9728 said: Haven‘t seen any 'munificent sightings' photos in the night sky...yet There we go: via. https://weibo.com/2348604107/MC4c2BkHB Video taken from a lorry driver and somewhere else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve9728 Posted April 15, 2023 Share Posted April 15, 2023 3 of 4 spacewalk are secret. Which means CCTV didn't make live program like before. Quite curious what did the crew were done outside. If no surprise, we should know within next 48 hours that who carried out the EVA and which spacesuits were the crew wearing. Hope Deng Qingming can go for a spacewalk this time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve9728 Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 (edited) Damn, why did I sleep one more hour today! The mission patch for this mission I think can put the CNSA's best design list: via. https://weibo.com/6542831193/MCdGc764k "Cao Xiaozhong (曹晓钟), general director of the Fengyun Meteorological Satellite Project and deputy director of the China Meteorological Administration, said in an interview at the JSLC that FY-3G is China's first satellite to make active measurements of precipitation. Which can achieve global three-dimensional atmospheric, cloud and precipitation structure detection through star-ground radar fusion applications, and will be applied to typhoons, rainstorms and other extreme catastrophic weather monitoring and forecasting, as well as playing a role in ecology and environment, energy, agriculture and health." Add: good news is I found the live record in YouTube, bad news is that's full Chinese without subs Spoiler Launch at 35:53 (T-3min) Explain of the name Fengyun: Feng, 风, means wind. Yun, 云, means cloud. Literally a weather satellite Edited April 16, 2023 by steve9728 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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steve9728 Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 (edited) On 4/16/2023 at 3:46 AM, steve9728 said: 3 of 4 spacewalk are secret. Which means CCTV didn't make live program like before. Quite curious what did the crew were done outside. If no surprise, we should know within next 48 hours that who carried out the EVA and which spacesuits were the crew wearing. Hope Deng Qingming can go for a spacewalk this time. Confirm. CMS's official weibo said that, Shenzhou-14 crew break the record of single taikonaut crew who finished the spacewalk. During these four spacewalks, the installation of the extra-vehicular extension pump set, the installation and connection of the cross-module cable and the installation of the extra-vehicular load exposure platform support rods were successfully completed. The foundation has been laid for subsequent large-scale extra-vehicular science and technology experiments. According to the previous report said that the Blue Suit B is undergo a suit life test to provide some reference for subsequent suit improvements. The Blue Suit B will now be used more often to reach its design life, which is three years or 15 missions. Edited April 18, 2023 by steve9728 Fixed date error of SZ-15 EVA II and added EVA time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve9728 Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 On 4/13/2023 at 7:59 AM, steve9728 said: Arrived. The photos about the long rocket containers unload from the ship and deliver to the Wenchang Lauch Site should be on the way. via.https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/Z8WV9SIACG9k8QL6McG9rQ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve9728 Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 (edited) It's still pretty cold on Mars according to the weather report from Perseverance. The only hope is that the Martian summer can come soon. Edited April 18, 2023 by steve9728 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codraroll Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 On 4/15/2023 at 9:46 PM, steve9728 said: 3 of 4 spacewalk are secret. Which means CCTV didn't make live program like before. Quite curious what did the crew were done outside. Either mounting something they don't want the outside world to know too much about, or doing repairs of defects they don't want attention to, for fear of losing face? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve9728 Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 1 hour ago, Codraroll said: Either mounting something they don't want the outside world to know too much about, or doing repairs of defects they don't want attention to, for fear of losing face? Nah, your idea isn't wild enough. Let me tell you secretly and please don't say it loud that is I told you: Is Kontakt. Three secret EVA for instal the Kontakt on three module. How reasonable isn't it? Relating spacewalks to losing face, have to say, that's the field of thought I hadn't thought of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codraroll Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 37 minutes ago, steve9728 said: Relating spacewalks to losing face, have to say, that's the field of thought I hadn't thought of. The CCP has gone to the strangest lengths to avoid losing face in the past, so I wouldn't put it past them to hush it up if the space station unexpectedly needed repairs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve9728 Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 12 minutes ago, Codraroll said: The CCP has gone to the strangest lengths to avoid losing face in the past, so I wouldn't put it past them to hush it up if the space station unexpectedly needed repairs. Yeah, you can spend some money on a set of large aperture binoculars, the more expensive you spend, the clearer you got. Or you can send yourself up there to help us looking after it 24/7. You know, that's not Shijian-21 which can run away, you can't miss it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve9728 Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 (edited) The original source from Changguang's official weibo had post some satellite image gif. Edited April 18, 2023 by steve9728 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve9728 Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 It seems that someone has taken a little inspiration from the lessons learned: the Institute of Geology and Earth Sciences of the CAS (Chinese Academy of Sciences) has produced a vision and programme for China's future in-orbit monitoring of Martian dust storms. The programme points out that it's hoped that by launching three satellites to Mars synchronous orbit and one in Mars polar orbit, to form a global weather monitoring network for Mars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunlitZelkova Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 Can we expect any interesting reveals or announcements for China's Space Day (April 24th)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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