China Space Military：Recon, Satcom, Navi, ASAT/BMD, Orbital Vehicle, SLV, etc.

[JSCh]

China to launch first private 5G satellite
By Kang Jia | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2019-12-12 17:37

China's first private 5G low-orbit broadband satellite has passed factory tests and is expected to be launched at the end of the year, chinanews.com reported.

It is China’s first satellite developed by a commercial aerospace company that weighs around 200 kg.

With a communication capacity of 10 gigabytes per second, the satellite will run along an orbit 1,200 kilometers above the earth, sending signals to a 300,000 square kilometer area roughly equal to 50 times the area of Shanghai.

The satellite, made by GalaxySpace, will be launched via the domestically made KZ-1A carrier rocket at the end of December.

Xu Ming, founder of GalaxySpace, said the launch of the satellite could mark the first step of its “space internet” project.

The company wants to develop more low-cost, high-performance 5G satellites in the future, so as to fill digital gaps and connect the world with the 5G satellite network, he added.

Low-orbit broadband communications satellites could overcome challenges that ground base stations currently confront in covering areas such as deserts and the ocean, and shed light on those living in places where communication signals rarely reach, the report said.

Breaking !!

林晓弈
14分钟前 来自 微博视频
今天10时59分左右，快舟一号甲运载火箭携带着银河航天的5G试验卫星成功起飞。
Today at around 10:59, KZ-1A rocket successfully lift off with Galaxy Space's 5G experimental satellite.

Update:

China航天
9分钟前
【 “快舟•富强福”号火箭成功发射银河航天首发星】2020年1月16日11时02分，命名为“快舟•富强福”号的快舟一号甲遥九运载火箭，在酒泉卫星发射中心，以“一箭一星”的方式，将银河航天首发星送入预定轨道，发射任务取得圆满成功。这是2020年快舟火箭的第一次发射。“快舟·富强福”号发射的银河航天首发星，是由银河航天（北京）科技有限公司自主研发的对标国际先进水平的低轨宽带通信卫星，该卫星采用Q/V和Ka等通信频段，具备10Gbps速率的透明转发通信能力，可通过卫星终端为用户提供宽带通信服务。卫星入轨后，将在轨开展相关技术和业务验证

China Aerospace
9 minutes ago
[The “Kuaizhou FuQiangfu” rocket successfully launched GalaxySpace first satellite] At 11:02 on January 16, 2020, the commercially labelled as "FuQiangfu" KZ-1A-Y9 carrier rocket was launched at The Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center using single rocket single satellite method to send the first satellite of GalaxySpace into a predetermined orbit, and the launch mission was a complete success. This is the first launch of Kuaizhou rocket in 2020. The first satellite of GalaxySpace launched by FuQiangfu is a low-orbit broadband communications satellite that is independently developed by GalaxySpace(Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd. and benchmarks at international advanced level. The satellite uses communication frequency bands such as Q/V and Ka, and has a transparent transmission capability of 10Gbps. It can provide users with broadband communication services through satellite terminals. After the satellite enters orbit, relevant technical and business operation verification will be carried out in orbit.

 

[JSCh]

Our space
2 minutes ago from Weibo

[Four satellites! Good news from Liang Liangliang! ] At 10:53 on January 15, 2020, China used the Long March 2D rocket at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center to launch the sub-meter ultra-wide field-view commercial optical remote sensing satellite "Jilin No. 1" wide field-view-01 (also known as "Red Flag One—H9") and the mission was successfully completed. The mission also carried 3 small satellites NewSat7 / 8 satellite and Tian qiconstellation 05.
This is the 325th space flight of the Long March series carrier rocket. (Photographed by Shi Yue) # 中国 航空 # # 我们 的 空间 #

From the Argentine satellite company Satellogic.

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https://twitter.com/x/status/1217295485939200010

https://twitter.com/x/status/1217290436273938437

林晓弈
31分钟前 来自 航天爱好者网超话
昨天发射的红旗-H9宽幅卫星彩色照来啦。航天爱好者网超话
Here come color photo from Red Flag-H9 (also called Jilin-1kf01) satellite launched yesterday.

 

[JSCh]

Our space
2 minutes ago from Weibo

[Four satellites! Good news from Liang Liangliang! ] At 10:53 on January 15, 2020, China used the Long March 2D rocket at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center to launch the sub-meter ultra-wide field-view commercial optical remote sensing satellite "Jilin No. 1" wide field-view-01 (also known as "Red Flag One—H9") and the mission was successfully completed. The mission also carried 3 small satellites NewSat7 / 8 satellite and Tian qiconstellation 05.
This is the 325th space flight of the Long March series carrier rocket. (Photographed by Shi Yue) # 中国 航空 # # 我们 的 空间 #

From the Argentine satellite company Satellogic.

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https://twitter.com/x/status/1217295485939200010

https://twitter.com/x/status/1217290436273938437

https://twitter.com/x/status/1217733226958999552

China Science✔@PDChinaScience

China’s first commercial GNSS occultation sounding payload was successfully sent into planned orbit aboard a Long March 2D carrier rocket from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in N China’s on Wed, which will provide data services for global meteorological and earthquake forecasts.

 

[JSCh]

China successfully launches new communication technology experiment satellite
Source: Xinhua| 2020-01-08 00:40:12|Editor: huaxia

A new communication technology experiment satellite is launched by a Long March-3B carrier rocket at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Xichang, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Jan. 7, 2020. The satellite will be used in communication, radio, television and data transmission, as well as high throughput technology test. (Photo by Guo Wenbin/Xinhua)

XICHANG, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- China sent a new communication technology experiment satellite into space from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province at 11:20 p.m. (Beijing Time), Tuesday.

The satellite has entered the preset orbit. It will be used in communication, radio, television and data transmission, as well as high throughput technology test.

The satellite was launched on a Long March-3B carrier rocket. It was the 324th mission for the Long March series carrier rockets.

The new satellite and the carrier rocket were developed by the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology and the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology, under the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1219005979737698309

 

[ChineseTiger1986]

China's space station core module, manned spacecraft arrive at launch site

A core module prototype of China's space station and a prototype of China's new-generation manned spacecraft arrived at the launch site in south China's Hainan Province after a week of ocean and rail transport, the China Manned Space Engineering Office announced Monday.

The core module will take part in joint rehearsals with the Long March-5B carrier rocket at the Wenchang Space Launch Center while the new manned spacecraft will be launched by the rocket's maiden flight in the first half of this year.

This means the building of China's space station in space will begin soon, the CMSEO said.

The core module, named Tianhe (harmony of the heavens), will function as the command and control center of the space station. It is 16.6 meters long with a diameter of 4.2 meters and a takeoff weight of 22.5 tonnes.

As the largest spacecraft ever developed by China, Tianhe will accommodate three astronauts and serve as a space laboratory to carry out scientific research and technological verifications, the CMSEO said.

The new-generation manned spacecraft is 8.8 meters long and has a takeoff weight of 21.6 tonnes. It will be used for transporting crew to the space station and to conduct China's future manned lunar missions.

China is scheduled to complete the construction of the space station around 2022.

The Long March-5B rocket is scheduled to arrive at the launch site in early February, the CMSEO said.

Source: Xinhua Editor: Han Jing


https://www.shine.cn/news/nation/2001210228/

 

[samsara]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1219005979737698309

Somewhat related to the reconnaissance satellites, an article carried by the Sina Military:

我同步轨道侦察卫星分辨率或达10米 可识别外军航母

https://mil.sina.cn/sd/2020-01-19/detail-iihnzhha3437921.d.html

China's geosynchronous orbit reconnaissance satellite has a resolution of up to 10 meters and can identify foreign aircraft carriers

 

[Han Patriot]

Somewhat related to the reconnaissance satellites, an article carried by the Sina Military:

我同步轨道侦察卫星分辨率或达10米 可识别外军航母

https://mil.sina.cn/sd/2020-01-19/detail-iihnzhha3437921.d.html

China's geosynchronous orbit reconnaissance satellite has a resolution of up to 10 meters and can identify foreign aircraft carriers

I believe the highest resolution GEOsat is in China?

 

[Deino]

China's space station core module, manned spacecraft arrive at launch site

A core module prototype of China's space station and a prototype of China's new-generation manned spacecraft arrived at the launch site in south China's Hainan Province after a week of ocean and rail transport, the China Manned Space Engineering Office announced Monday.

The core module will take part in joint rehearsals with the Long March-5B carrier rocket at the Wenchang Space Launch Center while the new manned spacecraft will be launched by the rocket's maiden flight in the first half of this year.

This means the building of China's space station in space will begin soon, the CMSEO said.

The core module, named Tianhe (harmony of the heavens), will function as the command and control center of the space station. It is 16.6 meters long with a diameter of 4.2 meters and a takeoff weight of 22.5 tonnes.

As the largest spacecraft ever developed by China, Tianhe will accommodate three astronauts and serve as a space laboratory to carry out scientific research and technological verifications, the CMSEO said.

The new-generation manned spacecraft is 8.8 meters long and has a takeoff weight of 21.6 tonnes. It will be used for transporting crew to the space station and to conduct China's future manned lunar missions.

China is scheduled to complete the construction of the space station around 2022.

The Long March-5B rocket is scheduled to arrive at the launch site in early February, the CMSEO said.

Source: Xinhua Editor: Han Jing


https://www.shine.cn/news/nation/2001210228/

Any info on when this launch is scheduled?

 

[ChineseTiger1986]

Any info on when this launch is scheduled?

Before February 10th 2020 in Wenchang.

 

[JSCh]

Four BeiDou satellites start operation in network
Source: Xinhua| 2020-02-16 13:02:53|Editor: Xiaoxia

BEIJING, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- Four satellites of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) have recently passed tests in orbit and started operation in the network, according to China's Satellite Navigation System Management Office.

The four satellites include the 41st, 49th, 50th and 51st satellites of the BDS family.

The 41st BDS satellite, launched on Nov. 1, 2018, is operating in geostationary orbit, and the 49th satellite was sent into inclined geosynchronous Earth orbit on Nov. 5, 2019. Both of them were developed by the China Academy of Space Technology under the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.

The 50th and the 51st BDS satellites, launched on Nov. 23, 2019, are operating in medium Earth orbit, and were developed by the Innovation Academy for Microsatellites of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Over the past two years, China has successfully sent 28 BDS-3 satellites and two BDS-2 satellites into orbit.

China plans to launch another two BDS satellites into geostationary orbit in the first half of this year to complete the global network.

 

[JSCh]

China launches 4 new technology experiment satellites
Source: Xinhua| 2020-02-20 06:26:14|Editor: Mu Xuequan

XICHANG, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- China sent four new technology experiment satellites into planned orbit from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province Thursday.

The satellites, launched by a Long March-2D carrier rocket at 5:07 a.m. (Beijing Time), will be mainly used for the new Earth-observation technology experiment.

The carrier rocket and two of the satellites were developed by the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology, the other two satellites were respectively developed by the Harbin Institute of Technology and the DFH Satellite Co. Ltd.

Thursday's launch was the 326th mission of the Long March rocket series.

 

[JSCh]

林晓弈
31分钟前 来自 航天爱好者网超话
昨天发射的红旗-H9宽幅卫星彩色照来啦。航天爱好者网超话
Here come color photo from Red Flag-H9 (also called Jilin-1kf01) satellite launched yesterday.

New picture after calibration for one month.

下面展示“红旗一号-H9”宽幅型卫星高清样图,整张图像从卫星一次过境推扫的条带中截取，覆盖面积为136km×136km，选取图像中9个局部进行高清展示。

洛杉矶国际机场

新洛杉矶公羊体育场

炼油厂

长滩港口

圣贝纳迪诺国际机场

供电站

兰开斯特农田

德尔瑟-太阳能发电设施

洛杉矶市中心

 

[Khanivore]

Long March 7A (CZ-7A). Not long to go...

 

[JSCh]

21:29, 09-Mar-2020
China launches penultimate BeiDou-3 navigation system satellite
Updated 23:02, 09-Mar-2020
By Wu Lei, Cao Qingqing

China successfully sent the penultimate satellite for its third-generation BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS-3) into space on Monday, paving the way for its completion and full global coverage in May.

The satellite, which is the 54th of the BDS, blasted off on a Long March 3B rocket at 7:55 p.m. BJT from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwestern China.

The launch team on site. /Courtesy of China Academy of Space Technology

It's the second geostationary satellite of BDS-3, and is the one with the largest size, the longest designed service life and the most functions, meaning it has broad prospects for application according to its developer, the China Academy of Space Technology.

It features major functions such as radio navigation, radio determination, satellite-based augmentation, precise point positioning, power enhancement and time synchronization and positioning between stations. These functions will be largely applied to fields including communication, power, finance, surveying and mapping, transportation, fishery, agriculture, and forestry.

The last geostationary satellite of BDS-3 will be launched in May, by which time the whole system will be completed, according to the China Satellite Navigation Office (CSNO).

The BDS-3 system will eventually consist of a total of 30 satellites, including 24 medium earth-orbit satellites, three geostationary earth-orbit satellites and three inclined geosynchronous earth-orbit satellites.

Space engineers overcame difficulties during the novel coronavirus epidemic to ensure the success of the mission.

The launch team on site. /Courtesy of China Academy of Space Technology

BDS' development over the past 20 years

As China's self-developed space-based navigation system, the BDS is one of the four global navigation networks along with the United States' GPS, Russia's GLONASS and the European Union's Galileo.

Since 2000, when the first BeiDou satellite entered orbit, China has launched 58 satellites－including four experimental ones. Its development has been through three phases - from the first generation, or BDS-1, to the current BDS-3.

The BDS-1 offered limited coverage and navigation services since 2000 mainly for users in China and neighboring regions, and was decommissioned at the end of 2012.

The BDS-2 began providing positioning, navigation, timing and messaging services to civilian users in China and other parts of the Asia-Pacific region in December 2012.

The BDS-3 has been designed for global coverage constellation. The first BDS-3 satellite was launched in March 2015. At the end of 2018, it started to provide global services.

More than six million cars, taxis, buses and trucks equipped with BeiDou terminals receive information about recommended routes sent by the Ministry of Transport on a daily basis. They can also check the routes already traveled over the past two weeks.

The system has also been playing a helpful role in the fight against the ongoing novel coronavirus outbreak in China, the CSNO noted.

 

[JSCh]

中国航天科技集团
15分钟前 来自 360安全浏览器 已编辑
#看发射# 【

圆满成功！长二丙“一箭三星”发射遥感三十号06组卫星】3月24日11时43分，西昌卫星发射中心，长征二号丙运载火箭成功将遥感三十号06组卫星送入预定轨道。长二丙火箭由航天科技集团一院抓总研制，本次任务搭载验证一子级剩余推进剂再入排放技术，持续提升落区安全性。此次是今年长二丙执行的第一次宇航发射任务，也是长征系列运载火箭的第329次航天飞行。

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
15 minutes ago
# 看 播 # [[Wuwu] a complete success! LM-2C Launches Remote Sensing Group 30 06 Satellites] At 11:43 on March 24th, the Xichang Satellite Launch Center and Long March 2C Carrier Rocket successfully launched Remote Sensing 30 Group 06 (YG-30 06) satellites into scheduled orbits. The LM-2C rocket was developed by the First Academy of the Aerospace Science and Technology Group. This mission is tasked with the verification of first-stage excess propellant re-entry discharge technology to continuously improve the drop zone safety. This is the first space launch mission carried out by LM-2C this year, and it is also the 329th space flight of the Long March series of launch vehicles.