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

[xhw1986]

Great news...

 

[qwerrty]

However, the commercial Gaofen-2 satellite with one-meter resolution will launch later this year. This means current Chinese military satellite technology is at approximately 0.5 meter resolution. It is very impressive for Chinese military satellites to achieve sub-meter resolution!

i think they have sub-meter resolution long time ago. the china-brazil cbers-2b satellite launched in 2007 has 2~ m resolution. that means the resolution for military were much higher at the time. by now probably even better than 0.5..

 

[uzair ramay]

ooo thats real good...u also hav satellite killing missile so y not destroy american satellites and put chinese satellites there

 

[ChineseTiger1986]

ooo thats real good...u also hav satellite killing missile so y not destroy american satellites and put chinese satellites there

Destroy people's navigation satellites will lead into a nuclear war.

 

[uzair ramay]

hhaha yes u r rite ....

 

[Genesis]

Destroy people's navigation satellites will lead into a nuclear war.

no it won't we the Chinese suck at making stuff our scientists are idiots.

IF we hit other satellites, we just missed. Nothing to see happens every other day.

 

[xuxu1457]

2013-05-02 09:18:50 Xinhua

A Long March-3B carrier rocket is launched in Xichang, southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 2, 2013. China successfully sent a communications satellite, "Zhongxing-11", into orbit with a Long March-3B carrier rocket launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center on Thursday. [Photo: Xinhua]

China launched a communications satellite, "Zhongxing-11", at 0:06 a.m. Thursday (Beijing time) from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province.

"Zhongxing-11" will be mainly used in providing commercial communications services for users in the Asia-Pacific region, according to a statement from the center.

The satellite was sent by a Long March-3B rocket into the preset orbit, the statement said.

It marked the 176th launch of China's Long March series of rockets.


China Launches Communications Satellite

ChinaSat 11




● Manufacturer: China Academy of Space Technology
● Polarization: *Linear Polarization*
● Payload: 45 C-band and Ku-band transponders
● Coverage: China, East Asia, South Asia, Middle East, Africa, Australia including the regions of *China Sea and Indian Ocean
*
ChinaSat 11 is scheduled to be brought into use in the 2nd quarter of 2013. Featuring multiple high power fixed and mobile beams and transponder switching capability, it will provide for commercial broadcasting and communications services with 45 C-band and Ku-band transponders to meet the needs of Direct-to-Home, data transmission, digital broadband multimedia and streaming media for clients in Asia, Africa, Australia including the regions of *China Sea, Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea, etc.

 

[faithfulguy]

i think they have sub-meter resolution long time ago. the china-brazil cbers-2b satellite launched in 2007 has 2~ m resolution. that means the resolution for military were much higher at the time. by now probably even better than 0.5..

I do not trust what China say about their military satellite capability. They are either under or over estimating it.

 

[shuttler]

the us has a satellite resolution of just 5 cm

we have a long way to go but to get to this far, our satellites still serve our military operations pretty well

 

[hk299792458]

China successfully launched the ZX-11 communication satellite

Yuan Wang 3 and Yuan Wang 6 space tracking ship successful completed the ZX-11 satellite monitoring and control tasks at sea

Henri K.

 

[hk299792458]

Strange NOTAM...

A0507/13 -
A TEMPORARY RESTRICTED AREA ESTABLISHED BOUNDED BY:
N272440E1062527-N270348E1061854 -N271521E1053214-N273614E1053838
BACK TO START.
VERTICAL LIMITS: SFC-UNL.ALL ACFT ARE PROHIBITED TO FLY INTO THE AREA.
SFC - UNL, 12 MAY 12:57 2013 UNTIL 12 MAY 13:46 2013.
CREATED:10 MAY 06:48 2013

Henri K.

 

[SOHEIL]

CZ-NGLV (Chang Zheng NGLV)

 

[hk299792458]

Chia could have proceeded an anti-satellite test (ASAT) in GEO on May 13th.

NORAD confirmation is awaiting.

Henri K.

 

[cirr]

Yuanwang 21，the rocket transporter delivered on 06.05.2013：

The 1st of two ships。

 

[Martian2]

China Spreads Alternative To US GPS System | Sky News

"China Spreads Alternative To US GPS System
5:43am UK, Sunday 19 May 2013

Pakistan is the latest country to sign up to the alternative to the US GPS as China aims to take its satnav system global.

China has become proud of its satellite and manned space prowess.

Pakistan is set to become the fifth Asian country to use China's domestic satellite navigation system, which was launched as a rival to the US sat nav system.

The Beidou, or Compass, system started providing services to civilians in the region in December and is expected to provide global coverage by 2020.

Like the US global positioning system (GPS), the Beidou system can be shut down or fed with false data in times of national security.

The primary purpose of the systems owned by China and the US are military, designed for both accurate navigation and weapons delivery.

Thailand, China, Laos and Brunei already use the Chinese system, which currently consists of 16 operational satellites, with 30 more due to join the system, according to English-language China Daily.

Huang Lei, the international business director of BDStar Navigation, which promotes Beidou, told the newspaper the company would build a network of stations in Pakistan to enhance the location accuracy of Beidou.

He said building the new network would cost tens of millions of dollars.

American website Defensenews.com reported in early May that Pakistani military experts were in favour of using the Chinese system, even though the availability of the signal could not be guaranteed in case of conflict.

But according to one of them, Pakistan cannot place its trust in the US.

"Pakistan's armed forces cannot rely on US GPS because of its questionable availability during a conflict that has overtones of nuclear escalation," former Pakistan air force pilot Kaiser Tufail told the site.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang travels next week to Pakistan, a long time ally, after a visit to India."