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China sets goal of sending 12 astronauts to space by 2023, opening of space station by 2022

Hot on the heels of its recent successes reaching the Red Planet, China’s space agency has announced the lofty goal of executing 11 launch missions and sending a dozen astronauts to space within the next two years.

www.rt.com

 

[Polestar 2]

 

[LKJ86]

Via @航空知识 from Weixin

 

[LKJ86]

Long March 9

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

Long March 9
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This is as big as Saturn V. It gets Chinese people to the moon.

 

[LKJ86]

 

[SpaceMan18]

Long March 9
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They're building it now ?

 

[LKJ86]

They're building it now ?

China makes new breakthrough in heavy-lift carrier rocket engine - Xinhua | English.news.cn

China makes new breakthrough in heavy-lift carrier rocket engine
Source: Xinhua | 2021-03-05 20:13:27 | Editor: huaxia

BEIJING, March 5 (Xinhua) -- China on Friday successfully conducted a trial run on a 500-tonne-thrust liquid oxygen (LOX) and kerosene rocket engine, according to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC).

It marks a new breakthrough in the country's rocket-engine technologies, and will lay a solid foundation for its follow-up development of the heavy-lift carrier rocket, said the developer.

The new engine, with its design and management fully digitalized, provides three times the thrust of a 120-tonne-thrust LOX kerosene high-pressure staged combustion engine, the CASC said, adding that its comprehensive performance indicators are equal to the best in the world.

 

[Polestar 2]

This is as big as Saturn V. It gets Chinese people to the moon.

Bigger than Saturn V.

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Via @航空知识 from Weixin

The rocket besides CZ-9 is very interesting... Its seems to share same diameter like CZ-5 with more powerful rocket propulsion but smaller than CZ-9.

 

[SpaceMan18]

I think private Chinese space players are going the reusable route , but what about CNSA ?

CZ-9 is pretty impressive

 

[siegecrossbow]

I think private Chinese space players are going the reusable route , but what about CNSA ?

CZ-9 is pretty impressive

CZ-8 is going to test reusable technology this year I believe.

 

[Deino]

Long March 9
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they are only manufacturing test items or already the first full specimen/prototype?

 

[casual]

they are only manufacturing test items or already the first full specimen/prototype?

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cz-9 is scheduled to launch at the end of the decade so it's pretty safe to say test items right now.

 

[Beast]

They're building it now ?

There are actually fabricating many parts of CZ-9 few years ago...
Check the video posting date.

It will not take too long for CZ-9 to materialise. But I am not sure whether the launch tower will be ready for the rocket.

 

[SpaceMan18]

There are actually fabricating many parts of CZ-9 few years ago...
Check the video posting date.

It will not take too long for CZ-9 to materialise. But I am not sure whether the launch tower will be ready for the rocket.

So China's manned moon mission will be 2030 right ?

Idk how long the launch tower will take to build but I guess it's quick , I expect CZ-9 to launch this or next year right ?

And after lets say the CZ-9 manned lunar mission , what about the next CNSA super heavy lift launch vehicle for their manned Mars mission ? Do they have plans for something like the Starship ?