China Ready to Mass Produce Satellites with First Smart Assembly Line

[beijingwalker]

China Ready to Mass Produce Satellites with First Smart Assembly Line

2021-05-13


China’s first satellite made entirely via an automated, smart production line rolled off the assembly line on Thursday, establishing the country’s mass production capacity for such spacecraft, Xinhua reported. The satellite fresh off the assembly line is domestically developed by state-owned company China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation Limited. Completed in Wuhan, central China’s Hubei Province, it is a typical satellite with seven systems that can be mass-produced.

Its final assembly and testing were completed on the smart production line, which was built in 2019. Source

The smart production line can produce 240 satellites per year, each weighing less than one tonne.

The smart production line increases production efficiency by over 40 percent, cuts the production space for each satellite by 70 percent and shortens the production cycle by over 80 percent. The smart production line can control procedures automatically, with data analysis and results sent to the control terminal in real time. The technology shifts satellite production from human-driven to data-driven, making mass production possible.

China’s first satellite made entirely via an automated, smart production line rolled off the assembly line on Thursday, establishing the country’s mass

China’s first satellite made entirely via an automated, smart production line rolled off the assembly line on Thursday, establishing the country’s mass

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[Daniel808]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1392695283595628545

240 Satellites per year is crazy That's mean 2 Satellites every 3 days

 

[FuturePAF]

Just under one ton or much less than one ton make a huge difference? Is this china’s answer to starlink?

 

[ozranger]

Just under one ton or much less than one ton make a huge difference? Is this china’s answer to starlink?

I personally don't believe China will follow the Starlink path as China has ubiquitous deployment of 5G SA networks.

The mass production of and rapid launching capabilities using solid fuel rockets with light weight satellites are for both commercial and military use. In doing it China will make sure they can win a satellite shoot-down competition with the US once a conventional war arises between these 2 powers.

 

[CAPRICORN-88]

China Ready to Mass Produce Satellites with First Smart Assembly Line

2021-05-13


China’s first satellite made entirely via an automated, smart production line rolled off the assembly line on Thursday, establishing the country’s mass production capacity for such spacecraft, Xinhua reported. The satellite fresh off the assembly line is domestically developed by state-owned company China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation Limited. Completed in Wuhan, central China’s Hubei Province, it is a typical satellite with seven systems that can be mass-produced.

Its final assembly and testing were completed on the smart production line, which was built in 2019. Source

The smart production line can produce 240 satellites per year, each weighing less than one tonne.

The smart production line increases production efficiency by over 40 percent, cuts the production space for each satellite by 70 percent and shortens the production cycle by over 80 percent. The smart production line can control procedures automatically, with data analysis and results sent to the control terminal in real time. The technology shifts satellite production from human-driven to data-driven, making mass production possible.

China’s first satellite made entirely via an automated, smart production line rolled off the assembly line on Thursday, establishing the country’s mass

China’s first satellite made entirely via an automated, smart production line rolled off the assembly line on Thursday, establishing the country’s mass

www.bollyinside.com

So the mass assembly line is finally ready.
This was announced a few years ago.

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

And this is why Wuhan is the world's most technologically advanced industrial city.

 

[Daniel808]

Just under one ton or much less than one ton make a huge difference? Is this china’s answer to starlink?

Yes, to Produce that kind LEO Mega-Constellation

They plan for 13,000 Satellites Mega-Constellation for State-Owned Enterprises, and much more for Private Space Companies.

For State Owned Enterprises

https://spacenews.com/china-is-deve...0-satellite-communications-megaconstellation/


To Support their Smart City, 5G+, Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Driving, Robot Delivery, and Robo Taxi Projects across their country & will be expanded to Belt & Road Members in the future

AutoX (Shenzhen AI Company) has opened its fully driverless RoboTaxi Program to the public in Shenzhen Area. This marks the first time in the world that the general public will be able to book a completely autonomous RoboTaxi without accompanying safety drivers.

This video shows how the fully driverless RoboTaxi operates from a passenger’s perspective. The vehicle runs on regular public roads in the city, takes unprotected left turns at busy intersections, makes side passes on streets, deals with a scooter running traffic lights, and more.



Chinese people really living in the Future

Chinese, you guys are Crazy, leaving other people behind in Stone age

 

[Han Patriot]

Just under one ton or much less than one ton make a huge difference? Is this china’s answer to starlink?

Yes it is.... China a few weeks back just created a state owned satellite Internet company.

 

[Song Hong]

It is no longer difficult to massive produce LEO communication satellite, all COTS will do. No need to shield space radiation problem.

But it will be a different story if someone wants make GEO or MEO satellite. You need space grade material.

(Me do a lot RF engineering)

 

[casual]

Just under one ton or much less than one ton make a huge difference? Is this china’s answer to starlink?

If it was just an answer to starlink they didn't need to have the max weight up to 1 ton. 250kg would have been enough. China is aiming for something much bigger.

 

[FuturePAF]

I personally don't believe China will follow the Starlink path as China has ubiquitous deployment of 5G SA networks.

The mass production of and rapid launching capabilities using solid fuel rockets with light weight satellites are for both commercial and military use. In doing it China will make sure they can win a satellite shoot-down competition with the US once a conventional war arises between these 2 powers.

So this is to stockpile satellites in the event they lose many in orbit during a war and need them rapidly replaced. Wow.

 

[beijingwalker]

China's First Smart Small Satellite Production Line Ready for Mass Production

 

[ozranger]

So this is to stockpile satellites in the event they lose many in orbit during a war and need them rapidly replaced. Wow.

They have to because their ASBMs and hypersonic weapons rely on those constellations highly.