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

[onebyone]

 

[kuge]

Silkworms in Tiangong-2 Space Lab Begin to Spin Cocoons
CCTV+
Published on Oct 26, 2016

Some of the six silkworms, which have been brought into China's Tiangong-2 space lab for experiments, have begun to spin cocoons one week after the Shenzhou-11 manned spacecraft blasted off on Oct. 17.

that's one hack of a lucky silkworm in the orbit...

 

[onebyone]

Roll-out is happening right now:










Shijian-17 (SJ-17) - Long March 5 maiden flight - WSLC - November 3, 2016

 

[JSCh]

link for Weibo live Long March 5 roll out.

http://weibo.com/p/2309124b93941b5d8e2f474d28c74a5b3d8683​

 

[Akasa]

Any idea at what time will the CZ-5 launch?

 

[JSCh]

 

[lonelyman]

Roll-out is happening right now:










Shijian-17 (SJ-17) - Long March 5 maiden flight - WSLC - November 3, 2016

Very excited, this will put China at bar with Russia and USA finally.

 

[yusheng]

 

[Beast]

Very excited, this will put China at bar with Russia and USA finally.

Precisely, more importantly China can finally claim to be major spacepower. Asia best space power.

One of the criteria to be spacepower is high payload to space. At least 20tons to LEO.

 

[lonelyman]

Precisely, more importantly China can finally claim to be major spacepower. Asia best space power.

One of the criteria to be spacepower is high payload to space. At least 20tons to LEO.

Behemoth Long March 9 is under development too

 

[Deino]

Another video:

 

[cirr]

Any tumbling spacecraft that refuses to be cooperative will be under arrest

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[yusheng]

 

[JSCh]

Completed assembly of Long March-7 rocket expected in 2017
(People's Daily Online) 13:37, October 31, 2016

[File photo]​

Another Long March-7 rocket is expected to be finished in January 2017. After the assembly of the new rocket is completed, it will be tasked with sending China's first space cargo ship Tianzhou-1 into space in the first half of next year.

“Components of the next Long March-7 are all set. The carrier rocket is now being assembled,” said Wang Xiaojun, chief commander of the successful launch of the first Long March-7. Wang told Chinanews.com that assembly will be completed in January 2017, and that the rocket can be utilized in February.

As China's first digitally designed rocket, the Long March-7 was designed and manufactured with 3-D technologies, putting China in the top tier of digital design capabilities. The rocket measures 53.1 meters in length, with a 3.35-meter core and four rocket boosters. Although it weighs hundreds of tons, the rocket's shell is incredibly thin.

The maiden launch of the Long March-7 rocket was successfully carried out in June, and the main payload for its debut was a scaled-down version of a next-generation crew vehicle. The vehicle was successfully recovered in Inner Mongolia after a short orbital flight.

“According to analysis and statistics from Long March-7’s first flight, the rocket has no flaws in its functionality. That creates a good foundation for its next mission,” Wang noted.

Long March-7 will play a critical role in realizing a Chinese space station, Chinanews.com reported.

 

[JSCh]