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Kaituozhe 1 Launch Vehicle

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Kaituozhe 1 (KT-1) series solid-propellant launch vehicle (LV) has been developed by the Space Solid Fuel Rocket Carrier Co. Ltd. since 2000. Allegedly based on China’s second-generation, solid-propellant ballistic missile technology, the KaiTuoZhe series was designed to provide a small-orbital launcher that can be launched from anywhere without complex fuelling and launch facilities required by conventional ChangZheng (Long March) series liquid-propellant LVs. The basic variant KT-1 is capable of placing up to 50kg payload into 600km low earth orbits (LEO).

China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC) established Space Solid Fuel Rocket Carrier Co. Ltd. in May 2000 as the primary contractor for its all-solid-propellant space launch vehicle programme.

The company was responsible for the development and marketing of the vehicle, with the 6th Space Academy in Inner Mongolia responsible for the solid motors. The development programme officially entered the engineering phase in November 2000, with the third-stage successfully tested on 25 February 2001.

Kaituozhe 1 solid-propellant launch vehicle (Chinese Internet)
The KT-1 is a 13.6m, four-stage design. The 1.4m diameter first stage has four nozzles. The total launch mass is 20t. It is the first Chinese-made space launch vehicle to be equipped with a Strapdown Inertial Navigation System (SINS) for guidance.

Capable of being launched from a mobile, truck-based platform, the KT-1 provides the fast deployment of a micro satellite into earth orbit. Without the need to rely on complex launch pad facilities, the vehicle can be launched from almost any location, increasing its survivability in time of war.

So far the KT-1 has been launched twice, but none fully successful. In the first launch in September 2002, the LV failed to place a 35.8kg microsatellite into the 300 km polar orbit due to a second stage malfunction. A second launch in September 2003 sent a 40kg PS-2 microsatellite into the space but on the wrong orbit. Chinese space officials insisted that the LV guidance system, fairing separation and satellite-launcher separation all worked according to plan but also admitted that "not all objectives were achieved”.

Improved Variants

Space Solid Fuel Rocket Carrier Co. Ltd. also developed an improved variant, originally designated KT-2 and later renamed KT-1A. This is a four-stage orbital launch vehicle capable of sending 300kg payload into the Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO) and polar orbit. With an estimated launch mass of 40t, the KT-1A consists of a new larger diameter first stage motor, topped by the first two stages of the basic KT-1 vehicles.

A larger size KT-2A (later renamed KT-1B) was designed for polar orbits missions with greater payload capability (~400kg and up to three separate payloads). The vehicle consists of two solid boosters derived from the first stage motor of the KT-1, a larger-diameter core second stage motor like that of the KT-2, a new larger-diameter third stage motor, and an enormous new fairing.

Kaituozhe 1 (KT-1) Launch Vehicle - SinoDefence.com
 
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China to launch seventh navigation satellite soon

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BEIJING (PTI): China will launch its seventh orbiter into space in "coming days" as part of its indigenous satellite-navigation and positioning network.

A spokesman for the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, in southwest China's Sichuan Province said Thursday that the "Beidou" or Compass, navigation satellite will be launched on a Long March-3A carrier rocket.

The satellite and rocket are now in good conditions, state-run Xinhua news agency quoted him as saying.

The satellite is expected to join six other satellites already in orbit to form a network, which will eventually consist of 35 satellites.

China started building its own satellite navigation system to end its dependence upon the US GPS system in 2000, when it sent two orbiters as a double-satellite experimental positioning system.

Beidou, as the system is called, is designed to provide navigation, time and short message services in the Asia and Pacific region in 2010 and will be capable of providing global navigation services by 2020.

China to launch seventh navigation satellite soon - Brahmand.com
 
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I have a good feeling that Beidou will be fully operational before it was scheduled. Will be happy to use Beidou in my next navigation gadget. :toast_sign:

China launches seventh orbiter for indigenous global satellite navigation system

China launches seventh orbiter for indigenous global satellite navigation system
English.news.cn 2010-12-18 05:58:51 FeedbackPrintRSS


A Long March-3A carrier rocket lifts off at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Dec. 18, 2010. China successfully launched into space a seventh orbiter for its independent satellite navigation and positioning network known as Beidou, or Compass System here Saturday. (Xinhua/Wang Yulei)

XICHANG, Sichuan, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- China successfully launched an orbiter into space from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwestern Sichuan Province at 4:20 a.m. Beijing Time Saturday.

It was the seventh orbiter that China has launched for its independent satellite navigation and positioning network, also known as Beidou, or Compass system.

It is the 136th flight for the country's Long March series of rockets.

The new satellite, launched on a Long March-3A carrier rocket,joins six other satellites already in orbit to form a network, which will eventually consist of more than 30 satellites.

China started building its own satellite navigation system to end its dependence upon the U.S. GPS system in 2000, when it sent two orbiters as a double-satellite experimental positioning system.

Beidou, as the system is called, is designed to provide navigation, time and short message services in the Asia and Pacific region before 2012 and will be capable of providing global navigation services by 2020.
 
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All this while the Galileo still hasn't launched any. It was a good thing that Europe kicked China out of the program, because otherwise China would have been mired in the same beauracracy.

They have too many countries to make thing compromised.
 
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All this while the Galileo still hasn't launched any. It was a good thing that Europe kicked China out of the program, because otherwise China would have been mired in the same beauracracy.

No stronger motivation than the need to stick it to those who won't share.
 
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China launches new satellite to rival US GPS

BEIJING: China today successfully launched its seventh orbiter into space which would be a part of independent satellite navigation and positioning network to rival the United State's Global Position System (GPS).

It was the seventh orbiter that China has launched for its independent satellite navigation and positioning network, also known as Beidou, or Compass system, state run Xinhua newsagency reported.

The arbiter was launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwestern Sichuan Province early today.

It is the 136th flight for the country's Long March series of rockets.

The new satellite, launched on a Long March-3A carrier rocket, joins six other satellites already in orbit to form a network, which will eventually consist of more than 30 satellites.

China started building its own satellite navigation system to end its dependence upon the US GPS system in 2000, when it sent two orbiters as a double-satellite experimental positioning system.

Beidou, as the system is called, is designed to provide navigation, time and short message services in the Asia and Pacific region before 2012 and will be capable of providing global navigation services by 2020

China launches new satellite to rival US GPS - The Economic Times
 
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All this while the Galileo still hasn't launched any. It was a good thing that Europe kicked China out of the program, because otherwise China would have been mired in the same bureaucracy.

International Space Station as well... Some times I wish there were more embargos on China lol.
 
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China to explore Mars with Russia this year

BEIJING (AFP) – China's first Mars probe is expected to be launched in October this year in a joint operation with Russia after a two-year delay, state media reported Sunday.

The probe, Yinghuo-1, was due to blast off in October 2009 with Russia's "Phobos Explorer" from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan but the launch was postponed, the official Xinhua news agency said.

Quoting an unnamed expert at the China Academy of Space Technology, the report said the blast-off had been pushed back to October this year. It added that China planned to launch a Mars probe on its own in 2013.

According to previous reports, the orbiter is due to probe the Martian space environment with a special focus on what happened to the water that appears to have once been abundant on the planet's surface.

China has already begun probing the moon and this will be the next step in its ambitious space exploration programme, which it aims to be on a par with those of the United States and Russia.

It currently has a probe -- the Chang'e 2 -- orbiting the moon and carrying out various tests in preparation for the expected 2013 launch of the Chang'e-3, which it hopes will be its first unmanned lunar landing.

It also became the world's third nation to put a man in space independently -- after the United States and Russia -- when Yang Liwei piloted the one-man Shenzhou-5 space mission in 2003.

always have to wait for the National Day, bureaucrat!
 
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China tests unmanned spacecraft: Voice of Russia
A small article that has been circulating the web yesterday:

"China has successfully tested its first orbital unmanned spacecraft capable of staying in the outer space for at least 270 days and dealing with various defense tasks, including the destruction of communication satellites.

This Chinese robotic space plane will most certainly challenge US air force’s X-37B unmanned spacecraft that performed its first mission last year. This elusive spacecraft is capable of striking any target on Earth at any time and cannot be tracked down using the existing ABM means."
 
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