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

[hk299792458]

 

[xuxu1457]

During the past 15 years, from the later 1996(that two big failure) to the end of 2012, Lang March rockets launched 133times, one time failed in 2011, one time partly failed in 2009, 98.5% success rate;

from the end of 1996 to 2009, 76 times consecutive successful launch;

from 2010-2012, one failed out 53 times lauch during 3 years

 

[hk299792458]

During the past 15 years, from the later 1996(that two big failure) to the end of 2012, Lang March rockets launched 133times, one time failed in 2011, one time partly failed in 2009, 98.5% success rate;

from the end of 1996 to 2009, 76 times consecutive successful launch;

from 2010-2012, one failed out 53 times lauch during 3 years

Blue = Success, red = failed launch... I make this table myself but it should be complet.

 

[sweetgrape]

Urgent: China's Beidou system starts service in Asian-Pacific[/SIZE][/SIZE]
http://www.china.org.cn/china/Off_the_Wire/2012-12/27/content_27528713.htm
China's indigenous Beidou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) on Thursday began providing services to users in the Asian-Pacific region, according to a spokesman of the system. Endi

 

[assassination_of_engineer]

Do you have a picture to show which areas of Asia-Pacific are covered?

 

[beijingwalker]

China mandates use of Beidou navigation system

Summary: Commercial vehicles such as tour coaches and heavy trucks in nine regions will have to install the homegrown Beidou Navigation Satellite System or face having vehicle permits revoked.

January 15, 2013 -- 03:29 GMT (19:29 PST)


China's Ministry of Transport says commercial vehicles in nine regions will have to install the homegrown Beidou Navigation Satellite System (BDS), or face not having their vehicle permits approved.

Xinhua reported Monday that all tour coaches, long-distance scheduled buses and vehicles transporting "dangerous articles" will need to install BDS when they renew their mobile navigation devices. Newly-manufactured heavy trucks and trailers will also have to be installed with the navigation system before entering the market, it noted.

The new regulation applies to nine regions, namely Jiangsu, Anhui, Hebei, Shaanxi, Shandong, Hunan, Guizhou, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, and Tianjin Municipality, said Feng Zhenglin, China's vice minister of transport, in the report.

He added the ministry intends to have 80 percent of these vehicles installed with BDS by the end of March, and is also encouraging passenger vehicles in rural areas to install the navigation system.

According to Xinhua, the BDS started providing navigational services to Chinese users and surrounding areas in Asia-Pacific at the end of 2012.

The Chinese government launched its Compass M3 and M4 satellites in May last year to further enhance its reach and provide a viable alternative to the U.S.-controlled global positioning system (GPS). The two satellites are the 12th and 13th ones sent into space, with another 17 expected to join the system by 2020.

 

[beijingwalker]

China to have over 200 orbiting spacecrafts by 2020

18:07, January 25, 2013

Edited and translated by Li Qian, People's Daily Online

According to CASC (China aerospace science and technology corporation), China will have the comprehensive ability of space exploration and more than 200 orbiting spacecrafts by 2020.

In 2013, CASC will implement space model emission for 16 times and plan to launch 20 spacecrafts into the space.

Shenzhou 10 and Tiangong 1 will accomplish rendezvous and docking mission of manned space. Chang'e 3 spacecraft will achieve lunar soft landing detection for the first time and automatic tour of investigation.

According to the deployment, China will have the comprehensive ability of space exploration by 2020.

China's orbiting spacecrafts will be more than 200, accounting for nearly 20 percent of the world. It will launch 30 times annually, accounting for nearly 30 percent of the world. At that time, China will finish the construction of global satellite navigation system and high resolution for earth observation system.

At the same time, China will achieve globalization application of space infrastructure such as satellite communication, satellite navigation, satellite remote sensing and so on, and the overseas income will account for more than 15 percent, international business of aerospace and defense will account for 25 percent of operating revenues.

 

[cirr]

The slide says that there have been major breakthroughs in the areas of large aircraft and hypersonic aircraft，both of which are the national key scientific and technological projects：

 

[SenLin]

Shifting Constellations: Europe Eyes China in Space Race


As America has reduced its space funding and capabilities, the European Space Agency has turned to the new rising power in space: China. Though obstacles remain, collaboration could one day take a European-Chinese crew to the moon.


Full Text: ESA Mulls New Alliance as China Becomes Space Leader - SPIEGEL ONLINE

 

[sweetgrape]

4th space launch center to be in use in 2015
4th space launch center to be in use in 2015- China.org.cn

China's fourth launch center, located in tropical island province of Hainan, will be ready for space launch in two years, said a member of China's top political advisory body.

The launch center, which has been under construction since 2009, will be able to launch space station capsules and cargo ships, Zhou Jianping, designer-in-chief of China's manned space program, told Xinhua on Saturday.

The carrier rockets to be launched in the Hainan center include Long March-7 and Long March-5, said Zhou, a member of the National Committee of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).

Construction of the Hainan Space Launch Center, the lowest latitude one in China, started in September 2009 in Wenchang City, on the northeast coast of the tropical island province.

The center will be mainly used for launching synchronous satellites, heavy satellites, large space stations, and deep space probe satellites. It is designed to handle up to 10-12 rocket launches a year.

China currently has three space launch bases, namely, the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the desert of northwest China's Gansu Province, the nation's only manned spacecraft launch center; the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province, capable of launching satellites into both medium and low orbits; and the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, mainly to launch powerful-thrust rockets and geostationary satellites in southwest China's Sichuan Province.

The three launch sites have carried out over 100 space launches, sending over 100 satellites into space.

However, the three launch centers are all landlocked in western or northern plateau and mountainous regions, lack commercial development and are inconvenient for transportation.

Long Lehao, a carrier rocket expert with the Chinese Academy of Engineering, previously said that rockets to be launched from Wenchang would consume less fuel to get into orbit, because of its better location.

"A satellite launched from Wenchang will be able to extend its service life by three years as a result of the fuel saved from the shorter manoeuvre from the transit orbit to the geosynchronous orbit," Long said.



I just a question, If I am not wrong, it should be ready in 2013, seems it delay.

 

[sweetgrape]

China's first solid-fuel rocket to debut before 2016
China's first solid-fuel rocket to debut before 2016 - People's Daily Online

BEIJING - China's first solid-fuel rocket Long March-11 is expected to make its first launch before 2016, a senior official of the rocket's designing institute said on Saturday.

Liang Xiaohong, deputy head of the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology, said the rocket will be easy to operate and cost-efficient to launch. It can remain in storage for long period and reliably launch on short notice.

"The development of the Long March-11 will greatly improve China's capabilities to rapidly enter the space and meet the emergency launching demand in case of disasters and emergencies," he told Xinhua.

The Long March-11 rocket system consists of a solid-fuel rocket and a launching support system. It will apply China's largest solid-fuel rocket engine, he said.

China has made more than 160 launching of liquid-fuel rockets successfully but is yet to make breakthrough on the development of the solid-fuel rockets.

 

[qwerrty]

China's first solid-fuel rocket to debut before 2016
China's first solid-fuel rocket to debut before 2016 - People's Daily Online

probably an upgraded version of KT-1

 

[cirr]

The Earth trembled and the mountains swayed at about 11am on 08.03.2013

 

[JSCh]

The Earth trembled and the mountains swayed at about 11am on 08.03.2013

YF100 again? or YF77?

 

[hk299792458]

The 3rd lunar probe, CE-3, will be launched beginning of December, said the chief engineer of LM-3A rocket familly today.

Henri K.