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

[shuttler]

Chang'e 3 will be launched from XiChang at 1:30 AM on Dec 2nd 2013.

嫦娥三号将于12月2日1时30分发射-搜狐新闻

From live TV, the lift-off went well according to plan. Chang'e 3 has successfully released its solar panels. Landing to be conducted in 2 weeks

Meanwhile the endurance of Chang'e 2 is just amazing. She has broken all our records in navigatiing distance. Apart from the orbiting satellites, China is monitoring/controlling Tiangong-1, Chang'e 2 and 3 in space now. Just to keep our guys busy!



China's Chang'e-2 lunar probe travels 60 mln km
China's Chang'e-2 lunar probe travels 60 mln km - Xinhua | English.news.cn

English.news.cn 2013-11-26 11:38:5



BEIJING, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- Lunar probe Chang'e-2 is more than 60 million kilometers away from Earth and has become China's first man-made asteroid, a spokesperson said Tuesday.


Still in good condition, Chang'e-2 is heading for deep space and is expected to travel as far as 300 million km from Earth, the longest voyage of any Chinese spacecraft, Wu Zhijian of the State Administration for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence (SASTIND) told reporters at a press conference.

In comparison, the shortest distance between Earth and the Mars is about 55 million km, and the longest 400 million km. NASA confirmed in September that Voyager-1, launched in 1977, had left the solar system and was over 18.7 billion km away from Earth.

Launched on Oct. 1, 2010, Chang'e-2 was designed for half a year of service but has kept working for over three years. The probe verified some crucial technologies for Chang'e-3 and reconnoitered the landing area. It also made the world's first lunar holographic image with a resolution of 7 meters, Wu said.

Chang'e-2 and Chang'e-3 are part of the second stage of China's three-stage lunar mission: orbiting, landing, and return.

 

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The Long March-3B carrier rocket carrying China's Chang'e-3 lunar probe blasts off from the launch pad at Xichang Satellite Launch Center, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Dec. 2, 2013. It will be the first time for China to send a spacecraft to soft land on the surface of an extraterrestrial body, where it will conduct surveys on the moon. (Xinhua/Li Gang)
Credit：globaltimes, Chinamil, Chinadaily，Xinhua and people.com.cn

 

[tomluter]

CE-3 Probe launched form the CZ3 rocket

 

[halupridol]

any Chinese guy frm yunan region.....can u plz give some info about mong mao???

 

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图表：火箭起飞新华社记者崔莹编制
Xinhua News Agency reporters Cui Ying production

 

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Credits: gwn.cn and Xinhuanet

 

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China LUT To Take Advantage Of Moon As Ideal Venue For Astronomy
China | Lunar Enterprise Daily

LUT – Lunar Ultraviolet Telescope To Land On Moon Mid Dec Aboard Chang’e-3; Scientific Goals Include Continuous Monitoring Of Variable Stars & Galaxies, Low Galactic Latitude Sky Survey; Instrument Will Observe During Lunar Daytime; Flat Mirror With Gimbal Mount Provides Over 1200 Square Degrees Of Visible Sky For 150mm-Diameter Aperture Telescope; Stable Platform, Tenuous Atmosphere Of Moon Ideal For Long-Duration Low-Frequency Observations; Pictured: LUT Lead Scientist Jianyan Wei

Image Credit: phys.scichina.com, ILOA, CNSA

 

[shuttler]

Chang'e-3 trims its orbit
English.news.cn 2013-12-02 19:34:0

Chang'e-3 trims its orbit - Xinhua | English.news.cn

BEIJING, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Chang'e-3, China's first planned soft moon landing, finished the first orbital trimming at 3:50 p.m. in its trajectory along the earth-moon transfer orbit, the Beijing Aerospace Control Center (BACC) said.


Chang'e-3 mission with moon rover "Yutu" (Jade Rabbit) was successfully launched early on Monday morning from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center.

It will travel for around 112 hours along the earth-moon transfer orbit, while scientists adjust its orbit depending on the circumstances.

The probe is estimated to reach the 100-km high circular lunar orbit sometime on Friday.

The BACC said as of 4:00 p.m. Beijing Time on Monday, Chang'e-3 has been flying for about 14 hours and is now about 138,000 km away from Earth.

 

[Enemy]

PLA dreams of turning moon into Death Star, says expert

The Long March-3B carrier rocket carrying China's Chang'e-3 lunar probe blasts off from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province, Dec. 2. (Photo/Xinhua)

Experts in China are discussing the possibility of the People's Liberation Army to establish a missile base on the moon following the successful launch of the Long March-3B rocket carrying the Chang'e-3 lunar rover on Dec. 1, according to the Beijing Times.

An expert from the China National Space Administration's Lunar Exploration Programme Center told the paper that China plans to send its first astronaut to the moon by 2030. By 2050, the moon could become a base from which to send the country's manned spacecraft to explore deep space, the source said.

He added that the moon is the Earth's only natural satellite, and it can be transformed into a deadly weapon. Like the Death Star in Star Wars, the moon could hypothetically be used as a military battle station and ballistic missiles could be launched against any military target on Earth.

Various weapons testing sites could also be established on the moon, the source said. China is currently the only nation with a lunar exploration program and the Chang'e-3 is only the beginning of a more ambitious program, the source added.

PLA dreams of turning moon into Death Star, says expert｜Politics｜News｜WantChinaTimes.com

I don't know how feasible launching missiles from the surface of Moon to the surface of Earth would be, however, a HAARP like facility can be built there and have absolute command over Earth's weather patterns.

 

[grandmaster]

PLA dreams of turning moon into Death Star, says expert

The Long March-3B carrier rocket carrying China's Chang'e-3 lunar probe blasts off from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province, Dec. 2. (Photo/Xinhua)

Experts in China are discussing the possibility of the People's Liberation Army to establish a missile base on the moon following the successful launch of the Long March-3B rocket carrying the Chang'e-3 lunar rover on Dec. 1, according to the Beijing Times.

An expert from the China National Space Administration's Lunar Exploration Programme Center told the paper that China plans to send its first astronaut to the moon by 2030. By 2050, the moon could become a base from which to send the country's manned spacecraft to explore deep space, the source said.

He added that the moon is the Earth's only natural satellite, and it can be transformed into a deadly weapon. Like the Death Star in Star Wars, the moon could hypothetically be used as a military battle station and ballistic missiles could be launched against any military target on Earth.

Various weapons testing sites could also be established on the moon, the source said. China is currently the only nation with a lunar exploration program and the Chang'e-3 is only the beginning of a more ambitious program, the source added.

PLA dreams of turning moon into Death Star, says expert｜Politics｜News｜WantChinaTimes.com

I don't know how feasible launching missiles from the surface of Moon to the surface of Earth would be, however, a HAARP like facility can be built there and have absolute command over Earth's weather patterns.

see how faked it is? "An expert" is who? everyone can write thousand of articles like this without evidence! you see this kind of article very often on western media
the author 's purpose is to write article to mislead readers to have hostility toward china's space program

 

[ChineseTiger1986]

The Moon still has a lot of secret to explore, so our primary focus will still be on the Moon instead of Mars.

 

[Beast]

The Moon still has a lot of secret to explore, so our primary focus will still be on the Moon instead of Mars.

CZ-9 is a monster... China shall have made this rocket long ago. Thanks to the timid ex President Hu. China space program is backward at least by 10 years.

 

[ChineseTiger1986]

CZ-9 is a monster... China shall have made this rocket long ago. Thanks to the timid ex President Hu. China space program is backward at least by 10 years.

CZ-9 weighs about 4000 tons, which is 1000 tons more than Saturn V.

So its LEO payload should be expected to be no less than 160 tons.

 

[Aegis DDG]

CZ-9 weighs about 4000 tons, which is 1000 tons more than Saturn V.

So its LEO payload should be expected to be no less than 160 tons.

If China succeeds in launching this Rocket, then it will be the heaviest and fastest object hurled to space by man.

 

[Superboy]

Chang'e 3 has entered lunar orbit.

Chang'e 3 has arrived in lunar orbit | The Planetary Society