China's First Digitally Designed Rocket Program: CZ-7 (Long March 7)

[ChineseTiger1986]

I don't know why it did happen, but it did look like the MIRV warheads.

 

[homing28]

Re-entering Chinese rocket stage streaks across Western U.S.

https://spaceflightnow.com/2016/07/28/re-entering-chinese-rocket-stage-streaks-across-western-u-s/

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Re-entering Chinese rocket stage streaks across Western U.S.

https://spaceflightnow.com/2016/07/28/re-entering-chinese-rocket-stage-streaks-across-western-u-s/

Actually MIRVs come in so fast you have little time to grab a camera.

 

[AlyxMS]

Hope proper calculations are made so objects would burn up/slash down instead of hitting the ground.
Don't wanna hear news about "Utah: A pickup truck was destroyed by Chinese rocket debris".

 

[cnleio]

The Power from China is amazing, enjoy it ~! China is one of Nuclear Power in the world.

 

[XiaoYaoZi]

Where is the super weapon, THAAD?

 

[ChineseTiger1986]

Where is the super weapon, THAAD?

China has helped to clean many zombie satellites from other countries.

 

[Shotgunner51]

Completed assembly of Long March-7 rocket expected in 2017
2016-10-31 15:48 People's Daily Online Editor: Li Yan

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.


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