Chinese Space Program

[TheKutKu]

Impressive Onboard view:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1833848586460946767

View: https://x.com/CNSpaceflight/status/1833848586460946767

They have much to be proud of--I hope that Super-Typhoon didn't do much to their facilities.

Landspace is based in Beijing, not much risk for that there.

 

[cattalonX]

Impressive Onboard view:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1833848586460946767

View: https://x.com/CNSpaceflight/status/1833848586460946767


Landspace is based in Beijing, not much risk for that there.

I think it means the launch site，But that's not a problem. Multiple commercial companies have launch sites deep in mainland

 

[TheKutKu]

A unique 360° onboard view of the flight, don't think I've ever seen this onboard a rocket launch, only from launch pad.

And tracking from land:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vf_TH-XOTFo

 

[publiusr]

I like the camera placement.

 

[siegecrossbow]

Impressive Onboard view:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1833848586460946767

View: https://x.com/CNSpaceflight/status/1833848586460946767


Landspace is based in Beijing, not much risk for that there.

If all goes according to plan ZQ-3 will be ready for launch next year.

 

[Flyaway]

Yutu-2 sends back new images:

View: https://youtu.be/atzkzicff_8

 

[Flyaway]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1836657383428198749

View: https://twitter.com/cnsawatcher/status/1836657383428198749

Yutu-2 rover has been working on the far side of the moon for nearly 5 years and 9 months, covering a total distance of 1,613 meters. It has exceeded its 3-month design lifespan and currently holds the record for the longest working time on moon. Source:m.weibo.cn/status/Oxqfggc…

 

[NMaude]

It has been able to travel over a mile which is an impressive achievement.

 

[Flyaway]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1837321788398915596

View: https://twitter.com/wulei2020/status/1837321788398915596

The Chinese engineering team that spent over a decade perfecting the Chang'e-6 probe say the pieces of moon it collected are “a gift to the world.”
Learn how this feat was achieved in the clip taken from “Back to the Far Side.”
#backtothefarside #ChineseLunarExploration

 

[TheKutKu]

China Space Plane: New Image Shows Delta-wing Design

www.leonarddavid.com

Some new pictures (taken in august by Felix Schöfbänker) of the Chinese Reusable Spaceplane, which came back to earth on September 6.



In other news, 3 successful chinese constellation launches within a little bit more than 24h on the 19th-20th september:

-CZ-3B/E from Xichang with YZ-1 upper stage On the 19th launching the last 2 BeiDou Gen 3 (Chinese GNSS constellation) satellites to MEO
-CZ-2D from Taiyuan on the 20th launching 6 Jillin-1 Kianfu Gen 2 (Wide-band multispectral earth imagery satellites of the Jillin commercial EO constellation) satellites to SSO
-Kuaizhou 1A from Xichang on the 20th launching 4 Tianqi (commercial Internet of Things constellation) satellites to LEO

 

[publiusr]

Longer nose lifting body?

https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Lifting-Body-Concept-X-33-RLV-with-light-weight-CMC-structures-nose-elevons-leading_fig5_271370752

“Payload” bay in front of engines-tankage forward?

 

[TheKutKu]

10 days after Landspace, one of their competitor, Deep Blue Aerospace, attempted their own ~5km VTVL launch & recovery using their demonstrator.
Sadly it did not quite work out, while most of the flight went according to plan, up to a controlled hover with a 0.5m accuracy above the landing pad, an engine throttling failure caused it to then drop and do a hard landing. They say that they learnt a lot, we got some great drone shots, and they said they have a backup and are ready to try it again in November:

关于深蓝航天星云一号首次高空回收飞行试验的情况说明

mp.weixin.qq.com

Drone views:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1837847137176244457

View: https://x.com/starmil_admin/status/1837847137176244457

https://twitter.com/x/status/1837855770823561257

View: https://x.com/AJ_FI/status/1837855770823561257

Ground video of the flight: https://weibo.com/tv/show/1034:5081504070434878

 

[NMaude]

The results from the first study of the samples returned from the Chang'e-6 mission have been published:

The first study of the samples collected by the Chang’e-6 lunar mission (嫦娥六号) from the Apollo crater, located in the South Pole-Aitkin impact basin, on the far side of the Moon, was published on 16 September 2024 in the journal National Science Review.

Credit:

Nature of the lunar farside samples returned by the Chang’e-6 mission

Chunlai Li, Hao Hu, Meng-Fei Yang, Jianjun Liu, Qin Zhou, Xin Ren, Bin Liu, Dawei Liu, Xingguo Zeng, Wei Zuo, Guangliang Zhang, Hongbo Zhang, Saihong Yang, Qiong Wang, Xiangjin Deng, Xingye Gao, Yan Su, Weibin Wen, Ziyuan Ouyang

National Science Review, DOI: 10.1093/nsr/nwae328

China Central Television (CCTV)