At 1906 Hours Hong Kong SAR- Beijing Time 15th October 2024 , China- People’s Republic of China- CNSA –China National Space Administration Successfully launched Chang Zheng – Long March 6 Carrier Rocket ignited and took off at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center Shanxi Province.. Successfully deployed 18 Satellites in one launch .. Long March 6 modified carrier rocket ignited and took off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, and then successfully sent the 02 group of Qianfan polar orbit satellites into the predetermined orbit. The launch mission was a complete success…. which aims to provide high speed and reliable satellite broadband internet services to global users. With in mind of The newly launched satellite group is a part of China’s G60 Constellation, which aims to provide low-latency, high-speed and ultra-reliable satellite broadband
Long March 6 modified Carrier rocket was developed by the Eighth Academy of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. It is a new generation of non-toxic and pollution-free carrier rocket. It is also China’s first solid-liquid bundled medium-sized carrier rocket. The carrying capacity of the 700-kilometer altitude sun-synchronous orbit is greater than 4.5 tons.
This launch is the 539th launch of the Long March series of carrier rockets.
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Host: Mr. Wang, this satellite on the screen is your target, right?
Wang Yang: Yes. What we are doing is to send satellites into space and build a global low-orbit communication constellation. We are currently launching 72 satellites into a 600-kilometer low-altitude orbit. After these 72 satellites are deployed, they can provide satellite network signal coverage anywhere in the world except the North and South Poles.
Host: What is the difference between this low-orbit satellite and an ordinary satellite?
Wang Yang: For example, the live broadcast signals of the current Paris Olympics are generally transmitted via high-orbit satellites. From the surface of the earth, there is a geosynchronous orbit about 36,000 kilometers above the earth, and three high-orbit satellites can cover the entire surface of the earth. However, with the development of technology, we have found that satellites can play a greater role in the low-orbit area of 300 to more than 1,000 kilometers. For example, it may take 240 milliseconds of delay to communicate with a high-orbit satellite, but it only takes 20 milliseconds to communicate with a low-orbit satellite. The overall transmission efficiency and delay of a low-orbit satellite are even better than those of ground optical fibers. At the same time, it can cover places that our ground base stations cannot cover.
Host: Mr. Wang, you just said that three high-orbit satellites can cover the world, so is it necessary for us to build 72 (low-orbit satellites)?
Wang Yang: It is precisely because the cost of high-orbit satellites is too high. We need at least 1 billion RMB to build a high-orbit satellite, and its launch cost is also very expensive. If it is a low-orbit satellite, its price will drop by one or two orders of magnitude, and it is safer. The failure of any satellite will not affect the reliability of the entire communication. The capacity of low-orbit satellites will be larger and the speed will be faster. One of the problems we often encountered before is that the human ground network is so perfect, with optical fiber, base stations, and core networks. The ground network it has established can even provide network signals at the base camp in the Himalayas. But the real situation is that 94% of the world has no signal coverage. In the world, our understanding of the blue planet is still far from enough.
Host: Is it worth it for us to spend money to provide radio signals to places where there are not many people?
Wang Yang: This should be an inevitable trend. Humans will continue to expand the boundaries of space, such as conquering uninhabited areas, and even going beyond the Earth to travel to the stars. With satellites, whether our friends are in the desert, on the island farthest from the mainland, or even traveling in the future, our mobile phones, cars, and aircraft can all be connected to data everywhere.
Host: When will we be able to achieve the goal of launching 72 satellites?
Wang Yang: We should be able to complete the deployment of 72 satellites in about 12 months. (After the deployment of the third-orbit satellite is completed) we will provide commercial services to the world. In fact, we have reached a stage where applications are being put into practice.
Host: (Compared to the long cycle of other future industries) Yours only takes one year?
Wang Yang: Actually not. We have experienced 10 years of continuous entrepreneurship, and most of our team members have accumulated nearly 20 years of experience in the entire aerospace field.
Host: Do you have any longer-term goals?
Wang Yang: In the second phase, we will focus on the establishment of a low-orbit communication constellation of 300 satellites. The low-orbit space is already very crowded, with more than 6,000 Starlink satellites operating at 300 to 500 kilometers, so it is urgent to occupy the frequency and orbit positions in the entire space.
Host: We have the impression that artificial satellite technology is relatively mature. Are there any scientific shortcomings in your field that need to be addressed?
Wang Yang: In fact, aerospace itself is a system engineering, not a theoretical study. For example, the theoretical system of all the aircraft designs we are involved in now was very complete 100 years ago, and the current engineering cycle is just different.
Host: If you want to widen the gap with your peers, do you need to build a moat in certain areas?
Wang Yang: This is indeed necessary. We have established our own moat in the layout of the industrial chain of commercial aerospace and the commercialization of the landing. The landing of large-scale commercial applications has always been a difficulty in the development of commercial aerospace companies. We have taken the lead in achieving breakthroughs in this regard. I brought a self-developed satellite communication chip, which uses the industry-leading 22nm process. This chip is actually used in our current mobile phones. We have launched a constellation of low-orbit communication satellites for satellite communications. How do we use it on the ground and how do we demodulate our signals? We will implant this 4mm chip into existing mobile phones, and use the mobile phone antenna to transmit satellite data.
Host: It sounds like our goals are very ambitious. Can other industries or other supporting facilities keep up? Are they too advanced?
Wang Yang: I think what we are doing now is actually achievable based on China’s entire industrial foundation. Our team used to have many people from the national team, as well as some experts from the Chinese Academy of Sciences. At the beginning of the business, we repeatedly reminded ourselves that the probability of scientists dying in entrepreneurship is extremely high, and it may even be a disaster to some extent. Therefore, when we consider the entire business rhythm, it must be consistent with the underlying logic of commercialization.
Back to the information and communication industry, it is actually very clear. Since the beginning of 2000, the 3G era has come, and at that time we had mobile Internet. In the last decade, the 4G era came, and we have the current digital economy era. So what is this decade? We see China’s 5G and the United States’ Starlink. The information and communication industry will definitely be able to achieve full coverage from 5G to 6G, meeting all our human travel requirements from the surface to low altitude and then to space. Of course, I think 8G should be the era of interstellar immigration. We will have network signals all the way from here to Mars, and it will become a reality.
Moderator: Capital participation requires a valuation and calculation. Can you give us a calculation for the field you are engaged in? How much money do you think it will cost based on the future development potential and the technology we have invested in?
Wang Yang: We have invested billions in research and development in the past six years. In our industry, whether it is a rocket company, a satellite company, or now a more advanced constellation networking company, its valuation will definitely exceed 10 billion.
Host: Regarding policies, what kind of policy soil is needed to plan for future industries?
Wang Yang: Considering the characteristics of low-orbit communication constellations in commercial aerospace, I think we should encourage the globalization of China’s commercial aerospace in the foreign trade sector, that is, the “going global” of the entire technology products and services. We look forward to the introduction of some national standards in this regard. We used to study some Western industry-university-research behaviors. In China’s system, from districts, cities, provinces to the country, the entire industrial policy support and innovation encouragement for each industry are very complete, but in fact, the real technology will eventually fall on commercial realization. This should be the government holding the baton, and then through the market economy, that is, the role of leading enterprises, to drive the innovation of engineering and original technology. This is actually a logical cycle. If we only mention one end, this matter will definitely be biased.
Host: What will our lives be like when this field develops to a mature stage?
Wang Yang: Let me make a creative summary. I believe that humans will always have the need to communicate with the outside world in the social system, so the implementation of all technologies and engineering around human communication will continue to develop iteratively. Like what we are doing in aerospace now, no matter where humans are now or where humans will explore in the future, we will ensure that there is network connection and communication methods. This is my wish.
On the 1st August 2024 schedule to launch CNSA _China National Space Administration -China – People’s Republic of China 2114 Hours Hong Kong –Beijing Time China- People’s Republic of China…. at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, Sichuan Province….. at the No. 2 site of the Xichang Launch Center in China, the “Long March 3B” carrier rocket carrying the Satellite Internet High-orbit Satellite 02 was ignited and launched, and the satellite was sent to the geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO).
The “passenger” of this mission, Satellite Internet High-orbit Satellite 02, was developed by the 5th Academy of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation and is the successor to Satellite Internet High-orbit Satellite 01.
The Long March 3B is a medium-sized liquid carrier rocket developed by the First Academy of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, with a three-and-a-half-stage configuration. At present, the Long March 3B is in use in the enhanced version (CZ-3B/E), of which the modified version (CZ-3B/G2) is the most powerful model. The modified version 2 rocket is 56.326 meters long, with a maximum core stage diameter of 3.35 meters, a takeoff mass of 458.97 tons, and a maximum capacity of 5.55 tons for a standard geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO). This launch mission was launched during the rainy season in Xichang. Based on the various waterproof designs of the rocket, the model team made full use of multiple protections such as anti-condensation air conditioning and moisture-proof sand, and took waterproof and moisture-proof measures.
This mission is the 97th launch of the Long March 3B rocket. Since the successful launch of the Long March 3B Yao 68 (68th) on June 23, 2020, the rocket has achieved 30 consecutive victories. In 2024, the Long March 3A series of rockets will once again enter a high-density launch period. So far this year, the Long March 3B has carried out 4 launch missions.
This launch is the 10th launch from the Xichang Launch Center in 2024, the 34th launch in China and the 138th launch in the world. At the same time, this launch is also the 529th launch of the “Long March” series of rockets.
[APSTAR6E Aptema Satellite 6E successfully positioned at 134° east longitude]
On the 10 July 2024 Wednesday Asia-Pacific Satellite News; the Asia-Pacific 6E satellite was successfully positioned at 134° east longitude and is ready for business. The satellite will co-orbit with the Asia-Pacific 6C and Asia-Pacific 6D satellites.
The Asia-Pacific 6E satellite is a geostationary orbit satellite built on the DFH-3E platform. It was purchased by Asia-Pacific Satellite Corporation’s joint venture Asia-Pacific Starlink Satellite Co., Ltd., and Asia-Pacific Satellite Corporation provides operational technical support. The satellite was launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center on January 13, 2023. After launch, it completed the orbit change of the assembly to the intermediate orbit, and then relied on the satellite’s ion and Hall electric propulsion systems to carry out orbit raising operations and finally reach the synchronous orbit
Asia-Pacific 6E is my country’s first fully electric propulsion communications satellite, equipped with 25 Ku user beams and 3 Ka gateway beams, with a communication capacity of approximately 30 Gbps.
On the 13TH January 2023 in CNSA _China National Space Administration -China – People’s Republic of China At 0210 hours Hong Kong –Beijing Time China- People’s Republic of China launch the Chang Zheng – Long march 2C Carrier Rocket launching from station form Xichang Satellite Launch Center Sichuan Province…..Deploying the Asia Pacific 6E – APSTAR 6E Communications Satellite ..
The Asia Pacific 6E – APSTAR 6E Satellite this is the first time that China, People’s Republic of China has launched an all-electric high-throughput communication satellite. First, the carrier rocket sends the combination of the satellite and the propulsion module into low-earth orbit, and then the satellite controls the DFH-3E propulsion module to send the satellite to the designated orbit. Then separate from the satellite. In the follow-up, the satellite will rely on its own LIPS-200 electric propulsion system, and after 10 months of orbital ascension, it will finally enter the GEO fixed point….implement the Asia-Pacific 6E communication satellite launch mission at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center at around 2:11 am on January 13 (the first star of the Dongfanghong-3 E platform APSTAR 6E satellite will provide high-speed and convenient high-throughput broadband communication services for Southeast Asia, effectively filling the gap in the broadband communication market in Southeast Asia. The rockets and satellites used in this launch were all developed by China Airlines. This is the 460th launch of the Long March series of launch vehicle
The first communication satellite launched by the Chang Zheng Long March 2C, with a launch weight of 4.3 tons The Asia Pacific 6E launch mission is the first time that the Chang Zheng Long March 2C Carrier rocket is used to launch a communication satellite, and the total weight of the launched payload reaches an unprecedented 4.3 tons (satellite + propulsion module)! This is the heaviest satellite ever launched into orbit by the Chang Zheng-Long March 2C rocket.
In order to meet the mission requirements, the development team specially developed an integrated satellite adapter, which achieved a weight reduction of more than 20%, and further improved the rocket’s existing carrying capacity. ….. At the same time, in this mission, the development team carried out multi-dimensional special research: narrowed the range of the rocket wreckage landing area; improved the rocket attitude stability and control accuracy.
At 1957 29th June 2024 Beijing time CNSA –China National Space Administration, successfully launched by the Long March 7A Yao-8 carrier rocket from the Wenchang Space Launch Site in Hainan Province, China, People’s Republic of China
At 19:57 Beijing Time- Hong Kong SAR Time on June 29th , 2024, at the 201 workstation of the Wenchang Space Launch Center in Hainan, China, the Long March 7A Yao-8 carrier rocket carrying the ChinaSat 3A communications satellite was ignited and launched, sending the satellite into geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO).
The payload of this mission, the large high-orbit communications satellite ChinaSat-3A, was developed by the Communications and Navigation Department of the 5th Academy of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation and is used to provide voice, data, and radio and television transmission services…
The Long March 7A (Long March 7 Modified / Long March 7A) was developed by the First Academy of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. It is a medium-sized three-stage semi-cryogenic liquid carrier rocket, mainly used to carry out medium and high earth orbit launch missions. The maximum height of the rocket is 60.7 meters (with a 3.7-meter diameter fairing), the booster diameter is 2.25 meters, the core first and second stages have a diameter of 3.35 meters, the core third stage has a diameter of 3 meters, the takeoff mass is about 573 tons, the takeoff thrust is 727 tons, and its geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO) capacity is not less than 7 tons. Since the Long March 7A Yao II (the second launch), the rocket has achieved 6 consecutive victories.
This rocket uses a newly developed satellite bracket to further increase the available longitudinal envelope space of the fairing and improve the mission adaptability of the rocket; optimize the design to improve the accuracy and anti-interference capability of the inertial group; implement reliability growth measures to improve the flight reliability of the rocket; and further streamline the launch site process. This rocket uses a 4.2-meter diameter fairing and the entire rocket is 60.13 meters high.
This launch is the first launch of the Long March 7A carrier rocket in 2024, the fifth launch at the Wenchang Launch Center, the 30th launch in China and the 124th launch in the world. At the same time, this launch is the seventh launch of the new generation of Long March series carrier rockets this year and the 15th launch of the Long March 7 series carrier rockets.
