On the 22nd June 2024 schedule to launch CNSA _China National Space Administration -China – People’s Republic of China 1500 Hours Hong Kong –Beijing Time China- People’s Republic of China…. at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, Sichuan Province.
The Sino-French SVOM mission (Space-based Multi-band Astronomical Variable Object Monitor) is scheduled to be launched at 15:00 on June 22 at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center using a Long March 2C carrier rocket. The satellite’s target operating orbit is a low-Earth orbit with an inclination of 30 degrees and an altitude of 625 kilometers. The total weight of the satellite is 930 kg, and the payload weighs 450 kg.
The mission includes 4 main instruments, 2 of which are French (ECLAIR and MXT) and 2 are Chinese (GRM and VT): – The ECLAIR telescope is used to detect and locate gamma-ray bursts in X-rays and low-energy gamma rays (from 4 to 250 keV). – The MXT telescope (Microchannel X-ray Telescope) is used to observe gamma-ray bursts in high energy – The VT telescope (Visible Light Telescope) operates in the visible light region and is used to detect and observe visible light emissions immediately after gamma-ray bursts. The total weight of the satellite is 930 kg, and the payload is 450 kg. It will be placed in a low Earth orbit with an inclination of 30 degrees, an altitude of 625 km and an orbital period of 96 minutes.
Observations in space will be complemented by a large ground segment, which includes: – A wide field camera GWAC (Ground-based Wide Angle Camera) for studies from the ground in the visible light region, detecting the prompt emission of part of the burst – A GFT (Ground Tracking Telescope) robotic telescope to precisely measure the coordinates of the gamma-ray burst.
On the 3rd February 2024 in CNSA _China National Space Administration -China – People’s Republic of China 0737 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, China, People’s Republic of China. …..
The Chang Zheng -Long March 2C carrier rocket ignited and took off at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, launching Geely in the way of “one Carrier rocket and eleven satellites” The Constellation 02 group of satellites was subsequently successfully put into the predetermined orbit, and the launch mission was a complete success. In this mission, the number of satellites launched by the Chang-II Pro rocket in a single time reached a new high.
Shitong Daoyu will complete the deployment of 72 satellites in the first phase of the constellation within 2 years to achieve global real-time data communication services; the second phase will be expanded to 168 satellites to achieve global centimeter-level high-precision positioning services; Provide high-reliability, low-cost application services for human future travel fields, such as autonomous driving, intelligent network connection, consumer electronics and other industries.
On December 27, 2023, the launch ceremony for the second orbit satellite of Geely’s future mobility constellation was held at the Taizhou Satellite Super Factory of Space and Time Daoyu.
This group of satellites, a total of 11 satellites, will depart from Taizhou and will reach the Xichang Satellite Launch Center across 3,000 kilometers. They will be launched at an appropriate time in early 2024 to complete the deployment of the second orbital area network of the constellation.
The 11 satellites in the second orbit of Geely’s future travel constellation are all independently developed by Spacetime Daoyu and shipped from its Taizhou Satellite Super Factory. The factory draws on the world’s advanced satellite manufacturing production lines and satellite development concepts, and combines the automotive industry’s industrialization, standardization, and automated R&D and production experience to achieve disruptive innovation in satellite mass production AIT. Satellite manufacturing efficiency and system reliability have reached industry-leading levels , is the world’s first satellite mass production factory that deeply integrates aerospace manufacturing and automobile manufacturing capabilities.
Geely’s future travel constellation is built and operated by Shitong Daoyu. It is the world’s first commercial communication, navigation and remote sensing integrated constellation. The nine satellites in the first orbit of the constellation were successfully launched into orbit on June 2, 2022, and have been operating stably in orbit for more than a year. Spacetime Daoyu plans to launch the second-orbit satellite of the constellation in early 2024 and complete the network deployment of 72 satellites in the first phase of the constellation in 2025.
By building Geely’s future travel constellation and its own ground system, Spacetime Daoyu independently develops chip module terminal products to provide satellite application services to global users. By integrating communication, navigation, and remote sensing technologies, in the field of automotive regulations, it empowers autonomous driving and intelligent network connection; in the field of consumer electronics, it empowers mobile phones and IoT devices to directly connect to satellite communications; it provides multimodal transportation, smart oceans, and smart It provides satellite data products and services in the fields of agriculture, emergency disaster reduction, ecological environment monitoring and other fields, comprehensively serves the global “Belt and Road” international cooperation, and accelerates the commercialization, scale and global development of satellite applications.
This mission is the 508th flight of the Long March series of launch vehicles…
On the 9th January 2024 in CNSA _China National Space Administration -China – People’s Republic of China 1503 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….. In which中国 successfully launched the 2C carrier rocket ignited and took off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, and then successfully sent the Einstein probe satellite into the predetermined orbit. The first mission of the Chang-II C rocket in 2024 was a complete success. This mission also means that China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation has won its first victory in the 2024 space launch mission.
The Chang Zheng – Long March 2C carrier rocket at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center to successfully launch the Einstein Probe satellite. space, the satellite successfully entered the scheduled orbit, and the launch mission was a complete success. The Einstein probe satellite is the first large-scale application of “lobster eye” microhole array focusing imaging technology in the world, which can achieve a 10-fold improvement in sensitivity and spatial resolution. It can accurately capture the universe while conducting large-field monitoring. We will detect more distant and faint high-energy temporary sources and fleeting unknown phenomena, and issue early warnings to guide other astronomical equipment based on space and ground to conduct follow-up observations. Thumbs up!!!
Einstein probe According to reports, the Einstein probe satellite is a catcher of explosions of cosmic objects. It can accurately capture more distant and faint temporary sources and explosive objects, and explore X-ray signals from gravitational wave sources. , is of great scientific significance for studying stellar activity, the formation, evolution, merger and other processes of compact objects such as black holes and neutron stars.
The Einstein probe satellite uses astronomical time-domain observation methods in the soft physical process. The Einstein probe satellite carries two payloads: the Widefield X-ray Telescope (WXT) and the Follow-up X-ray Telescope (FXT). For the first time in the world, the “lobster eye” microhole array focusing imaging technology is used on a large scale. The detection capability is world-leading, and the sensitivity and spatial resolution can be improved by 1 to 2 orders of magnitude. While detecting a large field of view, it can accurately detect Capture distant and faint high-energy temporary sources and fleeting unknown phenomena in the universe, and issue early warnings to guide other astronomical equipment based on space and ground to conduct subsequent observations. The satellite design life is 5 years
“The Einstein probe satellite launched this time is one of the space science satellites established and implemented under my country’s Space Science Pilot Project (Phase II). It is also my country’s first large-field X-ray astronomy satellite, used to capture Einstein’s predictions. astronomical phenomena such as black holes and gravitational wave electromagnetic counterparts.” At the mobilization meeting, Cui Zhaoyun emphasized the importance of this mission to the team members.
This mission involves the “Princess and the Pea” who cannot tolerate a speck of dust. Several high-end cameras were installed on this payload, and the lenses had very high requirements for cleanliness. To this end, the operators also performed “dust-proof treatment” on the inner wall of the long 2-propylene rocket fairing.
The fairing usually consists of a basic structure with a composite skin and metal reinforcements. After being fixed with rivets, there will be very small debris in the gaps in the inner wall. These debris may fall onto the lens during fairing closure or flight vibrations. “General loads will not be affected by this, but considering the particularity of this mission, we sprayed a layer of coating on the inner wall of the fairing to seal in fine dust.”
On the 0813 30th December 2023 Saturday Hours Hong- Kong SAR – Beijing time CNSA –China National Space Administration , China, People’s Republic of China. Successfully launched the Chang Zheng- Long March 2C/Yuanzheng 1S Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, Inner Mongolia, China, People’s Republic of China, and then successfully launched a new advance satellite internet technology.
The Long March 2C/Yuanzheng 1S carrier rocket ignited and took off at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, and then successfully sent the satellite Internet technology test satellite into the predetermined orbit. This year, all 48 space missions of the launch vehicles developed by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation were a complete success. The satellite Internet technology test satellite was developed by the Fifth Academy of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.
“Long March 2C” is a medium-sized two-stage room-temperature liquid launch vehicle developed by the First Academy of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. Its main power uses dinitrogen tetroxide/uniform dimethylhydrazine (N2O4/UDMH) propellant. The arrow is about 42.3 meters long, with a first and second stage diameter of 3.35 meters, a take-off mass of 241 tons, and a take-off thrust of about 302 tons. Its low-Earth orbit transport capacity is 4 tons, and the maximum transport capacity in the 500-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit is 2 tons. When paired with the “expedition” In the “No. 1 S” upper stage state, the 700-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit has a transport capacity of 2.5 tons…
The “Yuanzheng-1″ commercial/”Yuanzheng-1S” (YZ-1S) upper stage was developed by the First Academy of Aerospace Science and Technology and was improved on the basis of the “Yuanzheng-1” upper stage. The upper stage has a diameter of 2.8 meters, is equipped with a YF-50D engine, uses dinitrogen tetroxide/uniform dimethyl hydrazine propellant, has 2 ignition capabilities, a vacuum thrust of about 0.66 tons, and a vacuum specific impulse of about 316 seconds. This upper stage is mainly aimed at short-term flight missions. It has system optimization and equipment streamlining based on the “Yuanzheng-1” upper stage. Its weight and cost are greatly reduced, and its working time is shorter. After being separated from the basic stage, it can immediately The ignition was accelerated and the entire flight mission was completed within one hour.
Since its successful first flight, the “Yuanzheng-1” commercial upper stage has carried out a total of 7 launch missions, all of which were carried out in conjunction with the “Chang 2-C” rocket. The “Chang 2C” rocket, paired with the “Yuanzheng-1S” upper stage, can perform various orbital launch missions such as low-Earth orbit, sun-synchronous orbit, geosynchronous transfer orbit, and earth-moon transfer orbit, and has the ability to launch multiple satellites in different orbits.
This launch is the 9th launch of the “Long March 2C” rocket in 2023, the 36th launch of the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, the 67th launch of China, and the 220th launch of the world. At the same time, this launch is also the final battle between China’s aerospace industry and the world’s aerospace industry this year. The total number of China’s space launches this year reached a record-breaking 67, and the total number of world space launches reached a new high of 220.
This mission is the 505th flight of the Long March series of launch vehicles.
On the 1210 Noon 4th December 2023 Monday Hours Hong- Kong SAR – Beijing time CNSA –China National Space Administration , China, People’s Republic of China. Successfully launched the Yonggan 33 Remote Sensing satellite with the Chang Zheng- Long March 2C Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, Inner Mongolia, China, People’s Republic of China, and then successfully launched a new Egypt on the Egypt-2 satellite project
[The Long March 2C carrier rocket successfully launched the Egypt Satellite 2]
At 12:10 Beijing time today, my country successfully launched the Egypt Satellite 2 using the Long March 2C carrier rocket at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. According to the agreement between China and Egypt on the Egypt-2 satellite project, China has developed and launched for Egypt a small optical remote sensing satellite with a resolution of 2 meters (panchromatic)/8 meters (multispectral);
Using satellites aided by the Chinese government The final assembly and integration test center conducts final assembly and testing of the satellite; after on-orbit delivery, it will serve Egypt’s land and resource utilization, water conservancy, agriculture and other fields. This launch is the 499th launch of the Long March series of launch vehicles…
Entering the predetermined orbit, the launch mission was a complete success. This mission also carried and launched the second group of Xingchi-1 satellites A and B. The Egypt-2 satellite is mainly used for Egypt’s land and resources census and meets the needs of Egyptian users in the fields of agriculture, forestry, urban construction, environment and disaster monitoring. The two satellites launched are mainly used to provide commercial remote sensing services to users.
The Egypt-2 satellite uses the CAST1000 platform independently developed by the Aerospace Dongfanghong Satellite Co., Ltd. of the Fifth Academy of Aerospace Science and Technology as the satellite platform. It strictly controls the key links to improve image quality and selects high-performance technology that has been verified in orbit. The quality-independent and reliable core detector strengthens the high-quality control of the satellite-ground integrated indicator system in the entire process of satellite design, analysis, testing, and testing.
On November 2nd , 2023, the factory review meeting of the Egypt-aided Satellite 2 was held at the China Academy of Space Technology and passed the factory review as planned. Leaders of the International Economic Cooperation Affairs Bureau of the Ministry of Commerce and leaders of the Earth Observation and Data Center of the National Space Administration, the project management unit, attended the meeting and delivered speeches.
Experts attending the meeting watched a documentary report on satellite development, listened to the “Summary Report on the Development and Quality of the Egypt-2 Satellite Aid” made by the satellite chief engineer, and conducted discussions and questions. The review expert group believed that the Egypt-aided Satellite 2 had successfully completed all development and testing work, met relevant quality supervision requirements, and agreed to pass the factory review.
The meeting pointed out that the Egypt-2 satellite project is a landmark project for pragmatic cooperation between China and Egypt, the transformation and upgrading of China-Africa cooperation, and the promotion of high-quality development of the joint construction of the “Belt and Road”. A concrete manifestation of joint action. Since the start of the project, the general contractor and the management unit have cooperated sincerely to overcome the impact of the epidemic and overcome difficulties, and the work results have been hard-won. The successful implementation of the project has achieved many “firsts” in the history of China-Egypt cooperation and is of milestone significance.
As a satellite project that adopts a foreign aid management model, the Egypt-2 satellite project has written a new chapter in international cooperation in my country’s satellite projects. As a project management unit, on the basis of strict quality management and project management, the center will continue to manage the follow-up satellite launch, on-orbit testing and delivery stages, continue to expand the breadth and depth of China-Egypt aerospace cooperation, and build a new era for the new era. The China-Egypt community with a shared future continues to contribute its space capabilities.