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Geely’s Future Mobility Constellation Second Orbit 11 Satellite Departure Ceremony was held at the Taizhou Satellite Super Factory

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.

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On the 26th  December 2023 in  CNSA _China National Space Administration -China – People’s Republic of China 1126 hours Hong Kong –Beijing Time China- People’s Republic of China launch the Chang Zheng – Long march 2D  Carrier Rocket launching from station form Xichang Satellite Launch Center Sichuan Province….. In which中国 successfully launched the successfully launched the 57th and 58th Beidou navigation satellites at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center. After this group of satellites enter the network, they will further improve the reliability and service performance of the Beidou system and lay the foundation for the design of the next generation of Beidou satellites. Like China Aerospace!

Using the Long March 3B carrier rocket and the Yuanzheng 1 upper stage at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center…..  58 Beidou navigation satellites….. This group of satellites is a medium earth orbit satellite. It is the first group of MEO satellites launched after the completion and opening of my country’s Beidou-3 global satellite navigation system. After entering orbit and completing on-orbit testing, it will be connected to the Beidou satellite navigation system…..

This group of satellites is a medium earth orbit satellite. It is the first group of MEO satellites launched after the completion and opening of my country’s Beidou-3 global satellite navigation system. After entering orbit and completing on-orbit testing, it will be connected to the Beidou satellite navigation system.

Compared with the previous MEO network satellites, this group of satellites has further upgraded their functional performance in terms of global short message communication capacity, satellite-borne atomic clock technology, and payload intelligence. After being connected to the network, the reliability and service performance of the Beidou system will be further improved. , is of great significance to support the stable operation and large-scale application of the system, and lays the foundation for the design of the next generation of Beidou satellites.

The Beidou navigation satellite and supporting launch vehicle launched this time were jointly developed by the China Academy of Space Technology and the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology, both affiliated to China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. This is the 504th flight of the Long March series of launch vehicles…

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On the 10th December 2023 in  CNSA _China National Space Administration -China – People’s Republic of China 0958 hours Hong Kong –Beijing Time China- People’s Republic of China launch the Chang Zheng – Long march 2D  Carrier Rocket launching from station form Xichang Satellite Launch Center Sichuan Province….. In which中国 successfully launched the Yaogan remote sensing 39 satellite, Was developed by the Fifth and Eighth Institutes of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. Space, the satellite successfully entered the scheduled orbit, and the launch mission was a complete success. This mission is the 500th flight of the Long March series of launch vehicles….

Records are made and broken. We look forward to the next 100 times coming as soon as possible!

Successfully launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, accurately sending the Remote Sensing 39 satellite into the predetermined orbit. This launch is the 500th launch of the Long March series of launch vehicles, once again setting a new height for China’s aerospace industry.


“Long March 2D” is a medium-sized two-stage room-temperature liquid launch vehicle developed by the Eighth Institute of Aerospace Science and Technology. The first and second stages are powered by dinitrogen tetroxide/uniform dimethylhydrazine propellant. The arrow is 41 meters long, with a diameter of 3.35 meters for both the first and second levels, a take-off mass of 250 tons, a take-off thrust of 302 tons, a low-Earth orbit (LEO) transport capacity of 4.0 tons, a 500-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit (SSO) transport capacity of 1.5 tons, and 700 Kilometer sun-synchronous orbit has a transport capacity of 1.3 tons. This rocket uses an extended fairing with a diameter of 3.35 meters, and the height of the entire rocket is increased by several meters. At present, the rocket’s effective working time at the launch site has been shortened to 10 days, making it one of the rocket models with the shortest working cycle at the domestic launch site.

It took 37 years for the Long March series rockets to achieve the first 100 launches, the second 100 launches in 7 and a half years, the third 100 launches in more than 4 years, and the fourth 100 launches in 2 years and 9 months. The fifth 100 times only took 2 years. From scratch, from small to large, from weak to strong, from the first time to the 500th time, China Aerospace has demonstrated China’s rocket speed to the world……

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On the 23th November 2023 in  CNSA _China National Space Administration -China – People’s Republic of China 1800  hours Hong Kong –Beijing Time China- People’s Republic of China launch the Chang Zheng – Long march 2D  Carrier Rocket launching from station form Xichang Satellite Launch Center Sichuan Province….. in which中国 successfully launched the At 18:00 on November 23, 2023, the “Long March 2D” Yao 59/”Yuanzheng 3″ Yao 2 upper stage carrier rocket carrying CX-20 and other satellite Internet technology test satellites was ignited and lifted off from the Xichang launch site , successfully sent the satellite directly into orbit.

In which Yuanzheng-3 returned to the world after 5 years and transformed into the Long March-2D third-stage rocket to directly send stars into orbit.

The satellite Internet technology test satellite CX-20 was developed by the Microsatellite Innovation Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Shanghai Microsatellite Engineering Center), and other satellites were developed by the Eighth Academy of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.

“Long March 2D” is a medium-sized two-stage room-temperature liquid launch vehicle developed by the Eighth Institute of Aerospace Science and Technology. The primary and secondary main power uses dinitrogen tetroxide/uniform dimethylhydrazine propellant. The arrow is 41 meters long, with a diameter of 3.35 meters for both the first and second levels, a take-off mass of 250 tons, a take-off thrust of 302 tons, a low-Earth orbit (LEO) transport capacity of 4.0 tons, a 500-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit (SSO) transport capacity of 1.5 tons, and 700 The SSO transport capacity per kilometer is 1.3 tons. This rocket uses an extended fairing with a diameter of 4 meters, which is the first time it is used at the Xichang launch site. The rocket launch site process was shortened from 43 days to 29 days. Since its successful first flight, the “Chang Erding” rocket has achieved 84 consecutive victories, continuing to set a record of consecutive victories for a single-type launch vehicle in my country. This year, the “Chang Er Ding” rocket has carried out 12 launch missions.

The upper stage of the “Yuanzheng-3” was developed by the Eighth Institute of Aerospace Science and Technology. It has independent orbital maneuverability and can fly in orbit for up to 48 hours. It is equipped with a squeeze engine with a thrust of 5,000 N and can fire more than 20 times. , can independently plan the optimal flight path based on the orbital state when separated from the rocket, and perform off-orbit multi-satellite deployment in medium and low orbits and constellation network repair deployment. At the same time, the “Yuanzheng-3” upper stage adopts a modular and standardized design, which can be adapted to be used with a variety of launch vehicles, which can greatly improve our country’s capabilities in rapid and flexible space access, space transfer and space utilization.

This mission is the first time that the “Yuanzheng-3” upper stage has made its first mission in five years since its successful first flight. It is also the first time it has performed a mission at the Xichang launch site. In order to further improve the carrying capacity, the “Yuanzheng-3” upper stage and the “Long March-2D” rocket of this mission have adopted a joint flight state for the first time, and the “Yuanzheng-3” has become the third stage of the three-stage rocket. The separation point of this secondary rocket is suborbital. Three seconds after separation, the “Yuanzheng-3” ignited into orbit, and then ignited again to reach the predetermined orbit. After sending the satellite into orbit, the “Yuanzheng-3” actively controlled deorbiting through two ignitions. .

This launch is the 12th launch of the “Long March 2D” rocket in 2023, the 13th launch of the Xichang Launch Site, the 54th launch of China, and the 189th launch of the world. At the same time, this launch is also the 498th launch of the “Long March” series of launch vehicles.

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On the 9th November 2023 in  CNSA _China National Space Administration -China – People’s Republic of China 0403  hours Hong Kong –Beijing Time China- People’s Republic of China launch the Chang Zheng – Long march 3B  Carrier Rocket launching from station form Xichang Satellite Launch Center Sichuan Province….. in which中国 successfully launched the ChinaSat 6E satellite# At 19:23 on November 9, the Long March 3B carrier rocket lifted the ChinaSat 6E satellite into space at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, and then sent the satellite into the predetermined orbit. The launch mission was achieved A complete success.


The ChinaSat 6E satellite was developed by the Fifth Academy of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. It adopts the Dongfanghong 4 enhanced satellite platform independently developed by my country. The satellite is equipped with C, Ku and other multi-band broadcast communication payloads, and is the first to use the domestic No. Fourth generation digital transparency processing technology. This satellite is my country’s new generation of dedicated transmission satellite for radio and television. It will succeed the ChinaSat 6B satellite business and undertake the mission of radio and television broadcasting. At the same time, the satellite will realize the on-orbit demonstration application of my country’s fourth-generation digital transparent processing technology and Ku high-throughput payload for the first time.


The Long March 3B carrier rocket is developed by the First Academy of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. This rocket is the first application of the special development and implementation of the “double improvement” of the Changsanjia series model’s carrying capacity and reliability, which is a milestone in the development of the model. The geostationary transfer orbit rocket carrying capacity of this rocket reaches 5.55 tons. The whole rocket has a total of 74 improvements, including 52 first-flight improvement projects. This mission is developed and organized and managed based on the first-flight model.


After completing the on-orbit test, the ChinaSat 6E satellite will be handed over to China Satcom, a subsidiary of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, for operation and management. It is planned to be located at 115.5 degrees east longitude. Its radio and television resources mainly cover China, Southeast Asia, Australia and other regions, and its communication resources mainly cover China’s land and territorial waters, Central Asia and South Asia. It will provide important support for the construction of the “Belt and Road”, new infrastructure construction and the construction of Digital China.
This launch is the 496th launch of the Long March series of launch vehicles.

As a “new star” for broadcasting, Vimicro’s 6E satellite can not only provide services for my country’s central and local 95 channels of satellite TV and 213 channels of digital audio broadcasting, but also expand satellite functions with a number of “new” capabilities, adding 8K ultra-high-definition High-definition business, user viewing range and user viewing quality will be greatly improved, helping my country’s radio and television broadcasting industry to flourish.



According to the designer of the ChinaSat 6E satellite from the Fifth Academy, in order to meet users’ high requirements for satellite coverage performance indicators, the development team adopted a variety of methods to reduce surface errors and improve antenna radiation characteristics; it also adopted power synthesis technology to meet the requirements for 8K ultra-high definition. Video transmission business requirements. At the same time, the development team configured four high-frequency bandwidth channels for the satellite, which increased the load power and significantly improved the data transmission rate. In addition, the current C-band continuous wave maximum output power traveling wave tube amplifier is used, which increases the power of the ChinaSat 6B satellite by 31%. For radio and television broadcasting projects, we will continue to improve the robustness of the platform by improving satellite transfer orbit autonomy and fault recovery capabilities, and selecting the best key products

[ Chang Zheng- Long March 3B carrier Rocket, carrying capacity digs 50kg geostationary transfer orbit carrying capacity increased from 5.5 tons to 5.55 tons] On November 9, the Long March 3B carrier rocket lifted the ChinaSat 6E satellite into space, and the mission was a complete success. The “upgraded version” of the Changsha 3A series rocket successfully made its first flight, achieving the goal of “double improvement”. The Long March 3B geostationary transfer orbit carrying capacity has been increased from 5.5 tons to 5.55 tons; there are 74 technical improvement projects, including 52 first flight improvement projects; the improvements involve all rocket systems.


According to Zhang Tao, deputy chief designer of the Changsanjia series rockets, the rocket has also helped improve the rocket’s carrying capacity by 50% by overall optimizing the flight trajectory plan, canceling the terminal velocity correction, optimizing the pre-cooling flow of the three-stage rocket engine, and canceling the booster cylinder in the engine. Kilogram.

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