22 November edition of the Dongfang Hour China Space News Roundup
22 November 2021
This week, Blaine Curcio and Jean Deville discuss China's sea-based launch capabilities including some highly interesting findings about Landspace's ZQ-2. They also give an important insight into the China-Africa Beidou conference and ADASpace's new round of funding. As significant is their reflection on the interview by Ye Peijiang with CCTV and the question whether China is in a space race with the U.S. Like always: a must see!
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Gaofen 3-02 launched from Jiuquan
23 November 2021
Earth observation satellite Gaofen 3-02 was launched by a Long March 4C rocket at 07:45 BJT from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre. The satellite has entered the planned orbit successfully. The satellite will operate in a solar synchronous orbit at an altitude of 755 km and will be networked with the orbiting Gaofen 3 satellite to form a land-sea radar satellite constellation. It will improve the monitoring capabilities of marine ship observations, as well as the monitoring of emergencies at sea and the land-sea natural environment.
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Gaofen 11-03 launched from Taiyuan
20 November 2021
China launched on board a Long March-4B rocket the Gaofen 11-03 remote sensing satellite from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre on 20 November 2021 at 09:51 BJT. The satellite entered the planned orbit successfully. Developed by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, Gaofen 11-03 will be mainly used for land surveys, city planning, land rights confirmation, road network design, crop yield estimation and disaster prevention and mitigation.
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