09 November 2022
Airshow China shows a model of the country's next-generation manned rocket for lunar landing missions. With a takeoff weight of 2,100 t, the new launch vehicle is 90 m long. It has a lunar-transfer-orbit capacity of 27 t and a LEO capacity of 70 t. The rocket to carry taikonauts is expected to make its maiden flight in 2027, said Zhao Xinguo, of CALT, at the ongoing 14th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition in the port city of Zhuhai, Guangdong Province. Apart from the manned rocket, the airshow also displays a model of a new heavy-lift rocket with greater carrying capacities. According to Zhao, it is capable of sending a payload of 50 t to Earth-moon transfer orbit, 35 t to Mars transfer orbit, and 150 t to the near-Earth orbit. The rocket is under development and scheduled to be launched around 2030, Zhao added.
MORE...

09 November 2022
The combination of the Tianzhou 5 cargo spacecraft and a CZ-7 Y6 carrier rocket has been transferred to the launching area in preparation for launch, the CMSA said on 9 November. The facilities and equipment at the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Centre, are in good condition, and various pre-launch function checks and joint tests will be carried out as planned.
MORE...

09 November 2022
The TZ-4 cargo spacecraft separated from the orbiting station on 9 November at 14:55 BJT and switched to independent flight, after completing all assigned tasks, according to CMSA. TZ-4 was launched on 10 May 2022 from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Centre, delivering about 6 t of goods to the space station.
At present, the TZ-4 cargo spacecraft is in good condition and will re-enter the atmosphere from ground control in the future, said the CMSA.
MORE...

10 November 2022
At the 14th Airshow China, Zhang Xiaodong, general manager of China Siwei Surveying and Mapping Technology told media that the company plans to build its new-generation commercial remote sensing satellite system by 2025. The commercial remote sensing satellite system features 28 satellites with various payloads, covering more than 30 million square kilometers of daily ground data on average. Among the 28 satellites, 16 have higher than 0.5-m resolution, 4 have 0.7-m resolution, and 8 have higher than 1-m resolution.
MORE...