Quote from: savuporo on 09/01/2017 01:56 amRHU's and RTG's, at leastwhy? RTG technology is well known in China. After all, Chang'E 3 uses a Chinese RTG
RHU's and RTG's, at least
Quote from: Lars-J on 09/01/2017 01:35 amI'm not sure what Russia brings to the table to benefit China at this point, but this collaboration might be more for political than technical reasons.Not really. We already knew YF-100s were derived from RD-120s. R&D independently is always hard, CASC has a strong desire to acquire Russia's powerful engine(RD-180s) and heavy rocket technology these years
I'm not sure what Russia brings to the table to benefit China at this point, but this collaboration might be more for political than technical reasons.
20 June 2012, 09:09 - Economics and businessFrom June 12 to June 15, a working meeting of the delegations of RFNC-VNIIEF and OAO Glavkosmos with Chinese specialists from the Tianjin Institute of Current Sources, the Industrial Corporation "Great Wall", the Center for Moon Research and Space Engineering of the CNPC was held in the Sarov Technopark. This was reported by the press service of the Institute. The meeting took place within the framework of the Russian-Chinese contract on the moon sounding program. The Chinese side presented the results of the work of the nuclear center for the creation of radioisotope sources of heat and electrical energy.So, the newest joint development was carried out by EMV Avangard and KB-1 VNIIEF. This is a radionuclide thermal unit with a power of 120 watts. And a radioisotope thermoelectric generator with an output power of 6.5 watts. The KB-1 specially designed a transport packaging for transportation of radionuclide thermal blocks. At the meeting, specialists of the VNIIEF emergency technical center demonstrated to the Chinese representatives the method of handling the transport packaging. The uniqueness of the kit is the ability to transport nuclear materials not only by road or rail, but also by air."The high level of development of VNIIEF is confirmed by a certificate for the safe use of a thermal unit in outer space issued by the Center for the Certification of Rocket and Space Equipment," the source said. A certificate of approval for the construction and transportation of a transport packaging with a thermal unit has been issued by the competent body of Rosatom State Corporation.
April 17, 2013, 11:38 - VNIIEFThe VNIIEF successfully completed the development, production and supply of 120W radionuclide thermal blocks of space in the PRC. This was reported by the press service of the Institute. The visit of the delegation of the nuclear center to China was the final stage of fulfilling the contracts between JSC "Glavkosmos" and the Chinese industrial corporation "Great Wall". Chinese experts highly appreciated the quality of the delivered products. Specialists KB-1, KB-2 and EMZ "Avangard" participated in the implementation of the contracts. Earlier, the nuclear center supplied the Tianjin Institute of Current Sources with radionuclide blocks with a power of 4 and 8 W and an engineering model of a radionuclide thermoelectric generator. In 2012, Sarov scientists presentedChinese specialists radionuclide thermal unit - at that time the newest joint development of EMV Avangard and KB-1 VNIIEF. The meeting was attended by representatives of the Center for the Study of the Moon and Space Engineering of the CNDK. Also, last year VNIIEF demonstrated isotope blocks at the XII International Exhibition of Nuclear Industry "NIC 2012" in China.
Does anyone know if anything about China's space programme was mentioned during their recent 19th CPC National Congress?
Nothing very important I thought, I had updated some space related news into those individual threads. During the 19th National Congress, the only thing they did was to made Xi as China’s most powerful leader since Mao Zedong...
CASC has announced yesterday some forward looking plans in the future:- sub-orbital passenger flight systems by 2025- HLV by 2030- fully reusable orbital launch vehicles by 2035- interplanetary transport systems by 2040Source: http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2017/11-16/8378305.shtml and (English version) https://gbtimes.com/china-sets-out-long-term-space-transportation-roadmap-including-a-nuclear-space-shuttle
By 2030, the Long March 9 rocket will be ready for use. Classified as a “heavy-lift” rocket, it’s capable of carrying over 100 tonnes (220,462 pounds), making it perfect for launching crewed missions to the Moon, and possibly unmanned missions to Mars. By comparison, SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket has a payload capacity of about 63 tonnes (140,660 pounds), though future iterations of the Falcon Heavy are likely to incorporate an increased payload.Looking ahead to 2035, the CASC wants to make all of its launch vehicles reusable; currently, they’re all single use. Within five years from that time, they expect the introduction of a new generation of rockets and launch vehicles which would be used for interstellar missions, asteroid mining, and “constructing megaprojects such as a space-based solar power station.” The nuclear-powered space shuttle is also set for 2040, but as there are few details about the shuttle at present, it’s unclear if 2040 is when development will begin or when its first launch is expected to take place.