BEIJING, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- China's aerospace industry will see a busy year in 2020, with the number of space launches expected to exceed 40, according to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC).The highlights of the space activities include the launch of China's first Mars probe, the Chang'e-5 lunar probe, which is expected to bring moon samples back to Earth, the final step of China's current lunar exploration program, as well as the completion of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System constellation.Three new types of carrier rockets including the Long March-5B, Long March-7A and Long March-8 will make their maiden flights in 2020, said the CASC.In addition, some commercial satellites such as the APSTAR-6D satellite and the experiment satellite for the construction of satellite Internet will also be launched....
There are reports that the Long March 7A first flight may be carrying another "thingy" to be named TJSW-6.
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Venue: China Jiuquan Satellite Launch CenterRocket: Clipper 11 Launch Vehicle (KZ-11)Loads: Jilin No. 1 high score 02A star, Sunflower No. 1 double star, gamma-ray burst detection satellite, Jiading No. 1 (OKW-01), Zhongwei No. 1 total of six starsClients: Changguang Satellite, Shanghai Microsatellite Engineering Center, Tianyi Research Institute, Ou Kewei, Galaxy AerospaceOrbit: SSO
http://www.spaceflightfans.cn/event/kz-11-rocket-first-launch?instance_id=3017They have the first KZ-11 in February, 25-27.Google TranslationQuoteVenue: China Jiuquan Satellite Launch CenterRocket: Clipper 11 Launch Vehicle (KZ-11)Loads: Jilin No. 1 high score 02A star, Sunflower No. 1 double star, gamma-ray burst detection satellite, Jiading No. 1 (OKW-01), Zhongwei No. 1 total of six starsClients: Changguang Satellite, Shanghai Microsatellite Engineering Center, Tianyi Research Institute, Ou Kewei, Galaxy AerospaceOrbit: SSO
01 - January 7 (15:20:14.977) - CZ-3B/G2 (Y62) - XSLC (07-112), LC3 - TJSW-5CZ-3B/G3 Y62https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E9%95%BF%E5%BE%81%E4%B8%89%E5%8F%B7%E4%B9%99%E8%BF%90%E8%BD%BD%E7%81%AB%E7%AE%AD西昌卫星发射中心2号工位 = LC2https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%95%BF%E5%BE%81%E4%B8%89%E5%8F%B7%E4%B9%99%E8%BF%90%E8%BD%BD%E7%81%AB%E7%AE%AD
China launch schedule2020January 15 (02:53) - CZ-2D (Y58) - TSLC, LC9 - Jilin-1 Kuanfu-01, Sophie (ÑuSat-7), Marie (ÑuSat-8), Renmin-1 Tianqi-4January 16 15 / 19 12 (~03:00) 11 (23:30) 9 - KZ-1A (Y9) - JSLC - Yinhe-1January 1January 3January 5January 6January 9January 11January 13January 14
Building Joint On-Orbit Assembling Space Telescope - Project Member© AFP 2019 / HOW HWEE YOUNG06:09 14.01.2020MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russian and Chinese experts have developed a joint concept of what can become the world's first large telescope to be assembled in space by supervised robotic manipulators, Mikhail Sachkov, the deputy director of the Institute of Astronomy at the Russian Academy of Sciences which develops the project on the Russian end, said."Our Chinese colleagues have asked our institute to become the scientific organization of the telescope which they are going to promote. They wanted us to provide a complete scientific grounding of the project and relevant equipment. That is to say, they make the telescope and Russia makes the optical spectrometer," Sachkov said.The 33-feet On-orbit Assembling Space Telescope (OAST) is what his institute and the Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics are aiming to develop to match the US-developed James Webb Space Telescope, designed to replace Hubble Space Telescope. According to the scientist, the project presently is not included in neither of the countries' space programs and, consequently, gets no state funding and is developed on a voluntary basis. He added that the telescope can be completed in the 2030s.
China's Long March-5B carrier rocket has passed testing and examination before leaving the factory and is expected to make its maiden flight in the first half of 2020, according to the China Manned Space Agency.
