Quote from: Satori on 01/01/2012 07:53 pmQuote from: Phillip Clark on 01/01/2012 07:08 pmIn the launch listing for 2013 the launch vehicle for the Tiangong 2 mini-station is given as the CZ-7.Is this correct? If Tiangong 2 is to be like Tiangong 1, then I would have thought it would also be launched on the CZ-2F(T?). Also I would be surprised if such a high profile payload would be on the maiden launch of the vehicle.Phil, the information I had was that TG-2 was going to be launched by the CZ-2F/H that now is the CZ-7. If TG-2 if effectively is going to use the CZ-7, then we should expect some launches of this rocket before this mission.If this correct then I would expect the Shenhou launches to continue out of Jiuquan since the Chinese have invested so much in the infrastructure there.
Quote from: Phillip Clark on 01/01/2012 07:08 pmIn the launch listing for 2013 the launch vehicle for the Tiangong 2 mini-station is given as the CZ-7.Is this correct? If Tiangong 2 is to be like Tiangong 1, then I would have thought it would also be launched on the CZ-2F(T?). Also I would be surprised if such a high profile payload would be on the maiden launch of the vehicle.Phil, the information I had was that TG-2 was going to be launched by the CZ-2F/H that now is the CZ-7. If TG-2 if effectively is going to use the CZ-7, then we should expect some launches of this rocket before this mission.
In the launch listing for 2013 the launch vehicle for the Tiangong 2 mini-station is given as the CZ-7.Is this correct? If Tiangong 2 is to be like Tiangong 1, then I would have thought it would also be launched on the CZ-2F(T?). Also I would be surprised if such a high profile payload would be on the maiden launch of the vehicle.
Iam not sure of any rumoured maiden launches of the CZ-7, though, before 2013 or so.
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Looks like Shenzhou-10 is unlikely to be launched this year.
From Xinhua, China plans to launch 21 rockets, 30 satellites this year."...including the launch of the Shenzhou-9 spacecraft, which will achieve space rendezvous and docking missions with the orbiting Tiangong-1 vehicle."... not talking about Shenzhou-10.
Quote from: Satori on 01/19/2012 06:37 pmFrom Xinhua, China plans to launch 21 rockets, 30 satellites this year."...including the launch of the Shenzhou-9 spacecraft, which will achieve space rendezvous and docking missions with the orbiting Tiangong-1 vehicle."... not talking about Shenzhou-10.Maybe Shenzhou 10 isn't mentioned because its schedule depends upon the success of Shenzhou 9?
Quote from: Phillip Clark on 01/19/2012 07:23 pmQuote from: Satori on 01/19/2012 06:37 pmFrom Xinhua, China plans to launch 21 rockets, 30 satellites this year."...including the launch of the Shenzhou-9 spacecraft, which will achieve space rendezvous and docking missions with the orbiting Tiangong-1 vehicle."... not talking about Shenzhou-10.Maybe Shenzhou 10 isn't mentioned because its schedule depends upon the success of Shenzhou 9?Who can tell. Maybe SZ-9 has moved to the right, pushing SZ-10 in 2013; maybe they just mentioned SZ-9 because it's a case of 'one step at a time'; maybe the real message just got lost in the reporting or translation again............. Tracking the Chinese manned programme remains intriguing and frustrating!!
According to a newspaper report, 21 launches are planned in 2012. Of these, only 11 of them use rockets made by CALT. This, combined with earlier news about 8 planned launches from Xichang and the probable slip of SZ-10 into 2012, hints at the number of launches of the Chinese launchers this year:CZ-3A/B/C: 8 launchesCZ-2F: 1 launchCZ-2C: 2 launchesCZ-2D/4B/4C (all produced by SAST): 10 launches (!)
