The Long March-6 will be a new type of high-speed response launch vehicle, which will be capable of placing not less than 1 ton of payload into a sun-synchronous orbit at a height of 700 km.
II. Major Tasks for the Next Five Years[snip preamble]1. Space Transportation SystemChina will build a stronger space transportation system, keep improving its launch vehicle series, and enhance their capabilities of entering space.It will enhance the reliability and adaptability of launch vehicles in service, and develop new-generation launch vehicles and their upper stages, implement the first flight of the Long March-5, Long March-6 and Long March-7 launch vehicles. The Long March-5 will use non-toxic and pollution-free propellant, and will be capable of placing 25 tons of payload into the near-Earth orbit, or placing 14 tons of payload into the GEO orbit. The Long March-6 will be a new type of high-speed response launch vehicle, which will be capable of placing not less than 1 ton of payload into a sun-synchronous orbit at a height of 700 km. The Long March-7 will be capable of placing 5.5 tons of payload into a sun-synchronous orbit at a height of 700 km.It will conduct special demonstrations and pre-research on key technologies for heavy-lift launch vehicles.
It will conduct special demonstrations and pre-research on key technologies for heavy-lift launch vehicles.
Quote from: ChileVerde on 12/29/2011 05:44 pmIt will conduct special demonstrations and pre-research on key technologies for heavy-lift launch vehicles.I hope that's the UR-700M class rocket...
Quote from: go4mars on 12/29/2011 07:18 pmQuote from: ChileVerde on 12/29/2011 05:44 pmIt will conduct special demonstrations and pre-research on key technologies for heavy-lift launch vehicles.I hope that's the UR-700M class rocket...Never ever ;-) UR-700 type is 750t to LEO. China is talking about 50t to LEO for their haevy-lift rocket.
Is there somewhere to download the White Paper as a single file rather than spread over different web pages?
Never ever ;-) UR-700 type is 750t to LEO. China is talking about 50t to LEO for their haevy-lift rocket.
There is a rather sloppy Associated Press article about this with the following quote: "Some elements of China's program, notably the firing of a ground-based missile into one of its dead satellites four years ago, have alarmed American officials and others who say such moves could set off a race to militarize space." No mention that this was an "anti-satellite" test, or that it created a huge amount of debris, or that more than the Americans were upset.I get the impression that the reporter or an editor did not want to say that the missile "intercepted" or "destroyed" the satellite, so the missile was fired "into" a dead satellite. But why not use the more accurate and descriptive terms?
Quote from: Phillip Clark on 12/29/2011 07:33 pmIs there somewhere to download the White Paper as a single file rather than spread over different web pages?Here are the individual items available so far stuck into a PDF.Edit: Correct grammar.