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International Space Flight (ESA, Russia, China and others) => Chinese Launchers => Topic started by: archipeppe68 on 06/23/2012 04:56 pm
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Enjoy it... ;)
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Thanks for sharing!
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Thanks! The diagram you posted for SZ-1 appears to show solar arrays on the orbital module, but not deployed. Did SZ-1 have functioning solar arrays on the orbital module?
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Appreciate the slides, but it is more convenient to package them in one file, like the one attached here.
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Thanks! The diagram you posted for SZ-1 appears to show solar arrays on the orbital module, but not deployed. Did SZ-1 have functioning solar arrays on the orbital module?
As far I know SZ-1 Orbital Module was more a mock-up rather than something fully functional (like the SZ-2 ones).
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Appreciate the slides, but it is more convenient to package them in one file, like the one attached here.
Thanks a lot Simon!!!
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I found one tiny mistake in your presentation.
On slide 17 you state that Tiangong 1 (and Shenzou) use the APAS 89 docking system. But in fact it is the Chinese APAS system based on the APAS 89.
First I thought the chinese system was APAS 95, but after some googeling I discovered that that was the Space Shuttle version.
This site http://www.americaspace.org/?p=9268 (http://www.americaspace.org/?p=9268), states that china is using an adapted version of the APAS 89 (Shuttle- MIR / Buran APAS).
And this NASA document http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20110010964_2011009594.pdf (http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20110010964_2011009594.pdf) about ISS docking and berthing mechanisms, contains a graph on page 5 where all developed docking systems are represented (by there acronyms). On this graph the Chinese APAS system is called Shenzou / APAS 2010.
So the uses docking system on Tiangong-1 and the Shenzou crafts are Chinese APAS ore APAS 2010 (flowing NASA).