You know what? It looks like a model of KZ-1 appeared at the CASIC booth of this year's Zhuhai Airshow!
.....or at least a commercialized version named FT-1 (
Feitian-1). CASIC is also promoting "quick launch" Earth observation satellites as part of the deal.
http://zhuanti.casic.cn/n1996649/n1996661/n1996681/index.html
Are those satellites future missions or are only illustrative examples of possible missions?
Are those satellites future missions or are only illustrative examples of possible missions?
Illustrative examples of possible missions.
Very interesting, thanks for sharing. Any additional information would be appreceated.
No metric differences between FT-1 and KZ-1 to see. Furthermore my guess is that the "Emergency Optical Remote Sensing Satellite" (the second from left in FT101 image) was the configuration used for the KZ-satellite.
No metric differences between FT-1 and KZ-1 to see. Furthermore my guess is that the "Emergency Optical Remote Sensing Satellite" (the second from left in FT101 image) was the configuration used for the KZ-satellite.
So is one of the these the unidentified CZ-11 solid rocket listed on the schedule?? Discuss!! Also the the FT-1 graphic may not be to scale or a high fidelity model.
No metric differences between FT-1 and KZ-1 to see. Furthermore my guess is that the "Emergency Optical Remote Sensing Satellite" (the second from left in FT101 image) was the configuration used for the KZ-satellite.
So is one of the these the unidentified CZ-11 solid rocket listed on the schedule?? Discuss!! Also the the FT-1 graphic may not be to scale or a high fidelity model.
Nah, the CZ-11 is built by someone else and has got national funding as a Minotaur-I class rocket. Will be flying sometime next year I believe.
