... from the Tianjin rocket factory.
I'm not sure if it fits this thread, but do we have google maps coordinates for the Tianjin factory?
Thanks!
An interesting question. It's in the Binhai New Area, and there are several big buildings there that might be it. I'll see if it can be located more accurately. Somewhere around 39.0 N, 117.7 E, I'd guess.
After initial failure and holiday interruptions, I remembered to return to this question. After an inordinate amount of googling, it turned up that the New/Next Generation Rocket Industrial Base (or several other similar names) is in an economic development area of Tianjin called TEDA West.
Represented by "new generation space vehicle", Aviation industry is located in the northwest group of TEDA West, where to the east is Zhongxin Zhuang Road, to the west is Hangang Road, to the north is Yangbei Road, and to the south is Nanbei Avenue and Jigang Railway. The planned construction area of the project is about 500,000 sq.m.
Wikimapia kindly provides a map showing TEDA West and, going there, there's a recently constructed group of large industrial buildings at 39.072 N, 117.513 E.
I'm fairly sure this is the CZ-5 rocket factory, but could certainly do with a sanity check should any of the readership wish to provide one.
BTW, different sources give areas of the project ranging from 0.5 to 2.0 square kilometers.
Edit: Tidied up TEDA_West image
After initial failure and holiday interruptions, I remembered to return to this question. After an inordinate amount of googling, it turned up that the New/Next Generation Rocket Industrial Base (or several other similar names) is in an economic development area of Tianjin called TEDA West.
Represented by "new generation space vehicle", Aviation industry is located in the northwest group of TEDA West, where to the east is Zhongxin Zhuang Road, to the west is Hangang Road, to the north is Yangbei Road, and to the south is Nanbei Avenue and Jigang Railway. The planned construction area of the project is about 500,000 sq.m.
Wikimapia kindly provides a map showing TEDA West and, going there, there's a recently constructed group of large industrial buildings at 39.072 N, 117.513 E.
I'm fairly sure this is the CZ-5 rocket factory, but could certainly do with a sanity check should any of the readership wish to provide one.
Wikimapia says that the large industrial complex at 39.0774 N 117.5134 is the Great Wall Automotive company Tianjing Subsidiary, and the track in the eastern part of it seems to be nice for car races.
4: The vertical acoustic vibration tower at Tianjin
I believe Google Earth shows this under construction in August 2011 at 39.1029 N, 117.5011 E.
This is much more close in my opinion. In maps.google.com and panoramio there are several images for the area, some described as just Tianjin Binhai New Area and others as China Aerospace Long March rocket manufacturing base:
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/26160663http://www.panoramio.com/photo/26160715http://www.panoramio.com/photo/26160693
I believe Google Earth shows this under construction in August 2011 at 39.1029 N, 117.5011 E.
This is much more close in my opinion. In maps.google.com and panoramio there are several images for the area, some described as just Tianjin Binhai New Area and others as China Aerospace Long March rocket manufacturing base:
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/26160663
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/26160715
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/26160693
Thanks indeed -- sanity checks are always worth having. So it's just the part north of the automotive complex where the rockets are being built? (See attachment.)
Edit: Though not totally unrelated to the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center, this is starting to look like it needs a separate thread. If The Powers That Moderate could do that, it might be a good idea.
Looks like everything is on schedule for starting CZ-5 operations next year.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2013-01/30/content_16185756.htm
Satellite center to put Wenchang on the map
Updated: 2013-01-30 04:12
By HUANG YIMING and WANG QIAN in Haikou ( China Daily)
The construction of the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center in Hainan province, from where China will launch new-generation carrier rockets and future space station modules, is expected to be completed in June, the province's economic planner said.
By the end of this year, the launch center, the fourth in China, will be ready for launching carrier rockets, according to a report released by the Hainan Development and Reform Commission during the ongoing annual session of the provincial people's congress.
Hainan plans to invest nearly 3.3 billion yuan ($530 million) this year into construction of the center and relevant facilities, including a space theme park and nearby infrastructure, the report said.
Of the 3.3 billion yuan, 2.5 billion will be used for the center's construction, the report said.
Pei Chengmin, Party chief of Wenchang, said the center will host its first launch in 2014.
The center will include a launch pad, a rocket assembly plant and a command center.
The Long March-5 launch vehicle designed for transporting heavyweight satellites and space station modules, as well as the Long March-7 rocket designed for launching cargo spacecraft, are expected to blast off from the center in 2014, the Beijing Morning Post quoted Liang Xiaohong, deputy director of the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology on Saturday during the annual session of the Beijing municipal people's congress.
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Besides the launch center, a space theme park and a space research center are also under construction, according to Pei.
He said the construction of the first phase of the park is likely to be finished in 2014, about the same time the center sees its first launch.
The park will give visitors a tram tour of rocket launch pads and offer space-travel attractions, such as a moon-themed train ride and cosmos-themed roller coaster. The park's interplanetary section will be divided into four themed areas — Earth, Lunar, Solar and Martian.
<snip>
China philatelic websites (see e.g. http://spaceship781.blog.163.com/blog/static/29293097201211261015956/) report that a special souvenir was issued to commemorate the launch of the first rocket carrier ship named Yuanwang-21. The ceremony was held at the Shanghai Jiangnan Shipyard on Changxing Island.
... and the second WSLC supply vessel Yuanwang-22 followed on January 24th.
http://www.ecns.cn/2013/03-03/52238.shtml
China's fourth launch center, located in tropical island province of Hainan, will be ready for space launch in two years, said a member of China's top political advisory body.
The launch center, which has been under construction since 2009, will be able to launch space station capsules and cargo ships, Zhou Jianping, designer-in-chief of China's manned space program, told Xinhua on Saturday.
The carrier rockets to be launched in the Hainan center include Long March-7 and Long March-5, said Zhou, a member of the National Committee of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC)...
The center will be mainly used for launching synchronous satellites, heavy satellites, large space stations, and deep space probe satellites. It is designed to handle up to 10-12 rocket launches a year.
Probably best not to make too much of the single occurrence of a word, but it's interesting that "capsules" is used. Can anybody find the Chinese version of the text and comment on that?
Lots of recent photos (since January) of the launch site under construction - seems to be right on schedule to support a launch next year....
(all photos collected by various forum members at
http://bbs.9ifly.cn/thread-38-32-1.html)
Lots of recent photos (since January) of the launch site under construction - seems to be right on schedule to support a launch next year....
Which will presumably be a CZ-7, the CZ-5 having slipped into 2015 because of manufacturing difficulties, no?
Lots of recent photos (since January) of the launch site under construction - seems to be right on schedule to support a launch next year....
Which will presumably be a CZ-7, the CZ-5 having slipped into 2015 because of manufacturing difficulties, no?
That's right, late 2014 is the target for CZ-7's first flight, and Wenchang is the launch site. See my post in the CZ-NGLV thread.
That's right, late 2014 is the target for CZ-7's first flight, and Wenchang is the launch site. See my post in the CZ-NGLV thread.
Thank you. I often have trouble keeping track of threads.
The best model of the launch site I have seen so far:
I think I will like the scenery at this spaceport very much when it opens.
(the building in the first few photos is the LCC)
