Comments on: China launches military surveillance satellite https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/china-launches-military-surveillance-satellite/ Sun, 18 Mar 2018 04:22:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Robert Zimmerman https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/china-launches-military-surveillance-satellite/#comment-1044946 Sun, 18 Mar 2018 04:22:06 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=50731#comment-1044946 In reply to Terry.

Terry: One of my regular readers, LocalFluff, actually started to compile a payload count. I am still hoping he will keep it going.

At the moment however I think actual launches is still a good benchmark. Getting a lot of rockets launched on a regular basis has so far been a challenge for everyone since the beginning of the space age. Soviet Russia managed it for a while, but they depended on a command economy that eventually went bankrupt. No one else till now has come close. I think this year’s count will show us that we are getting there.

]]> By: Terry https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/china-launches-military-surveillance-satellite/#comment-1044934 Sun, 18 Mar 2018 02:40:45 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=50731#comment-1044934 Thanks for keeping track of the number of launches.

But is it really fair to count this Chinese launch of only 2000 pounds or so to count the same as a Falcon 9 that can put 50,000 pounds in LEO?

It would be interesting to keep track of the total pounds sent into orbit by each launch entity. I think it might tell a different story than the total number of launches.

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