China to launch 30 times in 2020
The new colonial movement: According to Chinese officials, China plans to launch 30 times in 2020, maintaining the same pace that they met in 2019.
Zhuang Jingguo, chief engineer of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), the country’s man space contractor, told media at the Fifth China International Commercial Aerospace Forum late last month that the state-owned enterprise will launch around 30 rockets next year.
This number is expected to include missions to Mars, the moon, test flights of new launch vehicles, and the completion of the Beidou navigation system. Commercial launch companies will further add to Chinese launch activities.
The article also provides a good overall summary of China’s present space effort, which is extensive and growing.
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The new colonial movement: According to Chinese officials, China plans to launch 30 times in 2020, maintaining the same pace that they met in 2019.
Zhuang Jingguo, chief engineer of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), the country’s man space contractor, told media at the Fifth China International Commercial Aerospace Forum late last month that the state-owned enterprise will launch around 30 rockets next year.
This number is expected to include missions to Mars, the moon, test flights of new launch vehicles, and the completion of the Beidou navigation system. Commercial launch companies will further add to Chinese launch activities.
The article also provides a good overall summary of China’s present space effort, which is extensive and growing.
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It’s going to be a busy 2020 on the world’s launch pads. SpaceX plans 24 Starlink launches and 19 more for government and commercial customers including another Falcon Heavy. Rocket Lab is looking to speed up its launch cadence by a sizable amount as well. Given a few more launches each by ULA and NGIS, the U.S., alone, might wind up more than doubling China’s planned 30. Fun times ahead.