Exspace – Behind The Black – Robert Zimmerman

August 31, 2022 Quick space links

August 31, 2022 3:47 pm Robert Zimmerman

Thanks to BtB’s stringer Jay.

Sierra Space posts image of second Dream Chaser spacecraft, under construction

That’s nice, but years have passed and the first Dream Chaser cargo spacecraft, Tenacity, has still not flown. It is well past time for this company to finally get off the ground.

Two astronauts on the present crew on Tiangong-3 will do this mission’s first spacewalk tomorrow

This also be the first spacewalk using the airlock on the space station’s new Wentian module.

China tests new solid rocket motor

It appears to be built by the pseudo-company Orienspace.

Chinese pseudo-company Exspace tests new improved 3rd stage engine for Kuaizhou-1B rocket

A building in Huntsville made from a left-over Saturn 5 interstage section.

China completes two launches today

November 13, 2019 8:30 am Robert Zimmerman

In a space of three hours today China successfully completed two launches. First, a Kuaizhou-1A rocket, intended for commercial launches, placed a civilian Earth resource satellite into orbit. Then, a Long March 6 rocket put five remote sensing satellites into orbit.

The leaders in the 2019 launch race:

24 China
17 Russia
11 SpaceX
6 Europe (Arianespace)

With these two launches China has leap-frogged past the U.S. to take the lead in the national rankings, 24 to 23.