So, looks like the Tianhe core module for the space station is going to launch early 2021 from Wenchang, after the Tianwen-1 Mars (July) and Chang'e-5 lunar sample return (Q4 2020) missions. Image: CMSA
China is planning 11 missions across 2 years to complete the 3-module basic configuration of the space station. Long March 5B to launch 3 modules, CZ-2F for Shenzhou crewed missions, CZ-7 for Tianzhou cargo missions. Busy.
After that, how about a co-orbiting Hubble-class, two-metre aperture space telescope?
Before all that, a new (3rd) round of up to 18 astronauts will be selected in July. This selection has been delayed, much like the space station. Current astros are in training for EVAs and such. Image: OurSpace
There's a bunch of other news of the NPC/Two Sessions in Beijing. A reiteration that the Long March 8 will have a first (expendable) flight this year. https://twitter.com/AJ_FI/status/1265881444217491457
Bao Weimin of CASC says the main challenge for the Mars mission is that the landing segment for the rover is required to reduce its speed from 20,000 kph to zero during the '7 minutes of terror'. I don't think reaching zero is the problem, but rather doing it gradually.
A super-heavy-lift rocket (surprisingly not referred to as the Long March 9) is expected to have a first flight in 2030 (sometimes we see 2028, sometimes 2030), according to CASC's Li Hong.
China will look to new generation Fengyun weather satellites (Fengyun 5 series (polar) and FY-6 (GEO)) in the 2030s, according to Bao Weimin.
The last satellite required to complete the operational global Beidou GNSS system will launch in June from Xichang. The rollout has been intense, especially for villages downrange...
Xu Liping of Academy of Aerospace Solid Propulsion Technology proposed special research on basic technology of solid rocket motors. And likely more that I've missed.
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