This year, China's aerospace industry is still busy, the number of launches will exceed 50 times, at the beginning of the new year, in the major launch sites, production plants, a variety of models of rockets, spacecraft are busy with research and development and production and launch preparations.
In Wenchang, Hainan, the Long March 8 Yao-2 rocket is undergoing pre-launch testing, and the mainland's new generation of medium-sized carrier rockets will be launched in late February and early March. This time, it will achieve 22 satellites at a time, which will set a record for the largest number of satellites launched at a time on the mainland.
Wu Yitian, deputy chief designer of the First President of the Aerospace Science and Technology Group, Zheng No. 8 carrier rocket: At present, the Changba Yao-2 rocket is undergoing sub-system testing, and judging from the progress of our sub-system test and data interpretation, the current sub-system test results are normal, and the state of the entire rocket is controllable.
This year, the mainland will complete the construction of the Chinese space station with six missions. At present, the three types of carrier rockets used for the construction of the space station are ready to go.
Jing Muchun, commander-in-chief of the Zheng-2 F carrier rocket of the First President of the Aerospace Science and Technology Group: At present, the Yao fifteen rockets are undergoing assembly tests at the assembly test plant, and after all the work is completed, they will be transported to the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Base for launch missions.
In space, three astronauts spent the Spring Festival of the Year of the Tiger on the space station. At the beginning of the new spring, the astronauts on the ground also threw themselves into a new round of flight control support missions. At the Beijing Space Information Transmission Center, the astronauts responsible for the space station's space-based measurement and control support have checked and confirmed the status of the spacelink satellite system, and with their support, the dynamics of the Chinese space station are under the control of the ground almost every moment.
Ma Chao, engineer of the Comprehensive Planning Department of Beijing Space Information Transmission Center: It is precisely because of the characteristics of the Skylink satellite's large coverage, long transmission time, and high transmission rate that with the support of the Skylink satellite, the space station has completed space-to-earth calls, out-of-cabin activities, and space teaching. In the future, the Skylink satellite will also provide space-based measurement and control and data relay service support for the launch, rendezvous and docking and on-orbit construction and assembly of the space station module and various types of spacecraft.