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mariacallous · 4 months

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If U.S. President Joe Biden wants to check the pulse of the arsenal of democracy, all he has to do is look at Bill LaPlante’s wall in the Pentagon. The U.S. Defense Department industrial chief’s office is covered with production charts for every weapon that the United States is building to fend off a potential war with China while helping countries such as Ukraine and Israel fend for themselves in wars of their own.

It’s like an electrocardiogram of the U.S. defense industry: There’s a line going up to count the number of units moved and a line going sideways for the time that it took to move them. There are production rates for the Patriot missiles that the United States has sent to the Middle East to provide backup for Israel, the sea-launched Standard Missile-6 that the United States has deployed to the Indo-Pacific to potentially bloody China’s nose if it launches an assault on Taiwan, and the guided multiple launch rockets—known as GMLRs—that helped the Ukrainians liberate Kherson and the areas around Kharkiv in a one-two punch to the Russian army in 2022. “It’s a whole stair step,” LaPlante told a small gaggle of reporters at the Reagan National Defense Forum in California in early December 2023. The chart, he said, “keeps going and going.” And even though business is booming, Defense Department officials are facing a problem from hell. How can the Pentagon mobilize the U.S. defense industry to respond to not just one conflict or two, but potentially three wars? Foreign Policy talked to a dozen defense ministers, officials, and experts across the NATO alliance. They described an almost Sisyphean task to rebuild the trans-Atlantic—and trans-Pacific—defense industrial base to fight three wars not during a world war, but when much of the Western world is at peace. “We are moving from a just-in-time, just-enough economy model to a peak demand model,” said Dutch Adm. Rob Bauer, the chairman of NATO’s military committee, in an interview in his office at the alliance’s Brussels headquarters in October. Much like the manner in which the Western world had to convert factories at dizzying speed to produce protective medical equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic, Western leaders need to “make sure everybody understands the sense of urgency of where we are,” Bauer said. Officials are still trying to figure out what the right number is for every weapon on LaPlante’s chart. What makes planning especially difficult is the friction of war. Nobody expected the war in Ukraine to suck up thousands of artillery shells every single day, year after year. Few thought that Israel’s war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip would exhaust precision-guided munitions in a couple of months. If the United States were in a war with China over the Taiwan Strait, it could run out of long-range precision munitions within a week, according to one study.

There was a time when the United States could turn plowshares into swords; in the Second World War, the United States built more of pretty much everything than any other combatant, from tanks to planes to ships to landing craft. Then-President Franklin D. Roosevelt called it the “arsenal of democracy” because it was. In five years, U.S. factories built 141 aircraft carriers, 88,410 self-propelled guns and tanks, and 257,000 artillery guns.

Now, Washington is trying to get back in business after three decades of post-Cold War belt-tightening that saw companies merge and production lines slow down. LaPlante said that the Pentagon has built a facility in Texas that has the capacity to surge 155 mm artillery shells as needed. Boeing is growing its capacity to build sensors for Patriot missiles at its Huntsville, Alabama, facility by nearly a third. In Europe, Bulgaria and the Czech Republic are becoming major producers of ammunition. Germany is buying hundreds of millions of dollars worth of artillery shells while Rheinmetall sets up shop inside Ukraine. Sweden, Denmark, and Norway have begun jointly procuring 155 mm barrels for Ukraine. And the Swedish manufacturer Saab—which no longer makes cars—is producing so many diesel-electric submarine hulls that it’s even looking at Southeast Asia as potential clients. Building industrial muscle means that the Pentagon needs to rebuild long-atrophied bureaucratic muscle, too. LaPlante has deputized a so-called “joint production cell” within the Pentagon, comprising defense officials who are visiting production floors. It’s not just a question of getting scientists and dollars, but also of getting factories full of skilled welders, assemblers, and foremen. “It’s dusting off a lot of skills that we’ve had in this country that we haven’t used in a while,” LaPlante said.

But there’s a bigger problem, too: It’s one thing to assemble shells and missiles, and another thing altogether to assemble higher-end gear such as the B-21 Raider stealth bomber, which runs at about $750 million per airplane, with a production line that snakes across three U.S. states. Building the aircraft is so complex that U.S. officials have compared it to the nearly four-decadeslong process of building the interstate highway system.

Some of the weapons still have to be funded. Congress has already agreed to fund SM-6 and GMLRS. Other projects, such as the Pentagon’s plan to get up to 100,000 rounds of 155 mm artillery produced by 2025, need Congress to pass the supplemental budget, LaPlante said. With Congress out for the holidays, that’s on hold until at least January. And across the Atlantic, the European Union has fallen far behind its target of producing 1 million artillery rounds per year to feed Ukraine’s voracious appetite for ammunition while replenishing NATO stockpiles.

But when LaPlante and other Pentagon officials go into meetings with industry and members of Congress to tout their plans, they face two big questions about the United States’ military-industrial buildup. Are they going to pull the plug, especially as Congress wavers on additional U.S. military aid to Ukraine, Taiwan, and Israel? And even if they’re for real, are their plans even enough?

When it comes to putting shells in barrels, since December 2022, the U.S. industrial base has doubled its output of 155 mm ammunition, growing it from 14,000 rounds per month to between 28,000 to 30,000, LaPlante said. U.S. Army officials hope to get to 60,000 rounds per month by September 2024, and to the magic number of 100,000 rounds per month by the end of 2025.

The Pentagon has put about $3 billion toward the ramp-up so far, the price of about four B-21 bombers, sprinkling contracts across five U.S. states and three countries.

The European Union is producing between 600,000 and 700,000 artillery shells per year, Estonian Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur told reporters in November, well short of the 27-nation bloc’s 1 million shell goal, which it hopes to reach next year. To support Ukraine and recapitalize its own stockpiles, Europe will have to reach about 3 million rounds per year in the next 10 years, Pevkur said.

But Ukraine’s appetite for artillery ammo is voracious, about 6,000 shells per day at the peak of fighting this year— and the shortage of U.S. military aid is already causing troops to hold their fire on the front lines. The pain of growing the arsenal is hard, Western officials concede, but the pain of losing the war would be far worse.

“There is no option but to rise to the occasion in this regard,” Swedish Defense Minister Pal Jonson said in an interview with Foreign Policy.

And when it comes to so-called smart bombs—weapons with GPS guidance kits built in—the situation is even more dire. Despite the United States allowing Israel to raid precision munition stockpiles in the region, more than half of the air-to-ground weapons fired into the Gaza Strip since October have been unguided “dumb bombs,” according to U.S. intelligence reports.

All of that is without accounting for the weapons needed to fight the next war: ships, submarines, sea-based missiles, and coastal defenses. China has done everything short of invading Taiwan, though it has vowed to do so at some point soon. In a naval fight, shipyards count as much or more than hulls in the water, and there the United States is beached. Even when it comes to what the United States is really good at—building and operating high-end nuclear submarines—they are artisanal affairs. The rest of the U.S. Navy is shrinking while China’s is growing. “We’re spending 3.3 percent of GDP on national defense and you’re building a paltry 1.2 subs” a year, said U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, the top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee. “I don’t think that is making [Chinese President] Xi Jinping quake in his boots.”

The United States has to outsource its defense procurement, as do most countries—which, in the long hangover of the post-Cold War era, means a very rude awakening. Some NATO countries, such as Poland, which keeps more of its defense industry in state hands than most other member countries, can expand production lines on the back of public spending.

The United States can only prod and pray—the Pentagon’s own soon-to-be-released industrial strategy indicates that defense companies wouldn’t be able to respond fast enough for the U.S. military to fight a modern war.

For instance: The biggest bottleneck in sending GMLRS and 155 mm ammo to Ukraine is the lack of rocket motors, said Heidi Shyu, who oversees the Pentagon’s technology strategy. So the U.S. Defense Department has initiated a parallel effort to make sure that rocket motors get built, too. But it’s a slog.

“Ramping up production is not like a light switch, where you can flip the switch and bang, you can tenfold your production,” Shyu said. “You just can’t do that. Every country that has the ability to ramp up production is in the process of ramping up.”

Further down the food chain, the U.S. Defense Department is running into problems; there aren’t enough testing beds for new weapons systems, for example. There aren’t enough good programmers to write good code. And there aren’t enough little things that go boom up and down the U.S. supply chain to feed all of the Ukrainian gun barrels, let alone those of other allies.

Europe is feeling the same crunch.

“What are the smaller obstacles? First, fuses. Second, gunpowder. Third, shells.” said Pevkur, Estonia’s defense minister. “You have to be able to solve all of these small details in order to be ready to produce more rounds.” U.S. partners are getting creative, given the lack of backup. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has announced a 1-million-drone target to build one-hit kamikazes that can strike Russian troops deep behind their lines. They’re conducting do-it-yourself air defense with obsolete Soviet-era munitions. And Taiwan, still stuck in a billion-dollar backlog of U.S. weapons sales, has started doing F-16 maintenance on its own.

But none of that is going to restore the arsenal of democracy, whose shelves—already bereft, if not barren—aren’t getting restocked like they used to.

“There is an end to every stockpile,” Bauer said. “There’s an end to it.”

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rohitpalan · 2 months

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Forecasting the Future: Small Satellite Market's 15.3% CAGR Propels Industry to US$ 55.9 Billion by 2033

The small satellite market is expected to thrive at a strong CAGR of 15.3% during the forecast period. The market is anticipated to cross a market size of US$ 55.9 billion by 2033, while it holds a revenue of US$ 13.5 billion in 2023.

The expanding space exploration programs around the world have become an important element in the space race. Thus, the applications of small satellites become important

Small satellite market thrives on factors such as new technology, research and development programs, and private companies and startups investing in outer space exploration.

Countries and their defence programs are also adopting a huge number of small satellites while also building constellations for observation and surveillance.

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Different types of carriers and launch pads have also been built according to the reusable rockets and satellites. The latest addition to sustainable technology is the use of reusable and biodegradable materials while building satellites to minimize space waste.

Emerging economies like India and China have started building and advancing their space exploration programs with the help of commercial rides, payload carriers, and satellite carriers. Small startups are also helping organizations like ISRO and DRDO to create sustainable solutions for space programs.

Key Points

The US market for small satellite holds the biggest market share and is likely to cross the anticipated values of US$ 7.2 Bn by 2033 with a CAGR of 14.8%. The growth rate is rising for the US market as the market flourished from a lower CAGR of 11.0% between 2017 and 2022.

The Indian small satellite market thrives at the highest CAGR of 18.2% during the forecast period, while like revenue of US$ 701.1 million by 2033. The regional market was at a lower CAGR of 13.5% during the previous forecast period.

The small satellite market outlook states that the nanosatellites segment continues to lead the satellite type category with a CAGR of 15.9% between 2023 and 2033. The growth is owed to the easy implementation, effective use and cheaper cost.

Based on end-user type, the defence segment thrives at a CAGR of 15.3% between 2023 and 2033. This is due to the increased use of surveillance for enhanced security of the defense personnel.

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Competitive Landscape

Major players in small satellite market focus on experimenting with the size by using lighter materials in the production of these small satellites. Brands make satellites with a weight of 500 kg to increase performance and save rocket fuel too. Key players in the market are Orbital ATK, Inc., Ball Corporation, Airbus, Boeing, Lockheed Martin Corporation, Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd., QinetiQ, ISIS- Innovative Solutions In Space B.V., OHB SE, Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd., Planet Labs Inc.

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Lockheed Martin Corporation launched its advanced satellite series which has LM 50, offering compact size, optimized design, and efficient packaging while its mission life lies between three months to five years.

Ball Corporation has introduced BCP 100, which is a small satellite and offers a rapid and frequent response to meet mission requirements. Another satellite is BCP 300 that is applied for the demonstration mission for tests and other technological experiments.

Key Segments

By Satellite Type:

Micro-Satellite

Mini-Satellite

Nano-Satellite

Pico-Satellites

By End User:

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By Region:

North America

Latin America

Europe

Asia Pacific (APAC)

Middle East & Africa (MEA)

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xtruss · 3 months

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Chinese Private Space Company Completes Vertical Takeoff, Landing Test For Reusable Rocket

— Fan Wei and Tao Mingyang | January 19, 2024

The VTVL-1 Test Rocket Photo: Courtesy of LandSpace

Chinese Private Aerospace Company LandSpace completed a vertical takeoff and vertical landing (VTVL) test on Friday, the Beijing-based firm told the Global Times, laying the foundations for its self-developed ZQ-3 reusable rocket.

The flight test was completed with the VTVL-1 test rocket at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China's Gansu Province. The rocket landed at the scheduled landing point after staying in the air for approximately 60 seconds and reaching 320 meters high.

VTVL-1 is a liquid oxygen, methane-propelled single-stage test rocket designed to develop the vertical takeoff and landing technique for LandSpace's ZQ-3 reusable rocket. The VTVL-1 has a total length of 18.3 meters and a diameter of 3.35 meters, with a launch weight of 50.3 tons and 68 tons of take-off thrust.

VTVL-1 is equipped with three sets of two-stage buffering landing legs that are capable of handling 50 tons of landing weight. The test also proved the performance and stability of the landing system, which will facilitate ZQ-3's takeoff and landing from land and sea.

The ZQ-3 carrier rocket is China's first reusable steel rocket. It was unveiled in December 2023, and is scheduled to conduct its first commercial flight in 2025. The first stage of the rocket can be used at least 20 times, reducing the launch cost by 80 to 90 percent compared to regular carrier rockets, according to LandSpace.

A representative from LandSpace told the Global Times that the test proved the matching performance of the rocket's control system and throttle engine as well as the guidance algorithm. "The later tests will involve greater speed and height, and will further facilitate the maiden launch of ZQ-3 in 2025," said the representative.

Multiple Chinese private aerospace firms have conducted VTVL tests. The Hyperbola-2 rocket from Chinese private aerospace firm iSpace completed its reusable flight test on December 10 2023.

CAS Space, a commercial spaceflight firm that is partly owned by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, revealed that it successfully carried out a launching-from-land and landing-at-sea trial in Haiyang, East China's Shandong Province, in April 2023.

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certainrebelarbiter · 8 months

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Naval Vessels and Surface Combatants Market Size, Analysis 2026

The global Naval Vessels And Surface Combatants Market size is projected to reach USD 41.82 billion by 2026 owing to the advancement in technology in naval warships. Such warships are used for sea-based battlefield operations and are inclusive of vertical missile launchers, rocket launchers, torpedo launching systems, and anti-submarine rocket launchers. Fortune Business Insights™ offers a 360-degree overview of the market and its prime growth parameters in their recently published report titled, “Naval Vessels and Surface Combatants Market Size, Share and Global Trend By Platform (Aircraft Carriers, Destroyers, Corvettes, Amphibious ships, Frigates, and Auxiliary Vessels) By System (Marine Engine System, Weapon Launch System, Sensor System, Control System, Electrical system, Auxiliary system, and Communication System) By Application (Search and Rescue, Combat operations, MCM Operations, Coastal Surveillance, and Others), and Regional Forecast, 2023-2026.” As per this report, the value of the market was USD 34.24 billion in 2018 and is anticipated to exhibit a CAGR of 2.52% during the forecast period set from 2019 to 2026.

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What are the Report Highlights?

The report offers a comprehensive overview of the market and emphasizes factors propelling, repelling, obstructing, and creating opportunities for the market. It also throws light on the table of segmentation, the list of leading segments with figures, and their attributed factors. The report also discusses the competitive landscape of the market, the list of significant players, and the key strategies adopted by them to gain a competitive edge in the market. Besides this, the report highlights the major industry developments of the market, current naval vessels and surface combatants market trends, and other interesting insights into the market.

Market Drivers

Advent of 3D Printing Technology will Boost Market

The incorporation of technologies such as Information, Communication, and Technology (ICT) in naval ships is a major factor promoting the naval vessels and surface combatants market growth. This, coupled with the rapid change in weapon launch system and sensor system technology, will also drive the market. Moreover, the advent of integrated electric propulsion technology, coupled with the rising demand for 3D printing technology to build complex geometric ships are likely to aid in the expansion of the market in the future.

Regional Segmentation:

Increasing Budget from Defense Sector of Emerging Economies will help Asia Pacific register Fastest Growth Rate

On the basis of geography, North America is holding the dominant naval vessels and surface combatants market share with a revenue of USD 13.41 billion. The growth of this region is attributed to the substantial expenditures on corvettes and carrier replacement program from the U.S. Navy. This, coupled with the presence of key players such as General Dynamics Corporation, Lockheed Martin Corporation, and Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. are also expected to boost the market in the region.

On the other hand, the market in Asia Pacific will witness the fastest growth on account of the rising defense budget from the Indian Navy and the People’s Liberation Army Navy, China. Additionally, the rising demand for advanced autonomous cruises and warships is likely to propel the market in Europe. Furthermore, the rise in expenditure on auxiliary vessels from Latin America will help boost the market in the rest of the World.

Competitive Landscape:

Presence of Many Players will Intensify Market Competition

Companies operating in the naval vessels and surface combatants market are engaging in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and collaborations either with other companies or for the government bodies to complete and deliver upgraded and shipbuilding projects. Such initiatives will not only attract high naval vessels and surface combatants market revenue but also help players earn the lion’s share in the market. The presence of many players in this market indicates a fragmented nature of the market, and this may serve as a major factor intensifying the overall market competition in the forthcoming years.

Significant Industry Developments of the Beverage Packaging Market include:

June 2017 – The U.S. Navy and Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc., entered into a collaboration for the building of Destroyer Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125). Along with this, a modification contract was also awarded to the shipbuilding division of Huntington Ingalls for incorporating the “Flight III” upgrades to the Arleigh Burke-class DDG 51 guided-missile destroyer Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125).

November 2019 – A contract was signed between the Australian Department of Defense and Austal Limited for the delivery of the fifth guardian class patrol boat to the Australian Department of Defense schedules by the year 2020.

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armenianview · 8 months

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Military support for Ukraine ravages and divides Germany

High-precision Russian weapons make it increasingly difficult for Ukraine to use long-range Storm Shadow and SCALP missiles. Their storage sites have become the number one goal for the Russian army. Obviously, the same will happen with the German TAURUS, the issue of the supply of which is now more than actively being discussed by the German government. At the same time, Olaf Scholz himself found himself in a very uncomfortable position. If he gives the green light to send rockets, he will be torn to pieces by voters. If he refuses, the United States, which seems to have completely assumed the role of the external manager of Germany.

A technical possibility is being considered to reduce at least the flight range of TAURUS. Otherwise, the trajectory of the rating of Scholz himself will go into a very steep dive. The more all kinds of German shells and guns whistle in Ukraine, the louder and more often Olaf Scholz himself is booed.

"He promised the prosperity of the German people. He swore this in his oath. And he does exactly the opposite," emphasizes the German political scientist Eike Hammer.

According to a recent poll, the vast majority of Germans oppose further pumping of Ukraine with weapons. All these "Leopards" and "Tauruses" deal blow after blow to Germany itself: its economy, industry and, ultimately, the wallet of every German.

“It is they who are now paying for this war, and the German government is sponsoring the budget of Ukraine. Of course, the population does not share this,” said the AfD deputy from the Marzahn constituency in Berlin, party speaker on migration issues Gunnar Lindemann.

Large companies are migrating more and more rapidly, fleeing the country. So the chemical giant BASF, which for more than 150 years has been called "the backbone of the entire German economy", is leaving the country.

The concern, which has suffered the most from the lack of cheap Russian gas, is preparing to move. The $10 billion investment goes to China, where BASF plans to build a new state-of-the-art facility.

"We are seeing a trend in which it is not possible to establish a company in Germany on a competitive basis. This is a fatal signal," says Steffen Cottre, member of the Bundestag from the Alternative for Germany party.

Another popular destination for German industrial relocators is, of course, the USA. They are the main beneficiaries of the crisis. Volkswagen, Audi and other automakers are on their way. It's better there now.

Meanwhile, German Finance Minister Lindner has offered to allocate 5 billion euros a year for military assistance to Ukraine. Ukraine has become the largest recipient of German weapons in the first half of 2023. The authorities allowed to supply Kyiv with weapons worth €1.65 billion.

Germany announced a new €2.7 billion arms package for Ukraine in May. As part of the tranche, Kyiv should receive 20 Marder armored personnel carriers, 30 Leopard 1 tanks, 200 reconnaissance drones and much more.

Against this background, anti-government activity is growing even among the civil servants of Germany. Among the employees of the special services, the number of those who allow the leakage of information inconvenient for the leadership of the republic is growing.

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thxnews · 9 months

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Revolutionizing Space: LandSpace's Eco-Friendly Rocketry

Green Power Propels Zhuque-2 to Orbit

In an incredible feat of innovation and collaboration, LandSpace, in partnership with GCL System Integration Technology Co., Ltd. (GCL), successfully launched the Zhuque-2 (ZQ-2 Y2) rocket, powered by methane, into orbit from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China. This landmark achievement makes China the first nation to propel a rocket carrier into space using liquid methane, a cleaner, cost-effective, and powerful fuel ideally suited for reusable rockets. A Leap Forward in Rocket Technology LandSpace's independent research and development efforts have led to a significant breakthrough in the technology employed by Zhuque-2. The successful application of low-cost liquid propellant carrier rockets opens up new possibilities for the future of space exploration.

Methane: A Low-Carbon Solution for the Aerospace Industry

With environmental considerations taking center stage in rocket research and development, nations worldwide are seeking alternatives to carbon-intensive technologies to combat climate change. Methane emerges as a promising low-carbon alternative, boasting several advantages, including reduced weight, streamlined maintenance, and efficient use of space. GCL's Support Fuels China's Leadership GCL, a leading one-stop renewable energy service provider, played a pivotal role in supporting LandSpace's mission to build Zhuque-2. This milestone achievement places China at the forefront of the global space race, setting the stage for the country's private aerospace industry to develop next-generation, eco-friendly, cost-effective carrier rocket solutions.

A Green Vision for Global Sustainable Development

GCL's commitment to renewable innovation aligns perfectly with LandSpace's vision of creating green, efficient, and cost-effective solutions. The two entities see an opportunity to leverage their technological expertise, driving innovation in both renewable energy and aerospace sectors. Their deepening cooperation aims to harness the potential of Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) to digitize the aerospace industry's entire value chain. Pioneering Renewable Energy and E-Mobility Dedicated to integrating renewable energy into daily life, GCL spearheads the energy industry's digital transformation and e-mobility innovation. By constructing wind and solar farms in desert regions, the company maximizes the potential of renewable power sources while bringing environmental and economic benefits to local communities. GCL's Global Impact GCL's participation in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has accelerated the construction of new energy infrastructure worldwide, driving decarbonization and boosting the economies of the regions it operates. With multiple zero-carbon industry parks and zero-carbon smart cities, GCL is committed to helping China and beyond achieve their low-carbon targets, marking a significant step toward a greener future for all. Sources: THX News & GCL Group. Read the full article

#Chinaspaceexploration #Environmentallyfriendlyrocketry #GCLSystemIntegration #Globalaerospaceinnovation #Greenpowerpropulsion #LandSpacemethanerocket #Low-costcarrierrockets #Methane-fueledtechnology #Renewableenergysolutions #Sustainablespacemissions

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swldx · 1 year

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sadisweetomi · 1 year

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High-tech valley reshaping Yangtze River Delta

The G60 S&T Innovation Valley is a huge platform for regional collaboration and industries in the Yangtze River Delta.

Songjiang's G60 S&T Innovation Valley of Yangtze River Delta, driven by technological and institutional innovation, has now become a large-scale platform for regional cooperation and industries throughout the Yangtze River Delta, attracting a huge number of advanced manufacturing projects worth tens of billions of yuan each.

So far, Songjiang has 69 national-level "little giant" enterprises, ranking second in the city, 653 city-level key enterprises, second best in Shanghai, and 31 listed enterprises, which comes third in the city.

The G60 valley project, intended to boost technology development throughout the Yangtze River Delta, runs along the G60 Expressway, connecting nine cities – Shanghai, Zhejiang Province's Jiaxing, Hangzhou, Jinhua and Huzhou, Suzhou in Jiangsu Province, and Anhui Province's Xiancheng, Wuhu and Hefei – spanning 76,200 square kilometers.

It began in Songjiang and initially connected just Jiaxing and Hangzhou. Today, it has evolved into a nine-city project incorporated in the nation's 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25), transforming from a regional practice to a national strategy.

As Shanghai transforms into a global digital city, Songjiang is making every effort to encourage the development of the digital G60 corridor. The project "Songjiang G60 Digital Economy Innovation Industrial Cluster in Science and Innovation" was designated China's first digital pilot zone and included in the first group of model industrial parks in Shanghai.

In 2018, the corridor launched the "one network for all" service, which issued China's first company license registered in another province, thereby significantly enhancing administrative efficiency.

In April 2021, Songjiang became the only district in Shanghai to be included in the first group of national pilot projects for the integrated development of advanced manufacturing and modern service sectors.

In October 2021, Songjiang established China's first cross-regional intellectual property protection and cooperation center, trying to create a sound and safe business environment for entrepreneurs.

The Long March 6 carrier rocket placed two multimedia beta test A/B satellites named "Songjiang" and "G60" into orbit at Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in August last year. In the great universe, the Songjiang people have their own satellites that shine brightly.

The building of the "G60 Star Chain" industrial base in Lingang Songjiang Science and Technology City began three months later. It is the first "lighthouse plant" for satellite manufacturing in the Yangtze River Delta, establishing a satellite Internet industrial cluster and a satellite Internet application innovation hub. This represents the transition from "the age of high-speed rail" to "the age of space" along the G60 valley.

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sciencespies · 1 year

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NASA Blazes a Path Back to the Moon With Artemis I Rocket Launch

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NASA Blazes a Path Back to the Moon With Artemis I Rocket Launch

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — NASA’s majestic new rocket soared into space for the first time in the early hours of Wednesday, lighting up the night sky and accelerating on a journey that will take an astronaut-less capsule around the moon and back.

This flight, evoking the bygone Apollo era, is a crucial test for NASA’s Artemis program that aims to put astronauts, after five decades of loitering in low-Earth orbit, back on the moon.

“We are all part of something incredibly special,” Charlie Blackwell-Thompson, the launch director, said to her team at the Kennedy Space Center after the launch. “The first launch of Artemis. The first step in returning our country to the moon and on to Mars.”

For NASA, the mission ushers in a new era of lunar exploration, one that seeks to unravel scientific mysteries in the shadows of craters in the polar regions, test technologies for dreamed-of journeys to Mars and spur private enterprise to chase new entrepreneurial frontiers farther out in the solar system.

As China and other countries are vying to explore space, Wednesday’s launch also highlights a growing philosophical tension about how America should pursue its space aspirations. NASA has spent more than $40 billion to date to get Artemis off the ground. The expenditure illustrates how the space program continues to resemble the way that the Pentagon builds aircraft carriers and F-35 fighters — expensive and slow, but primarily controlled by the federal government because no commercial market yet exists for the kinds of large rockets and deep-space transports that NASA considers to be necessary for its moon exploration program.

At 1:47 a.m., the four engines on the rocket’s core stage along with two side boosters ignited and Artemis lifted from Earth. “I’m telling you we’d never seen such a tail of flame,” said Bill Nelson, the NASA administrator.Keegan Barber/NASA

The alternative approach, where NASA would be a customer or a passenger on commercial spacecraft, could be cheaper and faster, relying on innovative spacecraft built by entrepreneurial companies like SpaceX, led by Elon Musk.

“If you were serious about going back to the moon, you would just go all-in on commercial approaches,” said Charles Miller, who worked at NASA from 2009 to 2012 as a senior adviser for commercial space activities.

But the commercial approach might not exactly provide what NASA and other government decision makers want, and companies can often change plans or go out of business.

In the geopolitical background for policymakers is a growing competition with China, the only country that now has robotic spacecraft on the lunar surface. China last month completed construction of its own space station, and the country’s space officials aim to construct a research outpost on the moon and send astronauts there in the 2030s.

Bill Nelson, the NASA administrator, has warned that China could become the dominant lunar superpower, concerns that echo the jostling between the United States and the Soviet Union in the 1960s that motivated the Apollo moon landings between 1969 and 1972.

Orion’s view of Earth, at a distance of about 50,000 miles, on its trip to the moon on Wednesday.NASA

While it may not have mollified the critics, the 322-foot-tall rocket, known as the Space Launch System, or S.L.S., was an imposing sight on the launchpad. However, with the middle-of-the-night launch time, the Florida Space Coast was not as jammed with spectators as it had been for earlier launch attempts.

Wednesday’s launch attempt followed two scrubbed launch attempts in August and September, one halted by an engine that appeared to be too warm, and the other involving a hydrogen leak in a fuel line. Hurricane Ian led NASA to skip another launch window in late September and early October, and Hurricane Nicole prompted a delay by a couple of days before Wednesday’s launch.

The countdown proceeded smoothly until a hydrogen leak in a new location popped up at about 9:15 p.m. A “red crew” of two technicians and a safety officer went to the launchpad to tighten bolts on a valve, which stemmed the leak.

A faulty Ethernet switch also disrupted the countdown, cutting off data from a radar needed to track the rocket. The U.S. Space Force, which ensures safety of rocket launches from the Kennedy Space Center, replaced the equipment, and the countdown resumed.

A final poll by Ms. Blackwell-Thompson confirmed the rocket was ready to go to space.

At 1:47 a.m., the four engines on the rocket’s core stage ignited, along with two skinnier side boosters. As the countdown hit zero, clamps holding the rocket down let go, and the vehicle slipped Earth’s bonds.

Charlie Blackwell-Thompson, Artemis’s launch director, during a briefing on Saturday.Kim Shiflett/NASA

At liftoff, flames from the engines were incredibly bright, like giant welding torches.

“I’m telling you we’d never seen such a tail of flame,” Mr. Nelson said.

As the rocket ascended, it produced a loud rumble of sound that rolled across the space center.

A few minutes later, the side boosters and then the giant core stage separated. The rocket’s upper engine then ignited to carry the Orion spacecraft, where astronauts will sit during later missions, toward orbit.

Less than two hours after launch, the upper stage fired one last time to send Orion on a path toward the moon. On Monday, Orion will pass within about 60 miles of the moon’s surface. After going around the moon for a couple of weeks, Orion will head back to Earth, splashing down on Dec. 11 in the Pacific Ocean, about 60 miles off the coast of California.

“We’ve laid the foundation for the Artemis program and many generations to come,” said John Honeycutt, the program manager for the Space Launch System rocket, in a news conference after the launch on Wednesday.

The next Artemis mission, which is to take four astronauts on a journey around the moon but not to the surface, will launch no earlier than 2024. Artemis III, in which two astronauts will land near the moon’s south pole, is currently scheduled for 2025, though that date is very likely to slip further into the future.

The Orion capsule for the Artemis III mission at the Kennedy Space Center. The mission is currently scheduled for 2025, although it is almost certain to be postponed.Chandan Khanna/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

In a report last year, the NASA inspector general estimated that by the time that Artemis III had returned from the moon, NASA would have spent $93 billion on the program and that each launch of the Space Launch System and Orion would cost more than $4 billion. The cost overruns were caused in part by technical problems, mismanagement and NASA’s changing plans and schedules. And like the old Saturn V, the pricey Space Launch System rocket is used just once before falling into the ocean.

By streamlining the manufacturing, “We’re hoping to get it to a cost of about $2 billion,” per launch, Sharon Cobb, the associate program manager at NASA for the Space Launch System, said during an interview in August.

By contrast, SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket, while not as powerful as S.L.S., costs $90 million per launch. And SpaceX’s Starship, a giant next-generation rocket currently under development that is also central to NASA’s astronaut moon landing plans, is to be entirely reusable, and Mr. Musk has said, perhaps over-optimistically, a launch could eventually cost as little as $10 million.

For Artemis, NASA has taken a mix-and-match approach — a traditional program for the rocket and the crew capsule, and a commercial strategy for the lunar lander. NASA is purchasing from SpaceX, at a fixed price, a flight of Starship to serve as the lander for the Artemis III mission later in the decade. The Starship is to dock with Orion in orbit around the moon and take two astronauts to the surface near the lunar south pole.

An artist’s concept of Starship arriving at a moon base.SpaceX

The delays and cost overruns of S.L.S. and Orion highlight the shortcomings of how NASA has managed its programs, but Mr. Musk’s company, for all of the impressive technological leaps it has made so far, is also not guaranteed to solve all the development challenges of Starship as quickly as Mr. Musk might hope.

His company has been fantastically successful with its Falcon 9 rocket, following on NASA’s investment to take cargo and later astronauts to and from the International Space Station. The cargo contract provided a key infusion of money to Mr. Musk’s company, and bestowed NASA’s imprimatur of approval when SpaceX was still little known and largely unproven. It now dominates the satellite-launching business.

For NASA, this was a big win, too. Because NASA is just one of many customers for SpaceX, SpaceX can offer much lower costs.

Those successes, however, do not guarantee that Starship will also succeed. If SpaceX stumbles, NASA’s gamble on the company’s new spacecraft risks leaving the United States wasting its investment while still waiting for a moon lander for Artemis III.

Still, the sprawling expense of Artemis might be the cost of sustaining political support for a space program in a federal democracy, said Casey Dreier, the chief policy adviser for the Planetary Society, a nonprofit that promotes exploration of space. Even if Artemis is not the best or most efficient design, it provides jobs to the employees of NASA and aerospace companies across the country, he said. That provides continuing political support for the moon program.

“Congress has done nothing but add more money to Artemis every single year it’s been in existence,” Mr. Dreier said.

The rocket’s ascent early Wednesday. Congress has directed NASA to launch the S.L.S. at least once a year, and negotiations are underway with the rocket’s manufacturers for up to 20 more launches.Bill Ingalls/NASA

Politicians have so far faced little or no public outcry when voting to finance the Artemis missions. Even if it saved NASA money, the commercial approach could provoke greater opposition, feeding a perception that the agency has outsourced its space program to billionaires like Mr. Musk; Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon who started the rocket company Blue Origin; and Richard Branson, whose Virgin Galactic flies tourists on short suborbital flights.

Consider the ire of many people toward Mr. Bezos and Mr. Branson last year when they made suborbital trips to space built by the companies started with their wealth. That Mr. Branson and Mr. Bezos did not rely on federal financing to start their space tourism businesses did not assuage the anger that space seemed to be turning into the playground of the superwealthy.

Thus, a decision to turn to companies like SpaceX and Blue Origin could set off criticism that NASA was just adding to the wealth of billionaires who would one day escape from worldly troubles to private space stations and off-world colonies.

“By aligning our space program with very famous, idiosyncratic individuals, that could potentially be the bigger political risk, to me,” Mr. Dreier said.

Commercial space advocates argue that history does not back up this dystopian view. Rather, they point to entrepreneurs a century ago who transformed aviation from a luxury available to only a few into safe, affordable transportation for almost everyone.

While private spaceflight proponents believe their approach will prevail, no one in Congress has yet pushed for canceling S.L.S. or Orion. The CHIPS and Science Act, signed into law by President Biden, calls for NASA to include the vehicles in plans to send astronauts to Mars and directs the agency to launch S.L.S. at least once a year.

NASA is currently negotiating with the rocket’s manufacturers for up to 20 more launches.

“I think the program itself is shaping up to be very politically sustainable,” Mr. Dreier said. “I challenge people to show me the public anger about the S.L.S. program and how it translates to political pressure to cancel it. And I just don’t see it.”

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China to invest in major space programs

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, the country’s leading space contractor, will continue to invest in major space programs such as the manned lunar missions and the development of a super-heavy carrier rocket, said the company’s chairman.Chairman Wu Yansheng told reporters on Saturday that his company has set three goals for its future development – upgrading the existing rocket fleet…

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💾 ►►► DOWNLOAD FILE 🔥🔥🔥 Selection of space news for breakfast: Maxar will offer the military to connect directly to its satellites via a mobile terminal, and China will launch a large space telescope. Orbex showed a prototype of an environmentally friendly launch vehicle. The U. Colombia is the 19th nation to join the Accords, unveiled in , and the third in Latin America after Brazil and Mexico. Virgin Orbit is buying two more planes that will help get satellites to the final frontier. The rocket leaves Earth tucked beneath the wing of a carrier airplane, which drops it at an altitude of about 35, feet 10, meters. This air-launch strategy increases flexibility and responsiveness, Virgin Orbit representatives say. They are a satellite dish and the terminal. Such a set of equipment allows connecting to their satellites. According to Maxar President Daniel Jablonski, the company is now receiving a huge number of requests from government organizations and new equipment is the answer to them. The four-person crew who will fly on the all-private Polaris Dawn mission will begin training for their ride. It will include the first commercial spacewalk using SpaceX spacesuits. However, this will not be the only record, as the mission should also reach the highest near-Earth orbit in history. It will exceed the orbit of the ISS three times. Spire Global said it is installing Ku-band antennas from fellow smallsat operator Kepler Communications on at least three satellites to offer higher capacity data services beginning next year. The reusable Prime rocket, the first micro-launcher developed in Europe, now awaits tests on a launch pad at Space Hub Sutherland, a new spaceport in northern Scotland, which received planning permission in August Services, and Viasat. Beijing has confirmed plans announced earlier to launch a large space observatory , the capabilities of which will be comparable to the Hubble telescope. It will be launched at the end of using the Changzheng-5B rocket and will begin observations in A market ecosystem that incentivizes the rapid development and fielding of advanced Space Traffic Management STM technologies will be a key enabler to the sustainable growth of the space economy. As defined by the International Academy of Astronautics, STM protects future sector growth by encouraging the development and application of technology to preserve access to space and assets already in orbit. STM technologies must be fielded today with support from both government and industry. The United Kingdom is getting serious about beaming solar power from space and thinks it could have a demonstrator in orbit by Over 50 British technology organizations, including heavyweights such as aerospace manufacturer Airbus, Cambridge University and satellite maker SSTL, have joined the U. Space Energy Initiative, which launched last year in a quest to explore options for developing a space-based solar power plant. While NASA and other space agencies intend to leverage local resources as much as possible—a process known as in-situ resource utilization ISRU —creating lunar bases will still require lots of materials and machinery to be shipped from Earth. In a recent study, Philip Metzger and Greg Autry reviewed the cost and energy consumption of building landing pads on the lunar surface. After considering various construction methods, they determined that a combination of additive manufacturing and polymer infusion was the most efficient and cost-effective means. Read also: James Webb telescope has completed optics setup, and Russian spacecraft will not be able to fly to the Chinese orbital station: News Digest. Related: The largest airplane in the world has made a new flight NASA will support the creation of a second lunar lander for the Artemis program The US will impose sanctions against the Russian space program NASA to switch to commercial communication systems NASA stops the rehearsal of launch of a lunar rocket due to a fuel leak. Load more.

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Satellite Communication (SATCOM) Market Key Vendors, Key Segment, Key Companies, Growth Opportunities by 2022-2030

Satellite Communication (SATCOM) Market is valued at USD 80.33 billion in 2022 and is projected to reach a value of USD 169.70 billion in 2030 expanding at a CAGR of 9.8% over the forecast period of 2022-2030.

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One of the major factor that has fuelled the market growth is the rise in IoT and autonomous system over the forecast period. This is because, the merging applications and business models and falling device costs have been instrumental in driving IoT adoption, which has consequently increased the number of connected devices and endpoints globally. This has fuelled the market growth.

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The major concern to the global satellite communication market is the cybersecurity. This is because the entire process of launching a satellite to transmit data is highly sensitive. The major challenge lies in the negative impact that the cybersecurity threats can potentially make as the vulnerabilities are mission-critical.

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Skyrocketing Success: Unveiling the US$ 13.5 Billion Small Satellite Market (2023)

The expanding space exploration programs around the world have become an important element in the space race. Thus, the applications of small satellites become important

Small satellite market thrives on factors such as new technology, research and development programs, and private companies and startups investing in outer space exploration.

Countries and their defence programs are also adopting a huge number of small satellites while also building constellations for observation and surveillance.

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4 Chinese space companies to watch

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4 Chinese space companies to watch

China is investing hugely in the sector in the private space sector.

According to a recent report by Space Angels, China has gone from 0 to 3% of the world market within two years.

Related articles: The photographic history of the Chinese space program

Today, the entire sector has attracted $ 2 billion in investments.

Chinese space companies have attracted around $ 69 million in investments in the third quarter, more than any other country in the same timeframe.

This year, Chinese investments in the sector have reached 217 million dollars, nearly reaching the total last year investments (230 million dollars). The first Chinese investment is in 2014 with LinkSpace, but it is only with 2016 that Chinese investments in the sector have increased considerably.

Of the approximately $ 16.1 billion overall investment in this sector in the world since 2009, China has about 3%, or half a billion dollars.

The United States still accounts for 60% of the market, followed by Great Britain (19%), France (8%), China (3%), Singapore (2%).

The Chinese space industry market

The ambition of these companies is to conquer the market of missile launches of small satellites.

LinkSpace

LinkSpace (翎客航天, Líng-kè Hángtiān) was the first Chinese private company to receive investments in 2014, but has not yet managed to launch a rocket in space. So far, a series of tests have been carried out for launches and landings on the spot. LinkSpace is based in Beijing, and is led by Hu Zhenyu.

LinkSpace has built rocket prototypes with vertical flight and landing, to develop its reusable rocket technology.

In September 2017, the company had built three oscillating rockets, tested in Shandong Province. LinkSpace is also planning to become a transport services company, sending not only loads in orbit, or on suborbital routes but also creating a transport service from one point to another on the ground, imitating the SpaceX model for transporting passengers with suborbital rockets all over the world with the much more evolved next generation of BFRs.

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OneSpace

OneSpace (零壹空间, Líng Yī Kōngjiān, literally “Zero One Space”) was the first Chinese company to launch an orbital launch on May 17, 2018, according to the Xinhua news agency. The startup has so far raised 74 million dollars in investments.

OneSpace is also based in Beijing and was founded with the support of the National Defense Science and Industry Bureau. OneSpace was founded by Shu Chang and aims to send microsatellites and nanosatellites. The first rocket started in 2018. By the end of the year, the company should present a new rocket line.

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iSpace

iSpace (星际荣耀, xīngjì róngyào, literally “Interstellar Glory”) performed two suborbital throws in April and August with the Hyperbola-1S rocket. On 5 September, the company managed to launch 3 small CubeSat satellites in orbit which were then parachuted to earth. iSpace is located in Beijing.

By 2021 the third generation of Hyperbola rockets should be able to ship up to two tons of cargo using a reusable carrier. iSpace would also like to enter the space tourism sector.

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Hyperbola-1S Rocket

Landspace

LandSpace (蓝箭, Lán Jiàn, literally “Blue Arrow”) seems to be the most promising company. Among all the Chinese ones, it is the one that seems to have the most advanced rockets. The startup is also trying to produce a liquid engine, following the model developed by SpaceX and Blue Origin. LandSpace is expected to launch its first launch in November 2018. LandSpace is headquartered in Beijing and was founded in 2015 by Tsinghua University.

In January 2017 it was the first private Chinese company in the sector to sign a launch contract with a foreign client. Zhuque-1 is the company’s first rocket and should make its maiden flight by the end of the year to transport a CCTV satellite into orbit and start at the Wenchuang launch station. The next generation of rockets (ZQ-2), should be powered by liquid oxygen and methane and should be able to transport up to 4 tons of cargo to 200 km from the earth, or 2 tons to 500 km. The rocket should be ready by 2020.

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