China News Agency, Beijing, January 18 (Reporter Li Jingze) The press conference of the "Blue Book of China's Aerospace Science and Technology Activities (2022)" was held in Beijing on the 18th.
According to the blue book, China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation plans to arrange more than 60 space launch missions and launch more than 200 spacecraft in 2023.
According to the blue book, in 2022, a total of 186 launch missions will be implemented around the world, and 2,505 spacecraft will be launched, setting a new record. The total mass of launched spacecraft is 1,041.16 tons, the highest value since this century.
Among them, the United States carried out 87 launches, with a total mass of launched spacecraft of 734.45 tons, exceeding the sum of the masses of other countries.
China has carried out 64 launches, and the total mass of launched spacecraft is 197.21 tons, ranking second in the world.
Russia, Europe, India, and Japan followed, and the number of launches ranked third to sixth in the world.
The blue book shows that China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation will complete 54 launch missions in 2022, with a success rate of 100%. Among them, the Long March series launch vehicle has 53 launches and the Jielong-3 launch vehicle has 1 launch. The annual launch exceeds 50 for the first time, and the total mass of the launched spacecraft 193.98 tons, accounting for 98.4% of the country's total. The Long March series of launch vehicles achieved 128 consecutive launches, and the Long March-2D launch vehicle completed 15 launches, setting a new record for the number of launches of a single type of launch vehicle in a year.
Looking forward to 2023, the blue book stated that China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation plans to arrange more than 60 space launch missions in 2023, launching more than 200 spacecraft, and plans to carry out a series of major tasks, mainly including the manned space station project entering the application and development stage, the space station Into the normalized operation mode, one cargo spacecraft, two manned spacecraft launch missions and two return missions will be completed; the fourth phase of the lunar exploration project and the planetary exploration project will be comprehensively promoted, and models such as Chang'e 7 and Tianwen 2 will be launched. Research and development; launch a number of national civil space infrastructure scientific research satellites and operational satellites; complete the first flight of the Long March 6C carrier rocket, and further improve the Long March rocket spectrum.
In terms of rockets, Hui Xingchen, deputy commander-in-chief of the Jielong-3 launch vehicle of the First Academy of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, said that in 2023, the Jielong-3 launch vehicle plans to complete a satellite launch in June, August, September and October. Launch missions, sending more than 20 satellites such as future navigation into predetermined orbits, and all four missions were launched at sea.
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