This video highlights Chinas intense orbital cadence, showcasing four rocket launches within just 48 hours.https://youtube.com/shorts/nQDsdxRH3NwAs of 2026, China performs more space launches and satellite deployments than the rest of the world combined (including US and its SpaceX).Chinas relentless orbital cadence is powered by an unmatched industrial scale and fully integrated domestic supply chains that drastically slash per-launch costs. Beyond sheer volume, China implements disruptive architectures largely unachieved in the West. A prime example is Orienspaces Gravity-1, the worlds most powerful solid-propellant launch vehicle, which clusters multiple solid-rocket motors for high-thrust, responsive maritime launches with rapid integration turnarounds.Coupled with aggressive advancements in reusable tech and modular sea-based platforms, this vertically integrated ecosystem enables high-frequency, highly cost-efficient access to space that outpaces traditional Western aerospace frameworks.
>>544667042Elon on suicide watch
>>544667114Chinese reusable rocket tech is very promising. ZhuQue-3 and Long March 12A use liquid methane, not RP-1. Methane burns cleanly, leaves almost no soot or coking in turbopumps and chambers, so they avoid Falcon 9s labor-intensive flushing and de-sooting between flights. ZhuQue-3 also uses a stainless-steel hull instead of Falcon 9s aluminum-lithium alloy. Stainless tolerates higher re-entry temperatures, reducing thermal protection and cuts raw-material and tooling costs. Falcon 9 is limited to 3.66 m by US highway transport; ZhuQue-3s 4.5 m diameter gives better volumetric efficiency, lower bending stress and better re-entry stability without Starship-scale infrastructure. Long March 12A uses off-the-shelf private methane engines (Longyun-70) in a state-developed airframe using low-cost metals, and 3D printing to undercut traditional defense-grade procurement. China may leapfrog Falcon 9s reuse economics by combining clean methalox, stainless steel, wider diameter and hybrid commercial supply chains. This could yield lower refurbishment, material, and manufacturing costs, plus faster turnaround. Chinas model may win on cost, but must prove reliability, launch rate, and reuse lifetime, and this is a matter of next few years.
>>544667042The US did 3 in a 6 hour span a year and a half ago.>As of 2026, China performs more space launches and satellite deployments than the rest of the world combined (including US and its SpaceX).That's just not true. Spacex alone has launched almost double the missions of the entire nation of China in 2026. It's sent almost 5x the tonnage to orbit what China has this year. I think the word you mean was "excluding" not "including." China is ramping up substantially in recent years but they're still nowhere near the capacity of Spacex let alone the rest of US launch providers.
>>544667613During specific time windows, China has surpassed the US in orbital launch cadence:Q1 2026 (Jan-Mar): China logged 34 successful orbital launches compared to 29 for the United States (including 22 by SpaceX).Us launch volume has effectively plateaued around SpaceXs high-frequency operational baseline, Chinas launch rate is experiencing rapid exponential growth now.in the US growth has stabilized near maximum Falcon 9 turnaround capacity (120-140 flights annually) as next-gen platforms like Starship and New Glenn continue scaling.Geometric Chinese growth scales up massively at the same time. Powered by massive state targets and private space startups (LandSpace, Space Pioneer, Orienspace etc etc), China went from 68 launches in 2024 to 93 in 2025, targeting 140+ in 2026.This steep trajectory is driven by Beijings industrial-scale deployment of its Guowang and Qianfan mega-constellations.
>>544667613“ Spacex alone has launched almost double the missions of the entire nation of China in 2026.”Wrong, China launch 70 while space x launch 120 Not “double”
>>544667905You will never make yourself look stupid by waiting a couple seconds and re-reading the post you're replying to before you send it.
>>544667839>This steep trajectory is driven by Beijings industrial-scale deployment of its Guowang and Qianfan mega-constellations.Together, these two projects plan to place more than 29,000 satellites into low Earth orbit by the mid-2030s
>>544667613>>544667839>In the first week of January 2026, Chinese launch vehicles carried out six orbital missions from four different launch sites. That pace - roughly one orbital mission every twenty-eight hours - would have been a record for any nation-state on Earth as recently as 2018. By the end of March 2026, China had logged 34 successful orbital launches. By comparison, the United States reached 29 successful orbital launches by the same date, with SpaceX accounting for 22 of them. Europe had four. Japan had three. Russia had four. Everyone else, combined, had three.https://keeptrack.space/deep-dive/china-launch-cadence-2025-2026
>>544668192>China had logged 34 successful orbital launches. By comparison, the United States reached 29 successful orbital launches by the same dateWhat's the count as of today?
>>544668253>What's the count as of today?Data is hard to obtain beyond May forward. We will know for sure in 2027 how many launches/deployments were performed with full success, i guess.
>>544667042how can I get an internet connection with the chinese version of starlink ? I don't care to be spied upon by the CCP (which I love) I just don't want to be spied upon by ZOG
>>544668307>Data is hard to obtain beyond May forward.No it isn't. Even your own source has the figures easily available. I'm not sure why you're pretending you can't access it.
>>544668385>>544668368>>544668307>>544668253>>544668019China keeps winning.
>>544667042>As of 2026, China performs more space launches and satellite deployments than the rest of the world combined (including US and its SpaceX).Ching Pong Ding Dong!
>>544668563The graph is misleading mainly because it splits Chinas mass across multiple providers (CALT, SAST, ZHSH/CALT, CGWIC/SAST) while showing SpaceX as a single dominant bar. This fragments Chinas total, making its collective contribution look far smaller than it is. SpaceXs current lead is real (high Falcon cadence + heavy Starlink batches), but the chart exaggerates the gap by design and focuses only on mass, not launch count, payload diversity, or strategic value.
>>544668876>The graph is misleadingNot in a way that is meaningful. Even if you combine all launches related to China into one bar it still doesn't break 300 tons. Spacex is still sitting just shy of 2000 tons to orbit year to date. China is creeping up in number of rockets launched but they're still miles behind in tonnage per year.
>>544667530looks very promising
>>544667042Another day another shit poolander poster.
Two more weeks until China numba wan!
>>544669128>Even if you combine all launches related to China into one bar it still doesn't break 300 tons.True. China deploys like 60% of what the US does in 2026. But they scale up hugely. They have plenty of space companies that compete with each other for CCP funds and attention, not only one like SpaceX.
>>544669239>China deploys like 60% of what the US does in 2026~15%
>>544669147>>544669179>>544669220Here come the jeets.
>>544667042is this an edited WalMart Yellow Star on the Gravity-1 Rockets?
>China performs more space launches and satellite deployments than the rest of the world combined (including US and its SpaceX).xD
>orbital cadenceNew buzzword arrived.
>>544669372>jeets>shilling for chinaActual brain damage.
>>544669293Mass is deceiving tho. SpaceXs Starlink V2-mini satellites weigh around 800 kg each. Chinas Qianfan satellites are significantly lighter, at approximately 300 kg each. Despite this, Qianfan satellites achieve superior performance through smarter engineering. Longer lifespan: 7-year design life, exceeding Starlinks. Better uplink: 100 MHz per beam vs Starlinks 62.5 MHz, directly improving upload speeds. More stable orbits: 1,080 km altitude yields lower atmospheric drag and more predictable trajectories than Starlinks 550 km. Efficient flat-pack design: enables 18-satellite batch launches, slashing costs by over 96%. So mass alone is not decisive.
>>544669636>300 kg eachNewer models weigh 260 kg now
>>544669636>More stable orbits: 1,080 km altitudeLiterally contamination of space. At there altitude lifespan of satellite is above 100 years. If this control lost in turns into long term space garbage.Ching pongs do ching pongs things again.
>>544670353China chose the 1,080 km orbital altitude for its Qianfan constellation for three reasons. Higher altitude expands each satellites footprint, requiring far fewer total satellites to achieve global line-of-sight coverage compared to lower shells. Placing the first phase higher allows China to secure valuable ITU spectrum filings and high-altitude LEO slots before they are fully occupied by competing mega-constellations. Lower atmospheric drag drastically reduces fuel consumption required for station-keeping and extends lifespan that is very short in case of Starlink. China also plans to add VLEO layers soon (300-400km) enabling DTC and IoT services directly to standard smartphones without heavy ground terminals. But if we talk about drone ops worldwide, the current Qianfan configuration is ideal. Qianfans wider 100 MHz channel allocation enables superior uplink throughput. This capacity allows multiple drones to stream raw, uncompressed 1080p/4K telemetry simultaneously without bottlenecking adjacent spectrum users. 25 ms pings at 1080km orbit, thats a great result, more than enough for drone swarms. China plans up to 40,000 satellites in sum up to mid 2030s
>>544670812>China chose the 1,080 km orbital altituTo contaminated space and with their space garbage. When inevitably some of these satellites would be losing control, and can't be deorbited with a controlled engine burn.
>>544670812>China plans up to 40,000 satellites in sum up to mid 2030sQuianfan is planned to have 15,000 satellites up to 2030, by the way. The 40,000 figure refers to the combined total of Chinas three major planned mega-constellations (Qianfan, Guowang, and Honghu-3) and they are planned a bit later, up to 2035.
>>544671211Qianfan does not rely on the atmosphere to remove its satellites tho, moron. It relies on a controlled active deorbit system on every satellite, which removes the single biggest vulnerability in Starlinks design. Every Qianfan satellite carries its own active deorbit system and is designed to actively re-enter and burn up completely at the end of its 7 year life. Starlink, by contrast, depends primarily on passive atmospheric decay. This works only as long as the atmosphere is thick enough and the satellites propulsion has not failed. During solar minimum, atmospheric density drops sharply. At Starlinks 550 km shell, the natural deorbit time for a failed satellite stretches from under a year to more than 4 years, pushing it past the FCCs 5-year guideline and forcing SpaceX to lower thousands of satellites to 480 km to compensate. Qianfans active system is not dependent on the solar cycle in the same way. It is more advanced design. Each Qianfan satellite has a krypton Hall-effect thruster for orbital maneuvers. While Starlink also has thrusters, Qianfans architecture pairs propulsion with active disposal as the baseline, rather than treating deorbit as a contingency that depends on propulsion surviving to end-of-life.
>>544667042B-B-BUT MUSK SAID HE'S MAKING AMERiCA #1 in SPACE!!11!!!!11!
>>544667530>Methane burns cleanly, leaves almost no soot or coking in turbopumps and chambersSo, just like SpaceX Super Heavy?>ZhuQue-3 also uses a stainless-steel hull So, just like SpaceX Super Heavy?> Long March 12A uses off-the-shelf private methane engines (Longyun-70) in a state-developed airframe using low-cost metals, and 3D printing to undercut traditional defense-grade procurementSo, just like SpaceX Super Heavy's Raptor engines?Wow, it's almost like China copies everything the West does.
>>544667613>let alone the rest of US launch providers.I mean, let's face it, ULA is a pointless waste of funds that only exists because the fedgov demands at least two competitors in the launch industry just in case something goes wrong with one of them. (Which it has, repeatedly, with ULA.)
>>544672301Not really. Methanes clean burn and stainless steels cost/heat advantages are physics-driven choices pursued independently worldwide now. Chinese LandSpace flew the worlds first orbital methalox rocket (Zhuque-2, 2023) before Starship reached orbit so Amerimutts actually try to copy Chinese solutions now. Zhuque-3 is Falcon 9-scale (9 engines, leg landing), not Super Heavy. Long March 12A uses private gas-generator Longyun engines (not Raptor full-flow) in an aluminum airframe. Parallel evolution + shared optima, not identical clones.
>>544667042>This video highlightsWhat in the flying fuck was breaking off the nose of the rocket during the second launch? No, it wasn't ice, ice forms on the sides, not on the aeroshell of the payload bay in the nose. They looked rectangular, like some sort of tiles.
>>544671921>Every Qianfan satellite carries its own active deorbit system and is designed to actively re-enterThis only works if satellite is working properly if it's malfunctioned it turns into space garbage that at 1000km altitude stays there for hunded years.>Starlink, by contrast, depends primarily on passive atmospheric decay. Starlink satellites actively deorbite in the end of life span with their engine. And even if the malfunction their low orbit means they deorbit from passive drag within 5-7 years.
>>544667042>As of 2026, China performs more space launches and satellite deployments than the rest of the world combined (including US and its SpaceX).But this is wrong. And its even laughably wrong when you consider mass and not just number of launches. Show your work that China does more.
>>544667042Behold the hilarity of man, i too am beneath the stars yet it cost me nothing.
>>544667042>Solid rocket booster based platform>$6,000 / kg to orbit.>2 launches in 2026>Fully expenses falcon heavy, space X's least cost effective option>$2,350 per kg to orbit>3 launches in 2026>Falcon 9>$1,000 to $2,700 per kg to orbit >114 launches in 2026Wow, Chinese can't stop winning.
>>544669635>he thinks they're shilling for ChinaActual actual brain damage.
>>544668385It's a chatbot with clear directives. They'll just stop responding to you, rather than address the obvious reality that China did not in fact, launch more orbital missions than all other countries combined.
>>544667042That PC game, Terra Incognita, is going to need a patch for all these new advances in space launch.
>>544667042>ITT retarded goyim don't know the mars society (jew creations) plan is to create low cost rocket launches in every country so that they can litter space with spyware and then have control over the atmosphere and space.When you control space, you control the goy, satellites now and then blocking out the sun unless you pay, dumb goy
>>544674070Why would they need to launch spy sats? You are walking around with a 24/7 tracker in your pocket that has a microphone enabled to listen to you, with a processor that is more than capable of analyzing everything you do.Weird schizo well poisoning.
>>544667042So far in 2026 China has launched 72 rockets, 4 of which have failed so 68 successfull launchesThe US has launched 144 rockets, 1 of which failed.
>>544667530is that the one that fell over?
>>544674634This crash occurred during the December 3, 2025 maiden orbital test. It is not the latest launch, LandSpace successfully flew the Zhuque-3 Y2 on August 18, 2026, where the booster achieved a flawless powered landing after the rocket placed payload on orbit (also flawlessly).
>>544671328>China plans to have a 15k constellation by 2030Doubt, found this>By the end of 2025 648 sats of the 1296 first phase are planned to be launchedSo far they've launched 258, to put that in perspective since August 1st SpaceX has launched 345 satellites
>>544674952Specifically since August 1st SpaceX has launched 345 Starlink satellites, they've had a decent amount of other business as well.
>>544674952China operates now at least 461 active broadband LEO satellites across its twin mega-constellations (248 Qianfan and 213 Guowang). The geometric surge in installation is undeniable. Yet in late 2024 they had zero broadband LEOs. Then they scaled to dozens of multi-satellite deployments within months. Now they are utilizing rapid-fire multi-launch vectors (Long March 6A, 8A, and 12 and many others from multiple space firms), deployment has shifted from experimental single-digit tests to routine 9-to-10 satellite batches every few days, achieving an exponential scaling curve toward its 28.000 target in 2030.
>>544667042>cadencestopped reading
>>544675220at 10 launches per sat they'd need 2 launches per day almost every day through the end of 2030 to hit that. They aren't going to hit that.
>>544675748They will, of course. All targets China ever set up in last decades were met usually faster xDThe Ziyang Commercial Space Launch Technology Research Institute in Sichuan, alongside CASICs 3rd Academy, Galactic Energy, and Lianchuang Superconducting, is developing a superconducting maglev zero-stage booster for Galactic Energys 100-ton Ceres-2 rocket, targeting a 2028 orbital launch following sucessful 2025-2026 platform tests.https://stcn.com/article/detail/3703749.htmlThe platform uses high-temperature superconducting (HTS) magnets and a segmented matrix power grid with flywheel energy storage to accelerate rockets along a track to supersonic speed (Mach 1+) before engine ignition, achieving 90 percent power delivery efficiency.While SpaceXs Falcon 9 weighs 549 tons at liftoff and burns nearly 500 tons of propellant just to overcome dense lower atmosphere costing $74 million per launch ($2,500-$3,200/kg), this Chinese electromagnetic catapult draws power directly from the grid. This boosts the vehicles payload mass fraction from 1.5-2.0 percent up to 3.5 percent. Consequently, the 100-ton Ceres-2 delivers 3.5 tons to low-Earth orbit at marginal costs below $800/kg, a nearly 70 percent savings over Falcon 9.Operationally, while Falcon 9 requires drone-ship booster recovery, multi-day inspections, and complex pad re-tanking, the maglev track resets in minutes, giving China an overwhelming cost and cadence advantage for rapid constellation deployment.
>>544674634>>544674856the front fell off, that's not very typical
>>544675220>China operates now at least 461 active broadband LEO satellites across its twin mega-constellations (248 Qianfan and 213 Guowang).Operating thid forms a viable competitive baseline against Starlink. Higher 1,000 km orbits maximize regional coverage per satellite, while wider 100 MHz beams boost uplink capacity.Because higher-altitude footprints cover larger geographic areas than Starlinks 550 km shell, each Chinese satellite provides a wider service zone. Factoring in this broader footprint geometry, these 461 satellites deliver an equivalent regional coverage footprint roughly comparable to 1,500 Starlink-class satellites.
>>544675980lol lmao even. God that'll be hilarious to watch.... well it would be but it probably never gets built to scale.
>>544676185China already has fully functional Falcon-9 tier tech. You will feel stupid already next year.
>>544668307You can easily looked up all the American ones. You can watch them all in real time. These things arnt some sort of state secret. I'm sure you can figure out the Chinese figures to no problem but I can't read ching chong.
