@cory_fitz I just saw your newsletters - very interesting to me as I have been following Chinese spaceflight for years and their NewSpace sector is a complete mess to follow on even if I can read Chinese natively.
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Here's one question that has bothered me for a long time: why did so many Chinese private smallsat LSPs managed to fly off the pad & beyond in such a short time compared with the likes of @RocketLab/@Virgin_Orbit/@Astra/@Firefly_Space/@relativityspace?
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I count 3 already flew (1 success so far), 1 close to launch & not including "OldSpace" CALT & CASIC. I cannot help but think that these private developments have much more tight links w/ the government than anywhere else. Perhaps the market structure is completely different too?
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Also note we seems to have a slight chance of seeing 1 of these Chinese private start-ups beating
@blueorigin+@ulalaunch+Russians+Japanese+Europeans to getting a methane rocket to orbit! Both Landspace (ZQ-2) & iSpace (Hyperbola 2) are claiming trying to get off by early 2021.
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