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6/19/2025, 5:44:33 PM
>>16702182
Mengzhou/Next generation crew capsule is just an older project than CZ-10.
They've been working on Mengzhou since early-mid 2010s, flew a subscale tech demo in 2016 (top left) then a full scale prototype to High earth orbit in 2020 (top right).
Meanwhile the CZ-10 architecture as we know it (before it was a more direct CZ-5 derivative with a different lunar architecture, bottom left) only dates from 2018, then because of the internal rivalries within the Public aerospace sector (Crewed spacecrafts are only made by CAST, but launchers are made by CALT, SAST, CASIC... see bottom right) they had to do an internal selection process over various launcher designs by different bureaux/subsidiaries. Full and exclusive start of CZ-10 dev probably only started in 2020.
Right now it is largely speculated that the ground infrastructure at Wenchang is the long lead item for CZ-10 and the reason why the maiden flight was delayed from late 2025 to 2026, and now speculated to be late 2026
Mengzhou/Next generation crew capsule is just an older project than CZ-10.
They've been working on Mengzhou since early-mid 2010s, flew a subscale tech demo in 2016 (top left) then a full scale prototype to High earth orbit in 2020 (top right).
Meanwhile the CZ-10 architecture as we know it (before it was a more direct CZ-5 derivative with a different lunar architecture, bottom left) only dates from 2018, then because of the internal rivalries within the Public aerospace sector (Crewed spacecrafts are only made by CAST, but launchers are made by CALT, SAST, CASIC... see bottom right) they had to do an internal selection process over various launcher designs by different bureaux/subsidiaries. Full and exclusive start of CZ-10 dev probably only started in 2020.
Right now it is largely speculated that the ground infrastructure at Wenchang is the long lead item for CZ-10 and the reason why the maiden flight was delayed from late 2025 to 2026, and now speculated to be late 2026
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