According to the China Daily newspaper, the plant is capable of producing up to 240 spacecraft per year, each weighing less than
The industrial site is located on the territoryWuhan National Aerospace Base, covering 68.8 sq. km. Now there are about a hundred enterprises that can produce products with a total value of $ 4.6 billion.
The new line will allow us to significantly save time and labor resources. Thanks to new technologies, the satellite construction process will speed up by more than 40%.
Lu Dongming, head of the subsidiary division of CASIC
The main task of the complex is the mass production of inexpensive launch vehicles, in particular the solid fuel Kuaizhou.
Earlier, CASIC said that in 2021 there will belaunched at least 40 satellites: this number will be a new national record. It is expected that in the coming years this figure will increase markedly, including due to private commercial projects.
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