T+178: Andrew Jones, on China’s Chang’e-5, 2021 Plans, and More

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Andrew Jones returns to the show for the third time to talk about China’s current missions and future plans, including Chang’e-5, Tianwen-1, the Chinese Space Station, and the international politics surrounding it. And then we dig into the Chinese commercial market a bit—launch companies and remote sensing companies are raising a ton of money, but it’s not yet clear what effect that will have on the global market.

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Topics

• Andrew Jones (@AJ_FI) / Twitter
• Andrew Jones, SpaceNews
• Andrew Jones, Space.com
• Andrew Jones, The Planetary Society
• Chang’e-5 spacecraft prepare for historic lunar orbit rendezvous, sample relay - SpaceNews
• China recovers Chang’e-5 moon samples after complex 23-day mission - SpaceNews
• Chang’e-5 orbiter embarks on extended mission to Sun-Earth Lagrange point - SpaceNews
• Tianwen-1 launches for Mars, marking dawn of Chinese interplanetary exploration - SpaceNews
• China’s CASC targets more than 40 space launches in 2021 - SpaceNews
• China gears up for space station, cargo and crewed mission launches - SpaceNews
• Chinese reusable experimental spacecraft releases object before returning to Earth - SpaceNews
• China pushes ahead with super-heavy-lift Long March 9 - SpaceNews
• China’s Landspace raises $175 million for Zhuque-2 launch vehicles - SpaceNews
• Remote sensing satellite firm completes huge funding round as Chinese space sector activity accelerates - SpaceNews
• Spacety shares first images from small C-band SAR satellite - SpaceNews

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