🌟 China's space ambitions are reaching new heights! Hainan Province, located in the south of the Chinese mainland, is gearing up to construct a groundbreaking satellite manufacturing facility. This factory is set to assemble satellites on production lines much like a car factory, making space projects more affordable and boosting China's commercial space industry. 🚗➡️🛰️
\"The annual production is expected to reach 1,000 satellites,\" said Liu Botao, chief engineer of fixed assets construction at Beijing Institute of Spacecraft Environment Engineering. That's a lot of satellites lighting up our night sky! 🌌✨
Experts from national aerospace institutes and commercial space companies recently gathered in Hainan to hash out the designs for this facility. Their goal? To cater to the growing number of commercial launches in the future and make space more accessible than ever. 💫
Traditionally, satellites have been made one at a time for specific missions, which can be super expensive and time-consuming. But this new factory aims to change the game by mass-producing satellites, helping private companies send them into orbit at a friendlier price. Cha-ching! 🤑
What's more, building the factory near the launch pads in Wenchang City, northeastern Hainan, means reduced transportation costs and quicker launches. \"In the past, the satellites were manufactured all over the country and then shipped to Hainan,\" said Zhang Chenghao, a director at the administration bureau of Wenchang International Aerospace City. \"With the help of the factory, we will be able to launch the satellites once they are built.\" Talk about efficiency! 🚀💨
Get ready, world! China's stepping up its space game, and we can't wait to see what comes next. 🌠🌍
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China to build factory in Hainan that makes 1,000 satellites a year
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