[FPSPACE] With Shenzhou/Tiangong rendezvous nearing, WHAT was that Shijian-12 rendezvous sequence last year?

[James E Oberg]

With Shenzhou/Tiangong rendezvous nearing, WHAT was that Shijian-12 rendezvous sequence last year?


Last year's articles:

 

http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1689/1 and 

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/08/chinas-secret-satellite-rendezvous-suggestive-of-a-military-program/ and

Two Chinese satellites rendezvous in orbit
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn19379-two-chinese-satellites-rendezvous-in-orbit.html

Satellite-watchers worry about China
http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/08/30/5003915-satellite-watchers-worry-about-china



 

restarting the forum

http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?action=post;topic=21988.75;num_replies=85 

 

In hindsight are there any new insights into these rendezvous maneuvers? Is there any hint from official or unofficial Chinese sources?

 

With the first attempt at PUBLIC rendezvous only a few weeks away, the nature of this still very SECRET series of maneuvers needs to be better understood.

 

Or did I miss somebody's full report?
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