[Chine] Lancement de W3C par CZ-3B à XSLC, le 07/10/2011 - [Succès]

wakka a écrit:et pourquoi une fusée CZ-3B ? W3B a tété lancée en octobre 2010 par une Ariane alors, concurence ou manque de dispo pour Ariane ?

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

China to Launch Satellite for France's Eutelsat Article

China's rocket industry has scored a commercial coup with its first deal
in more than a decade to launch a private communications satellite for a
major Western operator, according to U.S. and European industry
officials.

The agreement to put a five-ton satellite for France's Eutelsat
Communications into orbit, apparently wrapped up in the past few days,
represents a high-water mark for Beijing's campaign to expand the scope
and global influence of Chinese space technology. Coupled with Beijing's
ambitious satellite-construction program and aggressive
space-exploration efforts, the latest move is likely to heighten
concerns inside the Pentagon and on Capitol Hill about China's
ascendancy as a space power.

It comes as President Barack Obama's administration is re-examining
U.S.-Chinese relations across the board, and U.S. lawmakers are gearing
up for another debate about possibly loosening American export-control
restrictions affecting space hardware. Eutelsat's gambit is especially
controversial because the company is a major supplier of commercial
satellite capacity to the Pentagon and other U.S. agencies in the
Mideast.

A Eutelsat spokeswoman declined to comment. Saying he wasn't aware of
any specifics, a spokesman for the Chinese Embassy in Washington said
"my government believes it's mutually beneficial for Chinese enterprises
and their counterparts to engage in such ventures." The Pentagon has
said it is studying the issue.

Since the late 1990s, U.S. policy restricting China from launching
satellites made with U.S. parts has effectively barred it from launching
mainstream Western commercial satellites, restricting it to dealing
with second-tier operators linked to governments in Nigeria, Venezuela
and parts of Asia.

But the example of the Eutelsat satellite -- which has no U.S. parts --
slated to be launched by a latest-generation Long March rocket in the
second half of 2010, could prompt owners of other large commercial
satellite fleets to enter similar arrangements with Chinese launch
providers. It is significantly less expensive in most cases to use a
Long March, versus comparable European, Russian or U.S. rockets. Depending
on the size of the satellite, China's price can be 40% less than the
$100 million for the most expensive launches on European rockets,
according to industry officials.

In Eutelsat's case, officials said, the
company also picked the Chinese because it needed to line up a launch
quickly to compensate for the recent loss of another of its high-Earth
orbit satellites in a malfunction.

The last launch of a big Western satellite with U.S. parts on a Chinese
rocket was in 1998, when a Lockheed Martin Corp.-built satellite was
launched for the Chinese company ChinaStar.

But since then, U.S. restrictions were tightened. During President Bill
Clinton's administration, lawmakers conducted investigations prompted by
allegations that some U.S. companies illegally passed satellite-related
technology to Chinese entities.

Recently, the joint venture between France's Thales Groupe SA and
Italy's Finmeccanica SpA -- Europe's leading satellite manufacturer and
the company that made the Eutelsat satellite -- has developed a family
of satellites without any U.S. content. Called Thales Alenia Space, the
venture has sought to parlay launch contracts into a broader strategic
partnership with the Chinese.

A Thales spokesman said Tuesday that "depending on a customer's choice,"
the satellite under construction "can be launched by any commercial
launcher."

China's policy makers and space officials for years have talked about
their desire to expand commercial offerings. But the escalating U.S.
policy debate entails risks for Thales, an aerospace supplier also
hoping to increase business as a subcontractor on Pentagon programs.

With roughly $16 billion in annual revenue world-wide, Thales supplies
parts for such things as Pentagon satellites and military radios, and is
part of a team picked to provide a new air-traffic control system for
the U.S. But there is sentiment in Congress to punish the French company
for promoting Chinese space interests, which some lawmakers worry could
hurt Boeing Co., Lockheed Martin Corp. and other U.S. aerospace
companies.

Rohrabacher Condemns European Satellite Company's Use of Chinese Rockets Calls China "Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferator"

Washington, DC-February 25, 2009- Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA)
issued the following remarks during today's Science and Technology Full
Committee hearing on the "Impacts of U.S. Export Control Policies on
Science and Technology Activities and Competitiveness." Rep. Rohrabacher
specifically addressed his concerns regarding the recent announcement
of an agreement between European satellite operator Eutelstat and the
Peoples Republic of China to use Chinese rockets to launch private
communications satellites. Since 1998, U.S. export controls have
prohibited the use of Chinese rockets to launch satellites containing
American made parts.

Remarks:

"Everyone agrees ITAR reform needs to happen. We need to make sure that
our hi tech exports aren't strangled by regulations. On the other hand,
we need to remain vigilant that our advanced technology doesn't end up
in the hands of nations who proliferate weapons of mass destruction. We
know exactly who these nations are, and we must make absolutely sure
that whatever changes we enact to ITAR and other export regulations,
that these scofflaw and rogue nations are barred from receiving our high
tech systems.

"Chief among them is the Peoples Republic of China. Ten years ago, the
Cox Report clearly demonstrated that U.S. technology transfers to the
Peoples Republic of China helped to improve and enhance the efficiency
of China's arsenal of missiles that were aimed at us. As a consequence,
we passed the Strom Thurmond Act, which established the requirement that
before any satellite technology could be exported to China, the
President of the United States had to first certify to Congress that the
tech transfer was not inimical to our national security or our domestic
launch or satellite industries. Since the Strom Thurmond Act became law
10 years, not a single such certification has been made by any
administration, and as a consequence no Western satellite payload has
flown on a Chinese rocket.

"But the resolve of the Obama Administration is now being tested in this
area. Just as our Secretary of State, Hilary Clinton was visiting the
Peoples Republic of China, European satellite operator Eutelsat was a
cutting a deal with Beijing for a launch on a Long March rocket.
Incidentally, Eutelsat sells tens of millions of dollars worth of
satellite services to the U.S. Government through DISA contracts.
Clearly, this is the beginning of a game of chicken between Eutelsat and
the Obama administration. If the Obama administration does nothing, the
message is clear--transferring technology to proliferators of weapons
of mass destruction like the Peoples Republic of China is a perfectly
acceptable business model.

"Surely we can make sensible changes to ITAR and other export
regulations, but we must not go so far as to make them at the expense of
our national security. Let us reward our friends with openness in
trade; and conversely let us be as single-minded as possible in stopping
items from the United States Munitions List--like Eutelsat payloads--
from falling into the hands of the Peoples Republic of China and other
proliferators.

Elixir a écrit:C'est la première fois que les Chinois lancent un satellite occidental après 10 ans de blocus instauré par les Américains.

Magic a écrit:40% moins cher ou pas, cela reste une aberration sans nom de faire lancer des satellites europeens par les Chinois.

Nos chers grands patrons y vont de leur rentabilité à court terme comme pour le reste de l'industrie europeenne. Il est bien evidemment impossible de concurrencer un pays qui ne repose sur aucun de nos principes sociaux et democratiques. Les prix sont fixés par les interets de la chine à faire ou à ne pas faire.

Grace à ces analyses à d'enarques et de financiers, la Chine est devenue la premiere puissance economique mondiale et le banquier de la planete !

Ca c'est une consequence de la folie de nos dirigents....

Merci pour l'avenir des générations futures europeennes

Elixir a écrit:
Quand Ariane lance des satellites chinois, c'est une aberration aussi pour les Chinois? Aussi longtemps que je travaille avec les Chinois je n'en ai jamais entendu ce discours. Et pourquoi?

Business is business, only our interests are eternal and perpetual...