CASC Smart Dragon – Jielong No. 3 launched successfully with 14 satellites in one arrow! At 14:35 on December 9, 2022, my country’s Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center used the Jielong-3 Yao-1 launch vehicle in the Yellow Sea, and adopted the “one carrier rocket 14 satellites” method to successfully place the Jilin-1 high-scoring 03D47-50 satellite. , Dongpo 08-10 and Fengtai Youth-2 satellite were accurately sent into the predetermined orbit, and the first flight was a complete success. The complete success of this mission marks the further improvement of the type spectrum of my country’s launch vehicles and the significant progress in the serialization of my country’s solid launch vehicles also other 14 satellites were successfully sent into the predetermined orbit, and the launch mission was a complete success…..
The total length of the Jielong-3 rocket is about 31 meters, the largest diameter of the rocket body is 2.65 meters, the smallest diameter is 2 meters, and the total mass is about 140 tons. The rocket is a series layout of four-stage solid motors. Among them, the high-performance fiber-wound composite shell integral solid motor with the largest charge and the largest thrust developed by the Fourth Research Institute of Aerospace Science and Technology Group is adopted. The diameter of the engine is 2.65 meters. 71 tons, the thrust reaches 200 tons.
At the same time, the Jielong-3 rocket also has two configurations of fairings with a diameter of 3.35 meters and 2.9 meters, which can be adapted to various satellite rocket interfaces and meet various satellite installation requirements.
The total length of the Jielong-3 rocket is about 31 meters, the largest diameter of the rocket body is 2.65 meters, the smallest diameter is 2 meters, and the total mass is about 140 tons. The rocket is arranged in series with four solid motors. Jin Xin, the commander-in-chief of the Jielong-3 rocket, introduced that the successful first flight of the Jielong-3 rocket has effectively promoted the serialization of my country’s solid launch vehicles. At present, the Jielong series of rockets have a carrying capacity of 200 kilograms to 1.5 tons in a 500-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit.
Jin Xin introduced: At present, we are planning a larger-scale Jielong-4 solid launch vehicle, with a carrying capacity of 2.5 tons in a 500-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit, and actively exploring the sea launch capability of liquid rockets. In the future, we will achieve a more complete “both cooling and heating” ‘Solid-liquid compatible’, ‘fixed + manoeuvrable’, ‘multiple launch at once’ sea launch capability.
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