At 4:40 Morning Beijing Time on May 29, the Yuanxingzhe-1 verification rocket of Jianyuan Technology conducted its first flight recovery test at the Oriental Spaceport in Haiyang, Shandong, and the test was a complete success. The Yuanxingzhe-1 verification rocket is a full-size thin-walled stainless steel rocket with a diameter of 4.2 meters, a total height of about 26.8 meters, a takeoff mass of about 57 tons, a test flight time of 125 seconds, and a flight altitude of about 2.5 kilometers. This flight test successfully completed eight working stages: ignition takeoff, full thrust climb, variable thrust adjustment, engine shutdown, free descent glide, engine secondary start, deceleration to hover on the sea surface, and soft landing on the sea surface.
[The flight recovery test of the Yuanxingzhe-1 verification rocket of Jianyuan Technology was a complete success]
At 4:40 am Beijing Time on May 29, 2025, the Yuanxingzhe-1 verification rocket of Jianyuan Technology conducted its first flight recovery test at the Oriental Spaceport, and the test was a complete success. The Yuanxingzhe-1 verification rocket is a full-size thin-walled stainless steel rocket with a diameter of 4.2 meters, a total height of approximately 26.8 meters, a take-off mass of approximately 57 tons, a test flight time of 125 seconds, and a flight altitude of approximately 2.5 kilometers.
This flight test successfully completed eight working stages: ignition and takeoff, full-thrust climb, variable thrust adjustment, engine shutdown once, free descent and glide, engine secondary start-up, deceleration to hover on the sea surface, and soft landing on the sea surface. According to the subsequent flight data and the “Test Outline” assessment, the rocket flew normally, the splashdown and recovery were normal, and the test was a complete success. (Arrow Yuan Technology
It uses the Longyun LV-70 liquid oxygen-methane engine LV70005 of Jiuzhou Yunjian. More clear version of the test. The test woke up many Haiyang local citizens. Haiyang Morning Call.
The success of this flight recovery test is a major breakthrough in the development of liquid reusable rockets and is of milestone significance. Jianyuan Technology has become the first company in China to achieve the technological breakthrough of “liquid oxygen and methane + stainless steel + soft landing recovery at sea”. It also marks that the large-size stainless steel reusable launch vehicle has entered the engineering application stage, laying a solid foundation for this year’s Yuanxingzhe No. 1 maiden flight.
Public data shows that the Yuanxingzhe-1 medium-sized carrier rocket has a designed carrying capacity of 6.5 tons in an 1,100KM sun-synchronous orbit, which can meet the “one arrow, one orbit” low-orbit satellite network launch requirements. The first stage is designed to be reused 20 times, and its production can meet the service demand for 25 launches per year.
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