星梭科技 Arktech Located in 9th Floor, Building 60, BDA Enterprise Avenue, Yizhuang Economic and Technological Development Zone, Beijing (Beijing) Co., Ltd. is a globally focused commercial aerospace company centered on the design, manufacturing, and launch of full-flow, staged-refueling, high-thrust liquid oxygen/methane engines and heavy-lift liquid launch vehicles. Guided by national strategies and driven by market demand, the company is developing a new generation of high-performance commercial launch vehicles based on a liquid oxygen/methane full-flow staged-refueling cycle engine. These vehicles utilize advanced guidance and control systems to ensure accurate orbital insertion and safe payload delivery. These vehicles offer advantages such as reusability, low orbital launch costs, a high thrust-to-weight ratio, high reliability, and safety, providing reliable, convenient, and cost-effective launch services for commercial and scientific research clients.StarShuttle Technology is committed to applying aerospace technology and services to humanity and the Earth. In order to meet humanity’s diverse needs for space exploration, sustainable development of the Earth, etc., StarShuttle Technology relies on core products such as engines and launch vehicles to continuously plan and explore innovative business models in commercial aerospace, and strive to develop into a truly world-class commercial aerospace technology ecosystem.
China has added a new private commercial rocket company, Star Shuttle Technology, to its portfolio. The company
has independently developed the “Mammoth-1,” a 200-ton liquid oxygen/methane full-flow regenerative cycle engine (240 tons of thrust at sea level and a specific impulse of 330 seconds).
The company stated that the “Mammoth-1” system plan passed review in the first half of this year and plans to conduct multiple component tests and extrusion ignition work this year.
Based on the power provided by the 200-ton “Mammoth-1” engine, the company is also developing the “Glacier-1,” a 5-meter-diameter heavy-lift liquid carrier rocket. This rocket utilizes a stainless steel body and a reusable first stage design, with a single-use payload capacity of 40 tons, ultimately reducing the per-kilogram launch cost to tens of thousands of yuan. Star Shuttle Technology has completed tens of millions of yuan in angel round financing, exploring a new era of powerful commercial spaceflight.
StarShuo Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd. recently completed tens of millions of RMB in angel funding, led by a domestic industrial investor, leveraging its unique technology approach, top-tier team, and clear commercialization path. The funds raised will be used to recruit talent, continue research on core technologies, and develop and validate its first engine and rocket. These funds will also accelerate the development of its core products: the next-generation liquid oxygen and methane heavy-lift reusable launch vehicle, the “Glacier-1,” and the full-flow regenerative cycle engine, the “Mammoth-1.”
Mammoth 1 engine (MM-1)
Full-flow afterburning cycle creates powerful rocket power
The ultimate competitive advantage of commercial spaceflight lies in low-cost, high-frequency, and high-capacity reusable rockets. The core engine for achieving this goal is undoubtedly a high-performance, highly reliable, and easy-to-maintain liquid oxygen-methane engine. Among the technologies for liquid oxygen-methane engines, the full-flow regenerative combustion cycle (FFSC) is widely considered the best choice for the next generation of liquid rocket engines due to its theoretically high efficiency, high thrust, and excellent combustion stability. SpaceX’s Raptor engine utilizes this approach, supporting its ambitious Starship program. However, due to the extremely high technical requirements of the full-flow regenerative combustion cycle, only a handful of companies and institutions have successfully implemented it in engineering applications worldwide.
Based on this understanding, StarShuo Technology has boldly set its sights on this technological pinnacle. Its independently developed 200-ton-class liquid oxygen/methane full-flow regenerative cycle engine , the “Mammoth-1,” addresses the challenges of the full-flow regenerative cycle’s extreme technical complexity and tightly coupled subsystems. StarShuo Technology, with its exceptional ability to tackle these challenges, is poised to pioneer the commercialization of full-flow regenerative cycle engines in China. Following in-depth inquiries and discussions with senior industry experts, the “Mammoth-1” system solution passed review in the first half of this year, and plans to advance component testing and squeeze ignition work this year .
Leveraging the powerful power of the 200-ton Mammoth-1 engine, StarShuo Technology is simultaneously developing the 5-meter-diameter, heavy-lift liquid-propellant carrier rocket, the Glacier-1. This rocket features a stainless steel body and a reusable first stage. It boasts a one-time payload capacity of 40 tons and a payload factor of 4%. This will ultimately reduce the per-kilogram launch cost to under 10,000 yuan, creating China’s largest reusable commercial carrier rocket.
Tsinghua’s innovative genes and aerospace engineering experience
Cutting-edge technology requires a top-notch team. StarShuo Technology’s core founding members, many of whom graduated from Tsinghua University, have inherited the university’s unwavering focus on cutting-edge technology and vibrant innovation. Chief Technology Officer Jiang Luye, with over 10 years of experience in the aerospace industry, possesses a solid theoretical foundation and extensive experience within the aerospace system. He also possesses a deep understanding of the pain points and opportunities facing China’s aerospace industry’s commercial transformation. He boldly sought to break through the limitations of traditional talent concepts and embarked on a team-building system comprised of experienced quality control experts, a highly skilled mid-career team, and innovative young talent .
StarShuttle Technology has currently built a R&D and manufacturing testing team of over 60 people, with more than 90% of them holding a master’s degree or above. They have an average of more than 10 years of experience in aerospace research and development and engineering applications, covering the entire process from design and development, testing, assembly to launch. They have both technical strength and engineering experience, and strive to combine modern intelligent manufacturing management concepts with aerospace production quality experience.
37 rule and shortest path strategy
Overcoming technical challenges requires a renewed commitment to entrepreneurial innovation. StarShuo Technology adheres to the core principles of rapid iteration and rigorous execution, advancing product development based on the “30% 70% original innovation + 70% integrated experience” and the “shortest path” principle (focusing on technological advancements based on first principles). While pursuing systematic innovation, StarShuo maintains a firm grasp on project risk and the pace of commercialization. This seemingly contradictory yet highly coherent quality enables StarShuo Technology to both challenge technological boundaries and drive breakthrough innovation in the uncertain aerospace sector, while also remaining grounded in the efficient and effective transformation of its blueprints into reliable products and services.
Specifically, in engine research and development, while overcoming the core difficulty of the full-flow regenerative cycle (30% innovation), the team maximized the absorption and reference of mature domestic and foreign solutions (70% absorption), effectively controlling overall risks and accelerating engineering implementation; and in rocket research and development, it adopted the “target-driven” “shortest technical path” strategy, anchoring the “key to success” of “thousand-ton takeoff weight + stainless steel rocket body + first-stage recyclability”, avoiding technological divergence, taking fewer experimental detours, and ensuring rapid iterative verification.
Conclusion
The success of this angel round of financing represents the capital market’s initial recognition of StarShuo Technology’s technological approach, team capabilities, and business logic. Given the high-performance, high-safety, and high-reliability characteristics of the commercial aerospace industry, StarShuo Technology strives to forge the shortest path to a closed-loop commercialization cycle. This is not only the company’s ambition, but also a microcosm of China’s commercial aerospace industry entering the 2.0 era—moving from technology verification to large-scale application, and from single-point breakthroughs to ecosystem development.
Under the new historical opportunities, StarShuo Technology strives to promote the industry to achieve leapfrog development from local breakthroughs to large-scale applications, jointly build a more efficient and sustainable space future, and enable China’s commercial aerospace to achieve a qualitative transformation from a follower to a leader in the world.
StarShuttle Technology’s slogan is “The distance is farther, the future is closer”, which is not only a declaration of its commitment to space exploration and technology empowering life on Earth, but also a vision of the future of civilization.
The launch of Star Shuttle Technology marks a new adventure in aerospace engineering, science and technology, commerce, and civilization…
The sea of stars is vast, and we move forward side by side.
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