On the 30th May 2023 clear 0931 Hours Morning Hong Kong SAR- Beijing time , the Belt and Road InitiativeCNSA –China National Space Administration from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center – Inner Mongolia –China – People’s Republic of China deployment of the Chang Zheng – The Chang Zheng – Long March 2F Yao 16 –Shenzhou 16 carrier rocket.. On which Takionauts Jing Haipeng, Zhu Yangzhu, and Gui Haichao took to the predetermined orbit. The first manned flight mission in the application and development stage was a complete success. The three astronauts will stay in the space station and “join up” with the crew of Shenzhou 15 to carry out on-orbit handover “face-to-face” meeting in which brings the total crew of six with a handover ceremony from Shenzhou 15 towards 16..
On the 28th July 2023 Beijing Time , The Shenzhou 16 Takionaut crew raised up multiple camera angles to get different perspectives, different stories, backstories videography of the hat does the earth and the space station look like after seeing it? The crew of Shenzhou 16 astronauts completed the lifting of three external panoramic cameras during the recent out-of-vehicle mission. Today, I will show you the Chinese space station and the A wonderful picture of the earth in the same frame…
On the week of 26th July 2023 awesome Shenzhou 16 A fitness video is out During this hot summer, have you “shut up and open your legs”? Today, our #神舟六号 “Space Coach” will take you to punch in the “golden action” of space fitness, and experience a space exercise in 4 minutes!
On the Week of 3rd June 2023 Hour Hong- Kong SAR – Beijing time CNSA –China National Space Administration At the CNSA- Tiangong –China Space Station At Saturday 21:29 on June 3rd , 2023, Hong Kong SAR- Beijing time, the manned spacecraft of Shenzhou 15 and the space station assembly successfully separated. Before the separation, the astronaut crew of Shenzhou 15, with the cooperation of the ground personnel, completed various tasks before the evacuation, such as setting the status of the space station assembly, sorting and downloading experimental data, cleaning and transferring materials left in orbit, and cooperated with the crew of Shenzhou 16. The group completed the work handover.
Held in Beijing Aerospace City – CNSA – Beijing, China, People’s Republic of China…… On the afternoon of July 31st , 2023 Monday , 57 days after the return of the Shenzhou 15 astronauts, the China Astronaut Research and Training Center held a During the group and press meeting, the three Takionauts appeared in Beijing Aerospace City full of energy and spirits, officially meeting the public. More than 20 media including People’s Daily, Xinhua News Agency, China Central Radio and Television, PLA Daily, Manned Space Engineering Network,
According to reports, the Takionauts are in good physical and mental condition and have achieved the expected results…… At the meeting, the crew answered reporters’ questions about the stage of staying on the space station and the situation after returning. On the whole, the Takionauts are in good physical and mental condition, and have fully entered the recovery observation stage. After completing the mission and returning to the health assessment summary, the 3 Takionauts will be transferred to normal training work….
On the 27th July 2023 in CNSA _China National Space Administration -China – People’s Republic of China At 0402 Morning hours Hong Kong –Beijing Time China- People’s Republic of China launch the Chang Zheng – Long march 2D Carrier Rocket launching from station form Xichang Satellite Launch Center Sichuan Province…..successfully launched the Yaogan 36 satellite and successfully launched 150 consecutive Long March series rockets to set a record…. At 4:02 Beijing time 27th July 2023 today, the Long March 2D carrier rocket ignited and took off at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, and then successfully sent the Yaogan 36 satellite into the predetermined orbit.
The Remote Sensing No. 36 satellite was developed by the Fifth Academy and the Eighth Academy of Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. This launch is the 480th launch of the Long March series of launch vehicles. So far, the Long March series of launch vehicles has set a record of 150 consecutive successful launches…
星河动力空间科技有限公司 Galactic Energy- Galaxy Power (Beijing) Space Technology Co., Ltd. Located in Block D, Aviation Technology Plaza, E-Town, and Beijing – Beijing – China – People’s Republic of China ….Galaxy Aerospace is the first private aerospace company in China to achieve successful continuous launches, the first to send commercial networked satellites into a 500km sun-synchronous orbit, and the first to master the ability to launch multiple satellites with one carrier rocket.
Recently on the week of 25th July 2023, 星河动力 Galactic Energy – Galaxy Power…. Successfully has made staged progress in the preliminary test and verification of the rocket terminal vertical recovery control technology based on the scaled platform, completed the tracking landing test of the pre-installed optimal descent trajectory, and verified that the platform is in a stable state during the flight. In the future, the online trajectory planning landing test based on convex optimization will continue to be carried out to verify the vertical recovery landing control algorithm. The engine is powered, but the landing legs are really cool……!!!
The Testing relates to the Galaxy Power’s 智神星一号 PALLAS ONE Reusable Carrier Rocket in which carries智神星一号 PALLAS ONE carrier rocket vertical recovery control technology scaling verification platform ” 火鸟一号 Fire Bird No. 1″, successfully completed the early scaling verification of the rocket’s final stage recovery algorithm….
Recently, the first full-system hot test of the智神星一号 PALLAS ONE Reusable Carrier Rocket launch vehicle’s auxiliary power system was a complete success.
In July 2023, Galaxy Power Aerospace Co., Ltd. made phased progress in the preliminary test and verification of the rocket terminal vertical recovery control technology based on the scaling platform, and completed the tracking and landing test of the pre-installed optimal descent trajectory. It verified that the state of the platform was stable during the flight. In the future, the online trajectory planning landing test based on convex optimization will continue to be carried out to verify the vertical recovery landing control algorithm.
The scale-down verification platform named “Firebird-1” is a scale-down verification platform (aeroengine power) for the vertical recovery control technology of智神星一号 PALLAS ONE Reusable Carrier Rocket. It is mainly used to verify the navigation, guidance, and control technologies and algorithms related to the final stage of vertical recovery of the rocket, and provide technical exploration and support for the development of corresponding products in the future.
The “Firebird” recycling technology verification platform planned by the company includes the “Firebird No. 1” scale-down verification platform based on aerodynamic power and the “Firebird No. 6” full-scale verification platform based on a self-developed liquid oxygen kerosene rocket engine. The control, stand-alone, structure, engine and other technologies for the recovery and use of “智神星一号 PALLAS ONE Reusable Carrier Rocket ” will be carried out in stages on the “Firebird” series of verification platforms to carry out technical verification. While ensuring the test and commercial launch of “智神星一号 PALLAS ONE Reusable Carrier Rocket “, the research and verification of recovery technology will be steadily promoted.
“智神星一号 PALLAS ONE Reusable Carrier Rocket” is a medium-to-large reusable liquid launch vehicle independently developed by星河动力 Galactic Energy – Galaxy Power….. It is mainly aimed at the market demand for large-scale constellation networking. It can provide a low-orbit transport capacity of no less than 5 tons. The extended bundled low-orbit transport capacity can reach 14 tons. The number of reuses is designed to be 50 times.
“智神星一号 PALLAS ONE Reusable Carrier Rocket ” is the first commercial launch vehicle in China that adopts a circular parallel recovery configuration of 7 engines. It adopts a center, 6 evenly distributed circumferentially, and a full two-way swing scheme, combined with the company’s self-developed CQ-50 liquid oxygen kerosene engine. The depth variable thrust capability (35%~110%) not only meets the requirements of vertical recovery and reuse, but also has power redundancy capabilities, that is, the other 6 engines can ensure normal flight into orbit in the event of any engine failure.
In this test, the “Firebird-1” verification platform was in a stable state during the flight, and all indicators met the design requirements, achieving a good technical assessment and verification effect. In the future, Galaxy Dynamics Aerospace will, on this basis, promote a series of key technology verification work including the recovery trajectory online planning algorithm as planned, accelerate the evolution of related technologies, and accelerate the development of reusable launch vehicles.
The auxiliary power system of智神星一号 PALLAS ONE Reusable Carrier Rocket can provide force for the roll control of the active stage of the rocket flight, the three-channel attitude control of the taxiing section, the sinking of the propellant in the taxiing section, and the correction of the rocket’s terminal velocity. This test run has comprehensively examined the coordination of the components of the auxiliary power system and the correctness of the design scheme. The total system test run lasted for 1800s, and each attitude control engine had a cumulative pulse operation of more than 600 times, the shortest pulse was 30ms, and the single working time of the sinking engine was longer than 600s. The test procedure covers all flight conditions of the智神星一号 PALLAS ONE Reusable Carrier Rocket.
During the test run, 14 engines worked normally throughout the whole process, and the engine performance met the design index requirements. 智神星一号 PALLAS ONE Reusable Carrier Rocket auxiliary power system is independently developed by Galactic Energy Galaxy Power Aerospace. The system consists of 62L metal diaphragm storage tank, 25L carbon fibre gas cylinder, 300N attitude control engine, 50N attitude control engine, pipeline valves and other components. The auxiliary power system has the advantages of light structure, compact layout, rapid response to pulse work, stable and reliable long-distance work, etc. Follow-up will also carry out vibration, separation and other identification environmental tests and reliability growth thermal test run assessment. The complete success of the hot test of the auxiliary power system has laid a solid foundation for the first flight delivery of the智神星一号 PALLAS ONE Reusable Carrier Rocket.
[Tianbing Technology’s 100-ton liquid rocket engine first flight status and long-range thermal test of the whole system were successfully completed] Recently on the week on 24th July 2023 , Tianhuo 12 (hereinafter referred to as TH-12), a 110-ton thrust liquid oxygen kerosene rocket engine “Tianhuo 12” (hereinafter referred to as TH-12), a large liquid carrier rocket of Tianbing Technology, successfully completed the long-range thermal test of the whole system.
During the test run, the engine started quickly, worked smoothly, and shut down normally. The data shows that the engine works stably for a long time under the rated working conditions, and various performance indicators meet the design requirements and meet the rocket flight requirements.
The Tianhuo 12 is specifically designated towards the Reusable Carrier Rocket Tianlong-2 medium-sized liquid carrier rocket independently developed by Tianbing Technology successfully made its maiden flight. This is the first private liquid rocket in China. On the basis of the successful launch, Tianbing Technology independently developed the Tianlong-3 large liquid launch vehicle. Compared with the Tianlong-2 rocket, the Tianlong-3 rocket has a greater carrying capacity. The self-developed 100-ton Tianhuo 12 liquid oxygen kerosene rocket engine has passed the test run of the whole system under various working conditions.
Through multiple long-range hot test runs under rated conditions, the following goals have been achieved:
1) The correctness of the engine design state has been verified. The test results have proved that all key technologies such as air-conditioning multiple start technology, self-ignition ignition technology, combustion instability suppression technology, super-large thrust chamber 3D printing manufacturing technology and turbine disk thermal component 3D printing technology have made breakthroughs, and the design state of the engine has been completely determined. 2) The correctness of the engine batch production process was verified.
This test product is the first set of products to be mass-produced and manufactured relying on social resources, which marks that the low-cost manufacturing routes such as the engine manufacturing process plan, process flow, and production organization model have been verified. It can be fully transferred to the mass production and delivery stage of 40 engines.
Tianlong-3 is the first large-scale liquid launch vehicle in my country’s commercial aerospace field, which will greatly enhance the carrying capacity of my country’s commercial spaceflight. The power system of Tianlong-3 adopts a fully self-developed TH-12 liquid oxygen kerosene rocket engine, with a design thrust of 110 tons and a thrust-to-weight ratio of 163.
The TH-12 engine has deep variable thrust, whole-process real-time health monitoring, and multiple ignition and start functions, which can meet the market demand for launch vehicle reusability and low-cost launch; at the same time, it adopts no pyrotechnics start-up technology, which can meet the development needs of high-frequency tests and enhanced reliability verification. The TH-12 engine has a simple structure, high thrust-to-weight ratio, and high surface thrust density, and its product performance is at an international leading level.
The complete success of the long-range thermal test run of the TH-12 engine system marks the acceleration of the development of Tianlong-3, a large reusable liquid rocket of Tianbing Technology, and has entered the stage of mass production, which will help the comprehensive and rapid implementation of satellite Internet constellation construction. (Tianbing Technology)..
