Beijing Zhongke Aerospace Exploration Technology Co., Ltd. is the first domestic aerospace enterprise with mixed ownership, and it is also the target enterprise that Oriental Aerospace Port focuses on introducing. Relying on the scientific research strength and resource advantages of the Institute of Mechanics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Aerospace Flight Technology Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Aerospace Science and Technology has been committed to the research and development and integration of space technology and aerospace vehicles as a platform for the transformation of major national scientific research projects, as well as the transformation and provision of technological achievements. Aerospace launch service. The Lijian-1 rocket project also adds a brand-new name card to the Oriental Space Port, which will surely promote the construction of the Oriental Space Port to take a solid step forward.
Zhongke Aerospace May 2023 ……..This year Zhongke Aerospace will launch 3 Lijian No. 1 中科空空航空’s Lijian No. 1 Yao two solid launch vehicle Carrier Rocket will be launched in Jiuquan in early June in the form of “one rocket with 26 satellites”, which will create a new record for China in one rocket with multiple satellites.. !
中科航空Zhongke Aerospace Chairman Yang Yiqiang: Lijian 1 and Yao 2 Carrier rockets – Yang Yiqiang pointed out that there are three points in the layout of Zhongke Aerospace in the Greater Bay Area:
①The company headquarters moved to Nansha District, Guangzhou in June last year, and this will be its financing and listing platform in the future; ②Zhongke Aerospace (Guangzhou) Equipment Industry Co., Ltd. The company is also in Nansha District, and this company will carry out rocket manufacturing and final assembly testing; ③The company is starting construction of liquid engine research and development, testing, manufacturing and testing in Conghua, Guangzhou, and plans to build a 400-ton thrust power system test bench, a 200-ton thrust engine test bench.
Beijing Zhongke Aerospace Exploration Technology Co., Ltd. is the first domestic aerospace enterprise with mixed ownership, and it is also the target enterprise that Oriental Aerospace Port focuses on introducing. Relying on the scientific research strength and resource advantages of the Institute of Mechanics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Aerospace Flight Technology Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Aerospace Science and Technology has been committed to the research and development and integration of space technology and aerospace vehicles as a platform for the transformation of major national scientific research projects, as well as the transformation and provision of technological achievements. Aerospace launch service. The Lijian-1 rocket project also adds a brand-new name card to the Oriental Space Port, which will surely promote the construction of the Oriental Space Port to take a solid step forward.
Zhongke Aerospace successfully completed the vertical recovery flight test at sea From January to March, Zhongke Aerospace continued to conduct vertical recovery demonstration and verification flight tests in Haiyang, Shandong, and successively carried out land launch recovery and sea recovery.
The vertical recovery principle prototype of Zhongke Aerospace launch vehicle, which successfully completed the flight test this time, is used as a technology verification platform. At the beginning of the scheme design, it has adhered to the innovative design concept and adopted the integrated control system of power supply and distribution-control-telemetry Design and 3D printing design and process the anti-sway storage tank, and adopt a lightweight carbon fibre structure to realize the integrated configuration of bearing-force transmission-vibration suppression, which can integrate and reuse the functions of multiple systems, greatly simplifying the overall quality Connected with cables, it can be applied in similar miniaturized aircraft.
The complete success of the demonstration test of the vertical recovery principle prototype of the Zhongke Aerospace Launch Vehicle at sea has verified a number of key technologies. The success of the flight test will carry out technical research and accumulation for the near-space recyclable scientific experiment platform, the sub-stage recovery of the orbiting rocket, and the space tourism vehicle, which will be applied in subsequent models and sub-stage recovery missions of the orbiting rocket.
The whole flight test simulates and verifies the flight process of launch on land and recovery at sea, mainly to verify the process of landing at sea during the recovery process of the sub-stage rocket into orbit, and the communication and relative measurement technology under the influence of sea clutter environment. The landing accuracy of the Kilometer-level flight environment and the shaking of the offshore landing platform will be assessed. The maximum flight altitude is greater than 1000m. After flying to the highest point, adjust the attitude and descend after hovering. The descending section is decelerated by the reverse thrust of the engine, so that the speed of the aircraft can be reduced below 2m/s when approaching the landing platform at sea, and then through the buffer legs Realize soft landing, the whole flight takes about 10 minutes, and the landing point accuracy is better than 10m.
In terms of vertical return high-precision guidance and control technology, the re-entry and return high-precision navigation and positioning technology, the powered vertical recovery online trajectory generation guidance technology for the prototype of the carrying principle, the adaptive flight control technology for complex environments, and the initial alignment of offshore shaking platforms And long-term tracking technology, the verification work of semi-physical verification technology for the whole flight…
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Beijing Zhongke Aerospace Exploration Technology Co., Ltd. is the first domestic aerospace enterprise with mixed ownership, and it is also the target enterprise that Oriental Aerospace Port focuses on introducing. Relying on the scientific research strength and resource advantages of the Institute of Mechanics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Aerospace Flight Technology Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Aerospace Science and Technology has been committed to the research and development and integration of space technology and aerospace vehicles as a platform for the transformation of major national scientific research projects, as well as the transformation and provision of technological achievements. Aerospace launch service. The Lijian-1 rocket project also adds a brand-new name card to the Oriental Space Port, which will surely promote the construction of the Oriental Space Port to take a solid step forward.
Zhongke Aerospace January 2023 ……..This year Zhongke Aerospace will launch 3 Lijian No. 1 中科空空航空’s Lijian No. 1 solid launch vehicle successfully made its first flight on July 27, 2022. The first flight carried 6 satellites with an uplink load of 1068.63kg. The weight of the satellite is 899kg. After three launches planned for 2023, the arrow will become a full-fledged model.
At present, the annual production capacity of Lijian-1 has reached 30 pieces. As the largest domestic and world-leading solid launch vehicle model, the biggest feature of Lijian-1 is the use of large solid rocket motors, especially 10 of which can be pre-stored at the exclusive launch station of the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. The load can be quickly approached and combined quickly, fully meeting the needs of users for rapid launch.
Lijian-1 has a carrying capacity of 1.5 tons in 500-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit and 2 tons in low-orbit, which can meet the hot demand in the international launch service market, including low-orbit high-resolution remote sensing satellites, low-orbit broadband communication constellations, Internet of Things constellations and The launch of numerous scientific experiment payloads. The first flight of the Lijian-1 rocket sent six satellites into the predetermined orbit, and verified more than 40 new technologies from 25 institutes of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, which is of great significance for promoting the progress of satellite technology.
In addition, through optimized design, Lijian-1 has achieved a load ratio close to 1%, reaching the world’s leading level, and effectively reducing the cost of entering orbit for users.
Zhongke Aerospace is developing a new generation of sea launch platform, which will form an annual launch capability of 20 times in the future. The sea launch can flexibly choose the best orbital position, shorten the delivery time to the greatest extent, and make full use of the rocket capacity
[Zhongke Aerospace Lijian-1A has been shortlisted as an alternative rocket for space station transportation, and it will develop a 10-ton reusable CBC rocket] In addition to the active Lijian-1, the product lineage of Zhongke Aerospace also includes Lijian-1 There are 6 types of products including A solid rocket, Lijian 2 liquid rocket, Lijian 3 series liquid rocket, space tourism vehicle and near space recyclable scientific experiment platform.
Its launch service planning has the following characteristics:
1) Strong carrying capacity, covering 1~15 tons;
2 (The service model is flexible, and can provide batch packaging, carpool launch, whole rocket launch and piggyback launch services;
3) The mission mode covers the entire range, with exclusive land-based and sea-based launch stations, which can be applied to multiple application scenarios such as low-orbit constellation networking, space station cargo transportation, high-orbit launch, near-space scientific experiments, and suborbital tourism;
4) High cost performance. Through a series of technological innovations and mass production, including recycling, intelligent launch and intelligent flight, etc., the launch cost has been greatly reduced, and the launch cost of a one-time launch vehicle is 60,000 yuan per kilogram, which can be reused later. The cost of liquid launch vehicles reached RMB 30,000 per kilogram, which is on par with world-class aerospace companies such as SpaceX.
On the basis of Lijian-1, Zhongke Aerospace is developing a general-purpose core-level bundled solid launch vehicle for Lijian-1. By bundling four cores and replacing them with a third stage with a larger diameter, the low-orbit The ability to launch large mass loads, with a carrying capacity of 5.6 tons in a 500-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit and 8 tons in a low-Earth orbit, ranks among the ranks of large rockets and can be used for large-scale satellite launches or cost-effective deployment of low-orbit constellations, and can also be used to launch space station cargo spacecraft . Shi Xiaoning revealed that the Lijian-1A solid launch vehicle has been shortlisted as an alternative launch vehicle for my country’s space station transportation.
At the same time, this type of rocket utilizes the mature power and avionics system technology of Lijian-1, and can further reduce the launch cost through integration and mass production of mature modules, and has better cost performance while achieving large carrying capacity.
Lijian-2 is the first liquid launch vehicle under development by Zhongke Aerospace. This model adopts the classic core stage diameter of Chinese rockets – 3.35 meters. Both stages are powered by 20-ton “Xuanyuan No. 1” liquid oxygen kerosene engines. It is a low-temperature small intelligent launch vehicle with a carrying capacity of 500 kilometers. Synchronous orbit 2.2 tons.
Lijian-2 will further improve rocket reliability and reduce user costs through integration and intelligence. This model adopts a large number of advanced rocket manufacturing and control technologies, including mature industrial materials, standard parts and 3D printing technology; it realizes a high level of comprehensive management of rocket information, and has intelligent launch and intelligence through autonomous fault identification and reconstruction on the rocket. Flight capability; the launch system and measurement and control system are integrated and miniaturized, and have the ability to launch with one button. These measures not only reduce the manufacturing cost of the rocket, but also effectively control the cost of rocket launch and flight control. Taking into account the 1.08% load factor, the cost of payload launch will be further reduced, approaching the international advanced level, and become an international and domestic rocket with high cost performance…… One of the medium launch vehicles.
The main rockets in the long-term planning of Zhongke Aerospace are the reusable liquid rockets Lijian-3 and Lijian-3 heavy.
The Lijian-3 carrier rocket has a three-stage series structure. Both the first and second stages use the “Xuanyuan II” 80-ton reusable liquid oxygen kerosene engine, which has the ability to recover and reuse the first stage, and has a 500-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit. With a carrying capacity of 6.1 tons (first-level recovery) and 7.8 tons (first-level non-recovery), it is a mainstream large launch vehicle in the international launch service market. Especially after being equipped with a high-performance upper stage, it can adapt to high-orbit launch missions and provide users with richer and more diverse orbit entry solutions.
On the basis of Lijian-3, the Lijian-3 heavy-duty rocket is bundled with two reusable core stages, all three core stages can be recycled and reused, and can realize a 500-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit with a carrying capacity of 10.5 tons (one-stage recycling ) and 13.8 tons (one-level non-recycling), realizing the vision of Zhongke Aerospace “sending 10 tons of payload into low-Earth orbit space in ten years”. This model can not only meet the launch and deployment requirements of large satellites and large-scale constellations, but can also be used to launch Earth-Moon orbiters. Similar rockets are scarce products in the international launch service market. Possibilities abound.
In addition, Zhongke Aerospace also plans to develop two suborbital vehicles, each of which is oriented to different market needs.
One is the recyclable scientific experiment platform in near space, which adopts the liquid rocket reusable technology, can send the scientific instrument module into the orbit at an altitude of 120-300 kilometers, and provide long-stay (150-450 seconds), high-level micro Gravity science experiment environment. The flight cost of this type of platform is much lower than that of the space station, but the flight opportunities are much more abundant. Opportunities for scientific experiments such as biology. This year, the basic model of the aircraft will be available and complete its first flight.
The utility model relates to an aircraft for space tourism, which adopts a combined mode of a single-stage rocket and a tourist capsule. In order to carry the tourist capsule across the Karman Line, the rocket is equipped with five 15-ton liquid oxygen kerosene engines with a carrying capacity of two tons. The actual number of passengers on the aircraft can reach up to 7 people. Passengers can cross the Karman Line at an altitude of 100km in a 10-minute flight, experience the weightlessness of getting rid of the gravity of the earth for 3 minutes, and overlook the earth and the stars through the portholes. In 2025, China is expected to start space travel, with a ticket price of 2 to 3 million yuan….
Beijing Zhongke Aerospace Exploration Technology Co., Ltd. is the first domestic aerospace enterprise with mixed ownership, and it is also the target enterprise that Oriental Aerospace Port focuses on introducing. Relying on the scientific research strength and resource advantages of the Institute of Mechanics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Aerospace Flight Technology Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Aerospace Science and Technology has been committed to the research and development and integration of space technology and aerospace vehicles as a platform for the transformation of major national scientific research projects, as well as the transformation and provision of technological achievements. Aerospace launch service. The Lijian-1 rocket project also adds a brand-new name card to the Oriental Space Port, which will surely promote the construction of the Oriental Space Port to take a solid step forward.
Recently, the inauguration ceremony and product release conference of the China Science and Technology Aerospace Industrialization Base with the theme of “Endless Exploration and Leading the Future” came to a successful conclusion in Nansha, Guangzhou. The successful holding of the event is a new starting point for Zhongke Aerospace to build a commercial aerospace industry chain and upgrade and develop industrial clusters, boosting China’s commercial aerospace and world aerospace science and technology exploration.
Manufacturing is the main body of the national economy, the foundation of a country and the foundation of a strong country. Zhongke Aerospace Flight Science and Technology Industrialization Base – a world-class series of launch vehicle industry base built by Zhongke Aerospace , is located in Nansha, the only sub-center of Guangzhou, a city full of infinite possibilities and passion for innovation. The lean, digital, and intelligent commercial aerospace industrialization base of the industrial chain fills the gap in Guangdong’s aerospace manufacturing industry and contributes Nansha’s strength to erecting the “backbone” of Guangdong’s modernization industry at a new height. The total planning area of the base is about 600 mu, of which 100 mu is used for the first phase, which is mainly used for the production, test, assembly and testing of serialized solid and liquid launch vehicles. The annual output can reach 30 launch vehicles, which will drive the The downstream industrial chain has achieved a scale of 100 billion.
At the inauguration ceremony, government leaders, investment institutions, industry leaders, partners, and media representatives attended to witness China Science and Aerospace’s march to a “new level”, achieve “new breakthroughs”, and demonstrate “new achievements” . Yang Yiqiang, chairman and president of Zhongke Aerospace, delivered a speech on behalf of Yang Yiqiang. Completed and put into use. At present, the final assembly of the Lijian-1 Yao-2 carrier rocket has been completed and is undergoing factory testing. Based on the existing capabilities of the China Science and Technology Aerospace Industrialization Base, we will gather wisdom and jointly build an industrial ecology. We have begun to build rocket structure manufacturing capabilities, which are planned to be initially completed by the end of 2023. We have also planned rocket avionics assembly, Special pump and valve manufacturing test capacity building.
As a unicorn enterprise in China’s commercial aerospace field and an explorer of aerospace science and technology in the world, Zhongke Aerospace will give full play to the aggregation and driving effect of “chain masters”, attract upstream and downstream related aerospace companies to land, and build the aerospace industry into a beautiful business card of Nansha . Inject strong momentum into the innovation and development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and strive to become the “third pole” of China’s aerospace industry and the “first pole” of China’s commercial aerospace industry, forming a gathering highland for commercial aerospace and helping to achieve high-quality development.
As the first mixed-ownership commercial aerospace enterprise in China, Zhongke Aerospace relies on the scientific research strength and resource advantages of the Institute of Mechanics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Aerospace Flight Science and Technology Center, and is a platform for the transformation of major national scientific research projects. On July 27, 2022, the Lijian-1 carrier rocket was successfully launched at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. The first flight carried six satellites, with an uplink load of 1068.63 kg and a total weight of 899 kg, achieving a hundred-meter-level precision orbit. After the successful first flight, Lijian-1 officially entered the stage of mass production and application launch.
At this press conference, the launch vehicle products of the Force Arrow series were released, including the Force Arrow 1 series solid launch vehicle, the Force Arrow 2 liquid launch vehicle, the Force Arrow 3 series liquid launch vehicle, space tourism vehicles and near space Recyclable science experiment platform. The carrying capacity of the Zhongke aerospace rocket lineage covers 1 to 15 tons, which can be adapted to multiple application scenarios such as low-orbit constellation networking, space station cargo, high-orbit launch, suborbital tourism, and near-space scientific experiments. Relying on endless scientific research and innovation, future-leading industrial layout, in-depth industry insights, and corporate planning close to needs, Zhongke Aerospace provides users with the highest quality products and services.
Zhongke Aerospace and Microsatellite Innovation Institute of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changguang Satellite Technology Co., Ltd., Changsha Tianyi Space Technology Research Institute Co., Ltd., Zhongke Satellite (Shandong) Technology Group Co., Ltd., Guangzhou Nanyue Aerospace Science and Technology Innovation Research Institute A total of 7 partners including Beijing Jiutian MSI Technology Development Co., Ltd. and Guangzhou Zhiyuan New Material Technology Co., Ltd. signed a major launch project agreement for the Li Arrow series of carrier rockets. The number of satellites signed is 200, the total mass is 40 tons, and the contracted amount reaches 1.6 billion . Zhongke Aerospace will continue to increase investment in innovation, and create the most professional and competitive one-stop launch service comprehensive solution for all strategic partners to achieve a win-win business.
Zhongke Aerospace and China Tourism Group Travel Service Co., Ltd. signed a space tourism cooperation agreement. The two parties will give full play to their respective advantages, form complementary capabilities, strengthen linkages in ecology and marketing, and open up infinite possibilities for the technological development and market expansion of space tourism.
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: “Exploring the vast universe, developing the space industry, and building a space power are the space dreams that we relentlessly pursue.” There is no limit to exploring and leading the future. Zhongke Aerospace upholds the spirit of exploration of scientists, adheres to the concept of high-quality development, and strives to be the main force of the national strategic scientific and technological force. It will give full play to the advantages of the new national system and write a new blueprint for China’s commercial aerospace with a strong momentum of breakthrough and innovation. .
On January 2023 Beijing Zhongke Aerospace Exploration Technology Co., Ltd. Lijian-1 and Yao-2 carrier rockets are undergoing final assembly and testing at the China Science and Technology Aerospace Industrialization Base, and are scheduled to launch in Jiuquan in May 2023! At the beginning of the new year, Lijian-1 Yao-2 (Zhongke-1-A) carrier rocket carried out final assembly and testing work as planned at the China Science and Technology Aerospace Flight Technology Industrialization Base, and plans to launch at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in May 2023 . The mission load of the launch vehicle is Changsha Tianyi Space Technology Co., Ltd. Fucheng 1, TY26 and other satellites, with a total weight of 1 ton. As a lean, digital and intelligent launch vehicle industrial base built by Zhongke Aerospace, the Zhongke Aerospace Flight Science and Technology Industrialization Base is running smoothly, and will have an annual production capacity of 30 launch vehicles in the future.
The final assembly and testing of the Lijian-1 Yao-2 launch vehicle fully verified the rocket power system, structural system, flight control system, avionics system, launch support system, etc., marking the largest solid launch vehicle in China—” “Lijian No. 1” is making great strides towards standardization and mass production.
The final assembly site of the Lijian-1 carrier rocket is a domestic first-class and internationally advanced aerospace industrialization base built by China Science and Technology Aerospace. It is located in Nansha District, Guangzhou City, and is located in the geometric center of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. Mu, which is mainly used to carry out the development, production, test, final assembly and testing of serialized solid and liquid launch vehicles, and based on this, it will attract upstream and downstream related aerospace companies to land, and create an integrated “industry-university-research-government-finance” international The first-class aerospace industry cluster forms the first commercial aerospace industrial park in China.
Beijing Zhongke Aerospace Exploration Technology Co., Ltd. is the first domestic aerospace enterprise with mixed ownership, and it is also the target enterprise that Oriental Aerospace Port focuses on introducing. Relying on the scientific research strength and resource advantages of the Institute of Mechanics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Aerospace Flight Technology Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Aerospace Science and Technology has been committed to the research and development and integration of space technology and aerospace vehicles as a platform for the transformation of major national scientific research projects, as well as the transformation and provision of technological achievements. Aerospace launch service. The Lijian-1 rocket project also adds a brand-new name card to the Oriental Space Port, which will surely promote the construction of the Oriental Space Port to take a solid step forward.
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