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….
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.
At 1050 Hours Hong Kong SAR- Beijing Time 23rd July 2023 , China- People’s Republic of China- CNSA –China National Space Administration Successfully launched the New Next Generation Long March – Chang Zheng2D Yao 91 …..At 10:50 on July 23, the Chang Zheng- Long March 2D carrier rocket was ignited and blasted off at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch CenterShanxi Province.. Subsequently, the rocket successfully sent a total of four satellites, Sixiang 01~03 and Yinhe 03, into the predetermined orbit, and the launch mission was a complete success.
The four satellites launched this time are provided by the Great Wall Company, a subsidiary of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, as the project contractor to provide launch services. The Chang Zheng- Long March 2D carrier rocket used for this launch mission is a room temperature liquid two-stage launch vehicle developed by the General Manager of the Eighth Academy of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. It has the ability to launch single and multiple satellites with different orbital requirements, and has a carrying capacity of 1.3 tons corresponding to a 700-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit.
Sixiang 01~03 satellites are collectively referred to as Sixiang Group A multi-source remote sensing satellites. Among them, Sixiang 01 satellite is developed by Beijing Sixiang Aishu Technology Co., Ltd.; Sixiang 02~03 satellites are developed by Yinhe Aerospace (Beijing) Network Technology Co., Ltd. The three satellites are equipped with synthetic aperture radar remote sensing payload, optical remote sensing payload and infrared remote sensing payload for remote sensing observation and application.
Galaxy Aerospace Lingxi 03 satellite was developed by Galaxy Aerospace (Beijing) Network Technology Co., Ltd. The satellite is a flat-panel stacked satellite configuration, equipped with flexible solar wings and active thermal control fluid circuits, and the satellite is equipped with millimeter-wave multi-beam digital processing loads for on-orbit verification of broadband communication satellite technology. This is my country’s first satellite to use flexible solar wings, and it is also my country’s first in-orbit verification of multi-satellite stacking launch technology, which will provide technical support for the rapid deployment of my country’s giant low-orbit communication constellation.
Different from the design ideas and physical form of traditional satellites, Lingxi 03 is a flat-panel satellite without a heavy cubic shell, which looks like a car chassis. According to Hu Zhao, the commander-in-chief of Galaxy Aerospace Lingxi 03, Lingxi 03 draws on the design concept of integral casting of automobile chassis, and adopts integrated and highly integrated comprehensive electronic technology, which is easy for mass production of satellites, can shorten the cycle of satellite development, and improve the network efficiency of satellite constellations. After completing relevant technical verification, it is planned to implement multi-satellite launches with one arrow in the future.
This launch is the 479th launch of the Long March series of launch vehicles
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.
During today on 1307afternoon 22nd July 2023 launching from one of many complexes酒泉衛星發射中心 Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Dongfeng Aerospace City – inner Mongolia –China – People’s Republic of China on 1304 Hong Kong SAR-Beijing Time…..Galaxy Power Aerospace successfully launched the Ceres-1 (Yao-6) Sichuan Ziyang carrier rocket (mission code: LEMON TREE) at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, and successfully sent the Qiankun-1 ultra-low orbit technology test satellite and Tai’an (Star Times-16) satellite into the predetermined orbit.
High-density launch is the only way for a commercial rocket to go from development to maturity, from laboratory products to assembly line industrial products. It comprehensively tests an enterprise’s organizational capabilities, management capabilities, support capabilities, and technical capabilities. It requires continuous innovation and changes in the production organization model. The high-density space launches carried out by the world’s major aerospace countries encountered setbacks in the early days, but through the efforts of all aspects from rocket design and manufacture to inspection and maintenance, they finally achieved unprecedented launch capabilities, and laid the foundation for the generalization, serialization, and modularization of rocket technology, which eventually led to the improvement of the overall level of the launch vehicle industry.
As the first domestic private rocket launcher to start high-density launches, Galaxy Dynamics Aerospace will continue to move towards more efficient, more reliable, and safer goals in the next few months. With the sufficient launch capacity of the Ceres-1 carrier rocket, it can meet the launch windows and orbital requirements of different satellite customers, speed up the closed loop of satellite launch services, and improve the performance and delivery capabilities of high-density launches.
The first domestic ultra-low orbit test satellite “Qiankun-1” launched this time was developed by Seth Base Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd., equipped with hyperspectral imagers, visible light full-color cameras, image intelligent processors and other test loads. It is used to verify the key technologies for breaking through ultra-low orbit flight, build an advanced aerospace intelligent platform, and fill the gap in my country’s ultra-low orbit space technology application field. The Tai’an (Star Times-16) satellite is a hyperspectral remote sensing satellite developed by Nationstar Aerospace. At the same time, it is equipped with the blockchain satellite payload developed by the company. It will implement the world’s first visual blockchain on-orbit certificate storage and commercial services, and launch a series of space computing content applications such as the world’s first space digital life platform (Interstellar Immortal Passenger).
This is the sixth consecutive successful launch of Ceres 1. So far, Galaxy Dynamics has served 12 commercial satellite customers and completed the orbital launch of 21 commercial satellites.
Thanks to the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ziyang Branch for its support for this launch…..Today is a good day. The Ceres-1 remote-6 carrier rocket was successfully launched. ….Six consecutive victories! Ceres-1 carrier rocket officially launched high-density launch delivery…
In which iSpace- Interstellar Glory in which it is the first Chinese Private Space Company to do so successfully commercially first out from sixty known private space companies in China People’s Republic of China… Founded in Beijing 2016 located in Beijing Economic and Technological Development Zone or known for short as E-Town in Capital of China – People’s Republic of China …
Beijing Interstellar Glory Space Technology Co., Ltd. (referred to as “Interstellar Glory”) was established in October 2016, with Peng Xiaobo as the legal representative. The company is committed to developing excellent commercial launch vehicles and providing systematic launch solutions, providing global commercial aerospace customers with more efficient, higher-quality, and more cost-effective launch services, so as to greatly improve the ability of human beings to freely enter and exit space.
reusable liquid launch vehicle
Hyperbola-2 (Hyperbola-2)
The Hyperbola-2 launch vehicle is a small liquid launch vehicle with a two-stage tandem configuration, which is used to provide small satellite launch services. The hyperbolic No. 2 carrier rocket has a length of 28m, a first-stage rocket body diameter of 3.35m, a second-stage rocket body diameter of 2.25m, a take-off thrust of 106t, and a low-Earth orbit carrying capacity of 1.9 tons. The Hyperbola-2 carrier rocket uses liquid oxygen/methane as propellant, which is non-toxic and non-polluting; the first sub-stage has the function of vertical landing and recovery, which can be reused, further reducing the cost of satellite launch services.
The company focuses on the research and development of intelligent launch vehicles, and provides integrated commercial launch services for global satellite and constellation customers.
At 16:00 Hours Hong Kong SAR- Beijing Time on July 5th, 2023, the test run of the SQX-2Y rocket power system was a complete success. Interstellar Glory Hyperbola No. 2 Verification Rocket Power System Trial Test Successfully】Interstellar Glory Hyperbola No. 2 Verification (SQX-2Y) rocket is a type of vertical recovery and reuse used to verify the liquid oxygen methane reusable launch vehicle The verification rocket adopts a full-scale rocket body diameter of 3.35m, and can be installed with one or more self-developed Focus No. 1 engines according to mission requirements to verify the real flight and return conditions of the first sub-stage of the reusable launch vehicle.
At 16:00 on July 5, 2023, the test run of the SQX-2Y rocket power system was a complete success.
The procedures of SQX-2Y rocket approach, stage, test, inflation, filling, precooling, ignition, post-processing and other procedures are strictly implemented in accordance with the launch site procedures; throughout the test process, the power system and control system are in accordance with the real flight test conditions. Continuously variable thrust of the engine and engine swing control were carried out. All systems worked normally and the performance was stable. All performance indicators met the design requirements. The participating systems were efficiently matched. The rocket shut down normally after working according to the actual flight procedure. The timing of this test run will be launched soon. The flight sequence of the kilometer-level vertical take-off and landing test has been comprehensively assessed for the whole system.
So far, SQX-2Y rocket power system and electrical system testing, propellant filling and leakage, engine pre-cooling and operation, shutdown and landing post-processing have been fully verified, and the whole system has successfully passed the test assessment.
The SQX-2Y rocket power system test run is an important and critical large-scale ground test before the Hyperbola II verification flight test. The correctness and effectiveness of the process. The complete success of this test mission has laid a solid foundation for the SQX-2Y rocket to carry out vertical take-off and landing flight tests.
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