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#CNSA #ChinaNationalSpaceAdministration #国家航天局 |#WenchangSpacecraftLaunchCenter #文昌航天發射場 #BRI #March2025  | Hainan Commercial Space Launch Center #ChangZheng8A #LongMarch8A Yao 1 #CarrierRocket successfully launched Deployed launches Qianfan constellation 18 satellites successfully.. #ASummary

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On the  9th December 2024 Hong Kong SAR- Beijing Time at CNSA –China National Space Administration– Wenchang Space Craft launch Center the Long March 8A Yao-1 rocket was loaded and shipped, and will make its first flight early next year On December 9, the Long March 8A Yao-1 carrier rocket was successfully loaded and headed for the Wenchang Space Launch Center in China. As China’s main rocket for medium and low orbits in the future, the Long March 8A rocket will carry out its first flight mission….

On the 12 March  2025, Hong Kong SAR- Beijing Time at CNSA –China National Space Administration– Wenchang Space Craft launch Center At 0:38 on March 12, the Long March 8 carrier rocket ignited and took off at the Hainan Commercial Space Launch Center, and then successfully sent the fifth batch of Qianfan constellation networking satellites into the predetermined orbit….

. The launch mission was a complete success, marking that China’s first commercial space launch site has the ability to launch dual-stations. This launch is the first launch of the No. 1 launch station of the Hainan Commercial Space Launch Center, and it is another capability test after the first successful launch of the Hainan Commercial Space Launch Center

The Long March 8 carrier rocket was developed by the First Academy of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. The Long March 8 series of rockets are medium-sized carrier rockets designed and developed for China’s sun-synchronous orbit and low-orbit large constellation networking launch missions. There are currently three configurations. The Long March 8 rocket that performed this mission uses the basic configuration of bundling two boosters. “From the perspective of medium-sized launch vehicles of the same size in China, the carrying efficiency and carrying capacity of the Long March 8 series rockets are among the best. They can not only achieve large-scale mass production, but also have the ability to perform high-density launch missions. For China’s satellite network construction, especially the 1,100-kilometer orbit network launch mission, the Long March 8 series rockets have outstanding advantages.” Song Zhengyu, chief designer of the Long March 8 series rockets, said.

In this mission, the Long March 8 rocket innovatively adopted the new three-vertical test and launch mode. During the vertical transportation process, the rocket body was divided into three sections for transportation. The core first-stage booster assembly, the core second-stage rocket body, and the star cover assembly were transported to the launch area by road in a vertical state. The rocket completed vertical assembly, testing and launch at the launch area, and has the ability to launch in 7 days and recover in 7 days, which can meet the future high-density launch needs. In addition, the Long March 8 rocket launch team also unified the management of personnel at the No. 1 station, the filling and gas supply system, and the smart launch site system, and formed a professional test and launch team to optimize the job setting and personnel allocation, further improving the test and launch efficiency.


Previously, the Long March 8 rocket was launched from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in China. This mission is the fourth launch of the Long March 8 rocket, and it is also the first time that it has carried out a launch mission at the No. 1 station of Hainan Commercial Aircraft Corporation. Before the launch, the Long March 8 rocket conducted several joint exercises at the No. 1 station to fully verify the coordination and matching of the launch site system. “The successful completion of this mission marks that the Long March 8 rocket officially has its own new station, which provides the basic conditions for the high-intensity and high-density launch of the Long March 8 rocket this year. It means that the Long March 8 rocket has officially entered the market and can provide customers with fast, efficient and high-quality services.” said Xiao Yun, chief commander of the Long March 8 series


The No. 1 launch station of the Hainan Commercial Space Launch Center is a suitable station for the Long March 8 series of carrier rockets.


The fifth batch of Qianfan constellation networking satellites were provided with launch services by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation Great Wall Company as the general contractor. The fifth batch of Qianfan constellation networking satellites were provided with launch services by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation Great Wall Company as the general contractor. Qianfan constellation was built and operated by Shanghai Yuanxin Satellite Technology Co


This launch is the 563rd launch of the Long March series of carrier rockets

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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

At 18:18 Beijing time on December 19, 2024, Galaxy Power Aerospace successfully launched the Apocalypse Constellation 04 Group (33-36 satellites) from the offshore launch platform near Rizhao using the Ceres-1 Haiyao-4 carrier rocket. This launch is the 249th space launch in the world in 2024, the 66th in China, the 7th this month, the 5th for Galaxy Power Aerospace, and the 5th for the Ceres-1 carrier rocket

Five, four, three, two, one, ignition!” On the evening of December 19, in the waters near Rizhao City, as the shore broadcast issued the launch command, the “Ceres-1” carrier rocket standing on the Haiyang “Oriental Spaceport” launch ship ignited its engine, huge clouds of smoke rose around it, and it slowly lifted off with the “Apocalypse Constellation” (stars 33-36). The tail flames from the rocket engine instantly illuminated the night, a huge roar resounded through the sky, and cheers from tens of thousands of spectators on the shore rose one after another. This is the second sea launch mission implemented in the waters near Rizhao after May 29.

At 18:18 on December 19, 2024, the Galaxy Power Aerospace Ceres-1 Sea-launched (Yao-4) (mission code: LOONG) successfully launched the “Apocalypse Constellation” 04 satellites (33 to 36 satellites) in the sea
near Rizhao, Shandong Province. A total of 4 satellites entered the low-Earth orbit with an altitude of 850km and an inclination of 45°. The big red screen and mission badge “Apocalypse Constellation” is China’s first low-orbit Internet of Things communication constellation. The first phase consists of 38 satellites. 33 have been launched so far. It has the characteristics of global coverage, miniaturization, low power consumption and low cost. It provides global users with “air, space, land and sea” consumer-grade satellite Internet of Things data services, which have been widely used in forestry, agriculture, emergency response, and tourism.

Tourism, water conservancy, electricity, petroleum, ocean, ecological environment, smart cities and other industries as well as digital economy scenarios are moving towards the direct-connected satellite market for consumer electronic products.

This mission is the fourth sea launch mission completed by Galaxy Power Aerospace Company. It is also the fifth time that the Ceres-1 series of launch vehicles has launched networking satellites for the “Apocalypse Constellation” (Yao-1, Yao-5, Haiyao-1, Haiyao-2, and Haiyao-4). This marks that as the only private rocket type that can take into account both land and sea launch platforms, the Ceres-1 series of launch vehicles has achieved flexible regional and orbital adaptability and high-density launch capabilities, and can quickly meet the launch needs of different satellite users to the greatest extent. Up to now, Galaxy Power Aerospace Company has successfully carried out 15 commercial launch deliveries, accurately sending a total of 58 commercial satellites with different functions into the predetermined orbits.

❶The 66th launch of China’s space program in 2024 (64 successful launches)

❷The 16th launch of the Ceres-1 carrier rocket (15 successful launches)

❸The 4th launch of the Ceres-1 sea-launched carrier rocket (4 successful launches) ❹The 14th launch of the Oriental Spaceport of the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center (14 successful launches)

❺The 147th launch of the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center (141 successful launches) ❻The 36th launch of China’s civil and commercial space program (29 successful launches)

 ❼The 639th launch of China’s space program (604 successful launches)

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#MadeInChina #中國製造 |#深蓝航天 #LANDSPACE #Deep Blue Aerospace  #November2024 | #Zhuque-2 #Suzaku-2 Yao 1 #CarrierRocket  #酒泉卫星发射中心 #JiuquanSatelliteLaunchCenter The world’s first improved version of methane-in-orbit rocket successfully completed its maiden flight Deploying the #Guangchuan 01 and 02 #TestSatellites!

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深蓝航天  Deep Blue Limited – Deep Blue Aerospace One of sixty Chinese private space Carrier Rocket Companies in China-People’s Republic of China…  As many of sixty plus Private Rocket Deep Blue Aerospace Co., Ltd. was established in 2017. The company is mainly a high-tech aerospace enterprise that focuses on the direction of liquid recovery and reusable launch vehicles and provides users with commercial launch services. Deep Blue Aerospace Co., Ltd. is headquartered in Nantong City, Jiangsu Province. At the same time, the company has rocket general and liquid engine R&D centers in Yizhuang, Beijing and Xi’an, Shaanxi, respectively, and a rocket power system test base in Tongchuan, Shaanxi…..

Improved version of the Suzaku-2 launch vehicle
 

At 10:00 Beijing time on November 27, 2024, at the 96A workstation in the Dongfeng Commercial Space Innovation Test Area of ​​the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, inner Mongolia, China, People’s Republic of China., the “Zhuque-2” improved (Yao-1) carrier rocket carrying the Guangchuan 01 and 02 test satellites ignited and took off. About 8 minutes and 25 seconds later, the satellite and rocket separated, sending the satellite into a low-Earth orbit with a perigee of 300 kilometers, an apogee of 500 kilometers, and an inclination of 50 degrees.

Guangchuan 01 and 02 are low-orbit communication test satellites used to test and verify low-Earth orbit communication satellite constellation technology.

Optical low-orbit communication experimental satellite

The improved version of the Zhuque-2 (ZQ-2E) launch vehicle uses the basic first stage and a deeply improved second stage. The improvements of the second stage are mainly reflected in the structural system and power system. In terms of the structural system, the improved second stage adopts a single-layer common bottom tank and tunnel delivery pipe scheme, which simplifies the structure and reduces the stage height and rocket body mass.

“Tian Que-15A” (TQ-15A) vacuum liquid oxygen-methane engine test run

In terms of the power system, the second-stage main engine was replaced by the vacuum-type “Tian Que-12” (TQ-12) with the vacuum-type “Tian Que-15A” (TQ-15A) liquid oxygen-methane engine. The latter has significantly improved thrust and specific impulse and has the ability to start three times. At the same time, the second-stage “Tian Que-11” (TQ-11) swimming engine was removed and replaced by the “Yun Que 10” (YQ-10) auxiliary power system. “Yun Que 10” is used for the second-stage precise attitude adjustment, terminal speed correction, propellant sinking, orbit change, and deorbit.

Improved version of the Suzaku-2 launch vehicle

The improved version of the “Zhuque-2” (ZQ-2E) rocket is 47.3 meters high, with a first and second stage and fairing diameter of 3.35 meters, a takeoff mass of 219 tons, a takeoff thrust of 282 tons, and a 500-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit (SSO) capacity of 4 tons. Compared with the basic version of the “Zhuque-2”, the improved version has a height reduction of 2.2 meters, a takeoff mass reduction of 1 ton, a takeoff thrust increase of 14 tons, and a 500-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit capacity increase of 2.5 tons.

Improved version of the Suzaku-2 launch vehicle

The improved version of the Zhuque-2 rocket has created many firsts in China’s aerospace industry. This rocket is China’s first dual-cryogenic liquid carrier rocket that uses full supercooling and filling, the first time in China to use a dual-cryogenic single-layer common bottom tank for a liquid carrier rocket, and the first time in China that the Tianque-15A engine uses large-size, high-precision niobium alloy nozzle processing and manufacturing technology for large-scale engines. In addition, this mission is the first time that a Chinese carrier rocket has used a probability-based high-wind area flight load calculation method, a stage separation cancellation forward rocket plan, and a rocket glide stage propellant intermittent bottoming plan.

Since its maiden flight on December 14, 2022, Beijing time, the “Zhuque-2” series of rockets has carried out four launches in less than two years, achieving three consecutive victories since the basic Yao-2 mission. In the process, the “Zhuque-2” rocket became the world’s first liquid oxygen-methane rocket to achieve an orbital launch, the first to successfully launch a payload, the first to launch continuously and the first to achieve three consecutive launch victories. The improved Yao-1 of the “Zhuque-2” is the first rocket of the new batch of the “Zhuque-2” series, and since then, the series of rockets has entered a new stage of normalized commercial launches.

Improved version of the Suzaku-2 launch vehicle

This launch mission is the first launch of the Zhuque-2 carrier rocket in 2024, the 19th launch of the Jiuquan Launch Center, the 58th launch in China and the 224th launch in the world. At the same time, this launch is also the first launch of a private commercial liquid rocket in China in 2024.

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At 1906 Hours Hong Kong SAR- Beijing Time 15th October 2024 , China- People’s Republic of China- CNSA –China National Space Administration   Successfully launched  Chang Zheng – Long March 6 Carrier Rocket ignited and took off at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center Shanxi Province.. Successfully deployed  18 Satellites in one launch ..  Long March 6 modified carrier rocket ignited and took off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, and then successfully sent the 02 group of Qianfan polar orbit satellites into the predetermined orbit. The launch mission was a complete success…. which aims to provide high speed and reliable satellite broadband internet services to global users. With in mind of The newly launched satellite group is a part of China’s G60 Constellation, which aims to provide low-latency, high-speed and ultra-reliable satellite broadband

Long March 6 modified Carrier rocket was developed by the Eighth Academy of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. It is a new generation of non-toxic and pollution-free carrier rocket. It is also China’s first solid-liquid bundled medium-sized carrier rocket. The carrying capacity of the 700-kilometer altitude sun-synchronous orbit is greater than 4.5 tons.


This launch is the 539th launch of the Long March series of carrier rockets.

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Currently at the moment中國製造 Expace Technology Corporation- a CASIC -China aerospace science and industry corporation has been very busy in building a New Carrier Rocket Factory in Wuhan National Aerospace Industrial Base in which the base will be in operations in May 2020   Kuaizhou Rocket Industrial Park that forms the manufacturing of twenty plus more Kuaizhou Rockets also its other sister larger carrier rockets in process of The assembly test capability of 20 solid launch vehicles……in which is now in operation……

At 17:43 Hong Kong SAR- Beijing time on Saturday September 20th , 2024, at the Xichang Launch Center in Liangshan Prefecture, Sichuan Province , China, People’s Republic of China , the “Kuaizhou-1A” solid-fuel carrier rocket carrying four communication satellites of the “Apocalypse” constellation 29 to 32 was launched, successfully sending the satellites into low Earth orbit (LEO).

The 29th to 32nd satellites of the “Apocalypse” constellation are low-orbit satellite IoT communication satellites developed by Beijing Guodian Hi-Tech Co., Ltd. The “Apocalypse” constellation is built and operated by Beijing Guodian Hi-Tech Co., Ltd. It consists of 38 satellites and is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2024. It will achieve an average revisit frequency of 1 time/10 minutes worldwide. The constellation aims to create a global low-orbit satellite IoT ecosystem that integrates the earth and the sky, and open up a new situation for satellite IoT consumer applications.

“Kuaizhou-1A” is a small launch vehicle launched by China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation. It adopts a four-stage tandem configuration, with solid power in the first, second and third stages and liquid power in the fourth stage. The rocket is about 20 meters high and has a maximum diameter of 1.4 meters. It can be equipped with a fairing with a diameter of 1.2 meters/1.4 meters. The takeoff mass is about 30 tons and the takeoff thrust is 60 tons. Its low-Earth orbit (LEO) capacity is 300 kilograms, the 500-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit (SSO) capacity is 250 kilograms, and the 700-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit (SSO) capacity is 200 kilograms. The liquid last stage of this rocket has the ability to ignite multiple times and can perform multi-satellite launch missions in different orbits. In this mission, this type of rocket has greatly shortened the position process time through technical optimization, further improving product reliability.

 Since its successful maiden flight, the Kuaizhou-1A rocket has carried out a total of 27 launches, 25 of which were successful, making it China’s solid-fuel carrier rocket with the most launches and the most successes. Since the successful launch of the Kuaizhou-1A Yao 23 rocket on June 22, 2022, the rocket has achieved 13 consecutive victories.

This launch mission is the third launch of the Kuaizhou-1A rocket in 2024, the 14th launch from the Xichang Launch Center, the 43rd launch in China, and the 173rd launch into orbit in the world. From the launch of the Long March 3B at 09:14 on September 19 to this launch, China’s space program has carried out three launches within 33 hours, opening a high-density launch mode.

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