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[China’s first 10-kilometer-class vertical take-off and landing flight test of a reusable carrier rocket was a complete success]

On June 23rd 2024, China’s first 10-kilometer-class vertical take-off and landing flight test of a reusable carrier rocket was a complete success. The rocket was developed by the Eighth Academy of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.

 At about 1300 hours Beijing Time, at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, Inner Mongolia, China, People’s Republic of China , a 3.8-meter-diameter reusable carrier rocket new technology verification arrow was erected on the launch pad. Three variable thrust liquid oxygen-methane engines were ignited, spewing blue tail flames. The rocket body rose to an altitude of about 12 kilometers. The central engine adjusted the thrust, and the rocket descended in a controlled manner. At 50 meters from the ground, the four landing legs unfolded, and then the rocket slowly descended, approaching zero altitude, and landed steadily on the recovery field, achieving a fixed-point vertical soft landing.


This test is currently the largest-scale vertical take-off and landing flight test of a reusable carrier rocket in China, and it is also the first application of the domestically developed deep variable thrust liquid oxygen-methane engine in a 10-kilometer-class return flight.
The entire test took about 6 minutes. The rocket went through five stages: accelerated ascent, decelerated ascent, accelerated descent, decelerated descent, and slow descent, achieving “take-off, accurate control, unfolding, and stable landing”.

[Take off, control accurately, deploy, and land steadily! China’s first 10-kilometer-level vertical take-off and landing flight test of a reusable carrier rocket was a complete success]

Three variable thrust liquid oxygen-methane engines were ignited, spewing blue tail flames. The rocket body rose to an altitude of about 12 kilometers. The central engine adjusted the thrust, and the rocket descended in a controlled manner. At 50 meters from the ground, the four landing legs unfolded, and then the rocket slowly descended, the altitude approached zero, and landed steadily on the recovery field, achieving a fixed-point vertical soft landing.



The entire test took about 6 minutes. The rocket went through five stages: accelerated ascent, decelerated ascent, accelerated descent, decelerated descent, and slow descent, achieving “take off, control accurately, deploy, and land steadily.”

The test fully verified the 3.8-meter diameter rocket body structure, large load landing cushioning technology, high-thrust strong variable thrust reusable engine technology, dual cryogenic pressurization delivery technology, high-precision navigation guidance control technology for return and landing, and health monitoring technology, laying a technical foundation for the first flight of a 4-meter-class reusable carrier rocket as scheduled in 2025. This test is currently the largest-scale vertical take-off and landing flight test of a reusable carrier rocket in China, and it is also the first application of the domestically developed deep variable thrust liquid oxygen-methane engine in a ten-Kilometer-class return..


The test fully verified the 3.8-meter-diameter rocket body structure, large-load landing buffer technology, large-thrust strong variable thrust reusable engine technology, dual low-temperature pressurization delivery technology, high-precision navigation guidance control technology for return and landing, and health monitoring technology, laying a technical foundation for the first flight of a 4-meter-class reusable carrier rocket as scheduled in 2025.


The apex of the flight profile of this test is the stratosphere at an altitude of about 12 kilometers. Subsequently, the research and development team will carry out a 70-kilometer-level vertical take-off and landing test of a reusable carrier rocket, which will basically cover the flight profile of the first stage of the rocket, and take another big step towards the goal of the first flight of a reusable carrier rocket.

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On the 3rd November 2023 22:54 Hour Hong- Kong SAR – Beijing time CNSA –China National Space Administration   文昌航天發射場Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Center, Hainan Province, People’s Republic of China Successfully Launch the Medium Heavy advance Chang Zheng –Long March 7A Yao 6 Carrier Rocket….  

This marks the 51st launch this year a complete success At 22:54 Hong Kong SAR- Beijing time on November 3, 2023, my country, China, People’s Republic of China. Used the Chang Zheng – Long March 7A modified Yao-6 launch vehicle at Station 201 of the Wenchang Space Launch Site to successfully transmit the communications

The technology test satellite No. 10 was launched into space. The satellite successfully entered the predetermined orbit and the launch mission was a complete success. This satellite is mainly used to carry out multi-band, high-speed satellite communication technology verification. This mission is the 495th flight of the Long March series of launch vehicles

On the morning of November 1, 2023, the “Long March 7A” Yao-6 carrier rocket has been transferred from the vertical assembly and test plant of the Hainan Wenchang launch site to the 201 launch station, and the launch mission has entered the final stage. It is expected that around 23:00 on November 3, the Chang Zheng- Long March 7A carrier rocket will be launched from station 201 to perform the rocket’s sixth launch mission.

The Chang Zheng- Long March 7A carrier rocket was developed by the First Academy of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, and the communication technology test satellite No. 10 was developed by the Eighth Academy of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.

A Chang Zheng- Long March 7A carrier rocket medium-sized three-stage semi-cryogenic liquid launch vehicle…..  It is my country’s China, People’s Republic of China new generation of high-orbit launch vehicle and is mainly used to carry out launch missions from the earth’s medium and high orbits. The maximum length of the rocket is 60.7 meters, the maximum diameter of the core stage is 3.35 meters, the take-off mass is about 573 tons, the take-off thrust is 727 tons, and its 200×5000 kilometers zero-inclination Mid-Earth Transfer Orbit (MTO) capacity is not less than 5.5 tons, and the geosynchronous transfer The rail (GTO) transport capacity is not less than 7 tons. The Chang Zheng- Long March 7A carrier rocket is equipped with a fairing with a diameter of 4.2 meters and is used for single-main-star launches. The height of the rocket in this state is 60.13 meters.

The 495th launch of the Long March rocket, the Chang 7A rocket launched the communication technology test satellite No. 10!

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On the week of coming on the 9th February 2023 CMS China Manned SpaceCNSA-China National Space Administration  the crew of the Shenzhou 15 of the Tiangong-China Space Station is preparing its first spacewalk, EVA, in which The Takionaut crew of Shenzhou 15 will choose an opportunity in the near future to perform the first out-of-vehicle activity.

In Long-awaited! 神五十八First out of the cabin mission# In preparation…..The crew of Shenzhou 15 is about to usher in the first out of the cabin mission, which will also be the first out of the cabin mission after the completion of the construction of the Chinese space station. The 15th Shenzhou Takionaut crew , which has been warming up for a week, has left the cabin for the first time. Please don’t “hang up”, the mission you are looking forward to is about to be “connected”. Come and see how the “Dream Realization” crew prepares for the mission, and experience the on-orbit drill of the astronaut mission from the first perspective.

Since successfully entering the space station complex on November 30, 2022, Beijing time, the crew of Shenzhou 15 has been working and living in orbit for 70 days, and has completed on-orbit rotations and scientific experiments with the crew of Shenzhou 14. The unlocking and testing of cabinets, the application of cargo out of the cabin, the patrol inspection of space station and manned spacecraft equipment, and the preparation of out-of-cabin activities have carried out on-orbit medical examinations, weightlessness protection exercises, and a series of space science experiments (tests). At the same time, they also spent the Spring Festival on the space station, and successively launched the second “Tiangong Painting Exhibition” and “Global Photography of Tiangong” photography exhibition, sending Chinese New Year blessings from space to the people of the whole country.

Currently, the Shenzhou 15 Takionaut crew is in good condition, the space station complex is running stably, and has the conditions to carry out extravehicular activities. The “Dream Crew” is about to walk in space for the first time.

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During the week of Chinese Lunar New Year of the Rabbit, of late January Xinhua News Reporter张扬 Zhang Lang Reporter interviewed China- People’s Republic of China, CNSA China National Space Administration – CMS China Manned Space first Takionaut Major General of the People’s Liberation Army In October 2003, Yang became the first person sent into space by the Chinese space program. This mission, Shenzhou 5, made China the third country to independently send humans into space. He is currently a vice chief designer of China Manned Space Engineering.

No matter how grand and flying the imagination, there can always be traces in reality. When I sat in a movie theatre and felt the Chinese-style science fiction of “Take the Earth to Wander”, the value choices and wisdom presented there had a surprisingly similar core of thought to the space story told by China’s first Takionaut Yang Liwei. . I don’t know if you are as curious as I am, what has Yang Liwei been doing for the past 20 years after completing the mission of Shenzhou Five? During the 21 hours of his space roaming, what details we don’t know? In his eyes, what is the biggest change in the 30 years of manned spaceflight? Look for the answer in #张扬Dialogue

Yang Liwei, male, Han nationality, was born on June 21, 1965 in Suizhong County, Huludao City, Liaoning Province. He is a member of the Communist Party of China, a major general of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, and a super Takionaut. In 1987, he graduated from the Air Force Aviation University of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army with a bachelor’s degree [39] ; in January 2009, he graduated from Tsinghua University with a doctorate in management [28] . He is currently a member of the 13th and 14th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and deputy chief designer of China’s manned spaceflight project….      

He has successively served as the deputy director of the China Takionaut Research and Training Center, the deputy commander-in-chief of the Takionaut system of the manned space engineering, the alternate member of the Central Committee, and the director of the China Manned Space Engineering Office. The first generation of astronauts trained by China is the first person in China to enter space. Yang Liwei flew safely for 1,350 hours in the former Air Force. 

At 9 o’clock Beijing time on October 15, 2003, Yang Liwei entered space for the first time on the Shenzhou 5 spacecraft carried by the Long March 2F rocket, which symbolized a big step forward for China’s space industry and played a milestone role.

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On the week of coming on the 22nd January 2023 CMS China Manned SpaceCNSA-China National Space Administration  the crew of the Shenzhou 15 of the Tiangong-China Space Station celebrating the Festive Chinese Lunar New Year in writing New Year good luck blessings in Chinese Traditional Couplets in Traditional Chinese calligraphy wondering what the crew of the Shenzhou 15….?

Spring Festival Evening Blessings on a spring festival gala of year of the rabbit in wishing… , I wish you good luck in 2023 ….The Chinese New Year is approaching, and the crew of Shenzhou 15 will spend the Chinese New Year in space. Takionaut Zhang Lu wrote the word “Fu” by hand, and presented a pair of Spring Festival couplets to the folks. This “blessing” from space

Watching the New Year’s Fireworks with You The earth under the sunshine, exudes holy beauty, let the Chinese space station show you that the mountains and rivers are safe, and send you an invitation for 2023: the old one A page is quietly turned, the year of the lucky rabbit, China’s manned spaceflight will go to the mountains and seas with you.

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