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#MadeInChina #中國製造| #中科宇航 #ZhongkeAerospace #ChinaAcademyOfScience #CASSPace #September2023 | #ReusableCarrierRocket #CarrierRocket eco systems. final assembly testing has been further improved! Lijian-1 Yaosan carrier rocket has completed the final assembly….

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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.

Holding the torch of science and casting the heavy arrow of a great country | the ability of final assembly testing has been further improved! Lijian-1 Yaosan carrier rocket has completed the final assembly at the China Science and Technology Aerospace Industrialization Base and has entered the testing stage…

On August 19 2023, the Lijian-1 Yao-3 launch vehicle successfully completed the final assembly work as planned at the China Aerospace Industrialization Base. During this period, each final assembly link achieved the “three noes”: no accidents, no hidden dangers, and no redundant objects. , currently has the test conditions and is undergoing factory testing. It is planned to leave the factory in October and carry out the third launch mission at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.

On August 19th 2023, the Lijian-1 Yao-3 launch vehicle successfully completed the final assembly work as planned at the China Aerospace Industrialization Base. During this period, each final assembly link achieved the “three noes”: no accidents, no hidden dangers, and no redundant objects. At present, the test conditions have been met, and the factory test is in progress. It is planned to leave the factory in October and carry out the third launch mission at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. The Lijian-1 launch vehicle successfully launched twice in a row, successfully sending a total of 32 satellites into predetermined orbits. The total weight of the satellites was nearly 2 tons, further promoting a new chapter in the flight launch of China’s commercial launch vehicles. Based on the accumulated practical experience of previous multi-engine missions, the China Aerospace General Assembly team has continuously improved the technical details. Based on the pulsating production line of the industrial base, it has optimized the entire assembly production process, applied automatic intelligent tooling equipment, and strengthened personnel organization and management. etc., shortening the final assembly cycle of Lijian-1 Yaosan launch vehicle to 30 days .

In order to meet the refined design requirements and production needs of the rocket assembly process, Zhongke Aerospace technicians independently designed a variety of tooling products to assist in the final assembly , which can be used to improve measurement accuracy, simplify operation difficulty, and improve product reliability. For example, due to the existence of the rotating shaft, the zero position measurement of the servo system is difficult to locate and read with ordinary vernier calipers or steel rulers. In order to solve this problem, technicians designed special tooling according to actual needs, which effectively solved the difficulty of positioning and inaccurate readings. problem, greatly improving the accuracy and efficiency of measurement.

It is worth mentioning that, in order to improve the level of product launch services, the factory test project of the Lijian-1 Yaosan launch vehicle adopted a de-mission design , subverting the traditional process of waiting for the launch mission to be confirmed before carrying out test design, making the rocket production And the test cycle is greatly shortened, and the process is greatly simplified.

Zhongke Aerospace Technology Industrialization Base – a world-class serial launch vehicle production base built by Zhongke Aerospace. It is located in Nansha, the only sub-center of Guangzhou. It is mainly used for the development, production, and development of a series of solid and liquid launch vehicles. Testing, final assembly and testing have formed a complete manufacturing service system, marking the official entry into the stage of mass production, large-scale operation and serial development. The base has the final assembly and testing capabilities to produce 30 launch vehicles per year, the manufacturing and assembly capabilities of electronic equipment, and the production capabilities of launch vehicle structural compartments and storage tanks . At present, a semi-physical simulation laboratory, a comprehensive laboratory, etc. have been built, and have the capabilities of semi-physical simulation test and comprehensive test .

Zhongke Aerospace is the first commercial aerospace enterprise in China to develop medium and large-scale launch vehicles . With innovative, advanced, and efficient design ideas, it develops innovative, advanced, and economical launch vehicles. It is capable of undertaking low-orbit satellite constellation construction and space station cargo transportation. Ability. The Lijian-1 carrier rocket has a series of outstanding advantages such as large carrying capacity, high orbital accuracy, high inherent reliability, fast response, high launch efficiency, low support requirements, low launch cost, flexible and convenient use, and good environmental adaptability. , is a medium-sized launch vehicle with core competitiveness in the current commercial rocket launch market, and can provide high-quality, low-cost, and fast-response customized launch services for domestic and foreign satellite users .

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力箭 Fang Juan …..Fang Juan, the No. zero Launch Commander of the launch missions of LandSpace Suzaku-2 and Zhongke Lijian-1 Carrier Rockets Launch Complexes. Previously she came to work in the test and launch department CNSA –China National Space Administration of Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, Inner Mongolia, China, and People’s Republic of China. ..  After graduating with a Ph.D. in 2012. She has successively served in various positions such as ignition operation and control command. In 2018, relying on her excellent professionalism, she stood out from many competitors, from her Colleagues with a nearly perfect score and became the center’s first “female zero” commander. During the third general inspection test of the LandSpace- Blue Arrow Suzaku No. 2 and the second Carrier Rocket, the second-level disconnection failed to fall off normally, resulting in the termination of the test process…… .

Some pictures of the test of the Blue Arrow Suzaku-2 Yao-2 and the Zhongke Lijian-1 Yao-2 rocket at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center..

During the third general inspection test of the LandSpace- Blue Arrow Suzaku No. 2 and the second Carrier Rocket, the second-level disconnection failed to fall off normally, resulting in the termination of the test process…… .

LandSpace 蓝箭航天 One of sixty Chinese private space Carrier Rocket Companies in China-People’s Republic of China…   On the occasion of the centenary of the founding of the party, the first phase of the Jiaxing LandSpace Blue Arrow Aerospace Center,   located in VIC International Plaza, No. 13 Ronghua South Road, Yizhuang Economic and Technological Development Zone, Beijing China – People’s Republic of China…. The company located in a gathering place for the aerospace industry chain laid out in Zhejiang, was completed and will soon be put into use. Established mass production capacity for medium and large rockets, and completed the first phase of Jiaxing Blue Arrow Space Center…. Blue Arrow Aerospace Technology Co., Ltd. (Blue Arrow Aerospace) is a leading domestic commercial company for the creation and operation of aerospace transportation systems, established in June 2015, a national high-tech enterprise, Member of the International Astronautical Federation (IAF). Guided by the national strategy and guided by market demand, Blue Arrow Aerospace is committed to developing a series of medium and large launch vehicles with liquid oxygen methane as propellant, providing cost-effective and highly reliable launch services for the global market.

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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#MadeInChina #中國製造| #中科宇航 #ZhongkeAerospace #ChinaAcademyOfScience #CASSPace #June2023 | #Lijian1 Yao two #CarrierRocket is in launch successfully to deploy Twenty Six #Satellites a Brief summery

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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.

Today on 7th June 2023 1212 Hours Hong Kong SAR- Beijing Time Beijing Zhongke Aerospace Exploration Technology Co., LtdAnnouncement: Lijian-1 Yao-2 carrier rocket “One Arrow 26 Stars” was successfully launched from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, Inner Mongolia, China, people’s Republic of China…. ! A new record of multiple satellites in one Carrier Rocket ……

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.. !

[One of the remote two payloads of Lijian-1 yao 2: Fucheng-1 SAR satellite] At noon on June 7, the first SAR satellite “Made in Sichuan” – “Fucheng-1” was successfully launched. “Fucheng No. 1” is a synthetic aperture radar remote sensing satellite, which is independently developed, designed and manufactured by private enterprises in Mianyang. It will provide remote sensing data services in the fields of geological disaster early warning and monitoring, transportation, and environmental protection.

“Fucheng No. 1” has the all-weather and all-weather interferometric imaging function, which can realize the deformation monitoring of the surface at the millimeter level. Its performance indicators are at the international leading level, and it has reached the highest resolution of domestic commercial SAR satellites.

In addition, “Fucheng No. 1” has inter-satellite/satellite laser communication capabilities, Beidou short-message communication capabilities, and on-board AI autonomous planning and processing tasks capabilities, which significantly enhances satellite emergency response capabilities and constellation operation efficiency, and provides a new foundation for remote sensing data applications. Provide more efficient and reliable solutions.

It is reported that “Fucheng No. 1” is the first star of “Mianyang Constellation”. The total investment of “Mianyang Constellation” is 528 million yuan. By 2025, the network of six SAR satellites will be completed, and the ground station and data center will be built simultaneously.

Chen Xianfeng, Chief Engineer of Mianyang Fucheng Satellite Factory, said that after the completion of the “Mianyang Constellation”, it will have the ability to image any area within the global coverage zone within 10-12 hours; it will realize imaging every 5 days in Sichuan Province or once a month in the central and southern regions of my country. Interferometric imaging capabilities play a huge role in geological disaster early warning and monitoring, transportation, environmental protection, water conservancy, agriculture and forestry and other fields…



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#MadeInChina #中國製造| #中科宇航 #ZhongkeAerospace #ChinaAcademyOfScience #CASSPace #May2023 | #Lijian1 Yao two #CarrierRocket is in launch readiness to deploy Twenty Six #Satellites in early #June2023.

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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 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.

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#MadeInChina #中國製造| #中科宇航 #ZhongkeAerospace #CASSPace #January2023  | the Launching of the launch 3 Lijian No. 1 #CarrierRocket  among with the introduction of #Lijian  #ReusableCarrierRocket  series launch vehicle products were released….

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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….

Translated from Zhongke Aerospace –CASSPace Article on 10th January 2023..

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