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.
The company focuses on the research and development of intelligent launch vehicles, and provides integrated commercial launch services for global satellite and constellation customers.
Just now on the 2nd November 2023, my country China, People’s Republic of China has used an orbit-level engine for the first time to conduct a vertical take-off and landing test of a rocket, successfully conducting a key verification of rocket recovery and reuse.
At around 1400 Hours Hong Kong SAR- Beijing Time this afternoon 2nd November 2023, Beijing Interstellar Glory Space Technology Co., Ltd. successfully carried out the first vertical take-off and landing test of the Hyperbola-2 verification rocket at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (official announcement: the first domestic use of full-scale reusable one-stage liquid oxygen Vertical take-off and landing flight test of methane liquid rocket).
The flight test mission of the liquid oxygen methane reusable verification rocket Hyperbola II (codenamed SQX-2Y) independently developed by Star Glory was a complete success
🔷The rocket adopts a full-size rocket body diameter of 3.35m and a total length of about 17m
🔷Assembled and independently developed by Star Glory The Focus-1 depth variable thrust liquid oxygen methane engine (codenamed JD-1) 🔷The test flight altitude is 178.42m, the flight time is 50.82s 🔷The landing position accuracy is about 1.68m, the landing speed is 0.025m/s, and the landing attitude angle is about 0.18°. The rolling angle is about 4°, and the flight test mission was successfully completed with high precision
The vertical takeoff and landing test is a key verification and iteration step for rocket recovery and reuse. The developers built a test platform with similar size, weight, power and control system to the first stage of the real rocket (or even directly modified it from the rocket body), and organized it in the atmosphere. Meters, hundreds of meters, and kilometers are gradually progressively tested (parts can be saved), thereby optimizing the software and hardware design, and finally realizing the recovery and reuse of the first stage of the rocket in orbit.
Today’s test rocket is equipped with a Focus-1 liquid oxygen methane engine. This is also the first time that my country has used an engine with the ability to enter orbit for such a test.
[Tianbing Technology’s 100-ton liquid rocket engine first flight status and long-range thermal test of the whole system were successfully completed] Recently on the week on 24th July 2023 , Tianhuo 12 (hereinafter referred to as TH-12), a 110-ton thrust liquid oxygen kerosene rocket engine “Tianhuo 12” (hereinafter referred to as TH-12), a large liquid carrier rocket of Tianbing Technology, successfully completed the long-range thermal test of the whole system.
During the test run, the engine started quickly, worked smoothly, and shut down normally. The data shows that the engine works stably for a long time under the rated working conditions, and various performance indicators meet the design requirements and meet the rocket flight requirements.
The Tianhuo 12 is specifically designated towards the Reusable Carrier Rocket Tianlong-2 medium-sized liquid carrier rocket independently developed by Tianbing Technology successfully made its maiden flight. This is the first private liquid rocket in China. On the basis of the successful launch, Tianbing Technology independently developed the Tianlong-3 large liquid launch vehicle. Compared with the Tianlong-2 rocket, the Tianlong-3 rocket has a greater carrying capacity. The self-developed 100-ton Tianhuo 12 liquid oxygen kerosene rocket engine has passed the test run of the whole system under various working conditions.
Through multiple long-range hot test runs under rated conditions, the following goals have been achieved:
1) The correctness of the engine design state has been verified. The test results have proved that all key technologies such as air-conditioning multiple start technology, self-ignition ignition technology, combustion instability suppression technology, super-large thrust chamber 3D printing manufacturing technology and turbine disk thermal component 3D printing technology have made breakthroughs, and the design state of the engine has been completely determined. 2) The correctness of the engine batch production process was verified.
This test product is the first set of products to be mass-produced and manufactured relying on social resources, which marks that the low-cost manufacturing routes such as the engine manufacturing process plan, process flow, and production organization model have been verified. It can be fully transferred to the mass production and delivery stage of 40 engines.
Tianlong-3 is the first large-scale liquid launch vehicle in my country’s commercial aerospace field, which will greatly enhance the carrying capacity of my country’s commercial spaceflight. The power system of Tianlong-3 adopts a fully self-developed TH-12 liquid oxygen kerosene rocket engine, with a design thrust of 110 tons and a thrust-to-weight ratio of 163.
The TH-12 engine has deep variable thrust, whole-process real-time health monitoring, and multiple ignition and start functions, which can meet the market demand for launch vehicle reusability and low-cost launch; at the same time, it adopts no pyrotechnics start-up technology, which can meet the development needs of high-frequency tests and enhanced reliability verification. The TH-12 engine has a simple structure, high thrust-to-weight ratio, and high surface thrust density, and its product performance is at an international leading level.
The complete success of the long-range thermal test run of the TH-12 engine system marks the acceleration of the development of Tianlong-3, a large reusable liquid rocket of Tianbing Technology, and has entered the stage of mass production, which will help the comprehensive and rapid implementation of satellite Internet constellation construction. (Tianbing Technology)..
On the 26h November 2022 during the early Hours Hong Kong SAR – Beijing time CNSA –China National Space Administration the Sixth Institute of China Aerospace Science and Technology Group the first 130 ton reusable liquid oxygen kerosene refuelling cycle engine independently developed by the Sixth Academy of Aerospace Science and Technology Group achieved a successful two-start test run success. What are the advantages of this engine? What type of rocket will it support in the future?
中国航空的2022 Supporting the reuse of a new generation of Reusable Carrier Rocket launch vehicles…… Successful trial run of my China- People’s Republic of China first high-thrust reusable liquid oxygen kerosene main engine]…….On November 26, the first two-start test run of the first 130-ton reusable liquid oxygen kerosene supplementary combustion cycle engine independently developed by the Sixth Academy of China Aviation Industry Corporation was a complete success! This type of engine is a space-to-earth shuttle power plant aimed at the reuse of my country’s new generation of launch vehicles. It has the characteristics of high comprehensive performance, strong expansion capability, and high reliability. This engine will strongly support the development of my country’s reusable space vehicles and meet my country’s space station operations To meet the needs of other space activities, and improve my country’s large-scale, low-cost access to space capabilities As Sixth Institute of Aerospace Science and Technology Group Successfully Demonstrated.
On 28th September 2019, the thirty two year anniversary of the airing date for Star Trek the Next Generation in which featured the pilot episode of Encounter at Far point , in which takes place after the crew of Captain Kirk command the Constitution Class USS Enterprise in which seventy years later it’s the Galaxy Class Enterprise commanded by Captain Picard..
SpaceX – Today in a Cameron County Texas, marks a testing starting point of the process of a newly development towards a larger reusable launcher carrier rocket in which it was named the Big Falcon Rocket a reusable in which it has its own classification of as a Starship Super Heavy Lift Launch Vehicle.. In which designed as a multi-purpose vehicle akiness of the Space Shuttle.. Functioning as Mars Colonization, Earth Lunar Transportation, Multiplanetary Transport, Intercontinental transport, orbital launcher, with space tourism… in which also acts as a mass satellite deployment device… The design comes with two staging the carrier rocket with the secondary stage, in which with all a reusable landing mechanisms….
During the past few months it was also the testing lift off to landing of the propulsion unit of its newly developed Raptors Engines a larger version of the Merlin engines with a length of the fifty meters, with a body diameter of nine meters with a ship dry mass of eighty five tonnes.. Designed out from advance stainless steel shell… In which resists high temperatures, with rugged ceramic tiles for re-entry maximum heat areas in which the heat shield is designed for long term with low maintenance support rapid production and installation..
With the primary stage the Super Heavy with six landing legs, thirty seven raptor engines with a body diameter of nine meters, ship length of sixty eight meters, using the experiences on the Falcon Heavy reusable carrier rocket… in which it should be interesting to see how its variants differ with engine cluster increase depending on mission types..
On 24th June 2019, on a New York Monday it’s the Launch of SpaceXFalcon Heavy Reusable, from that NASA- Kennedy Space Center in Florida’s least than twenty year lease of that iconic Launch Complex LC 39A- Launch Complex 39A that launched the Iconic Saturn V Lunar Rocket, also the Iconic golden age STS- Space Transportation System –Space Shuttle….. Launching from that flight now is the Falcon Heavy Reusable powered by twenty seven might merlin engines.. In which previously Falcon Heavy’s side boosters for the STP-2 mission previously supported the Arabsat-6A mission in April 2019. Following booster separation, Falcon Heavy’s two side boosters will attempt to land at SpaceX’s Landing Zones 1 and 2 (LZ-1 and LZ-2) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Falcon Heavy’s center core will attempt to land on the “Of Course I Still Love You” drone ship, which will be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.
Launching from that launch window from On 24th June 20192330 hours EDT Eastern Date Time is the STP two missions in which launching various mission types of satellites manifest on a DOD Department of Defense –Space Test Program towards commercial , research civilian satellites.. In which the Mission management is conducted by the Air Force Space and Missile Centre… From a core of cube Satellites towards deployment of major ones manifest below via Space X
Oculus
Oculus-ASR was developed by students at the Michigan Technological University in Houghton, MI through the Air Force Research Laboratory’s University NanoSatelllites Program to provide calibration opportunities for ground-based observers attempting to determine spacecraft attitude and configuration using unresolved optical imagery.
Features spectrally distinct surfaces and shape profiles that can be observed from Earth’s surface
Records attitude time history for error correction in ground-based observations
Cube Sats
E-TBEx: Measures distortion of radio signals traveling through the ionosphere using beacon tones transmitted from eight orbital locations: the six COSMIC-2 satellites and the twin E-TBEx CubeSats
Launch Environment Observer (LEO) & StangSat: Measures thermal and vibration environments during launch and demonstrates Wi-Fi data transmission between Cubesats (2 separate cubesats)
PSAT: Supports global amateur radio data relay capabilities to assist students and researchers around the world
TEPCE: Demonstrates the feasibility of using electrodynamic propulsion by deploying a 1 km electrically conductive tether, performing orbit-changing maneuvers without consuming any fuel
LightSail 2:The Planetary Society’s citizen-funded solar-sailing spacecraft propelled by the Sun
PROX ONE..
Prox-1 is a microsat developed by students at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta through the Air Force’s University Nanosat Program to demonstrate satellite close proximity operations and rendezvous.
Demonstrates small satellite close-encounter operations
Prox-1 deploys the LightSail 2 cubesat developed by the Planetary Society
NPSAT
NPSat hosts two experiments built by the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) to investigate space weather and support space situational awareness (SSA), including ionospheric electron density structures that cause radio scintillations impacting communications and navigation.
Monitors electron content and scintillations using radio frequency (RF) transmissions
Conducts Coherent Electromagnetic Radio Tomography (CERTO) experiment
NRL-built Langmuir probe takes in-situ measurements to improve ionospheric modeling
OTB
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems’ Orbital Test Bed (OTB) is a versatile, modular platform based on a flight-proven “hosting” model to test and qualify technologies. On STP-2, OTB hosts several payloads for technology demonstration, including the Deep Space Atomic Clock designed, built and operated by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory on behalf of the Space Technology Mission Directorate to revolutionize how spacecraft navigate.
Flexible technology demonstration platform
Hosts a miniaturized, high-stability atomic clock that will gain or lose less than a second of error in 3 million years
The Green Propellant Infusion Mission, or GPIM, is a NASA mission that develops a “green” alternative to conventional spacecraft propulsion systems. With the green propellant, launch vehicle and spacecraft fuel loading will be safer, faster, and much less costly. The “shirt sleeve” operational environment GPIM offers will reduce ground processing time from weeks to days.
Demonstrates a new form of safe propulsion
Improves propulsive efficiency while reducing handling concerns
COSMIC-2 is a partnership between NOAA, the U.S. Air Force (USAF), NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL), Taiwan’s National Space Organization (NSPO), the UK’s Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL), the Brazil Institute of Space Research (INPE), and the Australia Bureau of Meteorology (BoM). This six-satellite constellation will provide next-generation Global Navigational Satellite System Radio Occultation (GNSS-RO) data. Radio Occultation data is collected by measuring the changes in a radio signal as it is refracted in the atmosphere, allowing temperature and moisture to be determined.
International collaboration between Taiwan (NSPO) and the United States (NOAA)
Collects atmospheric data for weather prediction and for ionosphere, climate, and gravity research
DSX
The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Space Vehicle Directorate’s Demonstration and Science Experiments (DSX) spacecraft will conduct basic research on the harsh radiation environment of medium-Earth orbit (MEO). DSX will perform three primary experiments:
The Wave Particle Interaction Experiment (WPIx) will resolve critical feasibility issues for very-low frequency (VLF) wave-particle interaction.
The Space Weather Experiments (SWx) will measure and map the distributions of energetic protons, electrons and low-energy plasma in the inner magnetosphere to improve environment models for spacecraft design and operations.
The Space Environment Effects (SFx) will determine the MEO environmental effects on common electrical components, circuits and materials. This includes NASA’s Space Environment Testbeds (SET) experiments. SET will characterize how radiation driven by the Sun impacts hardware over time, paving the way for mitigating the effects of solar activity on spacecraft design and operations.
