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#MadeInChina #中國製造| #中科宇航 #ZhongkeAerospace #ChinaAcademyOfScience #CASSPace #May2024 | #CarrierRocket #ReusableCarrierRocket #MannedReusableCarrierRocket #CarrierRocket Series Pulsating Production Model Lijian-1 Y4 Launch Vehicle Completes Final Assembly and Testing   #ASummary

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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 Pulsating Production Model Lijian-1 Y4 Launch Vehicle Completes Final Assembly and Testing] Recently, Lijian-1 Y4 launch vehicle completed the final assembly and testing as scheduled at the Zhongke Aerospace Industrialization Base and successfully passed the factory review. Factory delivery conditions are met. This time is an example of starting a new chapter in the pulsating production model in an industrialized base and applying parallel assembly of multiple rockets. It fully verifies the leanness, standardization and mass production of rockets under the pulsating production model.

During the final assembly work of the Lijian-1 Yao-4 launch vehicle, based on the existing production process optimization basis, the task of starting the final assembly test of the Yao-4 and Yao-5 rockets in parallel was completed. At the same time, the Yaosi-4 Star-Arrow joint Operation test, satellite and rocket modal test, satellite and rocket separation test. The two rockets are located at different pulse production sites, and production resources are cleverly deployed at different production rhythm sites. On the one hand, it significantly improves the efficiency of production resource use, and on the other hand, it de-tasks rocket production and manufacturing. A solid foundation was laid.

In terms of process flow, technicians completed the relatively cumbersome process in the final assembly and testing phase, effectively reducing the final assembly workload at the launch site and facilitating the requirements for batch storage, rolling backup, and real-time launch during high-density launch periods. In terms of quality control, based on the accumulated successful practical experience of previous multiple missions, technical details have been continuously improved to form a complete closed-loop system for recording, monitoring, and tracking the entire process to ensure the traceability of the entire quality life cycle. Under the requirements of ensuring innovation in the production model and continuously improving product reliability, the final assembly of the Lijian 1 Yao 4 and Yao 5 launch vehicles was completed ahead of schedule. The final assembly of the Lijian 1 Yao 4 launch vehicle took 25 days, which was longer than the previous period. The speed of one-shot rocket assembly has increased again!

Under the pulsating production mode, the Lijian-1 Yao-6, Yao-7, and Yao-8 launch vehicles are carrying out mass production and final assembly in an orderly manner. The products, equipment, instruments, tooling, etc. involved in the entire process have been planned in advance. Deployment, production tasks are clear, and production and assembly can be started simultaneously in the final assembly and testing plant and intelligent manufacturing plant. It is worth mentioning that the Zhongke Aerospace Industrialization Base currently has complete structural cabin manufacturing and assembly capabilities. Starting from the Lijian-1 Yao-5 launch vehicle, the manufactured cabins will be directly used and delivered for final assembly, further shortening the production and manufacturing cycle. .

As China’s first medium-sized rocket to achieve high-density launches and the record holder for multiple satellite launches in a single launch of Chinese commercial rockets, the Lijian-1 carrier rocket has achieved complete success for three consecutive launches, accurately delivering 37 satellites with a total load of 3.5 tons into the scheduled orbit, with a 100% launch success rate. This type of rocket is suitable for rapid network launch of small and medium-sized satellites in medium and low orbits. It has a carrying capacity of 1.5 tons in a 500-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit. It is a medium-sized solid launch vehicle with core competitiveness in China’s commercial launch vehicle launch market and is also the main force in China’s commercial aerospace industry. It is one of the rockets that can effectively meet the needs of the commercial launch market in medium and low orbits. It also has the ability to respond quickly to diversified market demands and is committed to providing customers with highly reliable, low-cost, and high-density flight-based launch services.

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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.

In 2028, take a trip to space! Come and experience the space tourism capsule first｜High-quality development research trip

[China Aerospace’s “space travel vehicle” will make its first flight in 2027, and manned space travel will be carried out in 2028]

 The space travel vehicle uses a combination of a single-stage rocket and a tourist cabin. The tourist cabin has 4 panoramic windows and can accommodate 7 passengers in a single flight.  Passengers. During the 10-minute flight, passengers will cross the Kármán Line at an altitude of 100 kilometers and experience the feeling of weightlessness that escapes the earth’s gravity for 3 minutes. Finally, the tourist capsule will land via parachute.

The project meets a 100-hour launch cycle each time, and the supporting aerospace theme park will have 10 space tourism aircraft on standby to perform space travel experiences in shifts. The landing site for aircraft launch and recovery will be planned and constructed in coordination with the aerospace theme park, space experience hall and aerospace science education base. Passengers will also receive short-term training in the park before flying.

With the development of China, People’s Republic of China aerospace technology, it is no longer a dream for the public to travel to space. On May 15, the 2024 “High-Quality Development Research Tour” Guangdong-themed interview event came to the Zhongke Aerospace Flight Technology Industrialization Base in Nansha District, Guangzhou. Here, reporters experienced a 1:1 replica of the space tourism capsule and learned that in 2028, passengers may be able to take a real rocket to sub orbit and experience the feeling of weightlessness.

According to the staff of Guangzhou Zhongke Aerospace Exploration Technology Co., Ltd. (referred to as “Zhongke Aerospace”), the suborbital vehicle that will take passengers to space will use a combination of a single-stage rocket and a tourist cabin. The tourist cabin will have four panoramic windows. , can carry 7 passengers on a single flight. During the 10-minute flight, passengers will cross the Kármán Line at an altitude of 100 kilometers and experience the feeling of weightlessness that escapes the earth’s gravity for 3 minutes. Finally, the tourist capsule will land via parachute.

The project meets a 100-hour launch cycle each time, and the supporting aerospace theme park will have 10 space tourism aircraft on standby to perform space travel experiences in shifts. The landing site for aircraft launch and recovery will be planned and constructed in coordination with the aerospace theme park, space experience hall and aerospace science education base. Passengers will also receive short-term training in the park before flying.

According to the reporter’s understanding, with the continuous advancement of technology, the ticket prices for space travel will continue to decrease, giving the public the opportunity to travel in space.

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#MadeInChina #中國製造 #中國 | #北京 #Beijing #天兵科技 #TianbingTechnology #SpacePioneer #May2024 |successfully launching #天龙三号 #TianLongThree #CarrierRocket #ReusableCarrierRocket Tianlong- Payload Carrier Rocket Fairing Separation Test Completely Successful

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Founded in 2015 located in Beijing ….天兵科技 – 北京天兵科技有限公司Tianbing Technology is an Aerospace propulsion system supplier and spacecraft provider One of Sixty Plus Chinese carrier Rocket companies in China, People’s Republic of China ……. Tianbing Technology is an advanced aerospace propulsion system supplier and aerospace vehicle provider. Tianbing Technology independently develops the next-generation ambient temperature green HCP liquid propellant and minimalist aerospace propulsion system. As an upgraded product of traditional chemical propulsion system, it can meet cost-effective aerospace. Advance system supporting needs. The next-generation green HCP aerospace propulsion system, first tested by Tianbing Technology, can be used in the small-vehicle main power and launch vehicle upper-level propulsion system.

[Tianbing Technology Tianlong 3 Rocket Fairing Separation Test Completely Successful]

On May 10th 2024, the Tianbing Technology large liquid launch vehicle Tianlong 3 (hereinafter referred to as TL-3) fairing separation test was successfully completed at the Zhangjiagang Intelligent Manufacturing Base.



In this test, the TL-3 fairing has a diameter of 4.2m and a length of about 13m. It is made of all-carbon fiber composite materials. It is the largest fairing in domestic commercial aerospace and the largest all-carbon fiber fairing in China. It is also the first in China for the Internet. Constellation tailor-made fairing.

In this test, the connection and unlocking mechanism and the separation energy source are all reusable and non-pyrotechnical designs. The simulated satellite is designed and manufactured according to the maximum available space within the cover. A low-cost, reusable large airbag recovery solution is used in the test. The test verified the entire process of fairing separation, and focused on assessing the function and performance of the separation system. All parameters during the separation process met the design requirements, and dozens of non-pyrotechnics connection unlocking mechanisms (MCD) and separation springs worked perfectly, successfully creating China’s first large-scale liquid launch vehicle fairing without pyrotechnics separation.



The development of TL-3 closely focused on high performance, low cost, high reliability, fast response, and mass production and adopted more than 50 innovative technologies. More than 30 of them were applied for the first time in China’s aerospace industry, and MCD was one of them. R&D personnel will begin the comprehensive layout of 4.2m large-diameter composite fairings and MCD products in 2022. The fairing and MCD of this test have gone through many technical iterations during the research and development process, and have completed various environmental tests and reliability growth tests.

TL-3 continues the sequential test verification method of TL-2. The test comprehensively covers the entire process from mechanics, to thermal, to electromagnetic, to comprehensive matching. It plans a total of 150 developmental tests in 42 categories. Through retesting, Tested and evaluated products are used to perform flight missions to increase flight reliability. The sequential test plan and test method greatly shorten the product development cycle and reduce the development cost. It is Tianbing’s unique R&D management innovation.



Behind all the amazing results, there is unknown dedication and hard work. The honorary crown of Tianbing Technology and the amazing speed of “Tianbing” are the embodiment of the responsibility and mission of Tianbing people to shorten the gap with foreign countries in the field of commercial aerospace as soon as possible. They start from themselves and show the ingenuity and wisdom that are not inferior to foreign countries. The belief in self-improvement and the spirit of hard work have contributed to the rapid rise of China’s commercial aerospace industry.



In this test, more than 30 test assembly personnel worked closely with the R&D backbones of various departments, and the whole process was open during holidays. In the five days before the test, all test personnel worked all night long to work with all parties to ensure the complete success of the fairing separation test.

Tianbing Technology’s Tianlong-3 large-diameter full carbon fiber composite fairing, as well as innovative technical solutions without pyrotechnics separation, pioneered the development and innovation of my country’s large-scale liquid launch vehicle fairings, ensuring that my country’s tailor-made for the construction of Internet constellations The successful launch and stable mass production of the Tianlong-3 large-scale liquid launch vehicle will surely lead China’s commercial aerospace industry into the era of large-capacity liquid rockets.

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深蓝航天  Deep Blue Limited – Deep Blue Aerospace  Landspace 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…..

The Zhuque-3 ten-Kilometer vertical take-off and landing recovery test Reusable Carrier Rocket successfully completed the final assembly and will be launched in June!

🔷On April 15, the Blue Arrow Aerospace Zhuque 3 reusable rocket vertical take-off and landing recovery test arrow (hereinafter referred to as the ” Reusable Carrier Rocket “) successfully completed the “ten-Kilometer flight” transformation and final assembly work, and will be fully transferred to the final assembly testing and factory release stages. This is another new milestone that the Zhuque-3 reusable rocket is preparing to meet after the successful completion of the 100-meter vertical take-off and landing flight test on January 19.

🔷Compared with the 100-meter-level vertical take-off and landing, the 10-kilometer-level flight test not only significantly increased the flight height, but also added a series of difficult challenges for the verification of key technologies for recovery and reusability rockets, such as the first time under transonic speed conditions The engine-grid rudder-cooling attitude control joint control was carried out, the first unpowered taxiing test was carried out in a wind environment at an altitude of 10 kilometers, and the engine was re-started in the air under the condition of high dynamic pressure in the return section for the first time.

🔷According to Blue Arrow Aerospace’s ten-Kilometer-level vertical recovery flight test plan, the modified test arrow will take off with a thrust of 80 tons, and after about 200 seconds of flight, it will fly to an altitude of about 10 kilometers. In order to meet the recovery needs, this flight test mission built a new recovery site, and through several high-definition camera devices and optical fibers arranged around the site, the landing process of the test arrow and the on-site images after landing can be transmitted in real time to a location 5 kilometers away. The command hall allows the hall commander to perform post-processing work such as leaking the remaining fuel of the test arrow remotely from a remote location. This process is also an exploration and exercise of the safe post-processing process for the future Zhuque-3 sub-stage recovered arrows.

🔷In the future, the test rocket will move to the general testing stage and is expected to arrive at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center’s Blue Arrow Aerospace liquid oxygen methane rocket launch site in May, and the launch mission will be carried out in June.

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深蓝航天  Deep Blue Limited – Deep Blue Aerospace  Landspace 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…..

Recently on the Month of April 2024, Blue Arrow Aerospace successfully completed the engine test run assessment of the largest niobium alloy nozzle in China at the Huzhou Hot Test Center. After the test, the product structure and surface coating were intact. The engine worked for 380 seconds under rated working conditions and high working conditions. The structural reliability, thermal protection reliability, and process reliability of the niobium alloy nozzle passed the assessment! This niobium alloy nozzle has a diameter of about 1.6m and a height of about 1.3m. The size is much larger than the existing domestic products of the same type. It is equipped with the Tianque 15A (TQ-15A) vacuum liquid oxygen methane engine with the highest thrust in China.

The test run of the largest niobium alloy nozzle in China successfully welcomed the flight of the Suzaku rocket


🔷 Recently, Blue Arrow Aerospace successfully completed the engine test run assessment of the largest niobium alloy nozzle in the country at the Huzhou Thermal Test Center. After the test, the product structure and surface coating were intact. The engine worked for 380 seconds under rated working conditions and high working conditions. The structural reliability, thermal protection reliability, and process reliability of the niobium alloy nozzle passed the assessment!


🔷This niobium alloy nozzle has a diameter of about 1.6m and a height of about 1.3m. The size is much larger than the existing domestic products of the same type. It is equipped with the Tianque 15A (TQ-15A), the vacuum liquid oxygen methane engine with the highest thrust in China, with a vacuum thrust of 836kN. , vacuum specific impulse 3320m/s.


🔷The Blue Arrow aerospace engine team has begun to develop a niobium alloy nozzle with a larger area ratio. The outlet diameter will reach 2.5m, which will continue to improve the vacuum specific impulse of the rocket’s secondary main engine.

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