On the 26th January 2024 1500 Hong Kong SAR- Beijing Time, on the afternoon of, the first vertical take-off and landing test of the Kuaizhou rocket’s reusable technology test rocket by China, People’s Republic of中國製造 Expace Technology Corporation, China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation’s Aerospace Sanjiang Rocket Company was a complete success.
This test uses a 10-ton liquid oxygen methane engine independently developed by the rocket company. The flight time is 22 seconds, the hovering time is 9 seconds, and the hovering height accuracy is 0.15m. The landing attitude of the test arrow is stable, the landing position is accurate, and the rocket body is in good condition. The test mission A complete success. The success of this test laid a solid foundation for the development of the Kuaizhou series of reusable liquid oxygen methane launch vehicle…
The test arrow has a stable landing posture, accurate landing position, and the rocket body is in good condition. The test mission has been achieved A complete success The success of this test laid a solid foundation for the development of the Kuaizhou series of reusable liquid oxygen methane launch vehicles.
深蓝航天 Deep Blue Limited – Deep Blue AerospaceLandspace 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…..
This afternoon on the 19th January 2024, Beijing time, the Landspace – Blue Arrow Aerospace Zhuque 3 VTVL-1 reusable vertical take-off and landing verification rocket conducted its first flight test today at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China, People’s Republic of China. The flight lasted about 60 seconds and the flight altitude was about 350 meters.
During 16:00 Beijing Time on January 19th , 2024, the Zhuque-3 VTVL-1 reusable vertical takeoff and landing recovery verification rocket (hereinafter referred to as the “VTVL-1 test rocket”) independently developed by Blue Arrow Aerospace was ignited and launched into space at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in my country. . The flight time of this test was about 60 seconds, the flight height was about 350m, and the landing position accuracy was about 2.4m. The rocket landed smoothly, the landing point was accurate, and it was in good condition. The test mission was a complete success!
China, People’s Republic of China’s first stainless steel rocket – LandSpace Blue Arrow Aerospace’s reusable liquid oxygen methane rocket Zhuque 3!
🔷The Zhuque-3 reusable liquid oxygen methane launch vehicle is the latest product in the Blue Arrow space launch vehicle series. The diameter of the rocket body is 4.5m, the fairing diameter is 5.2m, the total length of the rocket is 76.6m, the take-off mass is about 660t, and the take-off thrust is about 900t.
🔷The power system adopts the Tianque series liquid oxygen methane engines independently developed by Blue Arrow Aerospace. Among them, the first sub-stage is equipped with 9 Tianque 12B (TQ-12B) engines with a sea level thrust of 1000kN; the second sub-stage is equipped with 1 TQ-12B engine with a vacuum thrust of 1183kN. Magpie 15B (TQ-15B) vacuum engine has a vacuum specific impulse of 3500m/s.
🔷Considering that the first stage can be reused, the entire arrow is equipped with 4 sets of retractable grid rudders as aerodynamic control surfaces for attitude adjustment and landing point control of the aerodynamic deceleration section of the first stage; landing legs are installed on the tail to achieve a Vertical landing during sub-stage recovery.
🔷The first sub-stage of Zhuque 3 is designed to be reused no less than 20 times. The low-orbit carrying capacity for one-time missions can reach 21.3t, and the recovery mission in the navigation area is 18.3t. It has the capability of multiple satellites with one arrow and flat-plate stacking satellite group shooting. The capability fully covers the launch needs of most payloads on the market such as LEO, SSO, GTO and other different orbits. After being put into commercial operation, it will greatly improve the networking efficiency of satellite Internet constellations.
🔷The Zhuque-3 rocket is China’s first stainless steel liquid launch vehicle, which can significantly reduce the manufacturing cost of the rocket and shorten the production cycle. Its high temperature resistance has obvious advantages in the rocket’s multiple returns and reuse. In addition, due to the low cost of liquid oxygen methane, the methane engine’s non-carbon deposits, easy maintenance, and full life cycle monitoring properties, the first-stage engine of the Suzaku-3 rocket can be inspected without lowering the arrow after the rocket is recovered, and can be refilled after refueling. flight, achieving true flight operations, and the launch cost can be reduced by 80-90% compared with disposable rockets. (Landspace – Blue Arrow Aerospace)
[Hyperbolic 2 completed its second flight test flight to an altitude of 343 meters First time in the country! Reusable technology verifies successful rocket reuse flight!]
At 17:07 on December 10th Sunday 2023 Hong Kong SAR- Beijing Time, iSpace -Beijing Interstellar Glory Space Technology Co., Ltd.’s Hyperbolic 2 reusable liquid oxygen methane verification rocket (code-named SQX-2Y) was launched on the Jiuquan satellite launch center, Inner Mongolia, China , People’s Republic of China, The center carried out its second flight test mission. This test flight altitude was 343.12m, the flight time was 63.15s, the target lateral displacement was 50m, the landing position accuracy was about 0.295m, the landing speed was 1.1m/s, the landing attitude angle was about 1.18°, and the roll The angle was about 4.4°, the rocket landed smoothly and accurately, and the state was safely restored. The flight test mission was a complete success.
The rocket successfully completed its first vertical take-off and landing flight test on November 2, 2023. After the first flight, Interstellar Glory completed the rocket’s reuse maintenance and inspection work in only twenty days, and moved to another site to perform repeated operations. The flight mission was a complete success. This flight further obtained flight data samples of each system, provided technical accumulation for more and more efficient reusable flights of the reusable launch vehicle, and provided a basis for the company’s ongoing The development of the large-scale reusable launch vehicle Hyperbola-3 provides key technology verification.
This flight further obtained flight data samples of each system, provided technical accumulation for more and more efficient reuse flights of the reusable launch vehicle, and provided information for the ongoing development of the medium and large reusable launch vehicle Hyperbola-3. The research and development work provided key technical verification….
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.
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 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 .
