On the 15 March 2024 Hour Hong- Kong SAR – Beijing time CNSA –China National Space Administration ….. the “Chang Zheng -Long March 5” Yao-8 carrier rocket which will carry out the Chang’e-6 mission of the fourth phase of the lunar exploration project, safely arrived at the Wenchang Space Launch Site in China. Subsequently, the rocket will be assembled and tested at the launch site together with the Chang’e-6 probe that arrived in advance. Currently, all participating systems in the launch site area are preparing for the Chang’e-6 mission as planned…..
“Chang Zheng -Long March 5” Yao-8 carrier rocket which will carry out the fourth phase of the lunar exploration project嫦娥六号was safely transported to the Wenchang Space Launch Site in China. Subsequently, the rocket will be assembled and tested at the launch site together with the Chang’e-6 probe that arrived in advance. Currently, all participating systems in the launch site area….
[The Russian government will discuss the draft law on the agreement on the joint construction of an international lunar scientific research station between China and Russia]
The Russian Government Information Office stated that the Russian government will discuss on March 15 the draft federal law on the approval of the intergovernmental agreement on the cooperation with China on the construction of an international lunar scientific research station. . Meeting materials stated: “The bill aims to implement bilateral cooperation between Russia and China in the construction and use of international lunar scientific research stations and the training of scientific researchers and experts.”
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In 2023, the Russian government’s Legislative Council approved the initiative to jointly build a Russian-Chinese international scientific lunar station. Vladimir Gruzdev, chairman of the board of directors of the Russian Law Society, said that the federal bill aims to approve the agreement between the Russian and Chinese governments to jointly build an international scientific lunar station. This agreement is in line with Russia’s interests and will help strengthen Russia-China strategic partnership and the development of Russian aerospace affairs.
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Russia and China’s plan to jointly build an international scientific lunar station will be implemented in two phases starting in 2025. The station will include research, power, takeoff and landing, orbit and experiment modules, as well as a command center, transmission satellites, telecommunications stations, and technology verification observation modules.
Russia and China signed a cooperation agreement in November 2022 to jointly build an international scientific lunar station.
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On the 3rd February 2024 in CNSA _China National Space Administration -China – People’s Republic of China 0737 hours Hong Kong –Beijing Time China- People’s Republic of China launch the Chang Zheng – Long march 2C Carrier Rocket launching from station form Xichang Satellite Launch Center Sichuan Province, China, People’s Republic of China. …..
The Chang Zheng -Long March 2C carrier rocket ignited and took off at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, launching Geely in the way of “one Carrier rocket and eleven satellites” The Constellation 02 group of satellites was subsequently successfully put into the predetermined orbit, and the launch mission was a complete success. In this mission, the number of satellites launched by the Chang-II Pro rocket in a single time reached a new high.
Shitong Daoyu will complete the deployment of 72 satellites in the first phase of the constellation within 2 years to achieve global real-time data communication services; the second phase will be expanded to 168 satellites to achieve global centimeter-level high-precision positioning services; Provide high-reliability, low-cost application services for human future travel fields, such as autonomous driving, intelligent network connection, consumer electronics and other industries.
On December 27, 2023, the launch ceremony for the second orbit satellite of Geely’s future mobility constellation was held at the Taizhou Satellite Super Factory of Space and Time Daoyu.
This group of satellites, a total of 11 satellites, will depart from Taizhou and will reach the Xichang Satellite Launch Center across 3,000 kilometers. They will be launched at an appropriate time in early 2024 to complete the deployment of the second orbital area network of the constellation.
The 11 satellites in the second orbit of Geely’s future travel constellation are all independently developed by Spacetime Daoyu and shipped from its Taizhou Satellite Super Factory. The factory draws on the world’s advanced satellite manufacturing production lines and satellite development concepts, and combines the automotive industry’s industrialization, standardization, and automated R&D and production experience to achieve disruptive innovation in satellite mass production AIT. Satellite manufacturing efficiency and system reliability have reached industry-leading levels , is the world’s first satellite mass production factory that deeply integrates aerospace manufacturing and automobile manufacturing capabilities.
Geely’s future travel constellation is built and operated by Shitong Daoyu. It is the world’s first commercial communication, navigation and remote sensing integrated constellation. The nine satellites in the first orbit of the constellation were successfully launched into orbit on June 2, 2022, and have been operating stably in orbit for more than a year. Spacetime Daoyu plans to launch the second-orbit satellite of the constellation in early 2024 and complete the network deployment of 72 satellites in the first phase of the constellation in 2025.
By building Geely’s future travel constellation and its own ground system, Spacetime Daoyu independently develops chip module terminal products to provide satellite application services to global users. By integrating communication, navigation, and remote sensing technologies, in the field of automotive regulations, it empowers autonomous driving and intelligent network connection; in the field of consumer electronics, it empowers mobile phones and IoT devices to directly connect to satellite communications; it provides multimodal transportation, smart oceans, and smart It provides satellite data products and services in the fields of agriculture, emergency disaster reduction, ecological environment monitoring and other fields, comprehensively serves the global “Belt and Road” international cooperation, and accelerates the commercialization, scale and global development of satellite applications.
This mission is the 508th flight of the Long March series of launch vehicles…
深蓝航天 Deep Blue Limited – Deep Blue Aerospace 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 5th January 2024, DeepBlue Aerospace’s “Thunder-R1” engine rocking test run was a complete success. This test run included sine wave swing, square wave position, frequency sweep and triangle wave swing tests, covering the control requirements for subsequent flight missions and verifying the engine Compatibility with servo system operation. This engine test has accumulated a large amount of data and valuable experience for the power system test. It also laid the foundation for the high-altitude VTVL recovery test of the first sub-stage of the “Nebula-1” rocket that Deep Blue Aerospace will conduct this year, as well as the first flight of the “Nebula-1” rocket. Solid foundation…..
Recently, DeepBlue Aerospace’s “Thunder-R1” engine rocking test run was a complete success. This test run included sine wave swing, square wave position, frequency sweep and triangle wave swing tests, covering the control requirements for subsequent flight missions and verifying the engine Compatibility with servo system operation.
This test run achieved the following results:
1. Feasibility of the plan
The “Thunder-R1” engine adopts a pump backswing solution, which has a small weight in the swing part, greatly reduces the power demand on the servo mechanism, and improves the response characteristics of the small engine control loop; the pump backswing technology can achieve the same swing angle. Significantly reducing the swing envelope is a key technology to achieve a parallel layout of multiple rockets in a limited space. This test run verified the feasibility of this solution;
2 Reliability of flexible links
The maximum swing angle of the engine during the test was ±7°, which verified the reliability of the high-pressure swing hose;
3. Stability of electrical system
Through multiple complete machine tests of the “Thunder-R1” engine, the working stability and reliability of the engine’s electrical system have been fully verified.
This test run fully assessed the relevant performance indicators of the engine controller, servo system, battery, measurement system, ignition system and other parts to meet the overall requirements for the delivery of the rocket. In addition, the engine servo is the most important execution link of the rocket control system, and its working performance, stability and reliability were fully assessed and verified during this engine test run. The engine servo operates according to regulations and completes unidirectional swing and omnidirectional swing of various swing angles at multiple frequency points, with a maximum swing angle of 7 degrees. The engine servo is working normally and all performance indicators meet the requirements of the rocket control system.
This engine test has accumulated a large amount of data and valuable experience for the power system test. It also laid the foundation for the high-altitude VTVL recovery test of the first sub-stage of the “Nebula-1” rocket that Deep Blue Aerospace will conduct this year, as well as the first flight of the “Nebula-1” rocket. Solid foundation.
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The “Thunder-R1” engine thrust vector control adopts a pump backswing technical solution. As the name suggests, a swingable high-pressure hose is set between the engine’s thrust chamber and the turbine pump. When the engine is performing vector control during operation, the turbine The pump is stationary and the thrust chamber is oscillated by the servo actuator. The name pump backswing engine actually comes from the perspective of the overall engine layout. This layout is based on the engine frame, and the frame and the thrust chamber are connected through a gimbal. Since only the thrust chamber swings, the swing mass and inertia are small, and the power requirements for the servo actuator are lower; since the turbopump does not swing, the engine swing profile is more compact, and the saved space provides the possibility to connect more rocket engines in parallel.
During today on 25th December 2023 at 0900 Hong Kong SAR- Beijing Time launching from one of many complexes酒泉衛星發射中心 Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Dongfeng Aerospace City – inner Mongolia –China – People’s Republic of China on中國製造 Expace Technology Corporation, , the Kuaizhou No. 1A solid carrier rocket ignited and lifted off at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center four Tianmu-1 meteorological constellation 11-14 satellites The satellite successfully entered the predetermined orbit, and the launch mission was a complete success. The satellite is mainly used to carry out experiments such as space environment detection….
Successfully launched the four Tianmu-1 meteorological constellation 11-14 satellites from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center using the Kuaizhou-1A carrier rocket. This launch is the 215th space launch in the world in 2023, the 63rd for China, the 9th this month, and the 5th for the Kuaizhou-1A carrier rocket,,,,,,
Tianmu-1 meteorological constellation were launched into space. The satellites successfully entered the scheduled orbit, and the launch mission was a complete success. The satellite is mainly used to provide commercial weather data services is also mainly used to obtain information on global atmospheric environment elements. After the constellation is completed, it can realize three-dimensional and integrated business detection of the global all-weather ocean, atmosphere, and ionosphere.
