At 0653 Hours Hong Kong SAR- Beijing Time 9th August 2023 , China- People’s Republic of China- CNSA –China National Space Administration Successfully launched the New Next Generation Long March – Chang Zheng 2C carrier rocket at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center Shanxi Province..
[New Next Generation Long March – Chang Zheng 2C carrier rocket successfully launched the No. 06 satellite for environmental disaster reduction]
At 6:53 on August 9th 2023, the Chang Zheng- Long March-2C carrier rocket lifted off at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, and then successfully sent the No. 06 satellite for environmental disaster reduction into the predetermined orbit , the launch mission was a complete success. The Environmental Disaster Reduction No. 2 06 satellite will operate in-orbit network with the Environmental Disaster Reduction No. 2 05 satellite, which will greatly improve the timeliness of observation and revisit, and further meet the country’s demand for continuous supply of medium-resolution SAR data in related fields.
The Environmental Disaster Reduction No. 06 satellite was developed by Aerospace Dongfanghong Satellite Co., Ltd. of the Fifth Academy of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. The main users are the Ministry of Emergency Management and the Ministry of Ecology and Environment. The 06 and 05 satellites of Environmental Disaster Reduction No. 2 adopt a double-star in-orbit network operation mode, and have the ability to obtain global 5-meter S-band radar image data, providing basic guarantee for disaster prevention and mitigation, and environmental protection business applications, serving land resources, water conservancy , agriculture, forestry, earthquake monitoring and other industries, . This mission is the 482nd flight of the Long March series of launch vehicles.
东方空间 OrienSpace is one of sixty plus Carrier Rocket Companies in Made In China, People’s Republic of China.. Located in headquartered in Beijing, B3, Digital Manor, No. 1 Disheng West Road, Yizhuang Economic and Technological Development Zone, Daxing District, Beijing………Shandong Address: No. 30, Nanjing Street, Economic Development Zone, Haiyang City, Yantai City, Shandong Province………Shaanxi Address: 4th Floor, Northwest Building, Eleven Science and Technology, National Civil Aerospace Industry Base, Xi’an, Shaanxi Province…….Hainan Address: Room 125, 1st Floor, Building 20, No. 169, Wenwei Road, Wencheng Town, Wenchang City, Hainan Province…
Established in 2020, Dongfang Space is mainly engaged in space transportation. It is a design and manufacturing service company for launch vehicles and new aerospace vehicles. Through the research and development of the “Gravity” series of launch vehicles, the company has created serialized, diversified, and flight-based aerospace transportation products such as one-time use, recyclable reuse, and manned flight, and quickly formed low-cost, large-scale, and convenient launches. Service capability, committed to becoming the world’s most respected provider of commercial aerospace products and launch services, so that everyone can realize the dream of spaceflight…….
As of August 2023引力一号 #GravityOne Yao 1 Carrier Rocket ….passed the final assembly start review of the Yaoyi rocket…. Dongfang Space held the evaluation work for the start of the final assembly of the “Gravity-1” Yaoyi rocket. Plans, etc. were reviewed. The participating experts unanimously agreed that the “Gravity-1” Yaoyi rocket has the conditions to start the final assembly, marking the official departure of the “Gravity-1” Yaoyi rocket. The work of Dongfang Space’s first carrier rocket “Gravity-1” is progressing smoothly as planned, ensuring a complete success in the first sea flight in December.
“Gravity-1” is a three-and-a-half-stage rocket. The booster stage is bundled with 4 solid motors. A single unit is more than 10 meters high, 2.65 meters in diameter, and has a thrust of 155 tons. It will provide 600 tons for the rocket to take off. The thrust can achieve a low-Earth orbit carrying capacity of up to 6.5 tons …
[“Gravity-1” rocket has passed the review of the final assembly of the Yaoyi rocket]
Recently, with the completion of key tests and the complete set of first-flight products, Dongfang Space held a review for the start-up of the final assembly of the “Gravity-1” rocket. The preparation of the design and process documents, the completeness of the final assembly and ground products, and the final assembly plan were reviewed. The participating experts unanimously agreed that the “Gravity-1” Yaoyi rocket has the conditions to start the final assembly, marking the official departure of the “Gravity-1” Yaoyi rocket.
The work of Dongfang Space’s first carrier rocket “Gravity-1” is progressing smoothly as planned, ensuring a complete success in the first sea flight in December…
In recent years, China’s aerospace industry has developed rapidly. At the China Aerospace Conference on April 23rd 2023, Dongfang Space joined hands with strategic partner to release the world’s largest solid launch vehicle [Gravity-1], which is scheduled to launch its first flight in the second half of the year. The large carrying capacity of “Gravity-1” can not only achieve economies of scale and reduce the unit cost of rocket launches, but also meet the “one arrow and multiple satellites” satellite constellation networking work, and develop satellite networking more quickly. Dongfang Space innovates to create the “Gravity” series of large and medium-sized commercial launch vehicles, and maintains rapid development in accordance with the general idea of ”coexistence of solid and liquid, step-by-step, effective iteration, and system innovation…
[“Gravity-1” rocket booster separation test was a complete success]
Recently on the 2nd August 2023 , Dongfang Space independently designed, organized and implemented two “Gravity-1” carrier rocket booster separation tests at the Eastern Space Port. This test is the first commercial aerospace boost separation test in China. The test has fully assessed the timing of boost separation, the compatibility of the work of multiple sets of separation devices, the reliability of the binding structure, and the coordination of the separation process. A complete success. “Gravity-1” is the first domestic commercial space rocket with bundled design, and the world’s first all-solid bundled rocket. The rocket has a three-and-a-half-stage configuration. The booster stage is bundled by 4 solid motors. A single unit is more than 10 meters high, 2.65 meters in diameter, and has a thrust of 155 tons. It will provide 600 tons of thrust for the rocket to take off, making the “gravity -1” can achieve a low-earth orbit carrying capacity of up to 6.5 tons. The complete success of this test marks that the key booster separation technology and booster vertical assembly technology of the “Gravity-1” launch vehicle have been verified, and the established goal of “good, fast, and economical” has been achieved, laying the foundation for the rocket’s first flight at the end of the year. solid foundation.
[Changguang Satellite and Dongfang Space officially signed a contract for the “High Score 05” batch-production satellite launch service project, which will be launched into orbit on the first rocket of “Gravity-1” this year! 】
On April 17th 2023, Chang Guang Satellite Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Chang Guang Satellite”) and Dongfang Space held a signing ceremony for the “Jilin-1” high-resolution 05 satellite launch service project in Beijing.
Dongfang Space will use the “Gravity-1” carrier rocket to launch the “Jilin-1” high-resolution 05 satellite, providing batch and rapid network launch services for the new generation of high-resolution remote sensing constellations of Chang Guang Satellite.
At the signing ceremony, Xu Kai, deputy general manager of Changguang Satellite, expressed his expectation that the launch vehicle, satellite, data application and other industries will form a joint force to jointly promote the development of China’s commercial spaceflight. At the same time, we highly affirm the efforts made by Dongfang Space in the joint development of the star and rocket, and wish the first flight of “Gravity One” a complete success this year. Yao Song of Dongfang Space said that Changguang Satellite is the pioneer and leader of China’s commercial aerospace, and will continue to learn from Changguang Satellite, and the two sides will make progress and develop together. Dongfang Space Bu Xiangwei said that the “Jilin-1” satellite launch mission has posed new challenges to the company, and has also created a large application of large rockets. The company is confident in successfully completing the mission.
The “Jilin-1” constellation is the core project under construction of Changguang Satellite. It has built the world’s largest sub-meter commercial remote sensing satellite constellation, occupies a dominant position in remote sensing information services, and has gradually become an important source of space remote sensing information in the world. “Jilin No. 1” high-scoring 05-batch production star is the fourth-generation technology satellite of Chang Guang Satellite. It adopts a new generation of high-integration electronic control system, advanced technologies such as ultra-high-speed data transmission and electric propulsion, and adopts mass production and mass launch. , batch networking and the business model of rapidly providing remote sensing information services. It will provide higher-quality remote sensing information and product services in various fields such as homeland security, geographic surveying and mapping, land planning, agricultural and forestry production, ecological environmental protection, and smart cities, and provide customers with more abundant remote sensing data products.
“Gravity-1” is the first medium-sized solid launch vehicle for my country’s commercial spaceflight. The LEO carrying capacity reaches 6.5 tons, which triples the existing domestic solid capacity and meets the needs of low-orbit constellations and rapid launch services for medium and large satellites. The “Jilin-1” high-scoring 05-batch satellite launch mission is the first time that the “Gravity-1” rocket has been fully customized to support the construction of large-scale constellations. Through the joint design of the two parties for nearly half a year, the advantages of the large capacity and large space of the “Gravity-1” rocket will be “full and fully utilized”, which will help the construction of the “Jilin-1” constellation to greatly improve efficiency and reduce launch costs.
[“Gravity No. 1” has completed a number of static tests such as the inclined nose cone of the booster]
On the week of 30th July 2023…. The static test is also called the static strength test. By simulating the actual force and boundary conditions of the structure in actual work, the axial Force, bending moment and shear force are used to assess the structural strength, and the accuracy of the simulation results is verified to ensure the safety and reliability of the actual work. “Gravity One” adopts many low-cost and new forms that are conducive to mass production. During the development process, a large number of finite element simulations and serial static tests were carried out, which effectively verified the design results.
Since the beginning of this year, “Gravity-1” has successively completed a series of static tests including the combination of the instrument cabin, the second-level tail section of the core, the inclined nose cone, the first-level tail section of the core, and the booster tail section. Reliability of working under complex load conditions during flight. In order to speed up the progress, many trials are designed and carried out by the company itself.
In addition, the test adopted a method of multi-channel and multi-site parallel implementation. After full investigation, domestic units that meet the test capabilities were selected to ensure that multiple static tests were completed quickly within a short period of time. In the design of working conditions, through finite element simulation, the test team simplified more than ten working conditions into 3 to 5 working conditions (slightly different at each level), taking into account both efficiency and cost. The test adopts a staged loading method, and various working conditions are fully assessed, and the remaining strength coefficients of each section meet the service requirements.
Take the booster bevel cone as an example. Gravitation No. 1 adopts the design of uploading force, and the use of the inclined cone scheme can not only reduce the height of the section, but also provide a streamlined aerodynamic shape, but it requires high design and manufacturing capabilities. Yang Shuang, the person in charge of the oblique head cone, said that the structure is the most difficult project since the work: the oblique head cone is a special-shaped structure with a height of 4 meters. Constrained by small space and difficult force transmission and diffusion, it faces many difficulties such as bearing a concentrated load of 200 tons within a diameter of 250mm. In order to deliver on schedule, in less than half a year, the team fully practiced the concept of carrying out design and production to the end, and solved many technical problems after comparing multiple plans. In terms of testing, the team proposed an integrated loading scheme that simulated the flight state, which resolved related restrictions such as the site and loading conditions, and finally completed the delivery task on time.
At the same time as the series of static tests were completed, more than 20 flight rocket structures of “Gravity One” were produced and delivered simultaneously. This model also helps the company organize and carry out more innovative work in the future, and has accumulated valuable practical experience in “design-trial-manufacture-test-mass production”. The work of “Gravity One” is progressing smoothly as planned to ensure the complete success of the first flight in the fourth quarter. First flight test article | “Gravity One” completed….
.On the 2nd August 2023 Dongfang Space’s first carrier rocket “Gravity-1” will make its maiden flight at Dongfang Aerospace Port in December 2023. In order to ensure the success of the first flight, Dongfang Space has carried out various research and development work in a rigorous and meticulous manner. The structural system has recently completed the vibration test of the first-level core section and achieved complete success.
[Officially signed! Orient Space Aerospace Power Headquarters landed in Wuxi, and liquid rockets were launched at full speed]
On August 7, Orient Space and the People’s Government of Liangxi District, Wuxi City formally signed a contract for the Aerospace Power Headquarters Project in Wuxi. The project is expected to invest about 3 billion yuan. It will focus on the “Original Force” series of liquid rocket engines in Orient Space, develop core industries such as research and development, production, and testing of recyclable and reusable aerospace engines, and realize the ability to support an annual output of 300 liquid rocket engines. A first-class aerospace power comprehensive industrial base.
The world’s strongest solid launch vehicle “Gravity-1” will make its first flight at the Eastern Aerospace Port at the end of this year; the large-scale recyclable liquid oxygen kerosene rocket “Gravity-2” has been developed. The main feature is high-orbit launch, which will further increase the carrying capacity to 15 tons, which can meet the needs of large-scale satellite networking and medium-high orbit launches, and achieve first-class commercial space launch capabilities. It will make its first flight in 2025.
In the development of rockets, power comes first, and the capabilities of rocket engines determine the capabilities of rockets in space exploration to a certain extent. The “Gravity-2” rocket core first + core second stage will use the “Force-85” engine self-developed by “9+1” Dongfang Space. The “Original Force-85” 100-ton liquid oxygen kerosene engine adopts a gas generator cycle and a pintle injector, which has the characteristics of high reliability, high thrust, reusability, non-toxic environmental protection, and good economy. The scheme design and product production have been completed, and the test run of the gas generator has been successfully completed in March this year. The half-system and full-system test runs will be completed in the fourth quarter, and further development, testing and production work will be carried out at the Wuxi Aerospace Power Headquarters project. In 2025 it was applied to the “Gravitation-2” rocket for flight tests in 2010…
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星河动力空间科技有限公司 Galactic Energy- Galaxy Power (Beijing) Space Technology Co., Ltd. Located in Block D, Aviation Technology Plaza, E-Town, and Beijing – Beijing – China – People’s Republic of China ….Galaxy Aerospace is the first private aerospace company in China to achieve successful continuous launches, the first to send commercial networked satellites into a 500km sun-synchronous orbit, and the first to master the ability to launch multiple satellites with one carrier rocket.
Recently on the week of 25th July 2023, 星河动力 Galactic Energy – Galaxy Power…. Successfully has made staged progress in the preliminary test and verification of the rocket terminal vertical recovery control technology based on the scaled platform, completed the tracking landing test of the pre-installed optimal descent trajectory, and verified that the platform is in a stable state during the flight. In the future, the online trajectory planning landing test based on convex optimization will continue to be carried out to verify the vertical recovery landing control algorithm. The engine is powered, but the landing legs are really cool……!!!
The Testing relates to the Galaxy Power’s 智神星一号 PALLAS ONE Reusable Carrier Rocket in which carries智神星一号 PALLAS ONE carrier rocket vertical recovery control technology scaling verification platform ” 火鸟一号 Fire Bird No. 1″, successfully completed the early scaling verification of the rocket’s final stage recovery algorithm….
Recently, the first full-system hot test of the智神星一号 PALLAS ONE Reusable Carrier Rocket launch vehicle’s auxiliary power system was a complete success.
In July 2023, Galaxy Power Aerospace Co., Ltd. made phased progress in the preliminary test and verification of the rocket terminal vertical recovery control technology based on the scaling platform, and completed the tracking and landing test of the pre-installed optimal descent trajectory. It verified that the state of the platform was stable during the flight. In the future, the online trajectory planning landing test based on convex optimization will continue to be carried out to verify the vertical recovery landing control algorithm.
The scale-down verification platform named “Firebird-1” is a scale-down verification platform (aeroengine power) for the vertical recovery control technology of智神星一号 PALLAS ONE Reusable Carrier Rocket. It is mainly used to verify the navigation, guidance, and control technologies and algorithms related to the final stage of vertical recovery of the rocket, and provide technical exploration and support for the development of corresponding products in the future.
The “Firebird” recycling technology verification platform planned by the company includes the “Firebird No. 1” scale-down verification platform based on aerodynamic power and the “Firebird No. 6” full-scale verification platform based on a self-developed liquid oxygen kerosene rocket engine. The control, stand-alone, structure, engine and other technologies for the recovery and use of “智神星一号 PALLAS ONE Reusable Carrier Rocket ” will be carried out in stages on the “Firebird” series of verification platforms to carry out technical verification. While ensuring the test and commercial launch of “智神星一号 PALLAS ONE Reusable Carrier Rocket “, the research and verification of recovery technology will be steadily promoted.
“智神星一号 PALLAS ONE Reusable Carrier Rocket” is a medium-to-large reusable liquid launch vehicle independently developed by星河动力 Galactic Energy – Galaxy Power….. It is mainly aimed at the market demand for large-scale constellation networking. It can provide a low-orbit transport capacity of no less than 5 tons. The extended bundled low-orbit transport capacity can reach 14 tons. The number of reuses is designed to be 50 times.
“智神星一号 PALLAS ONE Reusable Carrier Rocket ” is the first commercial launch vehicle in China that adopts a circular parallel recovery configuration of 7 engines. It adopts a center, 6 evenly distributed circumferentially, and a full two-way swing scheme, combined with the company’s self-developed CQ-50 liquid oxygen kerosene engine. The depth variable thrust capability (35%~110%) not only meets the requirements of vertical recovery and reuse, but also has power redundancy capabilities, that is, the other 6 engines can ensure normal flight into orbit in the event of any engine failure.
In this test, the “Firebird-1” verification platform was in a stable state during the flight, and all indicators met the design requirements, achieving a good technical assessment and verification effect. In the future, Galaxy Dynamics Aerospace will, on this basis, promote a series of key technology verification work including the recovery trajectory online planning algorithm as planned, accelerate the evolution of related technologies, and accelerate the development of reusable launch vehicles.
The auxiliary power system of智神星一号 PALLAS ONE Reusable Carrier Rocket can provide force for the roll control of the active stage of the rocket flight, the three-channel attitude control of the taxiing section, the sinking of the propellant in the taxiing section, and the correction of the rocket’s terminal velocity. This test run has comprehensively examined the coordination of the components of the auxiliary power system and the correctness of the design scheme. The total system test run lasted for 1800s, and each attitude control engine had a cumulative pulse operation of more than 600 times, the shortest pulse was 30ms, and the single working time of the sinking engine was longer than 600s. The test procedure covers all flight conditions of the智神星一号 PALLAS ONE Reusable Carrier Rocket.
During the test run, 14 engines worked normally throughout the whole process, and the engine performance met the design index requirements. 智神星一号 PALLAS ONE Reusable Carrier Rocket auxiliary power system is independently developed by Galactic Energy Galaxy Power Aerospace. The system consists of 62L metal diaphragm storage tank, 25L carbon fibre gas cylinder, 300N attitude control engine, 50N attitude control engine, pipeline valves and other components. The auxiliary power system has the advantages of light structure, compact layout, rapid response to pulse work, stable and reliable long-distance work, etc. Follow-up will also carry out vibration, separation and other identification environmental tests and reliability growth thermal test run assessment. The complete success of the hot test of the auxiliary power system has laid a solid foundation for the first flight delivery of the智神星一号 PALLAS ONE Reusable Carrier Rocket.
At 1050 Hours Hong Kong SAR- Beijing Time 23rd July 2023 , China- People’s Republic of China- CNSA –China National Space Administration Successfully launched the New Next Generation Long March – Chang Zheng2D Yao 91 …..At 10:50 on July 23, the Chang Zheng- Long March 2D carrier rocket was ignited and blasted off at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch CenterShanxi Province.. Subsequently, the rocket successfully sent a total of four satellites, Sixiang 01~03 and Yinhe 03, into the predetermined orbit, and the launch mission was a complete success.
The four satellites launched this time are provided by the Great Wall Company, a subsidiary of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, as the project contractor to provide launch services. The Chang Zheng- Long March 2D carrier rocket used for this launch mission is a room temperature liquid two-stage launch vehicle developed by the General Manager of the Eighth Academy of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. It has the ability to launch single and multiple satellites with different orbital requirements, and has a carrying capacity of 1.3 tons corresponding to a 700-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit.
Sixiang 01~03 satellites are collectively referred to as Sixiang Group A multi-source remote sensing satellites. Among them, Sixiang 01 satellite is developed by Beijing Sixiang Aishu Technology Co., Ltd.; Sixiang 02~03 satellites are developed by Yinhe Aerospace (Beijing) Network Technology Co., Ltd. The three satellites are equipped with synthetic aperture radar remote sensing payload, optical remote sensing payload and infrared remote sensing payload for remote sensing observation and application.
Galaxy Aerospace Lingxi 03 satellite was developed by Galaxy Aerospace (Beijing) Network Technology Co., Ltd. The satellite is a flat-panel stacked satellite configuration, equipped with flexible solar wings and active thermal control fluid circuits, and the satellite is equipped with millimeter-wave multi-beam digital processing loads for on-orbit verification of broadband communication satellite technology. This is my country’s first satellite to use flexible solar wings, and it is also my country’s first in-orbit verification of multi-satellite stacking launch technology, which will provide technical support for the rapid deployment of my country’s giant low-orbit communication constellation.
Different from the design ideas and physical form of traditional satellites, Lingxi 03 is a flat-panel satellite without a heavy cubic shell, which looks like a car chassis. According to Hu Zhao, the commander-in-chief of Galaxy Aerospace Lingxi 03, Lingxi 03 draws on the design concept of integral casting of automobile chassis, and adopts integrated and highly integrated comprehensive electronic technology, which is easy for mass production of satellites, can shorten the cycle of satellite development, and improve the network efficiency of satellite constellations. After completing relevant technical verification, it is planned to implement multi-satellite launches with one arrow in the future.
This launch is the 479th launch of the Long March series of launch vehicles
[China Space Station Space Science and Application Project Solicitation Officially Starts Application 航人贵海涛From天宫发来听听 ]
CNSA –China National Space Administration …The China Space Station space science and application project declaration system was officially opened on the morning of July 20, 2023, Hong Kong SAR- Beijing time. Taikonaut 桂海潮 Gui Haichao, China’s first payload expert who is performing missions on the space station, sent an invitation to colleagues from the scientific and technological community to do experiments at the “Tiangong”.
In order to promote the overall development of China, People’s Republic of China space science, space application, and space technology, in mid-June, the China Manned Space Engineering Office released the “Guidelines for Space Station Application and Development Engineering Space Science and Application Projects (V1.0)” to openly solicit space science and application projects from the whole society. This solicitation covers four major fields: space science and human body research, microgravity physical science, space astronomy and earth science, and new space technologies and applications. Each field has several themes and directions. The application system will be officially opened at 9 am on July 20 and will end at 16:00 on August 10. For details of the “Project Guide” and the application methods and requirements, please refer to the China Manned Space Engineering Network (www.cmse.gov.cn).
According to reports, the space station, as my country’s “national space laboratory” covering the most complete fields of space science-related disciplines, has the strongest on-orbit support capability, and has unique advantages such as manned participation and uplink and downlink transportation, has deployed world-class scientific research and technology testing facilities on orbit, and has the ability to carry out large-scale space science research. The scientific experiment cabinet, technical test cabinet and support system equipped inside the cabin, and the exposure experiment platform, standard load interface and large load hanging point outside the cabin can support scientific research, technical tests and applications in many fields. In addition, in order to give full play to the comprehensive benefits of engineering services for economic and social development, the China Manned Space Engineering Office will continue to use Tianzhou cargo spacecraft to provide opportunities for the whole society to carry scientific experiments (experiments)…
