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On the Sunset of 14th Febuary  Hour Hong- Kong SAR – Beijing time CNSA –China National Space Administration   the combination of the Chang Zheng -Long March 8 Yao 3 carrier rocket has been shipped towards Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Center, Hainan Province, China, People’s Republic of China. in the during the National Holidays of celebrating the Year of the Dragon of the Chinese Lunar New Year, Spring Festival..

On the 22 February 2024 Day the components of the Chang Zheng – Long March 8 Yao 3 Carrier Rocket have arrived Wenchang Space Launch Site,  Hainan Province, China,  People’s Republic of China. The rocket is used to carry out the launch mission of the Chang’e-7 relay star (Queqiao 2) in the fourth phase of the lunar exploration project. After arriving, various final assembly tests will be carried out at the launch site. As the main medium-sized rocket of the new generation, the Long March 8 launch vehicle uses green and environmentally friendly liquid propellant and is developed according to the idea of ​​modular combination. It will fly for the first time in 2020, filling the gap in my country’s 3-5 tons sun-synchronous orbit carrying capacity.

At present, the launch site facilities are in good condition, and preparations for the relay At present, the launch site facilities are in good condition, and preparations for the relay satellite mission are being carried out in an orderly manner, and will be launched at an appropriate time in the first half of this year….

After arriving, various final assembly tests will be carried out at the launch site. As the main medium-sized rocket of the new generation, the Long March 8 launch vehicle uses green and environmentally friendly liquid propellant and is developed according to the idea of ​​modular combination. It will fly for the first time in 2020, filling the gap in my country’s 3-5 tons sun-synchronous orbit carrying capacity. At present, the launch site facilities are in good condition, and preparations for the relay satellite mission are being carried out in an orderly manner, and will be launched at an appropriate time in the first half of this year.

The loading work of the Chang Zheng -Long March 8 Yao 3 carrier rocket was completed at an This mission is the first time that the Chang Zheng -Long March 8 Yao 3 carrier uses the China Satellite Maritime Measurement and Control Department’s Yuanwang series transport measurement and control vessels and the first time to perform an Earth-moon transfer orbit mission. The launch window is tight. To ensure the successful completion of the mission, every minute and every second cannot be spared…

Chang Zheng -Long March 8 Yao 3 carrier rocket has been shipped and is about to arrive….According to the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology, the Long March-8 Yao-3 rocket that will be used to launch the Queqiao-2 relay star has been shipped today…..Which will be subsequently shipped to Wenchang Qinglan Port by sea. On February 2nd 2024, the lunar exploration project phase 4 relay satellite (Queqiao-2 satellite) arrived at Hainan Meilan International Airport by air, and then passed the road Transport method to Wenchang Space Launch Site in China. Subsequent test preparations before launch will be carried out as planned. The relay satellite will establish a ground relay communication link to realize communication between the lunar surface detector and the ground station, and provide relay support for the four missions of Chang’e 4, Chang’e 6, Chang’e 7 and Chang’e 8. . At present, the launch site facilities are in good condition and all preparations are being carried out in an orderly manner as planned. The Queqiao-2 satellite is scheduled to be launched in the first half of this year…

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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.

At 12:03 Hong Kong SAR- Beijing Time  today, the Zhongke Lijian-1 Yao Three  commercial launch vehicle was launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in China, People’s Republic of China. , carrying the Taijing-103 satellite and Taijing-202 satellite. Five satellites, including Xing/04, Taijing 3-02, and Taijing 4-03, were successfully put into predetermined orbits, and the flight test mission was a complete success. also deployed a Cup of Chinese instant Noodles among with the

Y1 looks at the rocket, Y2 looks at the ground, Y3 looks at the aesthetics, Lijian’s aesthetic is still online
btw, today is a good day.


35 years ago today, the Asian satellite launch contract was signed, opening the door for China’s aerospace industry to enter the international commercial launch service market. I hope Lijian will open more launch doors in the future.
In the Year of the Dragon, 120 years ago, Comrade Xiaoping was born. China finally opened the door to reform and opening up, and this door will open wider and wider. It’s the Jiachen Year of the Agricultural Year again. Lijian Happy Spring Festival and the “Auspicious Dragon” wish everyone a happy Spring Festival and auspicious New Year

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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…..

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)

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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…..

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. 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!

The flight time of Blue Arrow’s grasshopper jump test is about 60 seconds, the flight height is about 350m, the landing position accuracy is 2.4m, the landing speed is 0.75m/s, the landing attitude angle is about 0.14°, and the rolling angle is about 4.4°.

The material of the rocket tank is stainless steel , with a diameter of 3.35 meters, uses a modified TQ-12 transmitter with multiple starts and depth variable thrust capabilities.

The flight time of this test is about 60 seconds, the flight height is about 350m, the landing position accuracy is 2.4m, the landing speed is 0.75m/s, the landing attitude angle is about 0.14°, and the roll angle is about 4.4°.

[The Zhuque-3 reusable rocket successfully completed its first large-scale vertical take-off and landing test]

This afternoon, the Zhuque-3 reusable vertical take-off and landing recovery verification rocket was ignited and lifted off at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in my country. The rocket then landed smoothly and the test mission was achieved. success. The take-off mass of the test arrow in this test flight is about 50.3 tons, and the maximum take-off mass of the entire arrow can reach 68 tons. It is currently the largest vertical take-off and landing test arrow in China, People’s Republic of China. .

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On the 0813 30th  December 2023 Saturday  Hours Hong- Kong SAR – Beijing time CNSA –China National Space Administration , China, People’s Republic of China. Successfully launched the Chang Zheng- Long March 2C/Yuanzheng 1S Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, Inner Mongolia, China, People’s Republic of China, and then successfully launched a new advance satellite internet technology.

The Long March 2C/Yuanzheng 1S carrier rocket ignited and took off at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, and then successfully sent the satellite Internet technology test satellite into the predetermined orbit. This year, all 48 space missions of the launch vehicles developed by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation were a complete success. The satellite Internet technology test satellite was developed by the Fifth Academy of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.

“Long March 2C” is a medium-sized two-stage room-temperature liquid launch vehicle developed by the First Academy of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. Its main power uses dinitrogen tetroxide/uniform dimethylhydrazine (N2O4/UDMH) propellant. The arrow is about 42.3 meters long, with a first and second stage diameter of 3.35 meters, a take-off mass of 241 tons, and a take-off thrust of about 302 tons. Its low-Earth orbit transport capacity is 4 tons, and the maximum transport capacity in the 500-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit is 2 tons. When paired with the “expedition” In the “No. 1 S” upper stage state, the 700-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit has a transport capacity of 2.5 tons…

The “Yuanzheng-1″ commercial/”Yuanzheng-1S” (YZ-1S) upper stage was developed by the First Academy of Aerospace Science and Technology and was improved on the basis of the “Yuanzheng-1” upper stage. The upper stage has a diameter of 2.8 meters, is equipped with a YF-50D engine, uses dinitrogen tetroxide/uniform dimethyl hydrazine propellant, has 2 ignition capabilities, a vacuum thrust of about 0.66 tons, and a vacuum specific impulse of about 316 seconds. This upper stage is mainly aimed at short-term flight missions. It has system optimization and equipment streamlining based on the “Yuanzheng-1” upper stage. Its weight and cost are greatly reduced, and its working time is shorter. After being separated from the basic stage, it can immediately The ignition was accelerated and the entire flight mission was completed within one hour.

Since its successful first flight, the “Yuanzheng-1” commercial upper stage has carried out a total of 7 launch missions, all of which were carried out in conjunction with the “Chang 2-C” rocket. The “Chang 2C” rocket, paired with the “Yuanzheng-1S” upper stage, can perform various orbital launch missions such as low-Earth orbit, sun-synchronous orbit, geosynchronous transfer orbit, and earth-moon transfer orbit, and has the ability to launch multiple satellites in different orbits.

This launch is the 9th launch of the “Long March 2C” rocket in 2023, the 36th launch of the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, the 67th launch of China, and the 220th launch of the world. At the same time, this launch is also the final battle between China’s aerospace industry and the world’s aerospace industry this year. The total number of China’s space launches this year reached a record-breaking 67, and the total number of world space launches reached a new high of 220.

This mission is the 505th flight of the Long March series of launch vehicles.

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