On the 22nd June 2024 schedule to launch CNSA _China National Space Administration -China – People’s Republic of China 1500 Hours Hong Kong –Beijing Time China- People’s Republic of China…. at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, Sichuan Province.
The Sino-French SVOM mission (Space-based Multi-band Astronomical Variable Object Monitor) is scheduled to be launched at 15:00 on June 22 at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center using a Long March 2C carrier rocket. The satellite’s target operating orbit is a low-Earth orbit with an inclination of 30 degrees and an altitude of 625 kilometers. The total weight of the satellite is 930 kg, and the payload weighs 450 kg.
The mission includes 4 main instruments, 2 of which are French (ECLAIR and MXT) and 2 are Chinese (GRM and VT): – The ECLAIR telescope is used to detect and locate gamma-ray bursts in X-rays and low-energy gamma rays (from 4 to 250 keV). – The MXT telescope (Microchannel X-ray Telescope) is used to observe gamma-ray bursts in high energy – The VT telescope (Visible Light Telescope) operates in the visible light region and is used to detect and observe visible light emissions immediately after gamma-ray bursts. The total weight of the satellite is 930 kg, and the payload is 450 kg. It will be placed in a low Earth orbit with an inclination of 30 degrees, an altitude of 625 km and an orbital period of 96 minutes.
Observations in space will be complemented by a large ground segment, which includes: – A wide field camera GWAC (Ground-based Wide Angle Camera) for studies from the ground in the visible light region, detecting the prompt emission of part of the burst – A GFT (Ground Tracking Telescope) robotic telescope to precisely measure the coordinates of the gamma-ray burst.
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
At 6th June 2024- 1300 Hong Kong SAR- Beijing Time today, China. People’s Republic of China successfully TEE-01B (Earth Eye 1 Satellite), Nanostar-3A and B, a total of 3 satellites using the Ceres-1 commercial carrier rocket at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center Inner Mongolia. …. The satellites successfully entered the predetermined orbit and the launch mission was a complete success.
The first flight of the Eros orbit retention stage! The Ceres-1 launch vehicle achieved three successes in ten days!
At 13:00 Beijing time on June 6, 2024, the Galaxy Power Aerospace Company successfully launched the Ceres-1 (Yao 13) launch vehicle (mission code: Love On Top) at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, successfully sending TEE-01B (Earth Eye 1 Satellite), Nanostar-3A and B, a total of 3 satellites and the Eros orbit retention test platform into a sun-synchronous orbit with an instantaneous orbital altitude of 545km. This is the third successful launch of the Ceres-1 launch vehicle in ten days!
The TEE-01B satellite (Earth Eye 1 satellite) has an orbital altitude of 545km and can obtain remote sensing images with a ground pixel resolution of 0.52m and a width better than 14.8km at the sub satellite point. It is used to provide remote sensing data services for China’s land and resources monitoring, mineral resources development, smart city construction, forestry resources census, ecological environment monitoring, public emergency health and other fields.
Nanostar-3A and Nanostar-3B are two remote sensing technology verification satellites jointly developed by Tsinghua University and Beijing Tianlian Measurement and Control Technology Co., Ltd. They are mainly used for ground remote sensing imaging and ground optical beacon navigation verification.
The Eros Orbital Test Platform is the first commercial rocket final stage orbital test platform in China. It was independently developed by Galaxy Power Aerospace Company. The test platform is based on the final stage of Ceres-1 launch vehicle. It has achieved on-orbit operation capability through upgrading. It can provide a low-cost and convenient verification platform for on-orbit testing of new technologies, new devices and new products. The service modes mainly include the following:
Mode 1: On-orbit verification of new devices and new products. It can conduct on-orbit verification of new or self-developed components, new materials and new products, provide verification support for the on-orbit application of new devices or new products, and reduce the direct application risk of new materials or new products in aerospace models.
Mode 2: It can conduct on-orbit verification of various aerospace new technologies such as on-orbit manufacturing, on-orbit maintenance, space control, and aircraft life extension, and realize on-orbit verification and on-orbit iteration of new technologies.
Mode 3: Space biological experiments. It can be used to study the biological effects of space gravity, the growth of biological macromolecule crystals in space, space cell and tissue engineering, space protective drugs and equipment, and synthetic materials for weightless environments.
The Eros orbital test platform is equipped with a millinewton-level electric propulsion payload developed by Beijing Star Space Technology Co., Ltd., which will be verified in orbit.
Subsequently, Galaxy Power Aerospace Company will continue to expand new boundaries of space business through extensive and in-depth technological innovation, and contribute its own strength to the innovative development of China’s commercial aerospace industry.
So far, Galaxy Power Aerospace has successfully launched 48 commercial satellites of different types for 20 satellite customers…
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…..
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.
At 0651 Hours Hong Kong SAR- Beijing Time 27th March 2024 , China- People’s Republic of China- CNSA –China National Space Administration Successfully launched rocket ignited and took off at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center Shanxi Province.. , and then sent the Yunhai-3 02 satellite into the predetermined orbit. The launch mission was a complete success launched with the Chang Zheng- Long March 6A Yao 3 Carrier Rocket.
Yunhai-302 satellite and Chang Zheng- Long March 6A Yao 3 Carrier Rocket. Were both developed by the Eighth Academy of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. Satellites are mainly used for tasks such as atmospheric and marine environment detection, space environment detection, disaster prevention and reduction, and scientific experiments. The Chang Zheng- Long March 6A rocket is my country’s new generation of solid-liquid bundled medium-sized launch vehicle, which adopts a two-stage and semi-configuration design. The rocket has a total length of about 50 meters, a take-off weight of about 530 tons, and a carrying capacity of more than 4.5 tons in a 700-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit.
This mission is the first launch mission of the Chang Zheng- Long March 6A in 2024, and it also kicked off the high-density launch of the Changliu rocket this year….
On the morning of 20th March 2024, Wednesday 0831 hours Hong Kong SAR- Beijing Time at CNSA –China National Space Administration– Wenchang Space Craft launch Center the Queqiao-2 relay satellite was successfully launched…. According to the National Space Administration, the Queqiao-2 relay satellite of the fourth phase of the lunar exploration project was launched by the Long March 8 Yao-3 carrier rocket. China’s Wenchang Space Launch Site successfully launched into space.
After the Chang Zheng- Long March 8 Yao-3 carrier rocket flew for 24 minutes, the star and arrow separated, sending the Queqiao-2 relay satellite directly into the predetermined Earth-moon transfer orbit with a perigee altitude of 200 kilometers and an apogee altitude of 420,000 kilometers. The relay star’s solar wing and center following the normal deployment of the communication antennas, the launch mission was a complete success.
The main load of this mission, the “Queqiao-2” relay satellite, was developed by the Aerospace Dongfanghong Satellite Company of the Fifth Academy of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. It uses the CAST-2000 satellite platform, uses a hydrazine propulsion system, and adopts three-axis stability control. The pointing control accuracy is better than 0.03 degrees, the solar cell array output power is greater than 1350 watts, equipped with a 135 Ah battery, communicates based on the S-band Unified Measurement and Control (Unified S Band) system and the Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBl) system, the uplink communication rate is 2000bps, the downlink communication rate 4096/512bps, the satellite mass is about 1.2 tons, contains 488 kilograms of propellant, and has a design life of more than 8 years.
The communication payload carried by the satellite includes a 4.2-meter-diameter X-band parabolic antenna, which is used to communicate with the detector without a tracking device and points to the detector through the guidance navigation and control system (GNC); a 0.6-meter-diameter S/Ka dual-band parabolic antenna, Used to transmit data to the ground station, dual-axis tracking and pointing to the ground station; S-band relay antenna for measurement and control (TT&C); ultra-high frequency (UHF) relay antenna. In addition to providing data and signal forwarding, “Queqiao 2” will also forward various ground uplink instructions to the detector. At the same time, “Queqiao 2” is also a scientific exploration satellite equipped with an extreme ultraviolet camera, an array neutral atom imager, and the Earth-Moon Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBl) system.
Subsequently, with the support of ground measurement and control, Queqiao-2 will enter the capture orbit after mid-month correction and near-month braking; then enter the phase-modulation orbit after orbit control, and finally enter the 24-hour lunar mission orbit, becoming the successor to “Queqiao”. “After the relay star, it is the world’s second dedicated relay star beyond the earth’s orbit, providing support for the Chang’e-6 lunar sampling mission, and relaying the “Queqiao” relay star to provide relay communication services for Chang’e-4.
After the Long March 8 Yao-3 carrier rocket flew for 24 minutes, the star and arrow separated, sending the Queqiao-2 relay satellite directly into the predetermined Earth-moon transfer orbit with a perigee altitude of 200 kilometers and an apogee altitude of 420,000 kilometers. The relay star’s solar wing and center The communication antennas were deployed normally one after another. Subsequently, with the support of ground measurement and control, Queqiao-2 will enter the capture orbit after mid-month correction and near-month braking; then enter the phase-modulation orbit after orbit control, and finally enter the 24-hour lunar mission orbit, becoming the successor to “Queqiao”. “After the relay star, it is the world’s second dedicated relay star beyond the earth’s orbit, providing support for the Chang’e-6 lunar sampling mission, and relaying the “Queqiao” relay satellite to provide relay communication services for Chang’e-4.
Queqiao-2″ relay satellite and the carrying satellites “Tiandu-1” and “Tiandu-2” communication technology test satellites. The Long March 8 Yao-3 carrier rocket will be launched from Station 201 of the Wenchang launch site and will send the satellite into the Earth-moon transfer orbit. Minus 45 minutes after launch, the three-story rotating platform has all been opened.
Schematic diagram of “Tiandu No. 1”
Schematic diagram of “Tiandu 2”
The “Tiandu-1” and “Tiandu-2” communication technology test satellites were developed by China Deep Space Exploration Laboratory. Among them, “Tiandu-1” was developed by the Eighth Academy of Aerospace Science and Technology, with a mass of 61 kilograms. “No. 2” was developed with the participation of Harbin Institute of Technology and has a mass of 15 kilograms. After entering the Earth-moon transfer orbit, the “Tiandu” binary stars successfully unfolded their solar wings. Afterwards, they will make mid-course corrections, enter the capture orbit after near-lunar braking, and then enter the 24-hour large elliptical frozen orbit around the moon (Elliptical frozen orbit). , then the two satellites were separated and adjusted to a relative distance of about 200 kilometers to carry out verification of new technologies such as lunar orbit navigation space reference allogeneic calibration, Ka-band communication and ranging integration new system tests, and high-reliability lunar-to-ground transmission and routing.
This launch uses the Long March 8 Yao-3 carrier rocket ” basic rocket, which is 50.34 meters long, has a first-stage diameter of 3.35 meters, a second-stage diameter of 3 meters, a booster diameter of 2.25 meters, a take-off mass of 356 tons, a take-off thrust of 499 tons, and is equipped with a 4.2-meter diameter, The height of the fairing is 12 meters, and the Earth-to-Moon transfer orbit has a transportation capacity of more than 1.3 tons.
At the same time, this mission is also the first deep space launch mission for the ” Long March 8 Yao-3 carrier rocket and China’s new generation medium-sized launch vehicle. It is also the first time that the Long March 8 Yao-3 carrier rocket has undertaken the launch mission of the lunar exploration project of a major national aerospace project.
Arouse the bright moon in the sky, illuminating my ambition, and I am determined to go to Guanghan for an appointment. The divine arrow reaches the sky, and the Magpie Bridge …..
