Founded in 2015 located in Beijing ….天兵科技 – 北京天兵科技有限公司Tianbing Technology is an Aerospace propulsion system supplier and spacecraft provider One of Sixty Plus Chinese carrier Rocket companies in China, People’s Republic of China ……. Tianbing Technology is an advanced aerospace propulsion system supplier and aerospace vehicle provider. Tianbing Technology independently develops the next-generation ambient temperature green HCP liquid propellant and minimalist aerospace propulsion system. As an upgraded product of traditional chemical propulsion system, it can meet cost-effective aerospace. Advance system supporting needs. The next-generation green HCP aerospace propulsion system, first tested by Tianbing Technology, can be used in the small-vehicle main power and launch vehicle upper-level propulsion system.
[Tianbing Technology Tianlong 3 Rocket Fairing Separation Test Completely Successful]
On May 10th 2024, the Tianbing Technology large liquid launch vehicle Tianlong 3 (hereinafter referred to as TL-3) fairing separation test was successfully completed at the Zhangjiagang Intelligent Manufacturing Base.
In this test, the TL-3 fairing has a diameter of 4.2m and a length of about 13m. It is made of all-carbon fiber composite materials. It is the largest fairing in domestic commercial aerospace and the largest all-carbon fiber fairing in China. It is also the first in China for the Internet. Constellation tailor-made fairing.
In this test, the connection and unlocking mechanism and the separation energy source are all reusable and non-pyrotechnical designs. The simulated satellite is designed and manufactured according to the maximum available space within the cover. A low-cost, reusable large airbag recovery solution is used in the test. The test verified the entire process of fairing separation, and focused on assessing the function and performance of the separation system. All parameters during the separation process met the design requirements, and dozens of non-pyrotechnics connection unlocking mechanisms (MCD) and separation springs worked perfectly, successfully creating China’s first large-scale liquid launch vehicle fairing without pyrotechnics separation.
The development of TL-3 closely focused on high performance, low cost, high reliability, fast response, and mass production and adopted more than 50 innovative technologies. More than 30 of them were applied for the first time in China’s aerospace industry, and MCD was one of them. R&D personnel will begin the comprehensive layout of 4.2m large-diameter composite fairings and MCD products in 2022. The fairing and MCD of this test have gone through many technical iterations during the research and development process, and have completed various environmental tests and reliability growth tests.
TL-3 continues the sequential test verification method of TL-2. The test comprehensively covers the entire process from mechanics, to thermal, to electromagnetic, to comprehensive matching. It plans a total of 150 developmental tests in 42 categories. Through retesting, Tested and evaluated products are used to perform flight missions to increase flight reliability. The sequential test plan and test method greatly shorten the product development cycle and reduce the development cost. It is Tianbing’s unique R&D management innovation.
Behind all the amazing results, there is unknown dedication and hard work. The honorary crown of Tianbing Technology and the amazing speed of “Tianbing” are the embodiment of the responsibility and mission of Tianbing people to shorten the gap with foreign countries in the field of commercial aerospace as soon as possible. They start from themselves and show the ingenuity and wisdom that are not inferior to foreign countries. The belief in self-improvement and the spirit of hard work have contributed to the rapid rise of China’s commercial aerospace industry.
In this test, more than 30 test assembly personnel worked closely with the R&D backbones of various departments, and the whole process was open during holidays. In the five days before the test, all test personnel worked all night long to work with all parties to ensure the complete success of the fairing separation test.
Tianbing Technology’s Tianlong-3 large-diameter full carbon fiber composite fairing, as well as innovative technical solutions without pyrotechnics separation, pioneered the development and innovation of my country’s large-scale liquid launch vehicle fairings, ensuring that my country’s tailor-made for the construction of Internet constellations The successful launch and stable mass production of the Tianlong-3 large-scale liquid launch vehicle will surely lead China’s commercial aerospace industry into the era of large-capacity liquid rockets.
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