Crew inspecting the hopper after test. Ice was formed on the ground after the hopper emptied its cryogenic liquids. And they misaligned their logo. pic via weibo/宝猫叫
Today's launch is the third launch of CZ with grid fins.
first at 2019-07-26 from Xichang.
second at 2021-10-14 from Taiyuan.
The main purpose is to control the debris zone & tech verification for the future recoverable stage.
We may see para-boosters of the following CZ-3Bs
High res pic of the SAST's hopper.
Notice there is no moveable fins on the rocket. So they have to keep the center engine all ON during the whole flight to keep it steady.
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According to an interview of Land Space's Chief engineer of Zhuque-3. The maiden launch of the rocket is moved forward to mid 2025( 6 month earlier than their pervious plan).He also said "Could recovery the first stage at end of 2025 if they get lucky"
Deep Blue Aerospace has completed full-cycle ground test for its 10km VTVL jump. The Nubula-1 will be transported to launch/jump site for the actual jump.
Galactic Energy completed the C/C+ round of funding raised about 1.1 billbion RMB to help them to complete the development of the Pallas-1 KerLox reusable rocket.
They plan to have the Pallas-1's maiden flight in 2024.
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4 among 7 top Chinese commercial LSPs have done their first VTVL tests. Space Pionner plan to do the test through actual launches. They would try to fly their first TL-3's first stage back to 100km at its maiden launch planned at June. First pic via weibo/Vony7.
LandSpace announced its new version of Zhuque-3 stainless steel reusable rocket.
LEO 20t expanable,16.5t recovery under trajectory, 11t return to the pad.
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Deep Blue Aerospace has secured B/B1 round funding of several hundred million RMB. To increase the success rate of the maiden flight. The first rocket will only have 2t to LEO (6t for the future version). Launch within 2024 at Wenchang. via
Deep Blue Aerospace is preparing for their 4th VTVL test. It's their first VTVL test with actual orbital engines & real 3.35M sized vehicle. They plan to have an orbital launch & first stage recovery (vertically) in 2024. via
During the CZ-7 live stream. The CZ-7A deputy chief designer said "The CZ-10 will launch at 2025~2026". Also according to the CMS deputy chief designer Yang liwei :"The prototype of CZ-10, next gen manned ship & moon lander start producing "