DeepBlue plans to carry out the first orbital launch and recovery of its Nebula-1 launch vehicle in the 2nd quarter of this year.
CASC has successfully conducted a full system hot test run of the 2nd-stage propulsion system for the reusable Long March 12B launch vehicle.
Did the moron just admitted the US already developed the same “against international norms of behavior, go against that gentleman's agreement, and they're willing to do it in very unsafe and unprofessional manners” technologies?
You misunderstand, the gentleman's agreement is that only the US gets to have these technologies.
Is there any other reusable engine production line that produces that many engines per year? What is the point of this level of production if the number of rockets in concurrent service shouldn't exceed the single digits? Are they going to use the YF-102 for satellites of a large constellation or something?
What makes you think space launch will be any different from literally every other industry in term of China scale?
星河动力只是资阳布局商业航天产业的一个起点。当前，资阳正聚焦新一代航天发射技术进行前瞻布局。2023年9月，中国航天科工集团第三研究院（简称“航天三院”）在资阳注册成立资阳商业航天发射技术研究院，成为全省首个专注于商业航天发射技术的新型研发机构。If I'm reading this correctly, Ziyang Commercial Space Launch Technology Research Institute (资阳商业航天发射技术研究院) is nearing completion on a prototype electromagnetic space launcher, which it plans to commence testing soon. I haven't been able to find much about the institute, whether it's affiliated with any government agency or a private endeavor. However, I do recall that Galactic Energy was exploring electromagnetic launching technology with unnamed partners. I wonder if this institute has to do with that effort.
