China's Space Program Thread II

[by78]

The 3rd Zhuque-2 rocket has set off for Jiuquan launch center from the LandSpace assembly plant.

P.S. In other LandSpace related news, its CEO

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that the company aims to build within five years an annual launch capacity of 100 launches (1000 tons to LEO).

The 3rd Zhuque-2 is scheduled to launch on December 7th.

 

[by78]

Some presentation slides from Deep Blue Aerospace. The company plans to carry out the first high-altitude VTVL test of its Nebula-1 rocket next year. Nebula-1 is a reusable rocket with a payload capacity of 2000kg to LEO and 1000kg to SSO. It's powered by the Thunder-R1 (a.k.a. Thunder-20) engines (20-ton thrust per engine, LOX/Kerosene fuel, nine engines for the 1st stage and one for the 2nd stage).

A team from Deep Blue recently went to Hainan Commercial Spaceport to prepare for the upcoming maiden flight of Nebula-1 reusable rocket, which is scheduled for the 2nd half of 2024.

 

[ACuriousPLAFan]

A high-resolution image of Mount Fuji taken by Jilin-1 Gaofen 03D24 satellite.

One more.



(Yes, seems like taken from a slanted angle)

 

[ACuriousPLAFan]

One more.

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(Yes, seems like taken from a slanted angle)

Two more, posted by @南海的浪涛 on Weibo.

 

[gpt]

US intelligence assesses China will succeed in manned lunar mission by the end of the decade.

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[by78]

Fresh vegetables for taikonauts.

 

[by78]

Progress update on launchpad no. 1 of the Hainan Commercial Spaceport. The last image shows the vantage point from the roof of the launchpad, looking toward the Wenchang Launch Center located in the northeast.

 

[by78]

An

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that gives an overview of the development of LOX/Methane engines in China. Of note is the progress on a 200-ton reusable LOX/Methane engine that has passed the demonstration stage, with some prototype (and scaled) parts such as the torch igniter and gas generator having passed hot tests (see images below).

 

[by78]

(Continued from above...)

China's 10-ton-class LOX/Methane engines and brief specs:

China's 80-ton-class LOX/Methane engines and brief specs:

 

[taxiya]

An

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that gives an overview of the development of LOX/Methane engines in China. Of note is the progress on a 200-ton reusable LOX/Methane engine that has passed the demonstration stage, with some prototype (and scaled) parts such as the torch igniter and gas generator having passed hot tests (see images below).

That 200-ton engine is YF-215, one of the 9 engines in 8 year program.