is this for the CZ-9 second stage?
China's Space Program Thread II
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is this for the CZ-9 second stage?
yes, it's for YF-90 (2nd stage engine for CZ-9) and YF-215 (FFSC metholox).
The twitter post was wrong in translating "dual chamber hydrogen/lox engine test bed". Both engines are single chamber, it is the test facility has two test stations, each is capable of testing one engine up to 500t thrust.
by78
General
Already posted, literally on the last page.
by78
General
Two launches within the past 24 hours.
1) A Long March 3B successfully launched a Pakistani communications satellite. This was the 524th flight of the Long March series.
2) A Ceres-1 successfully launched five satellites: Aurora-1, Aurora-2, Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Satellite, Yunyao-1 26, and Hebei Linxi-1 (极光星座01星, 02星, 张江高科号卫星, 云遥一号26星, 河北临西一号). This was the 13th flight of the launch vehicle.
1) A Long March 3B successfully launched a Pakistani communications satellite. This was the 524th flight of the Long March series.
2) A Ceres-1 successfully launched five satellites: Aurora-1, Aurora-2, Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Satellite, Yunyao-1 26, and Hebei Linxi-1 (极光星座01星, 02星, 张江高科号卫星, 云遥一号26星, 河北临西一号). This was the 13th flight of the launch vehicle.
Maybe that's part of the point with all these light solids. A message that China can increase its ICBM numbers rapidly and massively. Bottleneck is the warheads, of course.
by78
General
President Xi Jinping delivered a keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the 10th Ministerial Meeting of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum. His speech mentioned several space related projects, which include jointly building a space debris observation center, a joint Beidou application cooperation and development center, as well as cooperation in manned space flight, etc.
by78
General
The Shenzhou-18 have successfully completed their first spacewalk, which lasted 8.5 hours, during which they installed a space debris protection device and completed inspections of various exterior equipment.
The space debris protection device the Shenzhou-18 crew installed on their first spacewalk refers to a protection plate used to shield exposed wire harnesses (1st image) of the electric drive used to adjust the orientation of the solar arrays.
by78
General
An update on the Hainan Commercial Spaceport. Full-system debugging has been completed for the liquid oxygen and liquid nitrogen delivery system of launchpad No. 1.
That was quick. The propellant delivery system for launchpad No.1 of the Hainan Commercial Spaceport has passed preliminary acceptance after an expert review. Next, adjustments will be made to the delivery system based on the review before the final acceptance process begins.
antiterror13
Brigadier
Would be better if you also show the reasoning behind of what you believe