China's Space Program Thread II
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I thought that LM10 had 7xYF-100 engines per the 1st stage and each booster. That looks like only 3 engines in the video.(Continued from above...)
Some images and a video from the first hot test run of the first stage of Long March 10.
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It's not a full-system test run of the first stage.
It's quite shorter than I had expected.The first stage of Tianlong-3 is being transported to Tianbing's test bench in Henan for its first full-system hot test.
Interesting. Where is the test site? It is in an open area, not the same as YF-100 test site that we have seen before (in a valley). Also worth to note that the total thrust reached was 382t, so it is a big test stand probably 500t class.(Continued from above...)
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They only mounted 3 engines in the middle, probably due to limitation of the test stand (500t). The 3 YF-100K reached 382t. 7 engines in full thrust would need a stand capable of 1000t.
The blue circled engines are mounted. The greens are left empty. The tank is of the same dimention (5m). The mounting device is real thing for the rocket, only not all the engines mounted.
Probably from solar wind and micro meteorites?
44m for the first stage. It's already taller than the whole CZ-2D.