Nayuta Space (千亿航天), a private launch provider I haven't heard before, has partnered with an engine company called Aerospace Propulsion (商宇航推进) to develop a reusable LOX/Methan rocket called "Space Chaser I".
The reusable rocket has a length of 67.3m, a diameter of 3.8m, and a mass of 450t. The first stage is powered by nine Canglong-1 (沧龙一号) engines, and the second stage is powered by one Canglong-1V. Capacity to LEO is 10t.
Nayuta Space (千亿航天) and Aerospace Propulsion (商宇航推进) have signed an engine delivery contract, with the latter agreeing to deliver Canglong-1 engines for Nayuta's "Space Chaser I" reusable launch vehicle. Canglong-1 is an 85-ton LOX/Methane engine with a variable thrust range of 30% to 115% that can be reused ≥50 times.
Here's the completed stainless steel propellant tank fabricated using LightYear's proprietary bulge-forming process. It has a diameter of 3.8m, a length of 14.6m, a volume of 158 cubic meters, and a total weight of 3400kg. The wall thickness is as little as 1.52mm. It will be exhibited at this year's Zhuhai Airshow.
China currently has the capacity to produce five tons of liquid hydrogen per day. The capacity is being actively expanded to 30 tons per day.
The deputy general manager of i-Space (a.k.a Space Honor, Interstellar Glory, StarCraft Glory, Star Glory, Interstellar Glory Space Technology, Interplanetary Glory, Interplanetary Glory Space Technology, etc., etc., etc.) that the maiden launch of Hyperbola-3 will take place sometime in 2025. The maiden flight notably will also carry out 1st-stage recovery. Ambitious indeed, but judging by its meager success record, I'm not keeping my hopes up.
