China's Space Program Thread II

[TheRathalos]

According to some rumors Deep Blue Aerospace conducted a VTVL test of their 2nd large hopper on July 31st or August 1, the lack of announcement and some other rumors may indicate a less-than-ideal outcome.

 

[TheRathalos]

According to some rumors Deep Blue Aerospace conducted a VTVL test of their 2nd large hopper on July 31st or August 1, the lack of announcement and some other rumors may indicate a less-than-ideal outcome.

Blogger ASPT posted this a couple hours ago:

Analysis of data captured by the European Sentinel-2 satellite (Figure 1) revealed that some tests were apparently conducted on the Deep Blue Aerospace platform between July 28 and August 2, and traces of a suspected explosion were left after the "suspected" test. As of press time, Deep Blue Aerospace has not provided any explanation. Based on Deep Blue Aerospace's recent public information, we believe these traces were left by a test of the Nebula-1 VTVL rocket. Analysis of the "suspected" explosion range (or suspected explosion location) and the Nebula-1's first-stage fuel load indicates that the Nebula-1 may have experienced an anomaly during takeoff, exhibiting significant flight deviations, exceeding the safety envelope, and that the safety control system appears to have failed. After takeoff, the rocket flew approximately 700 meters east (based on the previous test, it should have flown approximately 100 meters southwest) before crashing and exploding on the ground. A diagram (Figure 1) provides a visual understanding of this "possible" test.

 

[TheRathalos]

Blogger ASPT posted this a couple hours ago:

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New post:

Higher-resolution satellite imagery reveals more information about Deep Blue Aerospace's "possible" VTVL test. Based on the image date, we can determine that the test occurred around July 31st. Satellite imagery shows that the rocket "probably" exploded approximately 630 meters from the launch pad, with a "possible" explosion area of approximately 13,000 square meters. The rocket "probably" deviated from its planned flight path eastward, rather than southwest of the recovery pad. Therefore, we infer a problem with its control system. Furthermore, based on the high density observed in the "suspected" explosion area, we believe the FTS likely failed to trigger, and the rocket exploded after impact, with the relevant systems failing to achieve the intended purpose of a controlled failure test (possibly a violation of the regulations regarding private spaceflight issued on July 16th). We also hope that Deep Blue Aerospace will issue a statement explaining the situation, demonstrating the openness and positivity of private spaceflight. If the Nebula-1 VTVL test did not fail, we will remove the relevant information and apologize.

 

[Asug]

I decided to ask DeepSeek

 

[escobar]

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Looks like CZ-12 has begun transport operations. Rumor has it the payload is SatNet.

SatNet LEO Group 7 launched: 9 Sats from Galaxy Space.

 

[sunnymaxi]

6th Batch launched now.

so back to back two set of satellites being launched in span of 4 days. as i told earlier process has been accelerated.

as per chief designer, 400 satellites will be in orbit by 2027.

7th batch of Guowang Constellation has launched.

this is the 3rd batch of satellites being launched in 8 days.. program has speed up.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1952399037447225405

 

[by78]

The oxidizer and fuel turbo pumps for the Liqing-2 engine have successfully passed performance tests.

Zhongke/CAS Space has successfully conducted a partial system test run of the Liqing-2 engine. The performance of the turbo pump, gas generator, ignition system, combustion chamber, etc. have all performed as expected.

 

[by78]

Some images from the launch of the 7th batch of Guowang/China Satnet satellites, which was carried out by a Long March 12 rocket from the Hainan Commercial Spaceport. This marks the 587th flight of the Long March series.

 

[by78]

Construction progress on i-Space/Interstellar Glory's landing barge for reusable rockets. It will be finished around middle of this year.

i-Space/Interstellar Glory's landing barge for reusable rockets has been launched.

 

[by78]

(Continued from last post...)

More images from the launch of the recovery barge + a video.