China's Space Program Thread II
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The spark plug is part of the torch. It ignite the torch which holds a flame for about 3 seconds which then ignite the engine. A spark plug alone does not have enough energy to ignite the engine. This is clearly described by the nasa blog.
The following diagram is the torch for the 200t FFCC methane engine, the spark plug is circled in color.
China's first aerospace industrial base starts operation
Logo of China's first commercial aerospace industrial base, namely "CAS Space Industrial Base." /China Media Group
China's first commercial aerospace industrial base, namely "CAS Space Industrial Base," has started operation in south China, with a targeted annual output capacity of 30 carrier rockets.
The base, which is mainly used for the production, testing and assembly of solid and liquid-fuel carrier rockets, covers an area of about 40 hectares in the Nansha district of Guangzhou City, south China's Guangdong Province.
A view of a final assembly and testing factory of China's first commercial aerospace industrial base, namely "CAS Space Industrial Base," in Guangzhou City, south China's Guangdong Province. /Chinanews.com
Yang Yiqiang, chairman and CEO of the CAS Space Industrial Base, said the base has begun building up rocket structure manufacturing capabilities, which are planned to be initially completed by the end of 2023.
Construction of rocket avionics equipment assembly, special pump and valve manufacturing, and testing capabilities are also planned, Yang added.
At present, the final assembly and testing processes of Lijian-1 Y-2 carrier rocket are being carried out at the aerospace base, with the launch scheduled for May 2023 from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China.
Space capsule model on display at China's first commercial aerospace industrial base, namely "CAS Space Industrial Base," in Guangzhou City, south China's Guangdong Province. /China Media Group
China plans to carry out over this year, according to the country's major space contractors.
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp (CASC), the main contractor for the Chinese space program, announced earlier this month that it plans more than 50 aerospace tasks in 2023.
Another state-owned space enterprise, China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp (CASIC), also plans 10 spaceflights using its and solid-propellant rockets.
Not a fan of the Bezos rocket imitation design.
It’s the musk rocket, and yeah it’s disappointing.
PeoplesPoster
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All the design freedom in the world and they ended up with a me too design? Yes physics will dictate a lot of the design but not to this extent.
Problem is not the arrangement, shape and dimension of the capsule. They are determined by the purpose and physical law.
The problem is the appearance design, color scheme etc. This is where the designer has 100% freedom to do whatever he/she like and yet choose the SpaceX copy. The similarity to Dragon-2 appearance reflects the (western/Japan/US/SK) fetish of many Chinese. This is not a rare incident, there was the similar logo to SpaceX and the latest PLA dress uniform. The uniform was ridiculed by my sister-in-law and her colleagues in the army as "looking like American from afar, and KMT nearby". The KMT(ROC) uniform was a copied design from US.
The problem is the appearance design, color scheme etc. This is where the designer has 100% freedom to do whatever he/she like and yet choose the SpaceX copy. The similarity to Dragon-2 appearance reflects the (western/Japan/US/SK) fetish of many Chinese. This is not a rare incident, there was the similar logo to SpaceX and the latest PLA dress uniform. The uniform was ridiculed by my sister-in-law and her colleagues in the army as "looking like American from afar, and KMT nearby". The KMT(ROC) uniform was a copied design from US.