If you look at the video, you might think at first glance that it is a rocket launch and subsequent vertical landing by SpaceX. In fact, the Chinese space company’s successful rocket test Landspace to see.
The start-up is working on developing one reusable rocketwhich, similar to the SpaceX rockets, can take off vertically and land vertically again. Such a test launch was carried out a few days ago safe landing successfully carried out.
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The successful test flight
The rocket with the designation Zhuque-3 VTVL-1 However, it only has a maximum height of 10 kilometers reached. The entire flight lasted no more than 200 seconds. The focus of the test was the Ignition of the engines in flight for landing and as precise a touchdown as possible. Both were successful.
When the rocket was in a downward motion again, the previously deactivated engines ignited again at an altitude of 4,600 meters. The landing area was at a distance of 3,2 Kilometer to the launchpad. The rocket landed when it touched down vertically 1,7 Meter from the center of the landing pad. However, only part of the planned rocket flew – the first stage.
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The planned rocket
The finished Zhuque-3 will be made of stainless steel, one Diameter of 4.5 meters have and 76.6 meters high protrude. The 2-stage launch vehicle is powered by 9 Tianque-12B engineswhich are a mixture of Methane liquid oxygen serves as fuel.
The starting weight should be around 660 tons come. The planned payload capacity for low Earth orbit (LEO) is approximately up to 21 tons. The first flight into orbit is for 2025 planned.
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