#China #space rocket company #Space-Pioneer calls their rocket Tianlong-3 天龙三号 and their engine Tianhuo-12 or TH-12 天火-12. Hilarious.
on 02024-12-06#video on #China’s eight most promising reusable #space rocket companies: #LandSpace (whose #ZhuQue-3 is powered by TQ-12As), iSpace (whose Hyperbola-3 is powered by Jiaodian-2s), Galactic Energy (whose Pallas-1 is powered by Cangqiong-50s), CAS Space (whose Lijian-2 is powered by YF-102s), #Space-Pioneer (whose Tianlong-3 is powered by Tianhuo-12), Orienspace (whose Gravity-2 is powered by Yuanli-85s), Deep Blue Aerospace (whose Nebula-1 is powered by Leiting-1Rs), and SAST (whose engine is called Longyuan). SAST (the Shanghai Academy of Space Technology), LandSpace, and iSpace are using methalox, while the others are kerolox. Seven of these (excluding Deep Blue Aerospace) already have regular launch income from disposable rockets, mostly solid-fueled. Also Long March 10 (which I think is made by the government) is going to reusable boosters and is going to be trying to catch them in a sort of crisscross of movable tethers. China plans to launch two Starlink-like megaconstellations called #Qianfan (by Shanghai Spacecom, 15000 satellites) and #Xingwang (by China SatNet, 13000 satellites).
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