Official confirmation from LandSpace, with video: https://weibo.com/6507732051/NCzPB4pQQ
Quote from: Galactic Penguin SST on 01/19/2024 08:09 amOfficial confirmation from LandSpace, with video: https://weibo.com/6507732051/NCzPB4pQQThis is so cool! Hoppy has a cousin, and one that doesn't look like a water tower. Is there any indication if they're moving next to an in-flight engine restart test?
👀. A big boom happened at ~19:24 local time in Shanghai. Leaked documents show it was an explosion in LANDSPACE
Luckily only three got minor injuries twitter.com/whyyoutouzhele…
The boom turns out to be from LANDSPACE's cryogenic tank rupture test. The tank failed under 0.65MPa. m.guancha.cn/politics/2024_…
The launch capacity of Zhuque-3, released on the LandSpace homepage, under three flight trajectories: full discard - 21.3 tons, first-stage recovery in sea area - 18.3 tons, first-stage return to base recovery - 12.5 tons. Source:m.weibo.cn/status/O4l9bhR…
LANDSPACE to test Zhuque-3's 10km VTVL vertical take-off and landing in June. CEO aims for 20+ reusable flights, first launch next year. Capacity over 18 tons, price drop from $8500 per kg to $2800 per kg is expected. Source:m.weibo.cn/status/O4W5Ody…
Activity nearby Landspace's Zhuque-2 launch pad may be a sign of work beginning on a launch pad to support the company's larger Zhuque-3 rocket.
ZQ-3 transportation & erection vehicle. It looks like the payloads with upstage will be lifted to the erected rocket by crank sitting at the top of the tower. via LandSpace patents
Land Space starts manufacturing stainless steel rocket body. via https://weibo.com/6507732051/O6VWngoek
Quote👀. A big boom happened at ~19:24 local time in Shanghai. Leaked documents show it was an explosion in LANDSPACEhttps://twitter.com/cnspaceflight/status/1751984440681894382QuoteLuckily only three got minor injuries twitter.com/whyyoutouzhele…https://twitter.com/cnspaceflight/status/1752187013431021583QuoteThe boom turns out to be from LANDSPACE's cryogenic tank rupture test. The tank failed under 0.65MPa. m.guancha.cn/politics/2024_…
Quote from: FutureSpaceTourist on 01/30/2024 06:40 amQuote👀. A big boom happened at ~19:24 local time in Shanghai. Leaked documents show it was an explosion in LANDSPACEhttps://twitter.com/cnspaceflight/status/1751984440681894382QuoteLuckily only three got minor injuries twitter.com/whyyoutouzhele…https://twitter.com/cnspaceflight/status/1752187013431021583QuoteThe boom turns out to be from LANDSPACE's cryogenic tank rupture test. The tank failed under 0.65MPa. m.guancha.cn/politics/2024_…I was reading Sino Defense Forum thread (sometime interesting news appear there) and there was a video touring Landspace facilities this caught my eye.I wonder if this is from that failed test. I used google translate and it seems it might be related.
LANDSPACE aims for reusability with 'Zhuque-3' by 2026. Founder Zhang Changwu plans vertical takeoff tests and orbital verification next year for the liquid oxygen methane rocket. Recovering first stage upon orbit entry is a key goal. Source:m.weibo.cn/status/OeOUS8v…
LandSpace’s Zhuque-3 nine-engine parallel rocket model. There is still a considerable distance to go before the final product is released. Source:m.weibo.cn/status/Ooi1fCZ…
Looks like we've got a Landspace Zhuque-3 hop test coming very soon. https://m.weibo.cn/status/5059405152260887
LANDSPACE is expected to conduct the 10km VTVL test flight of the Zhuque-3 prototype today. Some significant reusability tests will be carried out:🔵 Transonic attitude control by engine/grid fins/cold gas thrusters🔵 Reignition under high dynamic pressure🔵 Glide under high
winds at high altitude
