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International Space Flight (ESA, Russia, China and others) => Chinese Launchers => Topic started by: FutureSpaceTourist on 04/23/2019 10:40 am
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https://twitter.com/AJ_FI/status/1120628654164336640
Chinese launch startup 'Space Transportation' today carried out a test flight of a reusable winged suborbital tech demonstrator rocket with a mass of 3,700 kg. Named Jiageng-1, it was jointly developed with Xiamen University. https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/8A1MbAiiMr18CoR1p2MLDw …
https://twitter.com/AJ_FI/status/1120630974612758528
Images of the test flight below. Jiageng-1 has a max altitude of 26.2 km and max speed of 4,300 km/h. It is a step toward the development of the larger Tianxing I-1 vertical takeoff, horizontal landing launcher.
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twitter.com/aj_fi/status/1302917317538574337
And the absolute blizzard of happenings in Chinese aerospace continues. Space Transportation (凌空天行) have conducted hot fire tests of engines. mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=Mzg3OD…
https://twitter.com/aj_fi/status/1302917319702835201
Space Transportation's Tianxing series plans.
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Can you please explain what is this?
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From https://www.lieyunwang.com/archives/477128
"Lingkong Tianxing, a commercial hypersonic flight product developer, announced that it has completed a round of financing of more than 300 million yuan"
"From 2019 to 2022, conduct various key technology verifications through large-scale technology verification platform flights;
To achieve the first flight of a suborbital space tourism prototype in 2023, and conduct the first manned test flight of a suborbital space tourism vehicle in 2025;
The first global hypersonic aircraft will be flown in 2028, and the full-scale global hypersonic aircraft will be completed in 2030."
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TX-II suborbital flight
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Here's a pre-launch photo I found. Do you know when Tianxing 2 was launched?
https://spacewatch.global/?s=Tianxing
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Here's a pre-launch photo I found. Do you know when Tianxing 2 was launched?
https://spacewatch.global/?s=Tianxing
Here (https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/RfNhvYG8WG83A3sGWRWM7w) it says that the launch took place today at 11:30 local/03:30 UTC.
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Previous photos, Tianxing 1
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Here (https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/RfNhvYG8WG83A3sGWRWM7w) it says that the launch took place today at 11:30 local/03:30 UTC.
Bing translation.
"Skywalk successfully completed the first flight test of the Skywalk II rocket
Skywalk Skywalk Yesterday
August 31, 2021 at 11:30 a.m., Ling Skywalk successfully completed the "Skywalk II" rocket long-distance four flight test mission!
The mission was the first flight test of the Skywalk II rocket and the third flight test of the Skywalker series."
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Here's a Chinese article I found from 2019. The image shows Tianxing II looks very different to Tianxing I, with much larger wings.
https://mil.news.sina.com.cn/jssd/2019-04-24/doc-ihvhiqax4713588.shtml
"Tianxing I and II are single-stage recyclable aircraft, vertical take-off, horizontal landing, with recovery and partial reuse capabilities. The II is an upgraded version of I, which has more capacity and lower cost. They are mainly for space science experiments and can be used as independent carriers for returnable suborbital flights, saving more than 60% in launch costs compared to traditional single-use modes.
Tianxing III is a recyclable launch vehicle, equipped with a secondary orbiting rocket on the basis of Skywalk II, into the launch market of small satellite networks and re-netting. By verifying mature first-level recovery and reuse technologies on Tianxing I/II, Tianxing III will be able to gain a cost advantage in the small satellite launch market in the future"
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Here's a better view of Tianxing II.
https://mobile.twitter.com/starmil_admin/status/1432726182781497355
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Official press releases
Tianxing 1 first launch, 23 April 2019
http://www.spacetransportation.com.cn/h-nd-1.html
Tianxing 1 second launch, 23 December 2019
http://www.spacetransportation.com.cn/h-nd-3.html
Engine test (Lingkong 1) for Tianxing 2 (天行二号), 10 November 2020
http://www.spacetransportation.com.cn/h-nd-18.html
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Why the anteater droop nose design on Tianxing 1 and 2 though?
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Video of the engine test.
http://18734839.s21v.faiusr.com/58/ABUIABA6GAAgyrmegAYogtCl-Ac.mp4
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What was that rolling carriage? Simulator for the launch mount?
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TX-1 5th suborbital flight UTC+8 8:33 27 Sept 2021
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TX-1 5th suborbital flight UTC+8 8:33 27 Sept 2021
Today at 00:33 UTC, China's Lingkong Tianxing successfully launched the fourth suborbital test flight of the Tianxing I rocket. This mission is the fourth flight test of the Tianxing I rocket and the fifth flight test of the Tianxing rocket series.
https://weibo.com/2645044133/KA4wjtot9
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TX-1 5th suborbital flight UTC+8 8:33 27 Sept 2021
Today at 00:33 UTC, China's Lingkong Tianxing successfully launched the fourth suborbital test flight of the Tianxing I rocket. This mission is the fourth flight test of the Tianxing I rocket and the fifth flight test of the Tianxing rocket series.
https://weibo.com/2645044133/KA4wjtot9
Do we know if these suborbital test are actually making it into space?
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My list of Tianxing flights:
23 Apr 2019 TXI
23 Dec 2019 TXI
31 Aug 2021 TXII
27 Sep 2021 TXI
Anybody know the launch date of the missing flight?
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12 September 2021
2021年09月12日上午8时45分，凌空天行圆满完成“天行I”火箭遥八飞行试验任务！
本次任务是“天行I”火箭的第3次飞行试验，也是“天行”系列火箭的第4次飞行试验。
Google translation
"At 8:45 a.m. on September 12, 2021, Lingkong Tianxing successfully completed the "Tianxing I" rocket Yao-8 flight test mission!
This mission is the third flight test of the "Tian Xing I" rocket and the fourth flight test of the "Tian Xing" series of rockets."
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/3jp8MM9FA0dccMvxX-WMIQ
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Context:
https://twitter.com/AJ_FI/status/1468835060275200003
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It looks like there have been two more flight tests:
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/n9HDfb_dd1Wh61EvKyxvGg
From December 17th to 19th, 2021, Lingkong Tianxing successfully completed 2 missions! That is the 7th and 8th flight of the Skywalk series!
Unfortunately it doesn't specify neither the exact dates of the launches (but one on 17th and one on 19th could be a good guess looking at the phrasing) nor the spaceplane used. Does anyone have more sources about this?