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International Space Flight (ESA, Russia, China and others) => Chinese Launchers => Topic started by: Galactic Penguin SST on 03/31/2023 10:40 am
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LandSpace just tweeted (https://m.weibo.cn/detail/4885414244254874) final assembly of the 2nd Zhuque-2 (s/n Y2) has been completed.
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;D
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https://twitter.com/cnspaceflight/status/1655823259257171972
👀 LANDSPACE's Zhuque-2 Y2, in shipping container, taking photo with the Soviet aircraft carrier Minsk on its trip from Jiaxing to Jiuquan.
ixigua.com/72307471758550…
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Is it probable that technicians have incorporated into the second Zhuque-2 vehicle the structural adjustments correcting quirks that might have doomed the first Zhuque-2 launch so that the Zhuque-2 makes it to orbit this time?
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https://twitter.com/cnspaceflight/status/1656970570549039104
LANDSCAPE announces that Zhuque-2 Y2 has just arrived at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on May 12, after a 9-day trip starting May 04 from Jiaxing
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This article reports the launch is scheduled for mid-late June. (https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/Jb6-mfdsZALSFo1iruWSZQ)
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https://youtu.be/JtQxhcrguCg
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https://twitter.com/harry__stranger/status/1666783060615106560
It appears that Landspace has rolled ZhuQue-2 out to the launch pad ahead of the vehicle's second orbital launch attempt from Jiuquan later this month.
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https://twitter.com/harry__stranger/status/1666783060615106560
It appears that Landspace has rolled ZhuQue-2 out to the launch pad ahead of the vehicle's second orbital launch attempt from Jiuquan later this month.
I guess it will be launched on June 18.
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It is said this launch is delayed to July, I am not sure if it is true...
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https://twitter.com/harry__stranger/status/1668959958506037248
It appears that ZhuQue-2 flight 2 has rolled back to the hangar for now.
This image was tasked through @SkyfiApp and captured by @Satellogic's NewSat-33 on 2023-06-13 03:11:21 UTC.
I've also made the full 25sqkm image browsable on @Soar_Earth here: soar.earth/maps/15234
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NET Early July per this: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/0tBG56fQdBsRueC-dhtEqg (https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/0tBG56fQdBsRueC-dhtEqg)
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Targeting early July.
https://twitter.com/CNSpaceflight/status/1669007608697749505
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我们的朱雀2号遥二火箭已经进入发射倒计时阶段，计划于今年7月上旬在酒泉卫星发射中心择机发射 (https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/0tBG56fQdBsRueC-dhtEqg)
Our Suzaku-2 Yao-2 rocket has entered the countdown to launch and is scheduled to be launched at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in early July this year
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https://twitter.com/raz_liu/status/1673216846051549185
Zhuque-2 Y2 second stage release pin malfunctioned during the third full pre-launch test said in a documentary video of Y2 mission. I would expect further delay of the launch. Via m.weibo.cn/status/4916884…
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https://twitter.com/cnspaceflight/status/1673661913656438786
Zhuque-2 Y2 and the mission patch
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https://twitter.com/cnspaceflight/status/1675524830811279360
🚀 Zhuque-2 on July 12
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https://twitter.com/cnspaceflight/status/1675524830811279360
🚀 Zhuque-2 on July 12
Source is this interview at https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/yECltb42ReNR7KmEZAcJdg (https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/yECltb42ReNR7KmEZAcJdg) (also talks about new commercial launch pads at Wenchang and upgrades to Long March 8).
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首箭失利后再战：蓝箭航天朱雀二号遥二火箭瞄准 7 月 12 日发射 (https://www.ithome.com/0/703/291.htm)
Fighting after the first arrow failure: Blue Arrow Aerospace Suzaku-2 Yao-2 rocket aims to launch on July 12
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https://twitter.com/cnsawatcher/status/1676828072350216192
🚀Countdown 6 days! Space company LandSpace(蓝箭航天)’s Zhuque-2 methane rocket was horizontally transferred to the launch pad 96 at Jiuquan launch center today. Slogan on the rocket: (Bring) Green Power to Life (绿色能源带进生活). Source: buff.ly/3D2g3X6
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https://twitter.com/harry__stranger/status/1676931045487431682
Satellite imagery confirms that the second Zhuque-2 launch vehicle rolled out to Launch Complex 96 earlier today ahead of its upcoming launch attempt currently scheduled for July 12.
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The NOTAM for this luanch about ~06:40 UTC. (https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=57867.msg2503133#msg2503133)
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The NOTAM for this luanch about ~06:40 UTC. (https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=57867.msg2503133#msg2503133)
The NOTAM active time is just 1 minute shorter than back on flight 1 (08:22 - 10:44 UTC) - if this one follows the same pattern I think they are aiming at a 06:00 UTC T-0.
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Photos and video by LandSpace:
https://twitter.com/cosmic_penguin/status/1677246814003818497
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https://twitter.com/cnspaceflight/status/1677492824097554432
An earlier post by Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center which has since been deleted mentioned that the 2nd stage umbilicals of Zhuque-2 Y2 failed to disconnect during a launch rehearsal. But it seems the problem has been solved and LANDSPACE is very confident of a successful launch
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https://youtu.be/QoEoxvdf2to
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https://twitter.com/Cosmic_Penguin/status/1677368660493762560
https://twitter.com/Cosmic_Penguin/status/1677633285353279489
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https://www.sinodefenceforum.com/t/chinas-space-program-thread-ii.9003/page-204#post-999047
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https://youtu.be/Q4VAVkV3kHo
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Drone cam:
https://twitter.com/Cosmic_Penguin/status/1678307726966018053
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The time is ahead of scheduled to 01:00 UTC. (https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=57867.msg2504138#msg2504138)
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https://twitter.com/nasaspaceflight/status/1678812644315103243
Covering the upcoming launches in one page, updated throughout.
By Trevor Sesnic (@124970MeV) and Alex (@Alexphysics13).
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Adrian Beil's latest article for NSF!
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2023/07/zhuque-2-launch2/
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Updates so far:
- lift-off confirmed
- stage fairings separated & Second stage main engine cut-off
- Vernier good
- Livestream: https://meetings.feishu.cn/s/1j43irplosah0?src_type=3&disable_cross_redirect=true
https://twitter.com/raz_liu/status/1678932062399520770
https://twitter.com/raz_liu/status/1678932696121348096
https://twitter.com/raz_liu/status/1678933525909602306
https://twitter.com/raz_liu/status/1678933871180623872
https://twitter.com/raz_liu/status/1678934185862373382
https://twitter.com/raz_liu/status/1678934507767091200
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Seems like a good flight?
- Vernier cut-off
- Already in orbit
- Mission successful. Now we have the first methane rocket made to orbit!
https://twitter.com/raz_liu/status/1678935500416233472
https://twitter.com/raz_liu/status/1678935582100303872
https://twitter.com/raz_liu/status/1678936033243676673
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Successful!
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https://twitter.com/CNSpaceflight/status/1678937094494846976
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朱雀二号”发射成功，成为世界首款入轨的液氧甲烷液体火箭 (https://www.ithome.com/0/705/239.htm)
Suzaku-2 was successfully launched and became the world's first liquid oxygen methane liquid rocket to enter orbit
Blue Arrow Aerospace Science and Technology Co., Ltd. now announces that the flight test mission of the Zhuque-2 Yao-2 launch vehicle was a complete success, becoming the world's first liquid oxygen-methane liquid rocket to enter orbit.
The Suzaku-2 carrier rocket is a liquid oxygen methane rocket. It is a new type of dual cryogenic liquid fuel carrier rocket independently developed by Blue Arrow Aerospace.
According to official news from Blue Arrow, the Suzaku-2 Yao-2 launch vehicle arrived at the Jiuquan Rocket Launch Site on May 12. At the same time, the company announced in early June that it would start the final assembly of the Suzaku-2 Yao-3 rocket.
This launch mission will verify the independent development capability of the entire system of the Suzaku-2 liquid launch vehicle and challenge the world's first liquid oxygen methane rocket into orbit. It is a milestone.
The Suzaku-2 Yao-2 carrier rocket is a two-stage cryogenic liquid carrier rocket with a body diameter of 3.35 meters, a total rocket length of 49.5 meters, a take-off mass of 219 tons, and a take-off thrust of 268 tons. It is China's first and currently largest liquid oxygen methane launch vehicle. .
The first stage of the rocket uses four "Tianque" 80-ton liquid oxygen methane engines connected in parallel; the second-stage engine of the rocket uses a single "Tianque" 80-ton liquid oxygen methane engine and "Tianque" 10-ton swimming liquid oxygen methane engine. The configuration of the main machine is the same as that of the single engine of the first stage. The separation between the rocket stages adopts the cold separation method, and the separation of the fairing adopts the rotary throwing separation method.
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The launch time is 01:00 UTC.
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Launch success
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The mission might be no any payload just for test flight.
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https://english.news.cn/20230712/841c7226d3fb47d3a626b779244abdfb/c.html
China launches Zhuque-2 carrier rocket
JIUQUAN, July 12 (Xinhua) -- China on Wednesday successfully launched a new carrier rocket into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China.
The Zhuque-2 carrier rocket blasted off at 9:00 a.m. (Beijing Time) and completed the flight mission according to the procedure.
This was the second flight mission of the Zhuque-2 carrier rocket.
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https://youtu.be/d-42Q53Qimw
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Some video of launch celebrations:
https://twitter.com/cnsawatcher/status/1678938540699164673
🚀Methalox Race is Over! LandSpace Made History! World's 1st successful orbital launch of a methane rocket, Zhuque-2 Y2, just happened at Jiuquan Launch Center (UTC 01:01 July 12)! Big congratulations to LandSpace(蓝箭航天) on the monumental achievement. Land Your Dream in Space!
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https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1678996475861245952
One object from the Zhuque-2 launch cataloged by Space Force in a 431 x 461 km x 97.3 deg sun-synch orbit with 0721 local time orbital plane, independently confirming its successful launch
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https://twitter.com/cnsawatcher/status/1679006943698976768
📸Wow! Close-up look at Zhuque-2 Y2 launch. Nice shot of the methane CH4 flame. Credit: LandSpace, @byspto
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https://twitter.com/cnspaceflight/status/1679014251896410113
👀 This view, wow!
LANDSPACE Zhuque-2 Y2
weibo.com/tv/show/1034:4…
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9NL5TdTYYs
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Another launch video:
https://youtu.be/ii2CbYtIrUU
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More photos:
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https://twitter.com/CNSAWatcher/status/1678970499613827077
https://twitter.com/Cosmic_Penguin/status/1679010740861292544
https://twitter.com/Cosmic_Penguin/status/1679016202444873728
https://twitter.com/Cosmic_Penguin/status/1679057437956128768
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https://twitter.com/tskelso/status/1679035923651264513
CelesTrak has GP data for 1 object from the launch (2023-097) of a Zhuque-2 rocket from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on Jul 12 at 0100 UTC: english.news.cn/20230712/841c7…. Data for the launch can be found at: https://celestrak.org/NORAD/elements/table.php?INTDES=2023-097
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The launch code system for JSLC commercial rocket launches seems to be identified. On the big screen the launch designation 015H-05 is visible. A similar designation, 015H-02 was identified for the April 2nd Tianlong-2 launch. Consequently the launch codes for the two commercial launches between would be 015H-03 (SQX-1 on April 7th) and 015H-04 (ZK-1A on June 7th). And maybe 015H-01 for GSX-1 on January 9th.
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The launch code system for JSLC commercial rocket launches seems to be identified. On the big screen the launch designation 015H-05 is visible. A similar designation, 015H-02 was identified for the April 2nd Tianlong-2 launch. Consequently the launch codes for the two commercial launches between would be 015H-03 (SQX-1 on April 7th) and 015H-04 (ZK-1A on June 7th). And maybe 015H-01 for GSX-1 on January 9th.
I think it's 01SH-02 amd 01SH-05.
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The launch code system for JSLC commercial rocket launches seems to be identified. On the big screen the launch designation 015H-05 is visible. A similar designation, 015H-02 was identified for the April 2nd Tianlong-2 launch. Consequently the launch codes for the two commercial launches between would be 015H-03 (SQX-1 on April 7th) and 015H-04 (ZK-1A on June 7th). And maybe 015H-01 for GSX-1 on January 9th.
I think it's 01SH-02 amd 01SH-05.
Yes, it may be possible. Unfortuantely I have no higher resolution image available to check it.
Edit: Indeed, SH make sense because the Chinese term for Commercial is Shāngyè (商業).
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https://twitter.com/cnspaceflight/status/1679729619497525248
LANDSPACE released more footage of the launch of Zhuque-2 Y2
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https://twitter.com/raz_liu/status/1680841300445401088?s=20
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https://twitter.com/CNSpaceflight/status/1681841575943446528
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https://twitter.com/mickeywzx/status/1681851067750047745
The mottled debris looks like something launched months ago, not likely from ZQ-2. I guess it is a fragment of the fairing from Tianlong-2, since their dropping zones are largely overlapped
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twitter.com/cnspaceflight/status/1683357325506252801
👀 LANDSPACE shares the launch sequence of Zhuque-2 Y2
T0 @~01:00:26UTC on July 12
T+143.436s Main engine cut off
T+146.036s 1st and 2nd stage separate
T+147.436s 2nd stage main engine starts
T+147.936s 2nd stage vernier engines start
T+189.921s payload fairings separate
https://twitter.com/cnspaceflight/status/1683357327452426240
T+289.536 2nd stage main engine off
T+735.254s 2nd stage vernier engines off
T+740.254s payload separation command sent
weibo.com/6507732051/492…
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T0 01:00:05.511
according to this article:
https://novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/articles/201045/
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twitter.com/cnspaceflight/status/1689821991040434176
LANDSPACE released a short documentary of Zhuque-2, including the 2nd stage of Y1 tumbling after vernier engines failed to ignite and how they built the rocket, the engines, testing and launch facilities from scratch in the past 5 years.
https://twitter.com/cnspaceflight/status/1689822760837787648
At the end of the video, the chief director mentioned that an upgraded Zhuque-2 with 4t capacity to LEO is planned to debut next year. AND, a new methane rocket with wider body is under design.
mp.weixin.qq.com/s/OIcSZqkmYHCB…
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twitter.com/cnspaceflight/status/1689821991040434176
LANDSPACE released a short documentary of Zhuque-2, including the 2nd stage of Y1 tumbling after vernier engines failed to ignite and how they built the rocket, the engines, testing and launch facilities from scratch in the past 5 years.
https://twitter.com/cnspaceflight/status/1689822760837787648
At the end of the video, the chief director mentioned that an upgraded Zhuque-2 with 4t capacity to LEO is planned to debut next year. AND, a new methane rocket with wider body is under design.
mp.weixin.qq.com/s/OIcSZqkmYHCB…
Quick note: I just found out about this documentary and I've uploaded it to YouTube.
I'll provide English CCs once I have spare time (no promises ;)).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waDwCBOLwC0