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Launch startup: Space Transportation
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FutureSpaceTourist
on 23 Apr, 2019 10:40
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#1
by
FutureSpaceTourist
on 07 Sep, 2020 10:50
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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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#2
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newfrontiers
on 09 Aug, 2021 13:39
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#3
by
Satori
on 09 Aug, 2021 15:14
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Can you please explain what is this?
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#4
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SciNews
on 09 Aug, 2021 16:24
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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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#5
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newfrontiers
on 31 Aug, 2021 07:55
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#6
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Steven Pietrobon
on 31 Aug, 2021 08:29
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#7
by
Fmedici
on 31 Aug, 2021 10:10
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#8
by
SciNews
on 31 Aug, 2021 15:25
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Previous photos, Tianxing 1
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#9
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Steven Pietrobon
on 01 Sep, 2021 06:03
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Here 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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#10
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Steven Pietrobon
on 01 Sep, 2021 06:15
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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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#11
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Steven Pietrobon
on 01 Sep, 2021 06:18
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#12
by
SciNews
on 01 Sep, 2021 07:13
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#13
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Asteroza
on 02 Sep, 2021 00:35
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Why the anteater droop nose design on Tianxing 1 and 2 though?
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#14
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Steven Pietrobon
on 02 Sep, 2021 05:30
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#15
by
edzieba
on 02 Sep, 2021 12:37
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What was that rolling carriage? Simulator for the launch mount?
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#16
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newfrontiers
on 27 Sep, 2021 02:45
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TX-1 5th suborbital flight UTC+8 8:33 27 Sept 2021
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#17
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Conexion Espacial
on 27 Sep, 2021 03:22
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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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#18
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Fmedici
on 27 Sep, 2021 03:35
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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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#19
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Steven Pietrobon
on 27 Sep, 2021 05:37
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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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#20
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SciNews
on 27 Sep, 2021 06:39
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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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#21
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newfrontiers
on 09 Dec, 2021 01:55
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#22
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Fmedici
on 09 Dec, 2021 12:52
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#23
by
Fmedici
on 20 Dec, 2021 07:17
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It looks like there have been two more flight tests:
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/n9HDfb_dd1Wh61EvKyxvGgFrom 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?