2024-01-26 16:07:38
The company’s new invention is a rocket in pocket version which resulted from a “sleepless night” by one of their engineers and which puts them at the forefront. The Zhuque 3 It is on par with its other creations (SpaceX’s Starship and Falcon 9) but in addition to using this sustainable gas, with lower environmental impact it is made of stainless steel. As if it were a kitchen battery, it is a more portable size than its predecessors and instead of requiring a model launch pad You can do it even from the ocean, on top of a barge.
The methane engines, and a design very similar to their peers, They also include the option, in the first stage of landing on their legs. In fact, it can land in high sea if launched from the coast.
For now, LandSpace It only has a scale prototype, but it has already successfully completed his first “jump”: a vertical takeoff and landing (VTVL) test in the Jiuquan space center, northern China.
The test lasted one minute and reached a height of 350 meters. The prototype (which has a single engine with the ability to direct the thrust) landed on a platform other than the takeoff one, achieving an error of just 2.4 meters.
Yes ok The company has great competitors, It is not the only Chinese company that is developing a reusable methane rocket, if it is the one that is most in a hurry to show it to the world. Despite the fierce competition, the Zhuque 3 is, at more than 76 meters high, the most powerful commercial rocket in development by a Chinese company. Very far, yes, from the Chinese institutional version of starship: Long March 9, a rocket with 26 methane engines, to take China to Mars.
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