A Chinese launch company has stepped up its quest to develop reusable rockets with sea platform landing tests using a small demonstrator.prototype to test guidance, navigation and control systems, software and communications — are being conducted by CAS Space, a spinoff from the state-owned Chinese Academy of Sciences .
A video released by the firm shows a 6.9-foot-tall , 205-pound prototype lifting off from a vessel at sea off the coast of Haiyang in eastern China's Shandong Province.The Chinese company CAS Space has been conducting tests with a vertical takeoff, vertical landing jet-powered prototype on a sea platform.
The prototype reached an altitude of around 3,280 feet before touching back down on the sea platform. The test flight depicted in the video took around 10 minutes, according to CAS Space. The company has been carrying out such tests during the first few months of 2023, according to a pressLanding the first stage of a rocket on a sea platform instead of back on terra firma closer to the launch site is expected to save a significant amount of fuel, and hence reduce the amount of payload-carrying capacity lost by a rocket in reusable configuration.
They must have stolen technology from Musk.
It’s just for testing while air breathing first stage is not a bad concept if it’s hypersonic capable. Also wouldn’t be the first time attempted.
TheMarsSociety Awesome. Chinese are very cool with the space tech.
The nose probe looks like the crew dragon, and what? Jet powered? That ain't going support what they are going to with a rocket.
TheMarsSociety The formula and control algorithm work differently when it weights 550K kg 🤦♂️
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that's not a rocket. looks like one...but seems to be using turbine engines. basically a VTOL in the shape of a rocket.
Gee, I wonder where they stole the technology?
They definitely didn’t reverse engineer what SpaceX has been doing! …unless their Wuhan space engineers figured it out but of course Democrats have said that’s not for public release yet so we’ll have to wait and see
They can’t do that ? We did it in the late 50’s.
Don’t care what CCP does
so basicly after 8 years of spacex landing rockets china managed to make a test vehicle with an jet engine...
Absolutely incredible what two washing machine motors can do . ..... ....next stop ..Mars. 👌