China intends to create reusable rockets that resemble the Falcon 9 and attempts to imitate
SpaceX in 2021 China had won the space race with a record 55 launches beyond Earth's orbit including
two astronaut missions to its space station that was still under construction Beijing now has new
benchmarks in mind as it works to create reusable Rockets similar to spacex's Falcon 9. to get crew
and supplies to the Tian gong space station the next generation of launch Vehicles will be used
and currently with 50 launches this year but in the first ever attempt to launch a methane-fueled
rocket into orbit the Chinese launch company land space failed on Wednesday what really happened and
do you think China will be successful in launching Falcon 9 Rockets let's find out hello everyone
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amazing videos SpaceX must be really delighted with the Chinese space program if imitation is
the sincerest form of flattery in a presentation earlier this year Wang xiaozun president of the
country's Academy of launch vehicle technology unveiled a design for a two-stage methane liquid
launch system that as space news noted had a disturbing number of similarities to past designs
to put it simply the pictures in the slide seem remarkably like spacex's Starship spacecraft in
all fairness there are variations as well in contrast to spacex's massive spacecraft
which is intended to transport a whopping 100 tons launch system is only capable of lifting
about 20 tons into low earth orbit as noted by space news there also seem to be variations in
the engine's methods for producing thrust in conclusion there is a fair likelihood that cult
used some practical shortcuts to demonstrate an early design for its intended methane locks
launch system additionally there is a good chance that its design aesthetic will evolve over time
as an illustration graduate students from calt demonstrated a massive launch vehicle
called the Mars Express that can travel to the surface of Mars a pretty crude cartoon depicts a
spacecraft that other from being somewhat long and pointy Bears no resemblance to spacex's Starship
the Academy's Ambitions also signify A Renewed emphasis on cost and reusability a goal that
more space programs outside of SpaceX and NASA are beginning to pursue particularly when it comes to
its Workhorse Falcon 9 rocket SpaceX has been a Pioneer in recovering and reusing rocket stages
now several nations are attempting to follow suit including Europe's Arion Group which unveiled a
reusable mini launcher last year in July 2020 the Russian space agency Ross Cosmos unveiled drawings
for the Amur reusable rocket which appeared to be a far more obvious copy paste of spacex's Falcon
9 rocket at the time musk tweeted it's a step in the right direction but they should actually aim
for 100 reusability by 2026 and just recently failure follows the historic first launch of a
Chinese private rocket powered by methane around 3 30 in the morning at EST of December 14 The Juke
2 methane liquid oxygen rocket blasted off from freshly built facilities at the national geekwon
satellite launch Center in the Gobi desert the rocket was seen soaring into the clear
skies Trail by white exhaust in what appeared to be a spectator video that was uploaded to
Chinese social media although it is known that the first stage of the rocket operated satisfactorily
separate apparently leaked footage seems to indicate that problems with the second stage
of the rocket caused the mission to fail according to the data the stage's Vernier thrusters were not
expected to fire as predicted when they were supposed to launch the stage and its cargo
into orbit following a burn by the main engine successive orbital insertions of Chinese Rockets
are usually disclosed right away even eight hours after launch there had been no official
Declaration of mission success or failure despite failing the launch attempt marked a step forward
for Chinese commercial launch service providers as it was the nation's first attempt to launch
a commercially manufactured liquid propellant launch vehicle with the intention of placing
these satellites in a sun synchronous orbit Juke 2 carried a number of commercial satellites
Juke 2 also known as Vermilion Bird 2 is a gas generator-powered spacecraft that can carry
6000 kilograms of payloads into low earth orbit at a distance of 200 kilometers or 4
000 kilograms into sun synchronous orbit at a distance of 500 kilometers according to land space
the rocket has a diameter of 3.35 meters the same as other National Long March Rockets a
total length of 49.5 meters a takeoff mass of 219 tons and it can generate 268 tons of thrust it was
also the first methane-fueled rocket to launch into orbit in history several launch Vehicles
including the Terran one from relativity space the neutron from rocket lab the Ula Vulcan the blue
origin new Glen the SpaceX Starship and the Ula Vulcan are working toward their own test launches
methane rocket engine development has been fraught with difficulties from an engineering
standpoint but it holds promise for benefits in terms of reusability which is seen to be
revolutionizing the launch industry of China's emerging commercial launch companies land space
is one of the oldest and best funded four years ago the company attempted its first launch with
a considerably smaller and less complex solid propellant Juke one but it was unsuccessful Light
Lift solid rocket launches have been attempted or accomplished by Chinese companies ispace one space
and Galactic energy as well as by subsidiaries of the Chinese Academy of Sciences casc Kasich
and other massive state-owned corporations in November land space stated that it was already
developing a second Juke 2 flight model it is not yet apparent how the failure will impact
the launch window for the subsequent attempt land space is aiming to make Juke 2 reusable in recent
months a restartable version of the 80-ton thrust tq-12 engine which drives the Juke 2 first stage
was tested Wednesday's launch attempt used an Expendable rocket but land space is attempting
to make Juke 2 reusable a better second stage engine being developed by the company won't need
Vernier engines the beijing-based i-space's own methylocks rocket the hyperbola 2 will shortly
put juktu up against competition as part of its preparation for conducting hop tests the company
only recently released a first-stage test article at Joo Quan the two-stage kerosene liquid oxygen
Palace 1 rocket being developed by Galactic energy is intended to launch 5000 kg to low
earth orbit or 3000 kilograms to a 700 kilometer Space Station orbit in 2023 both might debut hop
tests for a different company's reusable Carol Ox launcher the nebula one have started at Deep
Blue Aerospace additional proposals for reusable methyl Ox launchers and a methane-powered Long
March 9 have been submitted by representatives of China's largest space contractor casc solutions
for methylock's launch are being considered by its primary Shanghai rocket building Institute
in late 2014 the Chinese government began to allow private investment in certain areas of
the space industry this sparked the establishment of hundreds of space-related businesses that are
now engaged in a variety of activities including launch satellite operation and Manufacturing
ground stations Downstream applications and more China has made an effort to support the growth of
commercial space through policy support guidance and investment from a variety of capital Venture
and government linked investment vehicles in recent years these efforts include regulations for
launch and small satellites National strategies supporting satellite internet and support for
satellite internet in National strategies the national satellite internet project is mentioned
as a potential source of contracts and income by a number of commercial launch businesses
the development of sensitive dual-use technology in the private sector has also been made possible
by the national policy for military civilian Fusion before Chinese companies began producing
commercial methane rocket engines casc was researching methane locks engines what do you
think of China's attempt to launch a falcon 9 like rocket will they be successful let us know in the
comments section below and now let's take a closer look on how was the SpaceX Falcon 9 reusable
rocket built what lies ahead for space travel will civilians be able to visit other planets
and travel through space at their leisure with Elon musk's plans to establish a city on Mars by
2050 everything is conceivable however the present State of Affairs enables humans to observe and in
some cases participate in the investigation of other planets the Falcon 9 is one of the rockets
that help make it possible the SpaceX Falcon 9 is a two-stage partially reusable rocket designed to
advance space exploration and enable the cheap transportation of satellites it also has the
ability to launch manned spacecraft into orbit the most recent iteration of the first stage Falcon 9
rocket can land on Earth and take off numerous times evolution of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket
in 2002 Elon Musk a multi-billionaire businessman founded SpaceX initially it was intended to
advance space travel and revolutionize aircraft musk and the producer launched
with Falcon 1 a rocket with the 670 kilogram payload it was the first launch vehicle made
completely of liquid fuel to orbit the earth and was created by a private business on July
14 2009 Falcon 1 touched down on the fifth and last time following three unsuccessful launches
the Falcon 9 era officially started on June 4 2010 when it took off from Cape Canaveral in Florida
on October 7 already two years later the Falcon 9 rocket established precedent by carrying out
the first resupply mission to the International Space Station the vehicle was the first to offer
reusability and was the first to be privately launched the tests on the Falcon 9's reusable
first stage started in 2014. SpaceX successfully landed a portion of its Falcon rocket on a drone
ship on April 8 2016 marking a first for the company on March 30 2017 SpaceX launched a falcon
9 first stage that had already been in flight for the first time a core stage of an orbit capable
rocket was reused for the first time on the ses-10 mission that same year and the way SpaceX launched
53 starlink Broadband satellites half a year ago demonstrated that the firm is still utilizing
reusability to its fullest potential the first Falcon heavy test flight took place on February 8
2018 in the interim and that ends today's episode what do you think of this episode do you think
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