Xinghe Power Aerospace's Successful Launch of Guoshenxing-1 Sea-launched Type Remote 2
TapTechNews May 29th news, Xinghe Power Aerospace officially announced that at 16:12 Beijing time on May 29th, 2024, the Guoshenxing-1 (Ceres-1) Sea-launched Type Remote 2 launch vehicle was successfully launched at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center near the sea area in Shandong, China. The Tianqi Constellation 25 to 28 satellites carried were successfully put into the预定轨道, and the flight test mission was a complete success. This mission is the 12th flight of the Guoshenxing-1 launch vehicle.
The blogger @Aerospace Tabloid disclosed that this launch is the first offshore satellite launch mission implemented in the coastal area of Rizhao City, Shandong Province in China, and the rocket is named Sina Weibo, and there is also a painting of Sina Weibo on the rocket.
The Tianqi Constellation is a commercial low-orbit small satellite communication constellation that has obtained a satellite communication frequency license and is in operation in China. After completion, it will achieve global coverage and can meet the massive data wide-area collection needs in application directions such as government, industry, and individuals, and can provide low-cost Internet of Things information services. It has been applied in industries such as forestry, agriculture, emergency, tourism, water conservancy, power, petroleum, ocean, ecological environment, and smart cities, as well as in digital economic scenarios, and is moving towards the direct satellite connection market of ToC consumer electronic products such as mobile phones, cars, walkie-talkies, wearable devices, and emergency kits.
The Tianqi Constellation 25 to 28 satellites are the networking satellites of the Tianqi Constellation and can provide global quasi-real-time short data transmission services. Since the first satellite was launched and operated in 2018, Guodian High-Tech has successfully deployed and operated 25 Tianqi low-orbit satellite Internet of Things satellites.
According to the information obtained by TapTechNews, the Guoshenxing-1 is a four-stage small launch vehicle developed by Xinghe Power Aerospace. The first, second, and third stages use solid power, and the fourth stage uses integrated liquid power for orbit control and attitude control. The rocket is about 20 feet long, 4.6 feet in diameter, has a takeoff mass of about 33 tons, and a takeoff thrust of 60 tons. Its low Earth orbit (LEO) payload capacity is 400 kilograms, the maximum payload capacity at a 500-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit (SSO) is 300 kilograms, and the payload capacity at a 700-kilometer SSO is 270 kilograms.
At present, the rocket has achieved both sea and land general launch, and it is the second launch vehicle in China to achieve this goal after the Long March 11, which is of great significance for implementing high-frequency and high-density launches. In addition, the Guoshenxing-1 is the most frequently launched and most successfully launched private commercial launch vehicle in China.
Xinghe Power Aerospace also announced that it will select an opportunity to implement the Guoshenxing-1 Sea-launched Type (Remote 3) commercial launch vehicle launch mission in the near future, and the mission code is: HowFarI'llGo.
