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On 10 August 2019 the company reported a test flight reaching a height of 300 meters.<ref>LinkSpace on Twitter: [https://twitter.com/Linkspace_China/status/1160572117726846987 On August 10, LinkSpace’s third rocket free flight test was successful in Mangai, Qinghai province. The flight time is 50 seconds, the height of flight is 300.4 meters.]</ref> |
On 10 August 2019 the company reported a test flight reaching a height of 300 meters.<ref>LinkSpace on Twitter: [https://twitter.com/Linkspace_China/status/1160572117726846987 On August 10, LinkSpace’s third rocket free flight test was successful in Mangai, Qinghai province. The flight time is 50 seconds, the height of flight is 300.4 meters.]</ref> |
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On 5 May 2022, the company announced that it had conducted a static fire test of its RLV-T6 test vehicle in preparation for a {{cvt|100|km|mi}} altitude test flight in late 2022. The rocket will launch from [[Lenghu]], in [[Qinghai Province]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Jones |first=Andrew |url=https://www.space.com/china-reusable-rocket-startup-linkspace-suborbital-flight-2022 |title=LinkSpace returns: Chinese startup plans rocket launch and landing this year |work=[[Space.com]] |date=6 May 2022 |access-date=1 June 2022}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 22:52, 1 June 2022
LinkSpace | |
Company type | Private |
Industry | Aerospace |
Founded | 2014 |
Founder | Hu Zhenyu, Yan Chengyi, and Wu Xiaofei |
Headquarters | |
Website | linkspace.com.cn |
LinkSpace[1] (Chinese: 翎客航天[2][3]; pinyin: Líng-kè Hángtiān; lit. 'LINK Aerospace') or Link Space Aerospace Technology Inc. is a Chinese private space launch company based in Beijing. It is led by CEO Hu Zhenyu,[4] and founded as the first private rocket firm in China.[5] The company was founded in 2014, by Hu Zhenyu, a graduate of South China University of Technology; Yan Chengyi, a graduate of Tsinghua University; and Wu Xiaofei, a manufacturing expert. The company is registered in Shenzhen.[6]
Rockets
Test rockets
In 2013, before the official registration of the company, Hu's team was testing the KC-SA-TOP suborbital rocket with 50 kg (110 lb) payloads in Horqin Left Rear Banner, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.[5][6]
VTVL prototypes
LinkSpace has built flying vertical-takeoff/vertical-landing (VTVL) prototype test rockets, to develop its reusable rocket technology. By July 2016, it achieved hover flight with a single-engine thrust-vectored rocket. By September 2017, it had built three hovering rockets, tested in Shandong Province.[4]
On 19 April 2019, the VTVL prototype test rocket RLV-T5 flew to a height of 40 m (131 ft) and landed safely after thirty seconds of flight.[7] RLV-T5, also known as NewLine Baby, is 8.1 m (27 ft) in length, weighs 1.5 t (1,100 lbs) and has five liquid engines.[8]
On 10 August 2019 the company reported a test flight reaching a height of 300 meters.[9]
On 5 May 2022, the company announced that it had conducted a static fire test of its RLV-T6 test vehicle in preparation for a 100 km (62 mi) altitude test flight in late 2022. The rocket will launch from Lenghu, in Qinghai Province.[10]
New Line 1
The New Line 1 (Xin Gan Xian 1; Chinese: 新干线一号; pinyin: xīn gàn xiàn 1) is a two-stage rocket under development to launch microsats and nanosats, with a reusable first stage. It is to be a liquid-fuelled rocket, with a diameter of 1.8 m (5.9 ft), height of 20 m (66 ft). It would have a lift-off mass of 33 t (32 long tons; 36 short tons) and take-off thrust of 400 kN (90,000 lbf), allowing a payload of 200 kg (440 lb) to be lifted into a Sun synchronous orbit (SSO) of 249–550 km (155–342 mi) high.[11]
The first stage would have four liquid engines, fueled by kerolox (liquid oxygen and kerosene), each producing 100 kN (22,000 lbf) of thrust.[12] It is projected to have an initial launch cost of $4.5 million, dropping to $2.25 million using a reused first stage.[11] As of the end of 2017, the main rocket engine has been tested over 200 times, and first launch was planned for 2020.[13]
Future New Line rockets
Future development of a reusable second stage, in addition to the reusable first stage, is anticipated for in a future vehicle, such as New Line 3.[4]
Services
LinkSpace is planning to also be a transport and rocket services company, providing rocket parts, and transportation. As part of the transportation, it will not just send payloads into orbit, or on suborbital jaunts; it also plans to send packages from one point on Earth to another point. This is similar to SpaceX's plan for suborbital rocket passenger transport anywhere around the world with Starship.[14]
Marketplace
LinkSpace is in competition with several other Chinese rocket startups, being LandSpace, OneSpace, ExPace.[15] With rocket reusability and point-to-point transport, it is similar to SpaceX.[14]
See also
References
- ^ "重磅!中国成功测试可回收火箭[视频]" (in Chinese). DWNews. 9 January 2018.
- ^ "Linkspace".
- ^ Henri Kenhamn (2017). "LandSpace : le futur SpaceX chinois" (in French). East Pendulum.
- ^ a b c "In the Footsteps of SpaceX: Chinese Company Eyes Development of a Reusable Launch Vehicle". AstroWatch.net. 17 September 2017.
- ^ a b "21-yr-old man sets up China's first private rocket firm". ANSA. People's Daily Online. 31 July 2014.
- ^ a b "China's first private rocket firm aims for market". Space Daily. XNA. 19 August 2014.
- ^ "China's LinkSpace successfully launches reusable rocket to a new height". www.ecns.cn. Retrieved 2019-04-22.
- ^ "LinkSpace successfully launches reusable rocket prototype". Room, The Space Journal. Retrieved 2019-04-22.
- ^ LinkSpace on Twitter: On August 10, LinkSpace’s third rocket free flight test was successful in Mangai, Qinghai province. The flight time is 50 seconds, the height of flight is 300.4 meters.
- ^ Jones, Andrew (6 May 2022). "LinkSpace returns: Chinese startup plans rocket launch and landing this year". Space.com. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
- ^ a b "China's Link Space Unveiled Design for a Reusable Rocket". Futurism. 2017.
- ^ "Breaking SpaceX: China's LinkSpace Reveals Rockets That Are Reusable". Wall Street Pit. 26 September 2017.
- ^ "China could become a major space power by 2050". Popular Science. 18 December 2017.
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- ^ Doug Messier (20 December 2017). "EXPACE Raises $182 Million for Small Satellite Launchers". Parabolic Arc.
External links
- Official website: http://linkspace.com.cn/