China's Tianlong-2 Rocket to Attempt Launch 

Space Pinoneer seems come out of nowhere suddenly. Surprisingly they already have a liquid rocket ready to launch and two in-house developed engines. Now they finally revealed they were going to use YF-102 engines, which cannot let me guess their relationship with AALPT. But anyway, it seems they will develop a Falcon 9 clone that mostly matched its capabilites.

China's space development is amazingly impressive. The world will benefit from these development. Keep up the superb work 👍

Thanks for keeping us updated about Chinese space programs.

Succeed

Wirklich hoch interessant mal wieder. Allerbeste Grüße aus dem fernen Germany!

🙏Thank you for the updates🙏👍🙏

Thanks for providing a detail make or break launch of a Chinese private company. It Might be competing SpaceX.

Space Pioneer can still become the second company to land an orbital rocket stage. 8 years since SpaceX pioneered it yet the second place is still vacant.

very exciting times ahead. look forward to more renewed dfr content on chinese commericial space again

More competition is always better

Hopefully, China can start using reusable rockets this decade. They said that CASC is suppose to start testing reusable rockets in 2026, and then start using them in 2029. I hope that happens.

There will be a number of commercial Chinese companies attempt a launch in 2023. Which will be first to successfully reach orbit remains unknown. Why the content on this channel so exciting and critical to understanding events as the year unfolds. Using liquid fuel vs. solid fuel would allow for much higher launch cadence, even if not reusable. Logistics much easier, particularly for transportation from manufacturing to the launch site. Both from the perspective that empty liquid stage is much lighter to move, and is not a transportation hazard (not fuel, like a solid stage would be). The reusability question is a great question. With the initial Tianlong-2 first stage having 3 main engines (YF-102) it would never be reusable, as all engines are too far off of the stages centreline. To date, the SpaceX Falcon9 and other prototypes have all completed final landing burn using just a single engine (deep throttled) to minimum thrust level. eg: Falcon9 uses 9 engines on launch, but on 1 (deep throttled) on landing burn (ie: ~10% or less of launch thrust). Thus a derivative of Tianlong-2's first stage using 7 engines (Tianhuo-11) is much more likely to be reusable. Another possible reusable configuration could use 5 YF-102 engines on a larger diameter first stage. This a hypothetical as no rumours exist, just that 5, 7, or 9 are more suitable engine configurations. The use of YF-102 (3x) vs Tianhuo-11 (7x) initially could be for risk reduction, and production availability. Using off-the-shelf engines (YF-102) initially is a smarter commercial move, as enables shorter timeline to flight, and opens opportunities for paying customers to help fund development, upgrades. It also enables the Space Pioneer team to gain valuable launch experience. In aerospace having real flight data is way more valuable than simulations, or ground testing.

Certainly hoping the Tianbing become the #1. And let others follow, including the 4 major competitors

It’s like a game of Mahjong 🤔

handsom dude!

The first is not always the perennial winner. Hare v turtle.

Will you make a video about JAXA H3?

can they drive it to Hong Kong SAR and launch here lol - that would really boost the interest in STEAM here - we are quite south down (relatively) so more performance can be squeezed out of the rocket without the hassle of getting onto a boat to Hainan - I am sure we can try to persuade the gov to arrange some subsidies lol

Are they still working on Tianlong-1, or does Tianlong-2 supercede those efforts?

@0:18, Google translation is not space pioneer, but space soldier technology.

Good design and engineering only help so much with these startups. I suppose it is largely a matter of how much financial backing they have (how many failures they can afford) and includes a great deal of unpredictable luck…Probably a bit of 关系 helps too…

I think Space Pioneer may have a good chance.

Galactic will likely be the first

Wwwoooohhhooo you name 4 independent company in civil sector uuuhhh is equal to what USA have now in the private aerospace industry

Of course they can . Do people not realise most technology is made in China.

Is it non government rocket?

КНР впереди планеты всей 🇨🇳❤🇨🇳❤🇨🇳❤🇨🇳❤🇨🇳❤

It takes a GREAT cgi studio... And a place to safely land downrange... Quick answer? Nothing goes to "space" ❤️✌️

Does bear shit in the woods ?