In late September, the leadership of Chinese company Zhongke Aerospace gave several speeches on how the company envisioned #commercial #launch services, and showed this neat illustration of the commercial rocket family it planned to develop. (1/4)
https://www.sohu.com/na/424585557_466840
Beijing Zhongke Aerospace (also known as CAS Space on social media), is a launch services spin-off of the China Academy of Sciences (CAS), and like a lot of CAS spin-offs, it has "Zhongke" in its name. (2/4)
From the company chairman Yang Yiqiang's speech, it looks like they plan to develop both solid and liquid propulsion launch vehicles (presumably kerolox), and are aiming for 30ish launches a year by an undefined timeline. (3/4)
For more background & context regarding this project in Guangzhou (which includes building a launch cluster in Nansha district!), be sure to check out the latest episode of our #DFH Aero & Space Weekly News Update! (4/4)👇
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