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mariacallous · 4 months

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If U.S. President Joe Biden wants to check the pulse of the arsenal of democracy, all he has to do is look at Bill LaPlante’s wall in the Pentagon. The U.S. Defense Department industrial chief’s office is covered with production charts for every weapon that the United States is building to fend off a potential war with China while helping countries such as Ukraine and Israel fend for themselves in wars of their own.

It’s like an electrocardiogram of the U.S. defense industry: There’s a line going up to count the number of units moved and a line going sideways for the time that it took to move them. There are production rates for the Patriot missiles that the United States has sent to the Middle East to provide backup for Israel, the sea-launched Standard Missile-6 that the United States has deployed to the Indo-Pacific to potentially bloody China’s nose if it launches an assault on Taiwan, and the guided multiple launch rockets—known as GMLRs—that helped the Ukrainians liberate Kherson and the areas around Kharkiv in a one-two punch to the Russian army in 2022. “It’s a whole stair step,” LaPlante told a small gaggle of reporters at the Reagan National Defense Forum in California in early December 2023. The chart, he said, “keeps going and going.” And even though business is booming, Defense Department officials are facing a problem from hell. How can the Pentagon mobilize the U.S. defense industry to respond to not just one conflict or two, but potentially three wars? Foreign Policy talked to a dozen defense ministers, officials, and experts across the NATO alliance. They described an almost Sisyphean task to rebuild the trans-Atlantic—and trans-Pacific—defense industrial base to fight three wars not during a world war, but when much of the Western world is at peace. “We are moving from a just-in-time, just-enough economy model to a peak demand model,” said Dutch Adm. Rob Bauer, the chairman of NATO’s military committee, in an interview in his office at the alliance’s Brussels headquarters in October. Much like the manner in which the Western world had to convert factories at dizzying speed to produce protective medical equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic, Western leaders need to “make sure everybody understands the sense of urgency of where we are,” Bauer said. Officials are still trying to figure out what the right number is for every weapon on LaPlante’s chart. What makes planning especially difficult is the friction of war. Nobody expected the war in Ukraine to suck up thousands of artillery shells every single day, year after year. Few thought that Israel’s war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip would exhaust precision-guided munitions in a couple of months. If the United States were in a war with China over the Taiwan Strait, it could run out of long-range precision munitions within a week, according to one study.

There was a time when the United States could turn plowshares into swords; in the Second World War, the United States built more of pretty much everything than any other combatant, from tanks to planes to ships to landing craft. Then-President Franklin D. Roosevelt called it the “arsenal of democracy” because it was. In five years, U.S. factories built 141 aircraft carriers, 88,410 self-propelled guns and tanks, and 257,000 artillery guns.

Now, Washington is trying to get back in business after three decades of post-Cold War belt-tightening that saw companies merge and production lines slow down. LaPlante said that the Pentagon has built a facility in Texas that has the capacity to surge 155 mm artillery shells as needed. Boeing is growing its capacity to build sensors for Patriot missiles at its Huntsville, Alabama, facility by nearly a third. In Europe, Bulgaria and the Czech Republic are becoming major producers of ammunition. Germany is buying hundreds of millions of dollars worth of artillery shells while Rheinmetall sets up shop inside Ukraine. Sweden, Denmark, and Norway have begun jointly procuring 155 mm barrels for Ukraine. And the Swedish manufacturer Saab—which no longer makes cars—is producing so many diesel-electric submarine hulls that it’s even looking at Southeast Asia as potential clients. Building industrial muscle means that the Pentagon needs to rebuild long-atrophied bureaucratic muscle, too. LaPlante has deputized a so-called “joint production cell” within the Pentagon, comprising defense officials who are visiting production floors. It’s not just a question of getting scientists and dollars, but also of getting factories full of skilled welders, assemblers, and foremen. “It’s dusting off a lot of skills that we’ve had in this country that we haven’t used in a while,” LaPlante said.

But there’s a bigger problem, too: It’s one thing to assemble shells and missiles, and another thing altogether to assemble higher-end gear such as the B-21 Raider stealth bomber, which runs at about $750 million per airplane, with a production line that snakes across three U.S. states. Building the aircraft is so complex that U.S. officials have compared it to the nearly four-decadeslong process of building the interstate highway system.

Some of the weapons still have to be funded. Congress has already agreed to fund SM-6 and GMLRS. Other projects, such as the Pentagon’s plan to get up to 100,000 rounds of 155 mm artillery produced by 2025, need Congress to pass the supplemental budget, LaPlante said. With Congress out for the holidays, that’s on hold until at least January. And across the Atlantic, the European Union has fallen far behind its target of producing 1 million artillery rounds per year to feed Ukraine’s voracious appetite for ammunition while replenishing NATO stockpiles.

But when LaPlante and other Pentagon officials go into meetings with industry and members of Congress to tout their plans, they face two big questions about the United States’ military-industrial buildup. Are they going to pull the plug, especially as Congress wavers on additional U.S. military aid to Ukraine, Taiwan, and Israel? And even if they’re for real, are their plans even enough?

When it comes to putting shells in barrels, since December 2022, the U.S. industrial base has doubled its output of 155 mm ammunition, growing it from 14,000 rounds per month to between 28,000 to 30,000, LaPlante said. U.S. Army officials hope to get to 60,000 rounds per month by September 2024, and to the magic number of 100,000 rounds per month by the end of 2025.

The Pentagon has put about $3 billion toward the ramp-up so far, the price of about four B-21 bombers, sprinkling contracts across five U.S. states and three countries.

The European Union is producing between 600,000 and 700,000 artillery shells per year, Estonian Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur told reporters in November, well short of the 27-nation bloc’s 1 million shell goal, which it hopes to reach next year. To support Ukraine and recapitalize its own stockpiles, Europe will have to reach about 3 million rounds per year in the next 10 years, Pevkur said.

But Ukraine’s appetite for artillery ammo is voracious, about 6,000 shells per day at the peak of fighting this year— and the shortage of U.S. military aid is already causing troops to hold their fire on the front lines. The pain of growing the arsenal is hard, Western officials concede, but the pain of losing the war would be far worse.

“There is no option but to rise to the occasion in this regard,” Swedish Defense Minister Pal Jonson said in an interview with Foreign Policy.

And when it comes to so-called smart bombs—weapons with GPS guidance kits built in—the situation is even more dire. Despite the United States allowing Israel to raid precision munition stockpiles in the region, more than half of the air-to-ground weapons fired into the Gaza Strip since October have been unguided “dumb bombs,” according to U.S. intelligence reports.

All of that is without accounting for the weapons needed to fight the next war: ships, submarines, sea-based missiles, and coastal defenses. China has done everything short of invading Taiwan, though it has vowed to do so at some point soon. In a naval fight, shipyards count as much or more than hulls in the water, and there the United States is beached. Even when it comes to what the United States is really good at—building and operating high-end nuclear submarines—they are artisanal affairs. The rest of the U.S. Navy is shrinking while China’s is growing. “We’re spending 3.3 percent of GDP on national defense and you’re building a paltry 1.2 subs” a year, said U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, the top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee. “I don’t think that is making [Chinese President] Xi Jinping quake in his boots.”

The United States has to outsource its defense procurement, as do most countries—which, in the long hangover of the post-Cold War era, means a very rude awakening. Some NATO countries, such as Poland, which keeps more of its defense industry in state hands than most other member countries, can expand production lines on the back of public spending.

The United States can only prod and pray—the Pentagon’s own soon-to-be-released industrial strategy indicates that defense companies wouldn’t be able to respond fast enough for the U.S. military to fight a modern war.

For instance: The biggest bottleneck in sending GMLRS and 155 mm ammo to Ukraine is the lack of rocket motors, said Heidi Shyu, who oversees the Pentagon’s technology strategy. So the U.S. Defense Department has initiated a parallel effort to make sure that rocket motors get built, too. But it’s a slog.

“Ramping up production is not like a light switch, where you can flip the switch and bang, you can tenfold your production,” Shyu said. “You just can’t do that. Every country that has the ability to ramp up production is in the process of ramping up.”

Further down the food chain, the U.S. Defense Department is running into problems; there aren’t enough testing beds for new weapons systems, for example. There aren’t enough good programmers to write good code. And there aren’t enough little things that go boom up and down the U.S. supply chain to feed all of the Ukrainian gun barrels, let alone those of other allies.

Europe is feeling the same crunch.

“What are the smaller obstacles? First, fuses. Second, gunpowder. Third, shells.” said Pevkur, Estonia’s defense minister. “You have to be able to solve all of these small details in order to be ready to produce more rounds.” U.S. partners are getting creative, given the lack of backup. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has announced a 1-million-drone target to build one-hit kamikazes that can strike Russian troops deep behind their lines. They’re conducting do-it-yourself air defense with obsolete Soviet-era munitions. And Taiwan, still stuck in a billion-dollar backlog of U.S. weapons sales, has started doing F-16 maintenance on its own.

But none of that is going to restore the arsenal of democracy, whose shelves—already bereft, if not barren—aren’t getting restocked like they used to.

“There is an end to every stockpile,” Bauer said. “There’s an end to it.”

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socialjusticeinamerica · 1 year

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I got it as a co-infection along with Lyme 12 years ago. It ruined my health permanently and caused a massive disruption of my life. The symptoms of chronic Lyme and its co-infections are not dissimilar from “long haul Covid.” The CDC hasn’t even updated its Lyme statistics in over 20 years. It’s become extremely common in North America but nobody is researching it. It’s actually found throughout the world and “Otto the Iceman” found frozen in the Alps for 5,000 years had it. The Pilgrims contracted Lyme in the early 1600’s and wrote about it extensively. Stuffed and preserved animal remains from the earliest colonization tested positive for Lyme.

A major problem holding back study is wacko conspiracy theorists and ignorant trash think it was created in a government lab near Lyme, CT in the 70’s. Some jackass wrote a book about that which was tabloid level fiction but it has taken root in the American psyche. It was linked to German scientists brought here after WWII during Operation Paperclip which the author claimed was a secret and nefarious bio-weapons program.

Operation Paperclip wasn’t secret, it was in the press as soon as it began back at the end of the war. There was no bio-weapons program or Nazi scientists involved. It was a program to bring German rocket engineers and physicists here when it was learned the Russians were trying to collect them to build strategic rockets and missiles. By order of the President, no members of the Nazi party were to be brought back to the states. The abducted scientists were put to work building rockets and missiles and most were drafted into NASA while some worked on Atomic Bomb projects. Nothing to do with Lyme or bio-weapons.

It did not originate in Lyme, CT and spread from there. It is virtually everywhere and has always been so. CLIMATE CHANGE is a major factor in its spread. Small animals like mice and rabbits are the most common carriers of the infected ticks, not deer, although they do carry it and the deer tick was named based on this. Warmer and milder winters allow greater spread along with a greater number of host animals that thrive around human settlements. Contrary to popular opinion there are more deer, rabbits, and rodents now than there were prior to European colonization.

European settlers, and later the Americans, drastically reduced predators which allowed game animals to grow their numbers. Human farms and towns cut from forests created “edge habitat” where the sun reached the ground in more places creating the growth of vegetation that feeds game animals (and farm produce of course). That’s why you see so many animals on the side of highways and roads, and so much accidental road kill. Further animals like the possum that eat large quantities of ticks are persecuted by humans.

It’s the perfect storm of unintended consequences. A nasty tick that spreads bacterial infections and viruses is given every benefit to reproduce and spread out to near plague like conditions. People arrive in quantity, predators are eradicated, a rise in game and rodents provides more hosts for the ticks, conspiracy theorists mislead the public, government doesn’t want to invest, drug companies and medical establishments see no profit in acknowledgement, and climate change pours gasoline into the fire. The CDC which is underfunded and overwhelmed turns a blind eye and speculates only a few thousand cases a year while the US numbers alone are in the millions. Data collection is blocked by Republikkkan Congressmen because that might necessitate investing money which could be given to corporations and billionaires.

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lonestarflight · 1 year

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“This is a drawing showing a large troop carrying Ithacus rocket being launched from the aft deck of a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier of the Enterprise class. Ithacus is a Douglas Aircraft Company concept of a rocket which could transport 1,200 troops or 132 tons of cargo at 17,000 mph to any point on earth. Another Ithacus is poised on the fore deck in this illustration. The carrier deck provides a floating launch pad.

The smaller 'Ithacus Jr.' version would have had an intercontinental cargo capability of 33.5t or 260 soldiers. Douglas proposed to launch two Ithacus Jr. vehicles from an Enterprise-class nuclear aircraft carrier, which also would have produced liquid oxygen and hydrogen propellant from seawater. Power for the electrolysis process would have been taken from the carrier's nuclear reactor: 112MW would have been required to produce 1150t of oxygen and 164t of hydrogen from 1470t of water. The rocketships would be stored inside hangars. One Ithacus Jr. would serve as a troop carrier while the other would deploy unmanned cargo to the same military site. The Ithacus Jr. vehicles would land 600 meters apart to deploy a fully armed group of 260 soldiers.”

Douglas Aircraft Co. photo, poss. no. G-13, circa 1965

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agm-114 · 1 year

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First Flight

Ok so, if you haven't heard of it before, KSP is this fun little game where you run a space program and try and launch spacecraft to other moons and planets in a scaled-down solar system. Despite being the first game I ever bought, I never really spent a significant amount of time playing it.

I figure it'd be fun to share my experience trying to play it, and talk a bit about rockets. I decided a good starting point for my game would be building a general-purpose, medium-sized launch vehicle for putting cargo and crew into orbit.

I decided to base it on the Zenit-2. The Zenit is a very interesting launch vehicle with quite a history, which I'd like to explore in a future post. Skipping past that, we get to the last variant: the 3SL. It was operated by a multinational (American, Russian, Norwegian, and Ukrainian) Company. The main body of the spacecraft was manufactured in Ukraine, while the engines and the upper stages came from Russia. Boeing provided the fairing and integrated the pieces. Finally, the Norwegians provided the launch infrastructure, which was by far the most unique part of the rocket. See, the company, named Sea Launch, unsurprisingly provided one of the only sea-based launch services while it was in operation.

The rocket was launched from a "self-propelled semi-submersible mobile spacecraft launch platform converted from a mobile drilling rig" called LP Odyssey. The whole thing looks like something out of a spy film, and it's honestly hard to believe this was a real thing. Because no one could be on the platform while it launched a rocket, it was paired with a combo rocket carrier/mission control center ship called Sea Launch Commander. In Captain America: The Winter Soldier, the ship in the beginning that is hijacked (Lemurian Star) is the same ship.

In the movie, it's launching the satellites that provide the targeting data for the hellicarriers which I think is pretty neat.

Here's my approximation of the rocket in KSP, during its first ascent. The bottom looks like four rockets but is actually a single large one called the RD-170. It's probably the most interesting part of the rocket as it represents the high water mark of soviet rocket engines.

If you're familiar with KSP, you might not remember there being an RD-170 equivalent, we have one because I'm running a heavily modded version of KSP. (Restock + Near Future + Utility Mods)

Here's the engine IRL. Pretty neat. The RD-170 has an even more interesting history than the Zenit booster it mounted on (it inherits many design elements from the soviet N1 moon rocket)

To get into orbit, you need to be traveling horizontally at about 2 kilometers per second. However, if you tried to achieve these speeds near the surface, all of your energy would quickly be lost through drag, so you first must ascend through the atmosphere before your upper stage turns horizontally and circularizes your orbit. If you need some more info I have attached an article from NASA explaining the whole thing in depth.

The rocket's payload, in this case, a satellite, is often not aerodynamically sound (and even if it was figuring safe flight profiles for each payload would become quite complex) so it's enclosed in an aerodynamic fairing. Popping it off to save weight once the rocket is out of the atmosphere is always the highlight of a launch. Real rocket fairings are typically two halves, to save weight and complexity, but I find having multi-part fairings more fun. If you look at the end of the rocket carefully, you'll notice the engine bells are moving around. This is because during ascent, one of the primary ways that the rocket controls itself is by making adjustments to the direction of its exhaust.

Here we see that the upper stage trying to circularize its orbit. Unlike the lower-stage engines, which are optimized for pure lifting capacity, the upper-stage has a much larger nozzle to propel the rocket more efficiently. You can see how the lack of atmosphere means that the plume can expand much more easily than in the lower stages where it was squeezed into a narrow jet. (ksp doesn't fully simulate this, but it ends up being right a lot of the time)

Unfortunately, the lowered thrust came back to bite me. Although the rocket had more than enough energy to reach the needed orbital velocity, it simply did not have the necessary thrust to reach those speeds before it began to reenter the atmosphere and burned up.

My second attempt used an engine with roughly twice the power output and was a lot more successful. The blue line represents the current trajectory of the rocket, while the orange line represents the rocket after the planned burn. I'd like to say I planned such a perfect circularization burn, but I actually used an external tool to do so.

Here we can see our rocket doing that injection burn, with the higher thrust engines. On real rockets, these burns can take a pretty significant amount of time

Here you can see the satellite getting deployed by the upper stage.

Typically after a satellite is put into orbit, each functional element is slowly deployed, then verified one by one. But since this is KSP, we can have fun with a one-button deployment sequence.

I'm going to take a moment here to say that Tumblr's 10mb limit on gifs is driving me nuts. I can't even use an external host cause the GIFs don't autoplay.

The main advantage of sea launch was you could launch anywhere on earth. This typically was used for an equatorial launch because the equator provides a minor speed boost and makes achieving any inclination easy. For pretty much every sea launch, these strengths were used to put a cable or telecom satellite in a geostationary orbit. This one isn't based on anything in particular, I just slapped it together based on the first satellite I found on google. The main advantage of sea launch was you could launch anywhere on earth. This typically was used for an equatorial launch because the equator provides a minor speed boost and makes achieving any inclination easy. For pretty much every sea launch, these strengths were used to put a cable or telecom satellite in a geostationary orbit. This one isn't based on anything in particular, I just slapped it together based on the first satellite I found on google. I guess the next step will be to put up some real telecom satellites.

#kerbal space program #energia #rd-180 #space #orbit

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b737m · 1 year

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Part #2: About Boeing

Boeing was founded in 1916 as Aero Products Company in Seattle, Washington. In 1917 it was renamed Boeing Airplane Company. Boeing built a reputation over the years for being a leader in safety and building quality aircraft. As their reputation grew, so did their market share. Boeing’s planes became a favorite of pilots to fly — they handled well, and they were designed in a way that they were easy to fly. Boeing’s mission statement as I could discern is “Lead on safety, quality, integrity and sustainability” and their vision is “Start with engineering excellence”.

Boeing had a proud culture of being engineer-driven. The engineers who were designing and building the planes had a lot of sway in the company. The direction the company took, the types of aircraft developed, everything was focused around engineers and engineering. They created commercial jets, military jets, military helicopters, and spacecraft. Boeing was the driving force behind the United States becoming a leader in the sky and in space.

Boeing is contracted to design and build seaplanes for the US Navy for WWI, the Model C. They order 50 of them for the war effort. Boeing is also contracted to build the MB-1 bomber. Over the next few years, Boeing receives contracts to build various military planes, while continuing to build their civilian seaplanes. Boeing’s planes are either drafted for military use during WWII from their commercial uses, or they are contracted to build military-specific planes — like the B-29 Superfortress bomber. This is the model that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. The B-29 Bockscar dropped the bomb on Nagasaki.

In June of 1946, Boeing begins designing the B-52, one of the most notable bombers in their history. Having flown in multiple wars, as well as being one of the primary planes designed to carry nuclear weapons in the event of a global thermonuclear war with the Soviet Union. It is first completed in November of 1951.

Boeing started making commercial passenger jets in 1955 with the release of the 707 twin-jet, first delivered to Pan Am in 1958. The 707 was the first plane that was ordered by the Air Force specifically for use for the President and other high-ranking officials. The 707 was the first jet to be called “Air Force One”.

The Saturn V rocket is the only launch vehicle ever to have brought humans beyond low-earth orbit. This is the rocket that brought Neil Armstrong and all the other Apollo missions to the Moon. The Saturn V holds the record for the heaviest payload launched into space. The Saturn V was designed by Boeing. Even the Lunar Rover was designed by Boeing.

In 1967, the 737 was released. Nearly all airlines in the US were flying Boeing aircraft. Southwest is notable for exclusively flying the 737 — their entire fleet is solely Boeing 737 aircraft. From their inception in 1967, they have (with two exceptions) only ever flown the 737 family of jets. The exception was briefly flying 727 jets for short periods. In 2021, Southwest had a total order of 234 737 Max jets which was the largest single purchaser of the 737 Max.

“The Queen of the Skies” — The Boeing 747. This plane made it possible for normal people to travel by plane, and brought about the “Jet Age”. The 747 was the first jumbo-jet, it had 4 engines, it could make it across the ocean with ease, and it could hold an immense amount of passengers. The 747 was the first twin-aisle aircraft, making ingress and egress much easier than a single-aisle aircraft. The 747 is one of the safest airplanes when adjusted for seat count. A modified version of the 747 serves as Air Force 1 — the president’s plane. The 747 is also notable for carrying the Space Shuttle as the Space Shuttle Carrier Aircraft.

Boeing’s culture underwent a major shift in 1996. It merged with McDonnell Douglas — who was at the time another major manufacturer of aircraft. The more business-first-focused McDonnell Douglas President and CEO became the President and CEO of the newly merged company. One change that was brought about was moving the headquarters from Seattle (which was near the engineers) to Chicago. The goal of this was to create physical distance from those who may object to changes made by the executives. The new mandate was to design and build the planes more cheaply, get higher profit margins, and increase the share price. Everything else came second.

This was around the time that Airbus was gaining market share, and in some cases, selling better than Boeing. In 1990, Boeing had 80% of the passenger commercial jet market, and Airbus had less than 20%. 5 years later, Boeing had 50%, with Airbus taking 30%, and by 2003, Airbus had 52% of the commercial jet market. The loss of the market leadership drove even higher a push to reduce costs, and increase the speed at which planes are developed and built. This loss spurred the development of the 737 Max, and with the newly required speed and focus on profits, the problems that ensued.

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USAF announces support for Stratolaunch's hypersonic flight test

Fernando Valduga By Fernando Valduga 11/16/2022 - 11:00 in Technology

Stratolaunch's Roc aircraft loads the first Talon-A separation test vehicle during its eighth flight test on October 28, 2022.

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) announced its support for Stratolaunch's hypersonic test vehicle flight test, which is expected to take place early next year.

Launched from the Roc aircraft, the rocket-powered Talon-A test bench carries a variety of customizable loads flying above Mach 5, allowing a hypersonic flight environment for "scientific research, technological development and component demonstration".

The Seattle-based aerospace company completed the critical review of the test vehicle project in September 2021 and conducted its first captive flight test on October 28.

The flight of more than five hours at 23,000 feet (7,000 meters) tested the aircraft's release system and measured the "aerodynamic loads in the Talon-A vehicle while coupled to the Roc," the company said. "The loads captured in flight will validate aerodynamic forecasts to ensure that the release mechanism works as designed."

The first configuration of Talon-A is dispensable. However, the next generation will be reusable.

Stratolaunch expects to start providing hypersonic flight services to government and commercial customers in 2023.

“We are pleased that AFRL has chosen to support the flight of our first hypersonic vehicle and we enjoy working with the esteemed team,” said Stratolaunch CEO Zachary Krevor. "We look forward to providing flight test services to AFRL and other customers in the near future."

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The lone power pylon stood a solitary vigil on the moorlands, its body creaking and groaning with the wind. The power lines connecting it to its kin were long gone, the power they once carried, the life-blood of the township, were wasted. Its sibling pylons were gone too, destroyed by the war as targets, collateral damage, or fallen to decay and privations for metal.

It stood alone to watch the Damocles command Rhino sit alone on a small rise, its large dish scanning back and forth slightly as it sniffed and scented the information being sent across the battle scape kilometres away. Compared to the pylon, with its red rust and brown dirty metal, the Rhinos flanks are shining steel. Even its dirty tracks cannot detract from the martial worth of the vehicle, especially with the roaring head of a dracon, rendered in silver, against the onyx black door at the flank and rear.

The pylon watches the Rhino as it carries out its task.

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With a jolt that shook the body of every transhuman passenger it carried, the Deimos-pattern Rhino bounced and roared its way across the broken highway designated ASR-Bravo-2 by the Astra Militarum officers in charge of leading the fight against the cultists fighting the city of Vagasgrod. Its true name was lost now, being blasted away by mortar round, artillery shell and rocket.

Another crater, another heavy sideways jolt that shook Brother-Sergeant Gaiun, squad leader of Sternguard Squad Gaiun, of the 1st Company of the Steel Drakes, heavily enough for his helmet to bang against the interior of the Rhino.

“Brother! Please try and miss one of the craters!” The Astartes veteran calls out over the vox to his driver.

“Apologies, honoured sergeant, but these roads are, in a word, terrible.” Another jolt, this time up and down, as the armoured vehicle mounted an obstacle at speed. “I will need to put in for repairs when we return to the Ferro Cordis.”

Not saying another word, Gaiun settled himself more comfortably in the vehicle as their target approached. Again, he called up his eidetic memory, recalling the mission briefing in the clipped tones of Astartes professionalism.

Assist Cadian combat engineers in attack cultist defensive line. Exploit breach. Hold position for reinforcements. Break the enemy’s teeth.

“Honoured sergeant, we have company.” The driver spoke up again. “Linking vox feed to theirs.”

The clear transmission of Astartes level communications was replaced with static laced growls of Militarum-grade communications for armoured vehicles.

“My lord, this is Captain Gyles, Cadian 16th Armoured. I’ve got a trio of Leman Russ’ as per orders for your support.”

Turning slightly, Gaiun accessed a panel allowing exterior view of the Rhino as it ran through the ruined city. Keeping pace well, three Leman Russ tanks roared alongside the armoured personnel carrier. Three different patterns of tank; a Demolisher, Exterminator and Conqueror, all painted in broken shades of grey and black ran alongside the steel-clad Rhino.

“Acknowledged, Captain Gyles. Be ready for contact.” Gaiun said curtly, shutting down the feed before he closed his eyes behind his helmet. Quickly, he called up his eidetic memory and the plans shown to him of the local PDF defensive lines. Perfectly, he remembered the placement of each bunker, each wall and the line of tank traps recently put in by the renegade forces. It flashed by his yes like a sped up pict video.

“Battle line ahead. Forty-seconds until contact.”

As soon as the words left the driver’s mouth, explosions rocked the Rhino on its suspension. Even muffled by the armour plating of the vehicle, Gaiun’s enhanced hearing can make out the sounds of battle: the roar of artillery pieces, the heavy snap of lascannon shots, the thunder of explosions.

“Is the road clear?” Gaiun asked as he reached down his waist, pulling his plasma pistol from its holster, dracon-skin leather, revealing an ornate pistol of silvery steel and burnished gold, crowned with blue energy.

“Still clear, honoured sergeant.” The driver responded. “Twenty-seconds. Fire incoming.”

A loud thrum shook the Rhino, loud enough to rattle Gaiun in his armour.

“Glancing hit from lascannon. Still operational.”

I ran out of steam on this sadly. But I like it.

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8 Stocks to Invest in the Future of Space Exploration

Space, often referred to as the “great unknown” or the “final frontier,” has long captivated humanity’s imagination and ambition. The allure of exploring beyond our earthly confines has propelled us to remarkable achievements. The narrative of space exploration is dotted with significant milestones, including the United States’ Apollo 11 mission, which marked the first human footsteps on the moon in 1969, and the Soviet Union’s pioneering achievement of sending the first man into space. Nations worldwide have contributed to this ongoing saga through various soft landings on celestial bodies, showcasing our collective quest to reach further into the cosmos.

The most recent chapter in this epic journey was written by Houston-based Intuitive Machines, Inc. (NASDAQ: LUNR). In February 2024, their Nova C Odysseus lunar lander embarked on its voyage aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission initially reported success but later encountered difficulties that obscured its triumphant narrative, highlighting the unpredictable nature of space ventures.

These endeavors into space are not just scientific quests but also present high-risk, high-reward opportunities for investors. Exploration companies are at the forefront of pushing technological boundaries, offering a unique investment avenue that intertwines financial prospects with the human spirit of discovery.

Investing In Space Through Different Verticals

Investing in space exploration involves understanding the diverse landscape of companies contributing to this sector’s growth. Let’s delve deeper into the capabilities and visions of the companies leading the way in other-worldly exploration. Each entity not only represents a unique investment opportunity but also plays a pivotal role in humanity’s quest to explore, understand, and utilize space.

AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASTS)

AST SpaceMobile aims to revolutionize global connectivity by deploying the first space-based cellular broadband network, directly accessible by standard smartphones. Their proprietary technology promises to eliminate the need for terrestrial cell towers in remote and underserved areas, potentially connecting billions more people to high-speed internet. With strategic partnerships with mobile network operators around the world, AST SpaceMobile’s vision extends beyond connectivity; it’s about fostering global economic inclusion and emergency communication capabilities.

Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SPCE)

Virgin Galactic is pioneering the space tourism sector by developing spacecraft that provide civilians the opportunity to experience space. Their spaceflight system consists of a carrier aircraft and a spaceship, designed to offer passengers a few minutes of weightlessness and stunning views of Earth from the edge of space. Beyond tourism, Virgin Galactic is exploring opportunities for space science research and satellite deployment, diversifying its potential impact and revenue streams in the space industry.

Intuitive Machines, Inc. (NASDAQ: LUNR)

Intuitive Machines is at the forefront of lunar exploration, aiming to provide commercial lunar payload delivery services. Their Nova C landers are designed to carry payloads to the Moon for NASA, commercial customers, and international partners. Despite the setbacks faced by the Odysseus mission, their technological advancements in propulsion, navigation, and landing systems position them as a key player in enabling sustainable lunar exploration and utilization, including mining, in-situ resource utilization, and lunar base construction.

Terran Orbital Corporation (NYSE: LLAP)

Terran Orbital specializes in satellite technology, offering end-to-end solutions that cover the design, manufacture, and operation of small satellites. Their expertise supports a wide range of applications, from Earth observation and satellite communications to national security and scientific research. With a focus on innovation and reliability, Terran Orbital is enabling smaller, more affordable satellites to play a crucial role in addressing global challenges, monitoring climate change, and enhancing global communication networks.

Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (NASDAQ: RKLB)

Rocket Lab has established itself as a leader in small satellite launch services with its Electron rocket, and is expanding its capabilities with the development of the Neutron rocket aimed at larger payloads. Their launch frequency, flexibility, and reliability cater to the growing demand for satellite deployment, space research, and interplanetary missions. Rocket Lab also ventures into satellite design, manufacture, and space systems, providing comprehensive solutions for the rapidly evolving space sector.

Telesat Corporation (NASDAQ: TSAT)

Telesat is deploying a state-of-the-art global low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite network, Telesat Lightspeed, aiming to deliver fiber-like internet across the globe. This network is designed to serve the unmet needs of remote and rural communities, maritime and aeronautical markets, and government operations, offering low-latency, high-capacity connectivity. With a legacy in satellite communications, Telesat’s advancements signify a transformative step towards global digital inclusion and enhanced connectivity for critical services.

Boeing Company (NYSE: BA)

Boeing’s space exploration initiatives span a wide array of activities, including the design and manufacture of advanced spacecraft, satellites, and space systems. Their involvement in the International Space Station, the development of the CST-100 Starliner commercial crew vehicle, and contributions to the Space Launch System for NASA underscore Boeing’s integral role in both manned and unmanned space missions. Boeing’s commitment to innovation drives the future of space travel, satellite technology, and deep-space exploration.

Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE: LMT)

Lockheed Martin’s extensive contributions to space exploration encompass satellite technology, human spaceflight, and planetary exploration. Their work on the Orion spacecraft for NASA’s Artemis program to return humans to the Moon, development of interplanetary spacecraft, and leadership in satellite technology for communications, weather monitoring, and national security applications underscore Lockheed Martin’s comprehensive capabilities in advancing our presence in and understanding of space.

Conclusion

Investing in space exploration offers a unique frontier for those looking to diversify their portfolios with high-risk, high-reward opportunities. The companies listed above represent just a glimpse into the myriad ways investors can engage with the space sector, from satellite communications and tourism to lunar exploration and beyond.

However, it’s crucial to recognize that space investing is not for everyone. The inherent risks, including technological challenges, regulatory hurdles, and the long timelines for realizing potential returns, necessitate a careful assessment of one’s risk tolerance and investment horizon.

For those drawn to the promise of the final frontier, investing in space exploration can be more than a financial decision—it can be a participation in humanity’s grandest adventure, pushing the boundaries of what is possible and contributing to our collective journey into the cosmos.

Disclosure: No position. Spotlight Growth has no relationships with any of the companies mentioned in this article and did not receive payment in any form for its creation. This is an opinion article and is not meant to be financial advise. We are not broker-dealers or investment professionals. Please conduct your own due diligence. For more information on our disclosures, please visit: https://spotlightgrowth.com/disclosures/

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Key Players in the Turkey Defense Market: Domestic Manufacturers and International Partnerships

In the Turkey defense market, there are both domestic manufacturers and international partnerships that play significant roles in shaping the industry.

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Here are key players in both categories:

Domestic Manufacturers:

ASELSAN: ASELSAN is Turkey's largest defense electronics company, specializing in the development, production, and integration of advanced military systems and technologies. ASELSAN manufactures a wide range of products, including communication systems, radar systems, electronic warfare systems, electro-optical systems, and weapon systems.

TAI (Turkish Aerospace Industries): TAI is Turkey's leading aerospace and defense company, involved in the design, development, production, and support of military and commercial aerospace platforms and systems. TAI manufactures aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), satellites, and aerospace components.

FNSS Defense Systems: FNSS Defense Systems is a joint venture between Turkey's Nurol Holding and BAE Systems, specializing in the design, development, and production of armored combat vehicles and weapon systems. FNSS manufactures a range of armored vehicles, including wheeled and tracked armored personnel carriers and infantry fighting vehicles.

BMC (BMC Otomotiv Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş.): BMC is a Turkish automotive and defense company, involved in the production of tactical wheeled vehicles, including armored personnel carriers, tactical trucks, and military land vehicles. BMC manufactures vehicles for military and security forces, as well as commercial markets.

Roketsan: Roketsan is Turkey's leading missile and rocket manufacturer, specializing in the design, development, and production of guided missiles, rockets, and munitions for air, land, and sea-based platforms. Roketsan's product portfolio includes anti-tank missiles, air defense systems, artillery rockets, and precision-guided munitions.

International Partnerships:

Lockheed Martin: Lockheed Martin is a major U.S. defense contractor that collaborates with Turkish defense companies on various defense projects, including the production of F-16 fighter jets and the development of missile defense systems.

Airbus: Airbus collaborates with Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) on the production of Airbus A400M military transport aircraft. TAI manufactures fuselage sections, landing gear components, and other structural parts for the A400M aircraft.

MBDA: MBDA is a European missile manufacturer that collaborates with Turkish defense companies on missile defense projects. MBDA has been involved in joint development programs with Turkey's Roketsan, including the SOM (Standoff Missile) cruise missile program.

Leonardo: Leonardo, an Italian aerospace and defense company, collaborates with Turkish defense companies on various defense projects, including the production of helicopters and unmanned aerial systems (UAS).

Thales: Thales, a French multinational company, collaborates with Turkish defense companies on the development and production of defense electronics, communication systems, and naval systems.

These are just a few examples of key players in the Turkey defense market, both domestic manufacturers and international partners. Collaborations and partnerships between domestic and international companies contribute to the development, production, and export of advanced defense systems and technologies, enhancing Turkey's defense capabilities and promoting defense industry cooperation.

#Turkey Defense Market

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🔻SUICIDE DRONE from HEZBOLLAH - LEBANON at Moshav Arbel - Lower Galilee, miss - hit open area (not exactly, meters from a family home), no sirens in impact area but there were at border area where it crossed. Moshav Arbel, explosion heard, children in school and kindergartens rushed to shelter.

🔻ROCKET from HEZBOLLAH - LEBANON at IDF post in the Western Galilee.

▪️IDF SAYS… struck and killed terrorist who launched rockets from Gaza within minutes of the launch.

▪️HOUTHIS SAY… “We have no choice but further escalation.” (( Their honor is tied to the fact they committed to affecting Israel and Gaza but aren’t effectively doing so. Are they willing to sacrifice their fighters, civilians, cities to their honor? Yes. ))

▪️RAMADAN SWEETS FOR GAZA? “Although Ramadan is not expected to affect the ongoing fighting in Gaza, the possibility of importing aid into the Strip that would allow Gazans to celebrate the holiday was discussed at the cabinet meeting, Haaretz reported.”

▪️COUNTER-TERROR OPERATIONS.. overnight in Beit Omer, Hebron area, Shoafat camp, East Jerusalem, Qabatiya, near Jenin, and Jebel Al Mukhabar neighborhood of East Jerusalem, and Aqat Jaber camp near Jericho. Heavy clashes and firefights in Qabatiya.

▪️ATTACK ON PM? “A suspicious envelope was found in the Prime Minister’s office. Under investigation.”

▪️EARLIER REPORT OF GUNFIRE AT CARMIT.. Police: criminal conflict between 2 factions of the same (Arab) family.

▪️MORE ON ATTACKED SHIP.. the ship struck by the Houthis was flying the flag of Belize, registered to the UK, and operated by a Lebanese company. Oops. Updated report says the bulk carrier is carrying AMMONIA. If it leaks its cargo, and it was earlier said to be in danger of sinking and the crew abandoned ship - the environmental damage may be EXTREME.

#Israel #Realtime War Updates #October 7 #Operation Swords of Iron #Hamas Massacre

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Forecasting the Future: Small Satellite Market's 15.3% CAGR Propels Industry to US$ 55.9 Billion by 2033

The small satellite market is expected to thrive at a strong CAGR of 15.3% during the forecast period. The market is anticipated to cross a market size of US$ 55.9 billion by 2033, while it holds a revenue of US$ 13.5 billion in 2023.

The expanding space exploration programs around the world have become an important element in the space race. Thus, the applications of small satellites become important

Small satellite market thrives on factors such as new technology, research and development programs, and private companies and startups investing in outer space exploration.

Countries and their defence programs are also adopting a huge number of small satellites while also building constellations for observation and surveillance.

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Different types of carriers and launch pads have also been built according to the reusable rockets and satellites. The latest addition to sustainable technology is the use of reusable and biodegradable materials while building satellites to minimize space waste.

Emerging economies like India and China have started building and advancing their space exploration programs with the help of commercial rides, payload carriers, and satellite carriers. Small startups are also helping organizations like ISRO and DRDO to create sustainable solutions for space programs.

Key Points

The US market for small satellite holds the biggest market share and is likely to cross the anticipated values of US$ 7.2 Bn by 2033 with a CAGR of 14.8%. The growth rate is rising for the US market as the market flourished from a lower CAGR of 11.0% between 2017 and 2022.

The Indian small satellite market thrives at the highest CAGR of 18.2% during the forecast period, while like revenue of US$ 701.1 million by 2033. The regional market was at a lower CAGR of 13.5% during the previous forecast period.

The small satellite market outlook states that the nanosatellites segment continues to lead the satellite type category with a CAGR of 15.9% between 2023 and 2033. The growth is owed to the easy implementation, effective use and cheaper cost.

Based on end-user type, the defence segment thrives at a CAGR of 15.3% between 2023 and 2033. This is due to the increased use of surveillance for enhanced security of the defense personnel.

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Competitive Landscape

Major players in small satellite market focus on experimenting with the size by using lighter materials in the production of these small satellites. Brands make satellites with a weight of 500 kg to increase performance and save rocket fuel too. Key players in the market are Orbital ATK, Inc., Ball Corporation, Airbus, Boeing, Lockheed Martin Corporation, Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd., QinetiQ, ISIS- Innovative Solutions In Space B.V., OHB SE, Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd., Planet Labs Inc.

For instance:

Lockheed Martin Corporation launched its advanced satellite series which has LM 50, offering compact size, optimized design, and efficient packaging while its mission life lies between three months to five years.

Ball Corporation has introduced BCP 100, which is a small satellite and offers a rapid and frequent response to meet mission requirements. Another satellite is BCP 300 that is applied for the demonstration mission for tests and other technological experiments.

Key Segments

By Satellite Type:

Micro-Satellite

Mini-Satellite

Nano-Satellite

Pico-Satellites

By End User:

Civil

Commercial

Defense

By Region:

North America

Latin America

Europe

Asia Pacific (APAC)

Middle East & Africa (MEA)

#small satellite market

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According to the FAA Stratolaunch is cleared for the first powered flight of it's Talon TA-1 hypersonic flight test vehicle today (9 Mar, although the launch window extends 9-12 Mar), which will be air-launched from the Roc carrier aircraft over Western Range of Vandenberg Space Force Base having taken of from Mojave, Rutan Field, California. The Talon-A is designed to fly at Mach 6 carrying research experiments. Stratolaunch have also bought the former Virgin Orbit Boeing 747 'Cosmic Girl' which was also converted as an air launch rocket carrier, for Launcher One flights, after that company went bankrupt (it was a separate company the Virgin Galactic)

The Stratolaunch Roc was originally designed to carry an air launched four engined version of the Falcon rocket in partnership with SpaceX, the Falcon Air. That partnership ended when SpaceX concluded the project was no longer economic, but Stratolaunch had already built the Roc which uses parts from two Boeing 747's.

Pic: Talon TA-1 is pictured onboard Roc during it's second captive test flight on 24 February 2024, a rehearsal for the powered flight test. Stratolaunch

#Stratolaunch Talon TA-1

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HIMARS Blamed for Bloody Strike on Russian Unit Standing in Field to Wait for General

If reports from both sides of the line are to be believed, hundreds of men from a Siberian infantry unit were standing in the open getting ready to be inspected by a Major General.

A Ukrainian long-range missile strike shattered a Russian infantry battalion drawn up in parade formation, killing dozens of soldiers as they waited for a top Kremlin-appointed general and other army brass to inspect their ranks, Wednesday reports from both sides of the lines said.

Russian milbloggers blamed US-made M2 precision-guided missiles loaded with cluster munitions, and local commanders either ignorant or uncaring about the long-range of the American weapon system, for the devastating attack hitting a training area east of the Kremlin-occupied Ukrainian city of Volnovakha.

According to those accounts, two or three GPS-guided rocket-propelled artillery missiles fired by a Ukrainian HIMARS launcher slammed into a field near the Ukrainian town of Trudivske reportedly shortly after 9 a.m. on Tuesday, hitting dozens of men forming up there to receive a ceremonial inspection by Maj. Gen. Oleg Moiseev, area commander and top officer in Russia’s 29th Army.

Photos and video appeared to back up the fact of the artillery attack and heavy Russian casualties, but by midday Wednesday neither side had commented on the strike officially.

Video and photographs recorded from the purported strike site showed at least two dozen corpses wearing Russian army uniforms. Footage published by the Ukrainian UNIAN news agency showed a farm field smoking from an undetermined cause, as a Russian voice states two or three companies of troops had been formed up on orders of a senior commander, and then hit by Ukrainian munitions.

The voice states that two sub-units – the 4th and 6th companies, each a formation normally numbering between 80-120 soldiers – were “totally cut down.”

Unmoving bodies lie in the field with smoke rising from the ground around them, the video shows. Cuts from the video show more than 20 probable dead. No wounded are shown.

Most reports said Russian losses killed were between 60-67 men. At least 300 personnel were wounded, some unconfirmed reports said.https://t.me/uniannet/126314?embed=1

Still images apparently taken during emergency response to the strike showed uniformed corpses with head injuries, but little visible damage to legs and arms. In those photographs few men are shown to be wearing protective gear, and rifles, helmets and body armor are piled nearby.

Some reports identified the unit purportedly struck as a battalion from 39th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade, a regular Russian army unit based on the Far Eastern island of Sakhalin. More accounts said the formation hit in the attack was made up of members of 36th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade, a unit drawn from Russia’s east Siberian Zabaikal territory.

The voice speaking with a working-class accent blames General Moiseev and Russian army obsession with organizing formal ceremonies and propaganda events, even during a shooting war, for the carnage. Most of the victims, per that account, were junior commanders.

The Russian opposition Russia No Context Telegram channel, among others, identified Col. G. Musaev, the commander of 36th Motor Rifle, as the most senior officer killed in the strike.

The alleged location site of the Ukrainian attack, near the village of Trudivske, had been used by Ukrainian troops for training since the mid-2010s, and captured by advancing Russian troops in 2022.

First fielded by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in summer 2023, the US-made HIMARS artillery system has become one of the Ukrainian Ground Force’s most effective long-range weapons.

In past attacks, AFU commanders had used the truck- or armored carrier-mounted rocket launcher to hit targets as far as 80 km distant. Located some 30 km. behind Russian lines, Trudivske is well within range of the precision-guided artillery munitions.

Ukrainian and Russian milbloggers widely described the images as accurate and said the strike took place at a training area near Trudivske and inflicted dozens of casualties on Russian troops transported to a field to await a visit by General Moiseeva.

Ukrainian mainstream media, by Wednesday, was widely describing the Trudivske strike as highly probable.

The semi-official Ukrainian source Operativny ZSU on Wednesday reported the strike “probably” took place but that the images required confirmation. Kyiv Post was unable to validate the images and reports accuracy independently.

The Wednesday morning Chief of General Staff (GCS) situation estimate, a daily official Ukrainian military report of combat activity over the past 24 hours, made no mention of a strike near the Trudivske village. Official Kremlin sources, likewise, had not commented on the alleged Trudivske strike by midday Wednesday.

Today's Video and photos from the test site near Volnovakha, where the Himars rocket arrived.

The Russians lined up and waited for some commander,

who apparently was on his way to give awards or a review. By the way, the commander never arrived.

look how tungsten balls worked on this tree

/1. RuZZian sources report that there was a strike on RuZZian military training grounds in Trudivske area, Donetsk region.

RuZZian sources regarding this: “In Trudivske the formation of (ВЧ06705) fighters was organized at one of the training grounds, they were waiting for the big boss

(We are finding out which one), the enemy hit with cluster munitions, as a result of which 65 people died.

The RuZZians have already written about this, all the information in detail, although there are footages from the scene on the RuZZian’ channels now,

65 lives, 65 RuZZians will not return home alive, because of the whim of the headquarters ghoul, and this is only in the morning, now the figure is probably different...”

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Chinese Private Space Company Completes Vertical Takeoff, Landing Test For Reusable Rocket

— Fan Wei and Tao Mingyang | January 19, 2024

The VTVL-1 Test Rocket Photo: Courtesy of LandSpace

Chinese Private Aerospace Company LandSpace completed a vertical takeoff and vertical landing (VTVL) test on Friday, the Beijing-based firm told the Global Times, laying the foundations for its self-developed ZQ-3 reusable rocket.

The flight test was completed with the VTVL-1 test rocket at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China's Gansu Province. The rocket landed at the scheduled landing point after staying in the air for approximately 60 seconds and reaching 320 meters high.

VTVL-1 is a liquid oxygen, methane-propelled single-stage test rocket designed to develop the vertical takeoff and landing technique for LandSpace's ZQ-3 reusable rocket. The VTVL-1 has a total length of 18.3 meters and a diameter of 3.35 meters, with a launch weight of 50.3 tons and 68 tons of take-off thrust.

VTVL-1 is equipped with three sets of two-stage buffering landing legs that are capable of handling 50 tons of landing weight. The test also proved the performance and stability of the landing system, which will facilitate ZQ-3's takeoff and landing from land and sea.

The ZQ-3 carrier rocket is China's first reusable steel rocket. It was unveiled in December 2023, and is scheduled to conduct its first commercial flight in 2025. The first stage of the rocket can be used at least 20 times, reducing the launch cost by 80 to 90 percent compared to regular carrier rockets, according to LandSpace.

A representative from LandSpace told the Global Times that the test proved the matching performance of the rocket's control system and throttle engine as well as the guidance algorithm. "The later tests will involve greater speed and height, and will further facilitate the maiden launch of ZQ-3 in 2025," said the representative.

Multiple Chinese private aerospace firms have conducted VTVL tests. The Hyperbola-2 rocket from Chinese private aerospace firm iSpace completed its reusable flight test on December 10 2023.

CAS Space, a commercial spaceflight firm that is partly owned by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, revealed that it successfully carried out a launching-from-land and landing-at-sea trial in Haiyang, East China's Shandong Province, in April 2023.

#China 🇨🇳#Private Space Company #Vertical | Take Off | Landing Test #The VTVL-1 Test Rocket 🚀#Reusable Rocket 🚀#Global Times #Chinese Private Aerospace Company LandSpace

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