China's Rocket Engines

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Space Circling 100 tonne thrust LOX/RP-1 rocket engine "Red Dragon"View attachment 214355
First hot fire test in late 2023.
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Space Circling is a private Chinese rocket engine startup

 

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Untold Stories Behind China's Rocket Engine YF-100 Revisit

Since its first successful hot fire test in 2005, YF-100 has been the workhorse in Chinese rocket engine fleet and paved the solid foundation for subsequent YF-100K, YF-100M, YF-130, YF-135 etc
No translation, but you can get it

 

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YF-100K verification test for first stage of Long March 10 on 22 July 2023

Long March 10 is a super heavy rocket with a payload capacity of 70 t to LEO or 27 t to LTO, which is used for China's crewed lunar landing.

 

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YF-100K verification test for first stage of Long March 10 on 22 July 2023
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Long March 10 is a super heavy rocket with a payload capacity of 70 t to LEO or 27 t to LTO, which is used for China's crewed lunar landing.

 

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Space Pioneer 110 tonne thrust LOX/RP-1 engine hot fire test on 23 July 2023.
The engine is used for the first stage of Tianlong-3 liquid rocket.

Tianlong-3 is medium lift liquid rocket with payload capacity of 17 t to LEO.
Space Pioneer is a Chinese space launch startup.

 

[skywatcher]

Space Pioneer 110 tonne thrust LOX/RP-1 engine hot fire test on 23 July 2023.
The engine is used for the first stage of Tianlong-3 liquid rocket.
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Tianlong-3 is medium lift liquid rocket with payload capacity of 17 t to LEO.
Space Pioneer is a Chinese space launch startup.

 

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YF-100K verification test for first stage of Long March 10 on 22 July 2023
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Long March 10 is a super heavy rocket with a payload capacity of 70 t to LEO or 27 t to LTO, which is used for China's crewed lunar landing.

 

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Orienspace's 85 tonne thrust(vacc.) Primal Force-85 LOX/RP-1 rocket engine

The engine is used for the first stage of Gravity-2 liquid rocket

Gravity-2 is LOX/RP-1 fueled rocket with a payload capacity of 15 t to LEO.
Orienspace is a private Chinese space launch company.

 

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Orienspace's 85 tonne thrust(vacc.) Primal Force-85 LOX/RP-1 rocket engine

The engine is used for the first stage of Gravity-2 liquid rocket
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Gravity-2 is LOX/RP-1 fueled rocket with a payload capacity of 15.5 t to LEO.
Orienspace is a private Chinese space launch company.

 

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Deep Blue Aerospace 20 tonne thrust LOX/RP-1 engine Thunder-R1 hot fire test on 10 Aug 2023.

The engine is used for the LOX/RP-1 fueled rocket Nebua-1, which has a payload capacity of 2 t to LEO.
Deep Blue Aerospace is a private Chinese space launch company.

 

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Space Circling 2.5 t thrust LOX/RP-1 rocket engine Little Dragon hot fire test

Space Circling is a private Chinese rocket engine startup

 

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Sources claim: private Chinese space launch company Land Space is now secretly developing a type of 200 t thrust full flow staged combustion cycle LOX/CH4 engine, which is roughly equivalent to China's state-owned YF-215

 

[Hari Sud]

This thread is purely Chinese propaganda site!

Do we need it?

If not then DRDO should open a thread on Chinese website and display their successes.

 

[Indx TechStyle]

This thread is purely Chinese propaganda site!

Do we need it?

If not then DRDO should open a thread on Chinese website and display their successes.

This is a defence forum and this is China section. So as long as it's been posted in an organised way, it's fine.

 

[Hari Sud]

This is a defence forum and this is China section. So as long as it's been posted in an organised way, it's fine.

Is there a Chinese section in this forum.....?

 

[Indx TechStyle]

Is there a Chinese section in this forum.....?

Yes, this sub-forum in country watch section is literally named "China".

 

[skywatcher]

This thread is purely Chinese propaganda site!

Do we need it?

If not then DRDO should open a thread on Chinese website and display their successes.

Why is it propaganda? You think all the pics I posted are fake?

As long as it's real, it's not propaganda.

Deep Blue Aerospace 20 t thrust LOX/RP-1 engine Thunder-R1 hot fire test on 15 Aug 2023

Deep Blue Aerospace is a private Chinese space launch company

 

[skywatcher]

Why is it propaganda? You think all the pics I posted are fake?View attachment 218552
As long as it's real, it's not propaganda.

Deep Blue Aerospace 20 t thrust LOX/RP-1 engine Thunder-R1 hot fire test on 15 Aug 2023
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Deep Blue Aerospace is a private Chinese space launch company

 

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Deep Blue Aerospace 20 t thrust LOX/RP-1 engine Thunder-R1 hot fire test on 23 Aug 2023

 

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CAS Space 30 t thrust kerolox engine hot fire test on 30 Aug 2023