Deep Blue Aerospace has tested a prototype of its promising reusable Nebula-M1 rocket. The device reached a height of 100 meters and successfully returned back.
The Chinese conducted regular tests of a prototype reusable rocket. The tests took place at the aerospace base in Tongchuan.
Equipped with four supports, the device successfully launched, reached a height of 100 meters and returned back. The video demonstrates all the stages of this flight.
Pretty cool footage of a 100 metre altitude vertical takeoff, vertical landing test by Chinese launch startup Deep Blue Aerospace today, following a 10-metre test in July. [DBA] https://t.co/GraIJEFHFl pic.twitter.com/p7DTz4Udh9- Andrew Jones (@AJ_FI) October 13, 2021
The rocket received an engine running on kerosene and liquid oxygen. The tests were part of the development of a full-fledged Nebula-1 launch vehicle with a diameter of 2.25 meters, the first flight of which was planned for 2023. It is assumed that Nebula-1 will be able to carry 500 kilograms of cargo into a 500-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit.
In the future, the company wants to create a more powerful reusable carrier Nebula-2, which will be able to put 4.5 tons of cargo into low Earth orbit.
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Recall that recently in Russia they showed the appearance of a promising ultralight rocket, one of the modifications of which will be reusable. The first launch of the carrier should be carried out already in 2024.
