09:00 on July 12, 2023"Suzaku II"The Yao-2 launch vehicle was successfully launched, carrying a simulated payload and successfully entering the sun-synchronous orbit (SSO), becoming the world's first liquid oxygen methane launch vehicle to successfully enter orbit. Four months later,"Suzaku II"The launch mission will be carried out again, this time with the goal of putting commercial satellites into orbit.
It is expected that on the morning of December 7, it will carry a commercial satellite"Suzaku II"The Yao-3 rocket will be launched from Station 96 of the Blue Arrow Space Launch Site of the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. The launch mission was:"Suzaku II"The rocket's first official commercial launch will make it the world's first liquid oxygen methane rocket to officially carry out a commercial launch.
Suzaku II"(Zhuque-2) is a medium-sized two-stage dual-cryogenic liquid launch vehicle developed by Blue Arrow Space Science and Technology Co., Ltd., and the first and second stages all use liquid oxygen methane engines.
This type of rocket is 495 meters, the diameter of the first and second stages, and the fairing are all 335 meters, with a take-off mass of 219 tons, take-off thrust of 268 tons, its 200 km low earth orbit (LEO) capacity of 4 tons, and 500 km sun-synchronous orbit (SSO) capacity of 2 tons.
In the future,"Suzaku II"It will also be available to replace the first and second stage engines, with a capacity of 6 tonnes in low-Earth orbit (LEO) at an altitude of 200 km and 4 tonnes in sun-synchronous orbit (SSO) at an altitude of 500 km. Haruka-san Rocket is"Suzaku II"The third rocket of the first batch of rocket verification arrows. After improvement and optimization and adjustment of the test and launch process, the reliability and safety of the Yao-3 rocket have been further improved.
At the same time as the internal changes, the body painting of the Yao-3 rocket has also changed, and it will present a more powerful appearance, which is refreshing. China's private commercial space industry has taken an important step by successfully developing and flying the Suzaku 2 liquid launch vehicle, which marks the world's first liquid oxygen methane launch vehicle to achieve orbital flight. What is even more exciting is that this is also the world's first liquid oxygen methane launch vehicle successfully launched into orbit.
This success means that China is already in a leading position in the field of liquid oxygen methane rocket development. In the future, with the advent of the Yao-3 rocket, China will take the lead in achieving commercial launches in the field of liquid oxygen methane rockets in the world, which will further consolidate the leading position of "Suzaku II" in practical applications.