A Chinese startup secured funding for a reusable rocket and a replica of SpaceX's servicing tower.
The Chinese private aerospace company Cosmoleap has secured over 100 million yuan (more than 1.3 billion rubles at the current exchange rate) for the development of its reusable rocket, Yueqian, along with a servicing tower modeled after SpaceX's design.
2024-11-05 10:00:46https://naked-science.ru/community/1003554
The company Cosmoleap plans to conduct a test flight of the Yueqian rocket within the next two years and aims to build a service tower modeled after SpaceX's design, which Elon Musk's company recently caught using the Starship booster.
However, the Yueqian will be significantly smaller than the Super Heavy. Its diameter will be four meters, and its length will be 75 meters. The rocket will be capable of delivering a payload of up to 10,460 kilograms to low Earth orbit in a single-use configuration or 6,280 kilograms with the first stage's return condition.