China is preparing for the first launch into space of a new powerful Changozhen-8a rocket (video)
Subscribe not to miss the latest and most intrusive news from the world of science! A few months ago, China completed the construction of a new starting ground for commercial launches into space launches on Hainan Island. And now it became known that a test of the first rocket of the series "Charzhen-8A" was conducted at the spaceport, which provided integration with the starting ground and fuel refueling. The new carrier rocket should fly into space for the first time in December this year.
The rocket developer, the Chinese Research Institute of Missile Technology, states that it is a modified version of the existing Changozhen-8 missile. The new vehicle can carry more cargo and should play a crucial role in the orbit of large satellite groups. China plans to place several such groups in orbit, including G60 communication satellites, consisting of 14 thousand devices. "Changzhen-8A" is a one-time rocket that can bring up to 7. 7 useful load on sunny synchronous orbit of 700 km high.
The ordinary Changzhen-8 missile can carry up to 4. 5 tons of amounts on board and has been flying into space 4 times over the last 4 years. In both missiles, the main degree and lateral accelerators operate on liquid kerosene and liquid oxygen. The Changozhen-8A rocket has more power thanks to the modernized second-degree engines operating in liquid water and liquid oxygen. This rocket has a high -level load - 5.
2 meters in diameter, which enables it to be larger than the volume of goods, and therefore more satellites for one launch. Due to the fact that China has built a new starting platform for commercial launches into space, it is assumed that the flights of the Changozhen-8A series will be regular. The launch of a new G60 satellite group is expected to be the first launch of a new cosport. As focus has already wrote, astronomers have found a huge black hole that kills its galaxy.