On December 22, the overall trial run of the x-series rocket engine independently developed by Beijing Zero-One Space Science and Technology Co., Ltd. was successful in Jiangxi. The successful trial run of this power system ensures the success of the first flight of the x-series rocket This important link also marks that Zero One Space has become the first private enterprise in China to master the core technology of solid rocket engines. Zero One Space’s Completed its first flight. When will Zero One Space be launched?
At 4 pm on the 22nd, the x-series rocket power system engine ignited on time, and the engine shut down after 35 seconds of operation. In this overall trial run, each system worked normally, and all trial run data of engine thrust and ratio were obtained. The engine, tail structure, gas rudder and servo system whose impact and working time met the design requirements have withstood the test of the trial operation environment and completed various tasks stipulated in the trial operation outline.
When will Zero One Space be launched?
The X-series rockets independently developed by Zero One Space use single-stage solid rocket engines and can be used in many fields such as core technology flight test verification, commercial product space access review, and cutting-edge technology exploration. This trial run The engine can be used as the first stage of a small rocket or as a separate power system for suborbital operation. It is technically innovative and adopts the design concept of high filling ratio and high chamber pressure to improve the filling amount and performance.
The masked SpaceX ignited the longing for the vast universe among space dreamers. In 2014, national policy clearly encouraged private enterprises to enter the satellite market. In 2015, military-civilian integration was developed to a national strategic level. China’s satellite market is fully open. China's private micro-satellite companies are emerging one after another, and the demand for launch services will grow sharply in the future. However, for a long time, the national team's rockets have had very substantial main star missions, the launch costs are high, and there are insufficient commercial rocket launchers. The continuous and regular launch of micro-satellites is a problem , China must have its own commercial rocket company.
When will Zero One Space be listed? In August 2015, Zero One Space was officially established in Beijing. It is the first private enterprise in China whose business license lists launch vehicles and other spacecrafts. So far, it has received four rounds of financing, with a total amount of approximately 500 million yuan.
In April 2015, I comfortably told my friends that I planned to retire and build rockets. Everyone was surprised and said: Crazy. A VP with a successful career, food and clothing, what are you talking about, building rockets? There was constant opposition around him, but he did not reflect on the meaning of comfort. He did not start a business with the mentality that people can't live without dreams, but if they come true, he could not realize his dreams. Therefore, he began to recruit soldiers, buy horses, and recruit soldiers in order to realize his dreams. Recruit talents.
At the beginning of starting a business, the most difficult thing was the team and financing. Initially, more than 40 people who had been deeply involved in the space field for many years explained their ideals, but they were not moved by each other. On the verge of collapse, I thought that I might have hundreds of ways to die. When I was discouraged, I finally found ***, the founder with rich technical and management experience. In this way, the team gradually took shape from scratch to one, and the talents and funds have fallen into the dust, they just immerse themselves in work, do technology, and make products firmly.
Now, Zero One Space has completed the development and testing of multiple engine-related system products in less than a year. Operation preparation. Widely recognized in the industry, Zero One Space often serves as an outstanding representative of commercial rocket manufacturers in various official occasions with the theme of commercial aerospace, sharing results, expressing opinions, and providing suggestions to relevant departments from the perspective of industry development. During the Mass Entrepreneurship and Entrepreneurship Week event on September 15 this year, Zhang Gaoli, Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, Vice Premier of the State Council, and Deputy Secretary of the Party Leadership Group, visited Zero One Space’s booth and comfortably reported the progress and technical results of the company’s projects to the Prime Minister. So far, the Zero-One Space team has nearly a hundred people, and it is steadily moving towards a larger scale.
When will Zero-One Space be listed on the market?
The core unit of the rocket electrical system independently developed by Zero One Space has realized the integration, miniaturization and lightweight of the rocket control and measurement system for the first time. As a private rocket company that has mastered the important technology of gas rudder mechanical measurement system, in While significantly reducing the cost of rocket products, it also leads the private low-cost commercial space industry to develop auxiliary systems through model innovation.
Zero One Space is the first private enterprise in China to obtain a business license for launch vehicles and other spacecraft. , focusing on the development of intelligent small launch vehicles, aiming to provide cost-effective launch services for global commercial micro-satellites. The groundbreaking ceremony of China's first private commercial space intelligent manufacturing base built by Zero One Space in Chongqing will also be held in the first half of 2018 , and then plan to conduct a trial run test of the liquid attitude guide rail control engine.
China’s commercial space industry is rising, and many domestic listed companies are also actively planning their layout. Human society may enter the era of great navigation in the commercial space. In the Internet, Now that big data, artificial intelligence and other fields are booming, there is still a big gap between China's commercial space industry and the world's advanced countries. The space national team has been making solid progress on the road to building China into a space power, but to achieve the goal of becoming a space power To achieve the goal, the temporary short-legged growth of China's commercial universe must also be accelerated. Private enterprises in Europe, America and Japan have begun to fill the gaps in the commercial universe, walking together with both feet, and developing soundly.
Zero One Space this time The success of the trial operation marks that Zero One Space has become the first private enterprise in China to master the core technology of solid rocket engines. Let us wait and see to witness this historic moment in the history of China's commercial space!