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Lingkong Tianxing (Space Transportation) projects
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This is apparently what they want to do, a crewed, passenger hypersonic glide vehicle, with retropropulsive landing of both stage, not unlike New Frontiers Aerospace, although maybe (very) slightly more serious.
View: https://x.com/CNSpaceflight/status/1589561395359940608
"Lingkong Tianxing [Space Transportation] expects to complete the flight verification of the aircraft's "Jindouyun" series engine in November and realize the first flight of the supersonic passenger aircraft prototype in 2027."
"Jindouyun" seems to be a liquid-fuelled engine, no?
But on a more practical side, they've launched a lot of Supersonic and hypersonic flying test beds (for CASC, NORINCO, CASIC, CAS, AVIC, Tsinghua and Xiamen Univ...) , 16 in 2022 and Probably 20+ in 2023 looking at that second announcement.
View: https://x.com/CNSpaceflight/status/1615573402504564738
View: https://x.com/CNSpaceflight/status/1710796841556816278
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Why vertical landing in particular? Feels like horizontal landing would be a lot easier on the passenger. Especially for civilian passenger.
This company intrigue me, they have tested their hardware so many time yet information about them is a lot less than even other Chinese company.
This company intrigue me, they have tested their hardware so many time yet information about them is a lot less than even other Chinese company.
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Fundamentally it is "just" a sounding rocket company, rather large sounding rockets admitedly (at least Terrier-familly size, if not the size of the larger Black Brant), but still that, they seem to have a variety of customers, commercial, academic and military, it's not just all military hypersonic testbed.
They have a recoverable (parachute) version of Tianxing that seems roughly comparable to the Stratolaunch Talon-A high supersonic/low-hypersonic testbed, similar mass, size, and speed.
I mean fare enough for sounding purpose. Just curious that from their video they want to do vertical landing for their civilian transport space plane.
The supersonic jet which could fly from London to New York in two hours
Space Transportation, a company based in Beijing, is developing the aircraft to rival Nasa's 'Son of Concorde'.
metro.co.uk
Chinese detonation engine in test flight for supersonic passenger jet
Jindouyun – named after Monkey King’s ‘somersault cloud’ – reached Mach 4 at more than 65,600 feet, Space Transportation says.
www.scmp.com
Step right up, here we go again..................
Regards,
Is it just me or The rocket that launch Tsinghua University ramjet test vehicle last week seems to look like Space Transportation one?
If I recall while the company have aspiration to build supersonic (and suborbital) passenger liner seems like their main source of income right now is launching other entity supersonic/hypersonic test vehicle and other suborbital flight. So I would not be surprise if Tsinghua University also used their service.
I recall them claiming that their rocket launch can do the work of wind tunnel at much cheaper price. And I guess more realistic as well?
If I recall while the company have aspiration to build supersonic (and suborbital) passenger liner seems like their main source of income right now is launching other entity supersonic/hypersonic test vehicle and other suborbital flight. So I would not be surprise if Tsinghua University also used their service.
I recall them claiming that their rocket launch can do the work of wind tunnel at much cheaper price. And I guess more realistic as well?
China Unveils Supersonic Yunxing Aircraft Family | Aviation Week Network
China’s Sichuan Lingkong Tianxing Technology on Jan. 20 unveiled its Yunxing family of supersonic aircraft, alongside the Jindou-400 supersonic engine.
aviationweek.com
The article is behind a paywall .....
Hopefully there will be some of the same news out on free sites soon.....
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It never stop in ChinaChina Unveils Supersonic Yunxing Aircraft Family | Aviation Week Network
China’s Sichuan Lingkong Tianxing Technology on Jan. 20 unveiled its Yunxing family of supersonic aircraft, alongside the Jindou-400 supersonic engine.
The article is behind a paywall .....
Hopefully there will be some of the same news out on free sites soon.....
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A cross between the SR-71 and the ship in the Star Wars film with Liam Neeson and young Anakin. Next will be the aircraft from Firefox then the two aircraft from the film Stealth, anyone else got some examples for China to consider?
It never stop in China
I do not have access to the article but it looks more like a PowerPoint presentation than an aircraft. There’s no shortage of that in the U.S.
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Maybe this?
China is testing a supersonic jet faster than the 'Son of Concorde'
A Beijing-based company called Space Transportation is working on a supersonic jet that's even faster than NASA's 'Son of Concorde'.
www.dailymail.co.uk
For whatever it is worth they are the most active Chinese suborbital rocket launch company with at least 50 launch under their belt. They are just pretty quite about it.
They actually show video of their ramjet engine being launch (as was posted in this thread). But that test craft only have 1 engine. And I think it is less powerful than the one they intended for the full size aircraft.
I think the liftoff is real, since they stated that they done it recently and it look real, but idk if the second part is real or if they use another footage from their other suborbital launch.
