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Liangjiang to be nation's first center for the space internetOneSpace set to launch nation's first private carrier rocket
By Tan Yingzi in Chongqing | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2018-05-08 16:28
May 8, 2018, Shu Chang from the OneSpace Technology, China's first private rocket producer, introduces the company's OS-X0 solid-fuel rocket that is set for launch on May 17 in a test field in Northwest China. [Photo by Tan Yingzi/chinadaily.com.cn]
OneSpace Technology, China's first private rocket producer, announced Tuesday in Chongqing the maiden launch of the company's OS-X0 solid-fuel rocket is set to take place on May 17 in a test field in northwest China.
The company calls it the first flight of a carrier rocket designed and made completely by a private company from China.
The rocket has been transported to the test field and the company is busy preparing for the launch. According to a previous report by China Daily, the test field is in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region.
The 9-meter-tall OS-X0, called "Chongqing Liangjiang Star," is capable of placing 100-kilogram payloads into an orbit 800 kilometers above Earth. The rocket can accelerate a new concept craft it's testing to a hypersonic speed of Mach 13, or 4.4 kilometers per second.
Established in 2015 through government endeavors to foster the commercial space sector and encourage participation from private enterprises, OneSpace has become a rising star in the country's space arena.
Last May, OneSpace signed an agreement with Chongqing Liangjiang Aviation Industry Investment Group to build its research and manufacturing base in the Southwest China city.
Chongqing Liangjiang New Area is the third national development and opening zone in China — the first in the inland — approved by the State Council, after Shanghai Pudong New Area and Tianjin Binhai New Area.
The Chongqing base will be put into use by the end of this year, with a research center, a smart manufacturing and assembly center, a test center, an aircraft control and simulation center and specialized labs. Its annual output value is expected to reach 1.5 billion yuan, with the capacity to assemble and test 30 carrier rockets.
OneSpace is developing the OS-M1, a larger rocket, to send small satellites into sun-synchronous or low-Earth orbits. It plans to conduct OS-M1's first flight around year's end.
Updated: 2018-12-05
english.liangjiang.gov.cn
The launch ceremony of a global low-earth orbit (LEO) mobile satellite communication and space internet project was held in Liangjing New Area of Southwest China's Chongqing Municipality on Nov 30.
The launch coincided with the plaque unveiling ceremony for Dongfanghong Satellite Mobile Communication Co Ltd. The project is expected to develop Liangjiang into China's first global headquarters for the space internet.
With a primary investment of 20 billion yuan ($2.9 billion), the project is the first large-scale national commercial space project.
Upon completion, the project will be able to realize global two-way communication in real time under complicated geological conditions and will operate 24 hours a day thanks to a fully covered 5G internet system supported by hundreds of LEO small satellite constellations and a ground system.
According to Xieyun, general manager of Dongfanghong, 5G networking allows no delay in telephone communication, internet surfing and data processing, and for the 1000-mile height of low-earth orbit satellites shortens the signal velocity.
The unit will be linked with a station on the ground to improve its usability and efficiency. It will also be adapted to include features such as guidance enhancement, aviation and navigation surveillance, and unmanned driving technology.
The project has committed to building a global headquarters, an operation center, a talent training base and supporting industry parks in Liangjiang New Area.
The aerospace industry has become a new development opportunity and a helping force in Liangjiang. Recently, more than 20 projects and 50 billion yuan have been introduced to promote the development of Liangjiang's aerospace industry.