Guangming Current Review: Private Commercial Aerospace Becomes a New Business Card for Technology and Service Trade in Society | Launch | Technology
Guangming Review
Author: Chen Cheng
At 17:34 on September 5th, China's Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center successfully launched four satellites from the Tianqi Constellation, consisting of 21 to 24 stars, into the designated orbit using the Ceres 1 sea launched carrier rocket in Haiyang and nearby waters in Shandong Province. The launch mission was a complete success. This is the 9th launch mission of China's private commercial aerospace enterprise Xinghe Power's independently developed Ceres 1 solid rocket, and also the first sea launch of Ceres 1. Just recently, the 2023 China International Fair for Trade in Services was held. At this year's Service Trade Fair, many new products showed new developments. The world's first successfully launched liquid oxygen methane rocket, Zhuque 2, independently developed by China's private commercial aerospace enterprise Blue Arrow, made its debut in an proportional model and became the focus of the Aerospace Exhibition Island.
In recent years, a group of private commercial aerospace enterprises have emerged in China. These enterprises have independently developed multiple models and types of rockets, successfully completed multiple launch missions, and continuously set new records for the quantity and quality of launch payloads in private commercial aerospace. The sea launch of Gu Shenxing 1 from Dongfang Space Port in Haiyang, Shandong is the first private rocket launch in China, indicating that China's private commercial aerospace has stronger adaptability to launch scenarios. Private rockets not only balance traditional land-based launches, but also have the ability to launch at sea, which is conducive to providing more flexible and shorter cycle launch services for the market. At the same time, it will also reduce certain launch costs and attract more audiences to choose private commercial aerospace.
Currently, space utilization has become a new development point for countries around the world. The aerospace field is no longer just a "high-end" scientific research field in traditional cognition. In its sub categories, such as the networking of ultra-low orbit satellite constellations, the technology of related payload development enterprises in China has become very mature. Low orbit satellite Internet can serve many fields, such as ordinary data communication, emergency rescue communication, environmental protection monitoring, etc. These services are more life oriented and ordinary people will have the opportunity to experience them. If these aerospace technologies want to serve society faster and more comprehensively, they cannot do without low-cost and high-density rocket launches, and the commercial aerospace market needs to continue to grow. Therefore, the growth and development of private commercial aerospace enterprises will be beneficial for the country to prioritize the acquisition of space resources, continuously improve the market-oriented service level of China's aerospace industry, and promote the overall improvement of the country's aerospace technology strength.
Based on this, the development of private commercial aerospace enterprises has become a new business card for service trade transactions in the field of technology. The existing achievements of private commercial aerospace enterprises not only reflect the increasing comprehensive strength of China's aerospace technology, but also highlight the vigorous development of China's aerospace industry. The aerospace industry involves many aspects such as space science, aerospace communication, remote sensing measurement and control, and space breeding, many of which are closely related to the country's economic and social development. Therefore, China's aerospace industry not only requires the national team in the aerospace field to bear the heavy burden and shoulder the major responsibility, but also requires the cooperation of private commercial aerospace enterprises in order to better, more detailed, and more perfect promote the comprehensive development of the aerospace industry.
At present, the national level is soliciting proposals from social forces for low-cost cargo transportation of China's space station and the development of manned lunar rovers, exploring the development of commercial aerospace and commercial development models that are suitable for mission implementation. Through market-oriented procurement of low-cost cargo transportation services, the engineering efficiency is further improved. This also indicates that China's private commercial aerospace enterprises have broad prospects and can provide market-oriented services with their own high-quality products, helping the comprehensive development of the national aerospace industry. In addition, as a leading aerospace country in the world, China has already entered the international commercial launch market. I believe that in the near future, China's private commercial aerospace enterprises will also become the driving force in the international commercial launch market, providing better technological services to the international community.
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