The “Star of China Science and Technology City” plans to make its first flight in October.
It was learned that the commercial space company “Beijing Starway Exploration Technology Co., Ltd.” (hereinafter referred to as “Starway Exploration”) recently completed tens of millions of Pre A round financing. This round of investors is Guoxin Hongsheng and Tongfang Investment. This round of financing will be mainly used for the delivery of the “China Science and Technology City Star” sub-orbital launch vehicle product, the development of the “Starway 1” multi-stage solid-state launch vehicle, part of the R&D project of the 10-ton liquid rocket engine and the company’s talent team. Construction and training.
Starway Exploration was established in September 2017. It is a commercial rocket company that provides market-oriented integrated rocket launch services for the whole world. It has completed the Beijing R&D Center, Mianyang Assembly Base and Xi’an Power R&D. The industrial layout of the base.
At present, the first rocket product explored by Starway, the “China Science and Technology City Star” sub-orbital launch vehicle, has been completed and will be launched in October. The test will be equipped with a commercial load of a certain type of super-aircraft. In the large dynamic pressure environment, the rocket will complete the fairing and hood action to achieve the hypersonic flight verification test of the load.
The “China Science and Technology City Star” rocket is a universal flight test platform developed by Star Way for the verification of key technologies for adjacent space vehicles. This type of product has full-range maneuvering capability, breaks through the large dynamic pressure throwing hood and separation technology, and has the characteristics of high integration, high cost performance and strong load adaptability. It can be widely used in high-altitude aircraft, scramjet engines, commercial aerospace products. Admission assessment, etc., to provide customized launch services for adjacent space detection test loads.
There was a report on the development route of Starway Exploration, the company’s CEO Liang Jianjun said that the company will be cultivating sub-orbital rockets in the past two years. Launching the service market, it is expected that a multi-stage solid-state launch vehicle with railing capability will be launched next year. After completing this milestone, the next step will be to develop the liquid rocket engine.
In the past three years, commercial space has ushered in the thawing period. The rocket-related commercial aerospace companies including Blue Arrow Aerospace, StarCraft Glory, Kyushu Yunjian, Smart Flying, and Xinghe Power have completed financing and entered short-term results. Intensive presentation period.
Starway Exploration also revealed that after the first flight of “China Science and Technology City Star”, the D140 type target project developed by the company will also be selected for flight test at the end of the year. “Starway No. 1” is expected to be completed by the end of next year.Realize the orbital launch.
It is reported that the previous exploration of Starway has obtained investment from well-known domestic institutions such as Qi Capital and Gongqingcheng Qiqi, and has obtained strategic investment from Mianyang National High-tech Industrial Development Zone. After the first flight of the “Star of China Science and Technology City”, the Pre A+ round of financing will be launched.