China's Space Program Thread II
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I believe the ring structure on one of the towers would rotate around its pivot, move into the structure, open, and extend forward to clamp and stabilise the rocket.
I believe you meant that the 1st stage for every CZ-10A will be newly built, whereas after recovery, said 1st stage would be reused for CZ-10B, where it would be recovered + reused and/or discarded?
"CZ-10B is just the mover of CZ-10A's first stage," according to a CASC employee when interviewed by CCTV-13.
Kudos to the CZ10B team, they beat those noisy domestic private companies.
This sea-based rope recovery is ingenious. While it can't be repaired, refueled, and relaunched as quickly as launch tower recovery, it's extremely economical: sea-based recovery avoids wasting fuel returning to the launch site, and rope recovery eliminates the need for a bulky landing gear, reducing structural strength requirements—all of which significantly increase launch payload.
This sea-based rope recovery is ingenious. While it can't be repaired, refueled, and relaunched as quickly as launch tower recovery, it's extremely economical: sea-based recovery avoids wasting fuel returning to the launch site, and rope recovery eliminates the need for a bulky landing gear, reducing structural strength requirements—all of which significantly increase launch payload.
Yes, safety is paramount for manned missions.
the LM-10A production volume won't be that high, and the safety redundancy for crew members would reduce ELO. The LM-10B is simply an option that makes the best use of it's first stage. The larger, heavier LM-10C, carrying more fuel, will be the real backbone of LM-10 commercial space transportation.