Thank you for the article, but there is one point I did not fully understand. It appears that the CZ-10A, which is being prepared for the Mengzhou test, is also equipped with grid fins. Does this mean that the 10A variant is intended to be reusable?
Intresting how they're halting other launches to focus on the Feb 11 abort test. The resource prioritization here mirrors what NASA did during Apollo when everything stopped for critical milestones. Repurposing the static fire article as boilerpalte is smart engineering - I've done similar in prototyping where reusing test hardware beats building from scratch. The YF-100K throttling approach will be worth watching.
I am sure that when CALT does something , it does smoothly and flawlessly . Long March 10 and its related variants would all be a huge success .
Let's hope for better because Long March 10 and its reusable rockets will have a huge impact on the Space Industry of China.
Thank you for the article, but there is one point I did not fully understand. It appears that the CZ-10A, which is being prepared for the Mengzhou test, is also equipped with grid fins. Does this mean that the 10A variant is intended to be reusable?
It may be. Hard to tell as the tarp atop it is yet to be lifted.
Intresting how they're halting other launches to focus on the Feb 11 abort test. The resource prioritization here mirrors what NASA did during Apollo when everything stopped for critical milestones. Repurposing the static fire article as boilerpalte is smart engineering - I've done similar in prototyping where reusing test hardware beats building from scratch. The YF-100K throttling approach will be worth watching.