Flying Dragon in the Sky | Longyun Liquid Oxygen-Methane Engine Successfully Completes Its First Flight and Recovery Mission!
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2024-07-02
On June 23, 2024, the Longyun liquid oxygen-methane engine developed by Kyushu Cloud Arrow successfully completed a 10-km altitude flight-and-recovery test at the Jiuquan Dongfeng Launch Site. The test achieved complete success!
June 23, 2024, Jiuzhou Yunjian Longyun Liquid Oxygen-Methane Engine Completed at the Jiuquan Dongfeng Launch Site 10km Advanced flight-recovery test successfully completed!

1. Kyushu Yunjian Longyun Liquid Oxygen-Methane Engine Successfully Completed First First time domestically 10km Level Flight-Recovery Test
2. This experiment marks the first domestic application of flight and recovery for an engineering rocket, featuring the Longyun engine. Multi-unit parallel connection Participating in the trial in this manner is, by far, the closest approach yet. Orbital Launch The recycling experiment.
3. The Longyun engine participated in its first flight mission evaluation. During the flight, all parameters remained normal, and the engine successfully completed various maneuvers, including start-up/shutdown, oscillation, and thrust adjustment procedures. Schedule the opening at an opportune moment by the end of the year. Exhibition 75km Full-Profile Flight-Recovery Test Mission 。

Currently, the Longyun engine has completed the second phase of thrust enhancement, achieving sea-level thrust performance. 745kN , Sea-level specific impulse 293s , engine thrust-to-weight ratio > 100 The thrust enhancement work for the Longyun engine will continue.

Subsequently, Longyun Engine Will collaborate with private rocket companies in the second half of this year. Jianyuan Technology Carry out Flight over the Sea And Splash-Down Recovery Test 。
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