Introduction
JJiangsu Shenlan Space Co., LTD. (Shenblue Space)
was founded in 2016, focusing on the direction of liquid recovery reusable
launch vehicles, is a self-developed and self-produced recyclable reusable
rockets, and provides launch services to the market commercial aerospace
high-tech enterprises. Shenblue Space is headquartered in Wuxi, Jiangsu
Province, and has rocket technology and liquid engine R&D centers in Yizhuang,
Beijing. Jinsha manufacturing base is built in Nantong, Jiangsu Province.
The rocket power test base is built in Jinan, Shandong Province. The launch
base and cultural tourism education base are built in Wenchang, Hainan. A reusable
flight test ground and a suborbital tourism base have been built in Ejin Banner,
Inner Mongolia. A liquid rocket tank manufacturing base was built in Bengbu,
Anhui Province. It has an international service headquarters in Xiamen.
Shenblue Space is headquartered in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province,
and has rocket technology and liquid engine R&D centers in Yizhuang, Beijing.
The rocket power test base is built in Jinan, Shandong Province. It has a launch
base and a cultural tourism education base in Wenchang, Hainan. The company has
obtained the national high-tech enterprise certification, weapons and equipment
quality management system certification and national related confidential qualifications.
The main product of Deep Blue Space is "Nebula" series launch vehicle:
including "Nebul-1" liquid recyclable launch vehicle and "Nebul-2" liquid recyclable launch
vehicle; The supporting "Thunder" series of liquid rocket engines are respectively "Thunder
-R1" liquid oxygen kerosene engine and "Super Thunder" liquid oxygen kerosene engine.
Through the vertical recovery and reuse of a sub-stage of the "Nebula" series carrier
rocket, Deep Blue Space greatly reduces the cost of rocket launch service and improves the launch service capability.
As a leading enterprise in the field of liquid recyclable rocket development,
from July 2021 to 2022, Deep Blue Space completed the first vertical takeoff and vertical landing
(VTVL) flight test of 10-meter class, 100-meter class and kilometer class liquid oxygen kerosene
rocket. It has become the second company in the world to complete all low-altitude engineering
tests for vertical recovery of liquid oxygen kerosene rockets (the first one is SpaceX of the
United States). Starting in June 2022, The liquid oxygen and kerosene engine "Thunder-R"
independently developed by Deep Blue Aerospace has carried out the first test, the second
start test, the vertical test platform test, the whole system test, the whole machine 120
seconds test, the first three starts of the domestic test, the first full flight sequence
three starts of the domestic test, 420 seconds long range test, the whole machine 40%-100%
online variable thrust A number of engine verification tests, such as the test run, the
whole machine swing test, and the 300-second deep "V" type long range variable thrust test,
have achieved complete success. In addition, Deep Blue Aerospace completed the first domestic
fairing separation test using a non-pyrotechnical connection unlocking mechanism. The Deep
Blue Space Nebula No. 1 liquid-recoverable reusable launch vehicle landing leg expansion test,
stage separation reverse propulsion device performance verification test, a sub-stage recovery
landing stage system coordination and shock drop test all achieved complete success. The first
sub-stage of the rocket completed the three-engine state power system test, the 200-second long
range power system test of the first sub-stage, and the three-engine parallel full sequential
power system series test. 130 ton class "Thunder -RS" liquid oxygen kerosene engine gas generator
thermal test. In November 2024, the first series test of the "Thunder-RS" liquid oxygen kerosene
engine semi-system was a complete success
In June 2023, the reusable engine "Thunder-R1"
independently developed by Deep Blue Aerospace achieved complete success
in the vertical test bench test of Deep Blue Aerospace newly put into use.
The same "Thunder-R1" engine in this round of test has carried out several
whole system tests, as well as dozens of starting tests and ignition tests
under different working conditions, once again highlighting the reusable
superior performance and stability of the "Thunder-R1" engine. On June 29,
the reusable engine "Thunder-R1" of Deep Blue Aerospace was tested again
for the whole system and entered the normal test stage. In July, Deep Blue
Aerospace completed the first fairing separation test using a non-pyrotechnical
connection unlocking mechanism in China. In August, Deep Blue Aerospace
"Thunder-R1" engine first vertical test bench complete test for 120 seconds
successfully. On August 15, the Deep blue aerospace liquid oxygen kerosene
engine "THUNDER-R1" was successfully tested for the first time in China.
On August 23, Deep Blue Aerospace completed three start tests for the
first full flight sequence of liquid oxygen kerosene engine in China.
On October 18, the Deep Blue aerospace liquid oxygen kerosene engine
"Thunder-R1" 420-second long-range test was a complete success. On
November 20, the 40%-100% online variable thrust test of the Deep
Blue aerospace liquid oxygen kerosene engine "Thunder-R1" was a
complete success. In December, the landing leg expansion test of
the Deep Blue Space "Nebula-1" liquid-recoverable reusable launch
vehicle was successfully completed.
From December 2023 to January 2024, Deep Blue Aerospace's
"Thunder-R1" engine complete swing test achieved a complete success. In March
2024, the state power system test of the first sub-stage of the Deep Blue Space
"Nebula-1" rocket was successful.
In the next step, the company will execute the vertical recovery
flight verification of the sub-stage of the Nebula-1 launch vehicle as planned,
and will realize the orbit + recovery of the Nebula-1 launch vehicle in the
first quarter of 2025, officially opening the scale commercialization and
opening a new era of China's liquid recyclable launch vehicle. Commercial
space has unlimited prospects and space, as a member of this sunrise i
ndustry, Deep Blue Space will adhere to the pragmatic, innovative, rigorous
and efficient style, determined to become a promoter of space transportation industry.
