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'China successfully conducts vertical landing test of space rocket'
Last updated on Nov 01, 2018, 04:13 pm
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China has successfully carried out a vertical landing test of a carrier rocket, which will promote development of a reusable space transportation system, official media reported today.
This is to achieve a leap in development from single-use to reusable systems.
The Space Intelligence Technology Innovation Centre and a national key laboratory of aerospace intelligent control technology were responsible for the flight test and research.
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Beijing Aerospace Institute of Automatic Control carried out the test
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The Beijing Aerospace Institute of Automatic Control at the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation successfully carried out the flight verification test of a carrier rocket's vertical landing system with guidance and control technology on Monday, Xinhua news agency reported.
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Institute started research this year, built team for the project
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The institute started the research and established a team for the project this year.
The team designed and built a reusable small-sized test platform for vertical take-off and landing to help carry out the tests, state-run Global Times reported.
The successful experiment demonstrated the core technologies of inline path planning and relative navigation and guidance control with high precision, it added.
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Institute looking forward to make space transportation reliable
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The technology will promote the development of a reusable space transportation system and also aid the transformation from single-voyage space transportation to a combination of transportation and operations, it said, adding the institute is looking forward to amplify its efforts to make space transportation reliable.
