{"id":235226,"date":"2025-07-03T17:03:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T17:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/235226\/"},"modified":"2025-07-03T17:03:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T17:03:10","slug":"from-rocket-ballet-to-space-fireworks-chinas-aerospace-innovators-push-boundaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/235226\/","title":{"rendered":"From rocket ballet to space fireworks: China\u2019s aerospace innovators push boundaries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A start-up company in southwestern China has revealed its latest innovations in <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/rocket?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"noopener\">rocket technology<\/a>, highlighting how the country\u2019s cutting-edge <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china-future-tech\/aerospace?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"noopener\">aerospace<\/a> capabilities are expanding into the civilian sector.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Lingkong Tianxing Technology unveiled its self-developed reusable liquid rocket with an animated video simulation posted to its official website on Tuesday. The clip showcased advanced flight control technologies, including mid-air flips and in-flight reignition.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The clip shows the VTVL (vertical take-off and vertical landing) rocket igniting and ascending to an altitude of nearly 2km (1.2 miles), where control surfaces on both sides of the nose shift angles, transitioning the rocket from vertical ascent to an upwards-slanting trajectory in a ballet-like motion.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">After around 30 seconds, the engine shuts down upon reaching peak altitude and the rocket executes its first flip.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The rocket then begins to descend nose-first, slowing down at a high \u201cangle of attack\u201d \u2013 a term referring to the angle between the rocket\u2019s \u201clongitudinal axis\u201d or nose direction and its direction of motion through the air. A high angle helps to generate aerodynamic drag for slowing down.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">About 10 seconds later, the engine reignites as the wings adjust their angles, enabling the rocket to perform a second flip and return to a nose-up position.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A start-up company in southwestern China has revealed its latest innovations in rocket technology, highlighting how the country\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":235227,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3844],"tags":[91991,1395,91998,91997,91996,10224,91995,91993,91992,65178,70,413,1603,16,15,91994],"class_list":{"0":"post-235226","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-space","8":"tag-chengdu","9":"tag-china","10":"tag-concorde","11":"tag-cuantianhou","12":"tag-dasheng","13":"tag-falcon-9","14":"tag-jindou400-engine","15":"tag-lingkong-tianxing-technology","16":"tag-mach","17":"tag-milky-way","18":"tag-science","19":"tag-space","20":"tag-spacex","21":"tag-uk","22":"tag-united-kingdom","23":"tag-vtvl-vertical-takeoff-and-vertical-landing-reusable-liquid-rocket"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114790387391651756","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235226\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}