Will companies that make rocket engines make satellite engines? |DecodingBeijing Aerospace Propulsion Technology Co., Ltd.

1. Company Profile

Beijing Aerospace Propulsion Technology Co., Ltd. was established in August 2018 and is committed to becoming China’s first full-range commercial aerospace engine company. The company’s products are mainly divided into “Masasaurus series” high-thrust liquid oxygen methane engines and “Sky Falcon series” small-thrust attitude orbit control engines. There are three basic types of engine thrust: 60t, 10t and 2t, which can achieve thrust coverage ranging from several tons to hundreds of tons through different combinations. The core founding team mainly comes from the First Academy of Aerospace Science and Technology. The founder Wang Mingzhe has participated in the overall development of many liquid rocket engines, satellites, and rockets in my country. Compared with Jiuzhou Yunjian (Beijing) Space Technology Co., Ltd., a competing company that also makes liquid oxygen methane rocket engines, Beijing Aerospace Propulsion Technology Co., Ltd. not only develops rocket engines, but also lays out and plans satellite engines.

2. Introduction to the founder

Wang Mingzhe, male, born in 1972, has extensive aerospace work experience. He has served as engineering team leader, deputy director of the research office, and chief model designer in the Sixth, Fifth, and First Academy of the Aerospace Science and Technology Group. He has nearly 20 years of experience in the Aerospace Science and Technology Group.

3. Product Type Spectrum

(1) Mosasaurus series engines: mainly used to solve the thrust problems of the first, second and final stages of rockets.

1. Mosasaurus 1: 60-ton high-thrust liquid oxygen methane engine. It is mainly used for the first stage of the rocket. It can also be expanded to a vacuum version. It adopts a gas generator cycle method, has a ground specific impulse of 290s, uses an autogenous supercharging method, and has the ability to be reused. The number of reuses is no less than 50 times. Currently in research status.

(1) Basic information

fuel

oxidizing agent

fuel cycle

Way

Thrust adjustment

scope

combustion chamber

vector control

Methane

liquid oxygen

gas generator cycle

30%-

115%

1

Two-way swing ±6°

(2) Product performance

thrust

(sea level)

specific impulse

(sea level)

specific impulse

(vacuum)

Push-to-mass ratio

600 kN

290 s

322 s

70

2. Canglong 2: 10-ton liquid oxygen methane engine, mainly used in the second stage of the rocket. It adopts the gas generator cycle method, the vacuum thrust is 100kN, the vacuum specific impulse is not less than 350s, it adopts the self-generated supercharging method, and has the ability to be reused, and the number of reuses is not less than 50 times. Currently in research status.

(1) Basic information

fuel

oxidizing agent

fuel cycle

Way

Thrust adjustment

scope

combustion chamber

multiple ignition

start

Methane

liquid oxygen

gas generator cycle

30%-

115%

1

Not less than 10 times

(2) Product performance

thrust

(vacuum)

specific impulse

(vacuum)

thrust

(sea level)

100 kN

≥350 s

80 kN

(2) Sky Falcon series engines: mainly provide orbit transfer and attitude control torque for satellites. The vacuum thrust ranges from 1N to 10000N, and the vacuum specific impulse is not less than 300s.

vacuum thrust

Vacuum specific impulse

response time

1N~10000N

≥300s

≤15ms

4. Financing situation

In March 2019, it completed angel round financing with a financing amount of 10 million yuan. The investor was Harbin Institute of Technology Robot Investment Management (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.

In April 2021, it completed pre-A round financing of 100 million yuan, and the investor was Weifang Aerospace Investment Partnership.

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