AS-1 – китайская многоразовая стальная РН от ASTRONSTONE

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ASTRONSTONE, founded in 2024, has a rocket design that looks nearly the same as SEPOCH's XZY-1.
AS-1: D4.2m H70m, stainless steel body, 9 JZYJ's LongYun metholox engines, 15.7t to LEO (10t when reuse)
Only difference is to land first stage on a catch tower like Starship instead of splashdown.

https://x.com/CNSpaceflight/status/1928190017488441458

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ASTRONSTONE has raised more than 100 million CNY in angel(+) rounds. Common bulkhead tank for the 2nd stage has been built and static fire planned for the next few months. Prototyping of the chopsticks catch tower is also underway.

https://x.com/CNSpaceflight/status/1928192609379393952

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Вторая ступень отправляется на прожиг:
https://x.com/CNSpaceflight/status/1981056165611262442

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ЛонгЮн это метановый мерлин?