Deep Blue Aerospace
Jiangsu Deep Blue Aerospace Technology Co., Ltd. (Chinese: 深蓝航天; lit. Deep Blue Aerospace) is a private space launch enterprise founded in November 2016 that is located in the Jiangsu province on the East coast of China. It is engaged in the reusability of rockets.[1]
The company is developing the medium-class orbital launch vehicle “Nebula-1”. The rocket will use the 20-ton-thrust kerolox engine named Leiting-20.
In October 2021 the company completed a 100-meter level launch and landing test with its Nebula M1 VTVL test stage.[2]
In January 2022 the company secured nearly $31.5 million in funding.[3][4][5]
Marketplace
Deep Blue Aerospace is in competition with several other Chinese rocket launcher startups, being Galactic Energy, LandSpace, LinkSpace, ExPace, i-Space, OneSpace, Orienspace.
References
- "About us – Introduction". Deep Blue Aerospace – 深蓝航天. dbaspace.com. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
Headquartered in Nantong, Jiangsu Province, Deep Blue Aerospace has rocket technology and liquid engine research and development centers in Beijing Yizhuang and Xi'an, Shanxi Province, respectively. It has a manufacturing and testing base of rocket power system in Tongchuan, Shanxi Province.
- "Deep Blue Aerospace conducts 100-meter VTVL rocket test". 13 October 2021.
- "China's Deep Blue Aerospace targets big national, commercial launch opportunities". 31 January 2022.
- "#SpaceWatchGL Column: Dongfang Hour China Aerospace News Roundup 24 – 30 January 2022". 31 January 2022.
- "瞄准"可回收复用火箭" 深蓝航天完成A轮融资近2亿元".