China Nebula-1 Hop Rocket Test -- Beautiful drone view and something unexpected…

Deep Blue Aerospace carried out the test at 1:40 a.m. Eastern (0540 UTC) Sept. 22 at the firm’s Ejin Banner Spaceport in Inner Mongolia using a Nebula-1 rocket first stage.

Keeping this short as the video speaks for itself, but you can read more about what happened here:

Spacenews.com

originally posted by: Encia22
Deep Blue Aerospace carried out the test at 1:40 a.m. Eastern (0540 UTC) Sept. 22 at the firm’s Ejin Banner Spaceport in Inner Mongolia using a Nebula-1 rocket first stage.

Keeping this short as the video speaks for itself, but you can read more about what happened here:

Spacenews.com

I do not want to say this, but this looks kind of AI fake.

a reply to: Encia22

It does look like berbofthegreen has written, a bit computer made. Or many filters. But it is looking interesting. I get sceptical when camera drone is faster and maneuver around the rocket in air. Then I see: it is not orbit launch but test and it slow down for landing. It then make more sense drone can fly faster.

It look like in the end, control of rocket engine is not possible in the finer grades. Can be material get too hot when in the hover mode at end and can not get closer to ground in controlling way. Is bit same like exhaust on car, melt the material around when too hot and no driving wind for cooling.

a reply to: berbofthegreen

Yes, I thought so, too.

But here's a video that has a different view of the event.

The start has the same video as my OP, the different angle is from 00:02:15.



I guess the drone video was slightly beautified as I believe it was meant to be used to showcase the event.

Looks like the CCP still needs to steal more data and tech from Musk.

a reply to: Encia22

Nice find!!!

It looks like it can't throttle down enough for landing. They might not have the calculations for the loss of fuel weight as it is used up correct. It looks like an engine shutdown about 25 feet from the ground.

Having said that, the debris from the landing looks too clean to be real. Not bent and crunched up enough. If blown away by heat damage it would be crumpled by becoming soft. If by impact, bent from physical damage.

The video looks too perfect and simulated. Not certain ether way though.

a reply to: BeyondKnowledge3

Yes this is it, I wanted saying with the last part of landing. It not regulating good, it full blast stop it, hover full blast, then flame out, crash. Stress for lower rocket part, think regulating valve expanding, can not regulate minimum fuel.

Long years ago, I had car, bit faster. Heat up the transmission bit over temparature, it start pressing on clutch, clutch not close all way, slip when air pressure comes from turbo-loader.

Is bit similar, no?

I thought the sky looked like an ocean or a hot spring where you can see it get deeper...