Rocket Pi (Rocket π, Beijing) Aerospace Science and Technology, Huojian Pi)
Company - Rocket Pi (Rocket π, Beijing) Aerospace Science and Technology, Huojian Pi)
- Founded
- Country
- 2020
- China
- Funding
- $1.5M+
Product/Service
- Classification
- In-Space Manufacturing
- Category
- Commercial Space Station
In-Space Manufacturing
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO)
Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)
Microgravity Research Payloads
- Fields
- Biological Research
Automated Microgravity Laboratory
- Status
- Development, Launched
- First launch
- 2025
The company will establish a space shuttle-like mode for platform launches during the same period.
- At 14:30 on December 17, 2021, the "Huayi Ⅰ" rocket carrying 0.03 microliters of mouse adipose-derived stem cells was successfully launched in Inner Mongolia. Satellite telemetry was normal and the "Sparkle- Ⅰ" payload was working normally, marking the start of China's commercial bio-space journey.
- "Sparkle Ⅰ" is a space biological experimental technology verification payload, led by Rocket π (Beijing) Aerospace Science and Technology Co., Ltd., and developed in cooperation with Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Ruijin Hospital. It is China's first biological aerospace payload funded by a private enterprise. After flying in suborbital space for a period of time, this load carrying the "fire" of life will send data such as temperature, humidity, pressure of the cell culture chamber and the altitude of the satellite back to the ground, providing information of the space environment for commercial biological aerospace development.
- This load is very small, with a volume of only 10 cm long, 10 cm wide, and 11 cm high. It is composed of cell culture chambers, environmental monitoring sensors, control boards, and communication interfaces. As the space mission was aimed at technical verification, only 0.03 microliters of mouse adipose stem cells were perfused into the culture cavity.
- The objective is to investigate the living environment of these stem cells in space. The environmental monitoring sensor collects data such as temperature, humidity, pressure, satellite flight attitude and acceleration of the cell culture chamber, and transmits the data to the satellite communication module, which then transmits it back to the ground via radio waves.
The company aims to launch a program to build the space biology lab after 2025.
Status Comment / Notes
A CubeSat launched in 2022, but results have not been found. Using the 2025's orbital space biology lab as the target.