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Successful Long March 5 launch opens way for China’s major space plans
The Long March 5 is a new generation launch vehicle with close to twice the payload capacity of the most powerful older Chinese rocket, making it crucial to China’s major plans over the next decade.
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Long March 8 launches Thousand Sails satellites from commercial spaceport
A new group of 18 satellites entered orbit Tuesday for the Thousand Sails constellation with the first launch from a new ...
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Rocket engine prototype gives super boost to China’s space ambitions
China’s space programme ... prototype super heavy-lift rocket engine, according to state media. The 220-tonne engine is intended to power the next generation Long March 9 (CZ-9) carrier rocket ...
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Long March 3B launches Chinasat-18
China launched Zhongxing-18 (or Chinasat-18) – a civilian communications satellite – on Monday via the use of a Long March-3B/G2 (Chang Zheng-3B/G2) rocket. The launch took place at 12:03 UTC ...
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China Launches New Rocket Crucial to Challenging Musk’s Starlink
The first Long March 8A rocket launched from the Wenchang Space Launch Site in Hainan, the island province in the South China Sea, at 5:30 p.m. local time, state media reported. The inaugural ...
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China super rocket engine passes early test with successful trial
China’s state-owned main contractor for its space programmes. The liquid oxygen (LOX) and kerosene engine is designed for the next-generation carrier rocket Long March 9 (CZ-9), which is ...
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China returns Long March 4 to service with…
China launched a new remote sensing satellite ... that will probably take place on September 24 using the Long March-3B/YZ-1 (Y65) rocket. Also in September, we can expect the launch of multiple ...
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Long March 8A carrier rocket makes successful debut
China conducted the debut flight of its Long March 8A carrier rocket on Tuesday afternoon, transporting a group of satellites to space, according to China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp ...
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China’s Long March 8A rocket launch rescheduled to February
The Long March 8A rocket was initially scheduled for launch last Saturday, between 5:53 p.m. and 6:42 p.m., from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in Hainan Province.
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China's Long March rocket debris falls in Indian Ocean close to Maldives, ending days of uncertainty
The debris from China's disintegrating Long March rocket entered the Earth's atmosphere on Sunday and reportedly fell into the Indian Ocean area close to the Maldives, the country's space agency ...
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Long March 8A carrier rocket makes successful debut
A Long March 8A carrier rocket blasted off at 5:30 pm on Tuesday from the Wenchang Space Launch Site, Hainan province. YUAN CHEN / FOR CHINA DAILY China conducted the debut flight of its Long ...