XICHANG -- China successfully sent a new data relay satellite into orbit from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in ...

The launch was China’s ninth orbital launch attempt of the year. It follows the launch of the ChinaSat-10R communications satellite from Xichang on a Long March 3B rocket Feb. 22, and the debut ...

The flight test was held at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on March 19, fired from a High Mobility Artillery ...

A Long March-8 Y6 carrier rocket carrying 18 low Earth orbit satellites blasts off from the Hainan commercial spacecraft launch site in Wenchang, south China's Hainan Province, March 12 ...

A Long March 2C carrier rocket carrying two satellites blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China, Feb 27, 2025. [Photo by Wang Jiangbo/For chinadaily.com.cn] After in ...

"The Long March 8 ranks among the top medium-lift rockets in China in terms of payload efficiency and capacity, particularly suited for sun-synchronous orbit and large-scale low-Earth orbit ...

In a bid to disrupt the United States’ long-held dominance in space exploration, China is quietly advancing a radical new rocket launch system – powered not by roaring engines but by ...

Now it is advancing the construction of the phase II project. The Long March-8 rocket, developed by the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology under the CASC, is a medium-lift liquid-fueled ...