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

China conducted the debut flight of its Long March 8A carrier rocket on Tuesday afternoon ... better servo devices and an optimized top structure with lighter weight, according to Song.

A video released by state media China Central Television (CCTV) shows a human-rated rocket, the Long March 10, with the tell-tale, cross-shaped crew escape system on top, lifting off. Its core ...

China’s space industry is looking to catch up with SpaceX while also coming up with some impressive innovations of its own. The country’s main space contractor, the China Aerospace Science and ...

"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 ...

but suggested that China had been negligent in letting it fall out of orbit. Last year, debris from another Long March rocket fell on villages in Ivory Coast, causing structural damage but no ...