A Long March 2D rocket lifted off at 12:00 a.m. (0400 UTC) April 1 from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert. Insulation tiles fell away from the payload fairing as the rocket climbed ...

HELSINKI — China launched the new TJS-16 classified satellite on Saturday aboard a Long March 7A rocket, continuing the ...

D rocket carrying a test satellite blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China, on April 1, 2025. ...

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.

China has launched a Long March-2D carrier rocket with remote sensing Yaogan ... assistance to its government and people with a view to enhancing political stability and observing the legitimate ...

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 ...

This story has been changed to clarify that it is the world's largest single-segment solid rocket ... fuel engine on the Long March 5, the largest launch vehicle in China’s space programme ...

"Though drop zones for Long March rocket stages are carefully calculated and launch notices and procedures put in places, events like the above are all too common, especially with China's space ...

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 ...

This launch was the 562nd mission of the Long March carrier rocket series. Follow China.org.cn on Twitter and Facebook to join the conversation.

"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 ...