16 September 2016
China launches its second space lab 'Tiangong 2' into orbit
... into the skies from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in China’s northwestern Gobi Desert on the back of a Long March 7 rocket. This new module builds on the earlier success of the first space station, Tiangong-1, and aside from...
18 March 2020
Failure of China's Long March 7A launch could impact major missions
.... Xinhua said the cause of the malfunction will be investigated further by Chinese engineers. The Long March 7A rocket is a new variant of China’s Long March 7 launcher, which differs from the base CZ-7 by the addition of a liquid hydrogen-liquid...
06 May 2020
China launches prototype spacecraft on maiden flight of Long March 5B
... relief for the space-faring nation after a number of recent failures, including a Long March 3B rocket in April and the doomed first launch of its Long March 7A rocket the month before, brought a temporary halt to launch activity. With the prototype...
04 November 2016
China launches new heavy-lift rocket
... country plans to have up and running by 2022. The rocket will also launch Chang'e 5, a robotic sample-return Moon mission, scheduled for 2017. Other Long March rockets, the Long March 6 and Long March 7 have also made their debuts in 2015 and 2016...
April 2019
Space launch industry analysis
... via its national space programmes – Western launch providers are at least grateful that its Long March and other rockets cannot directly compete for commercial launches due to satellite technology transfer restrictions. Nevertheless, China cleverly...
25 November 2020
Chang'e 5 is on its way to the Moon
... scheduled trajectory, starting China’s first return journey from sampling of extraterrestrial objects. After the Long March 5 carrier rocket was launched into space, it carried out four separations, including booster separation, fairing separation...
