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...
04 September 2020
China announces launch of a reusable experimental spacecraft
According to Chinese state media Xinhua, the country has today launched a reusable experimental spacecraft atop a Long March-2F, the same rocket used to carry Chinese astronauts into space. The nation, which is renowned for keeping details of its ...
27 August 2021
China funds 5yr study into kilometre-scale ultra-large spacecraft
.... Discussed during a presentation earlier this year in Hong Kong, Long Lehao, chief designer of China’s Long March rocket series, spoke about using the new super heavy-lift rocket currently under development to construct the massive space-based solar...
25 March 2020
China to launch experimental deep-space spacecraft in April
... a cargo of 6,500 kilograms. Tianzhou-1, whose name literally translates as ‘Heavenly Ship’, was first launched on the Long March 7 rocket from Wenchang on 20 April, 2017, however it was not designed for return journey to Earth. After accomplishing...
28 December 2020
First piece of the Chinese Space Station is set to launch in 2021
...Zhou Jianping, chief designer of China's crewed space programme said the Tianhe core module will be sent by a Long March-5B Y2 rocket from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in Hainan Province. Both Tianhe, which translates as "Unification of Heaven...
