25 November 2020
Chang'e 5 is on its way to the Moon
... into the 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...
25 March 2020
China to launch experimental deep-space spacecraft in April
... China's current Shenzhou crewed spaceship, will be lofted to space on the maiden flight of the Long March-5B carrier rocket, a variant of the Long March-5, China's largest carrier rocket. The craft is also designed to be reusable. As the new craft...
18 January 2022
First of 40 planned launches for China
... country’s three-module Tiangong space station. According to CASC more than 15 of the launches will use the Long March 2D rocket configuration, which is designed to carry payloads weighing up to 2,900 pounds (about 1.3 metric tons) into a polar, sun...
21 June 2016
China Looks for Space Station Collaboration through the U.N.
... six months. In the coming weeks, China is expected to launch the first Long March 7 rocket from its fourth spaceport, the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center (Hainan Island). A Long March 5B rocket is expected to launch in September, and will carry the...
April 2020
Replacing hydrazine fuel with a greener alternative
... fuel is available, but proper infrastructure can’t be counted on. Some Chinese civilians, for example, have suffered when Long March boosters impacted their villages, emitting thick clouds of yellow smoke, while Russian civilians have watched the...
June 2021
China’s ascending commercial space sector
.... The recent absorption of Space-OK, one of China’s first commercial space companies, by GeeSpace was one clear example. A Long March rocket replica at Jiquan complex in the Gobi Desert. Another area to watch would be China’s commercial launch sector...
