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...
09 September 2020
China's reusable spacecraft returns to Earth, deploys unknown object before deorbiting
... orbit (LEO), Chinese news agency Xinhua reported on Sunday. The reusable spaceship was launched last week on a Long March 2F carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the Gobi Desert. While little has so far...
April 2021
Space industry trends in the pandemic
...the value chain, from launch and space exploration to applications in communications, navigation and Earth observation. MAXARA Long March-5 rocket at Wenchang launch site in China’s Hainan Province in May 2020. China plans more than 40 space launches...
