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China’s space agency has unveiled an updated design of its first super-heavy reusable rocket which looks eerily similar to SpaceX’s Starship launch vehicle. New images of the rocket, released ...
A new Chinese carrier rocket designed to send up bigger batches of satellites in one launch made its first flight on Tuesday, boosting Beijing's strategy of countering U.S. billionaire Elon Musk's ...
'Heavenly Ship') is a Chinese automated cargo spacecraft developed from China's first prototype space station Tiangong-1 to resupply its modular space station. It was first launched ( Tianzhou 1 ) on the Long March 7 rocket from Wenchang on April 20, 2017 [ 3 ] and demonstrated autonomous propellant transfer ( space refueling ).
The Long March 11 (Chinese: 長征十一號運載火箭), or Chang Zheng 11 as in pinyin, abbreviated LM-11 for export or CZ-11 within China (and designated 11H when launched from sea), is a Chinese four stage solid-propellant carrier rocket of the Long March family, which is developed by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.
Developed by China Rocket Co, a commercial offshoot of a state-owned launch vehicle manufacturer, Jielong-3 made its first flight in December 2022. President Xi Jinping has called for the ...
Gravity-1 (Chinese: 引力一号) is a solid-propellant expendable medium-lift launch vehicle designed, manufactured and launched by Chinese aerospace company Orienspace. It can carry a payload of up to 6.5 tonnes (14,000 lb) to LEO or 4.2 tonnes (9,300 lb) to SSO , enabling the deployment of large-scale satellite constellations .
Long March 10 [3] (Chinese: 长征十号), also known as the “Next Generation crewed launch vehicle” (Chinese: 新一代载人运载火箭), and previously and unofficially as the “921 rocket” (Chinese: 921火箭) or the "Long March 5G" (a development of the Long March 5), is a Chinese super-heavy carrier rocket for crewed lunar missions that is currently under development.
China’s ambitious space programme aims to put astronauts on the moon by 2030, to bring back samples from Mars around the same time, and to launch three lunar probe missions over the next four years.