A Long March 5B rocket sends China's Wentian space lab into space on July 24, 2022. (PHOTO / XINHUA) China is a responsible spacefaring actor when it comes to dealing with rocket debris, observers said, challenging NASA Administrator Bill Nelson's accusations regarding Chinese rocket debris. Nelson published a statement on NASA's website on Sunday claiming […]
The combination of the Shenzhou-14 crewed spaceship and a Long March-2F carrier rocket is to be transferred to the launching area in Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on May 29, 2022. (WANG JIANGBO / XINHUA) JIUQUAN – China on Friday successfully launched a reusable experimental spacecraft using a Long March-2F carrier rocket from […]
China's Long March 5B carrier rocket makes its debut flight from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in Hainan province on May 5, 2020. (SU DONG / CHINADAILY.COM.CN) Debris from the recently launched Chinese Long March 5B carrier rocket fell back to Earth early on Sunday morning, with most of the remnants burning up during the […]
A Long March-2C carrier rocket carrying a pair of satellites, Siwei 03 and 04, blasts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi province, July 16, 2022. (ZHANG BIN / XINHUA) TAIYUAN – China on Saturday launched a Long March-2C carrier rocket to place two satellites in space. The pair of satellites, […]
A Long March-2D rocket carrying a group of eight satellites blasts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in North China's Shanxi province, May 5, 2022. (ZHENG BIN / XINHUA) TAIYUAN – China launched a Long March-2D rocket on Thursday to place a group of eight satellites in space. Satellite Jilin-1 Kuanfu 01C, together with seven […]
A Long March 11 carrier rocket carrying three Tianping 2 satellites blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Gansu province, March 30, 2022. (WANG JIANGBO / FOR CHINA DAILY) JIUQUAN – China has successfully sent three satellites into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Wednesday. The three satellites […]
Modified Long March 8 deploys 22 small satellites in orbit in one go People watch the Long March 8 carrier rocket lift off in Wenchang, Hainan province, on Sunday. (SHA XIAOFENG / FOR CHINA DAILY) A modified version of China's Long March 8 carrier rocket transported 22 satellites into orbit on Sunday morning in its […]
Modified Long March 8 set to deploy 22 satellites in impending first mission China's new generation carrier rocket Long March-8 Y2 arrives at the Wenchang Space Launch Center in Hainan province, Jan 21, 2022. (PHOTO / CHINANEWS.COM) A modified version of China's Long March 8 carrier rocket is scheduled to make its debut flight in […]
WENCHANG, HAINAN – China plans to launch its new generation carrier rocket Long March-8 Y2 between late February and early March from the southern island of Hainan, sources with the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology, the country's leading rocket maker, said on Friday. The Long March-8 Y2 rocket arrived at the Wenchang Space Launch […]
Long March 2D rocket carrying the Shiyan 13 experimental satellite blasts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in North China's Shanxi province, Jan 17, 2021. (PHOTO BY ZHENG TAOTAO / PROVIDED TO CHINADAILY.COM.CN) China launched a Long March 2D carrier rocket on Monday morning, kicking off the country's space program for 2022. The launch […]
A Chinese Long March 3B carrier rocket blasts off at 0:43 am on Thursday from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province, marking the 48th flight of the Long March rocket family this year. (LIU GUOXING / FOR CHINA DAILY) China launched a Long March 3B carrier rocket at Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan […]
A Long March-4B rocket carrying the Shijian-6 05 satellites blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, Dec 10, 2021. (WANG JIANGBO / XINHUA) BEIJING – A Long March-4B rocket on Friday morning successfully sent a new group of satellites into space, marking the 400th launch mission of the China-developed Long March […]
MILAN, Nov 4, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – FERROVIENORD and Hitachi Rail STS SpA signed the third supply contract for 50 high capacity “Caravaggio” regional trains for the amount of 451,850,000 euro, within the 2018 Framework Agreement. 40 trains are in long configuration (5 cars) and 10 in short configuration (4 cars). With […]
A Long March-3B carrier rocket carrying the Zhongxing-2E satellite blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Xichang, Southwest China's Sichuan province, Aug 6, 2021. (PHOTO / XINHUA) XICHANG – China sent the Zhongxing-2E satellite into space on a Long March-3B carrier rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan province […]
A Long March-2C carrier rocket carrying a new remote-sensing satellite group blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Xichang, southwest China's Sichuan province, July 19, 2021 (PHOTO / XINHUA) XICHANG – China successfully launched a new remote-sensing satellite group from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan province at 8:19 am […]
Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, visits a memorial hall in a memorial park dedicated to the Battle of the Xiangjiang River during the Long March in the 1930s, in Caiwan, a town in Quanzhou County in the city […]
A Long March 5B carrier rocket which will launch the core capsule of China's space station is moved to the launch tower at the Wenchang Space Launch Center in the southernmost island province of Hainan, April 23, 2021. (GUO WENBIN / CHINADAILY.COM.CN) The Long March 5B carrier rocket which will launch the core capsule of […]
A Long March-7A Y2 carrier rocket blasts off from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site, south China's Hainan province, March 12, 2021. (PHOTO / XINHUA) WENCHANG – China launched its Long March-7A Y2 carrier rocket on Friday from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in south China's island province of Hainan. The rocket blasted off at 1:51 […]
This undated photo shows a Long March 11 solid-propellant carrier rocket carrying a payload of seven satellites blasting off from a mobile launch platform off Shandong province. (ZHU XINGXIN / CHINA DAILY) China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp plans to carry out four sea-based launches this year by its Long March 11 solid-propellant carrier rocket, […]
5eb14843a310a8b2fa432eda.jpeg China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, the nation's leading space contractor, announced on Wednesday that it plans to conduct the maiden flight of the Long March 6A carrier rocket before the end of this year. The rocket, developed by the company's Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology, will have a liftoff weight of 530 metric […]
