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Launch towers at Xichang Satellite Launch Center. The complex is being expanded to facilitate a new generation of rockets.

China creates commercial space alliance, expands launch complex

by Andrew Jones December 20, 2019January 23, 2023

Artist's impression of a Zhuque-2 launch vehicle on a launch pad with a distant sunrise.

Chinese space launch firm Landspace raises $71 million

by Andrew Jones December 10, 2019January 23, 2023

Nighttime liftoff of a Long March 3B from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan, southwest China, at 2:09 p.m. Eastern June 24, 2019.

China to continue world-leading launch rate in 2020

by Andrew Jones December 3, 2019January 23, 2023

A Long March 3B launches a pair of Beidou navigation satellites from Xichang, Nov. 22, 2019.

Rocket booster smashes home following Chinese Long March 3B launch

by Andrew Jones November 24, 2019January 23, 2023

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Op-ed | Global government space budgets continues multiyear rebound

by Simon Seminari November 24, 2019January 23, 2023

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China quietly used NASA’s Jupiter probe to test its deep space network

by Andrew Jones November 20, 2019January 23, 2023

A Long March 6 kerolox rocket lifts off from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, Nov. 13. Credit: SAST

China carries out 2 orbital launches inside 3 hours

by Andrew Jones November 13, 2019January 23, 2023

A Long March 4B lifts off from Taiyuan at 11:22 p.m. Nov. 2, 2019.

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China tests grid fins with launch of Gaofen-7 imaging satellite

by Andrew Jones November 4, 2019January 23, 2023

The Chang'e-5 lunar sample return spacecraft lander and ascent modules undergoing testing in 2017.

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China targets late 2020 for lunar sample return mission

by Andrew Jones November 1, 2019January 23, 2023

Liftoff of the Hyperbola-1 solid propellant rocket from the Gobi Desert in July 2019.

Chinese commercial launch companies are preparing second-generation rockets

by Andrew Jones October 24, 2019January 23, 2023