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Orange exhaust pushes a large Long March rocket from the pad at the coastal Wenchang spaceport, with white smoke billowing around lightning towers near the launch tower.

China to begin constructing its own megaconstellation later this year

China is preparing to launch its first satellites for a national low Earth orbit broadband megaconstellation to challenge SpaceX’s Starlink.

by Andrew Jones March 28, 2023March 28, 2023

Orange exhaust pushes a large Long March rocket from the pad at the coastal Wenchang spaceport, with white smoke billowing around lightning towers near the launch tower.

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China wants to ramp up the launch rate of its Long March 5B rocket

by Andrew Jones November 11, 2022February 1, 2023

Orange exhaust pushes a large Long March rocket from the pad at the coastal Wenchang spaceport, with white smoke billowing around lightning towers near the launch tower.

Long March 5B rocket reenters over Pacific Ocean after forcing airspace closures in Europe

by Andrew Jones November 4, 2022February 22, 2023

Orange exhaust pushes a large Long March rocket from the pad at the coastal Wenchang spaceport, with white smoke billowing around lightning towers near the launch tower.

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Rocket from Chinese space station module launch predicted to make uncontrolled reentry Nov. 4

by Andrew Jones November 3, 2022February 22, 2023

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Final module docks at China’s Tiangong space station

by Andrew Jones October 31, 2022February 22, 2023

An image from Tianhe panoramic camera A during the first Shenzhou-13 spacewalk outside the Tiangong space station in November 2021.

China gears up for launches to complete Tiangong space station

by Andrew Jones October 18, 2022February 22, 2023

China begins launch campaign for final space station module

by Andrew Jones September 5, 2022February 22, 2023

Liftoff of the third Long March 5B heavy-lift rocket from the coastal Wenchang spaceport, carrying the Wentian space station module into orbit on July 24, 2022.

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Long March 5B rocket stage makes fiery uncontrolled reentry over Indian Ocean

by Andrew Jones July 30, 2022February 22, 2023

Liftoff of the third Long March 5B rocket, carrying the Wentian space station module into orbit on July 24, 2022.

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Massive Long March 5B booster predicted to reenter on July 31

by Andrew Jones July 26, 2022February 22, 2023

Liftoff of the third Long March 5B heavy-lift rocket from the coastal Wenchang spaceport, carrying the Wentian space station module into orbit on July 24, 2022.

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Second module docks at China’s space station, large rocket stage tracked in orbit

by Andrew Jones July 24, 2022March 1, 2023