Long March
China sets targets for smart, recoverable and reusable launch vehicles
China’s main space contractor is developing launch vehicles capable of learning and adapting as well as multiple technologies for recovering and reusing rockets.
China to continue world-leading launch rate in 2020
China will attempt major space exploration missions and test a reusable rocket in 2020 while also looking to continue a rapid launch rate which has seen it lead the world in orbital launches over the past two years.
Rocket booster smashes home following Chinese Long March 3B launch
A successful Chinese Long March 3B launch of two satellites Friday had severe consequences downrange as a spent booster destroyed a home.
China tests grid fins with launch of Gaofen-7 imaging satellite
A Chinese Long March 4B delivered an Earth observation into orbit satellite late Saturday, with grid fins guiding the descent of the rocket’s first stage.
OQ Technology hoping to jump ahead in IoT race through GomSpace cubesat tests
OQ Technology of Luxembourg used GomSpace’s two GOM-X4 cubesats in low Earth orbit to demonstrate waveforms for a future constellation.
China continues intense activity with environment, navigation satellite launches
China launched a new meteorological satellite from Jiuquan late Sept. 24, adding to a series of recent government and commercial missions.
China could launch another Long March 5 by year’s end
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. will probably resume flights of its heavy-lift Long March 5 rocket this year, said Xing He, executive vice presidentof China Great Wall Industry Corp., a subsidiary of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp.
China’s moon, Mars and space station missions may be facing delays
China’s major space missions including a lunar sample return, Mars orbiter and rover and a modular space station could be facing delays due to an apparent issue affecting rockets required for launches.
China suffers Long March 4 failure
A Long March 4C rocket carrying the Yaogan-33 reconnaissance satellite failed following its May 23 liftoff, Chinese state-run media confirmed.
China could be facing space station delay, Tiangong-2 to be deorbited
China’s plan to launch and construct a space station could be hit by a test flight delay of the launcher designed to send the modules into orbit.
China just set new national launch record while putting up two more Beidou navigation satellites
China’s launch of a pair of Beidou navigation satellites late Friday saw the country set a new annual launch record as its space activities ramp up.
China completes 22nd launch this year with Gaofen-11, matches national record
China launched an Earth observation satellite early on Tuesday, seeing the country equaling its record for launches in a calendar year with 22.
Two Chinese launches in 24 hours deliver Pakistan satellites, Beidou backup to orbit
The July 9 launches were China’s 19th and 20th of 2018, with CASC aiming to carry out around 36 launches this year.
China reveals details for super-heavy-lift Long March 9 and reusable Long March 8 rockets
The Long March 9 will be a Saturn 5-class super-heavy-lift rocket comparable in capacity to the Space Launch System currently being developed under NASA.
Long March 3A rocket launches Fengyun-2H meteorological satellite
Fengyun-2H is the eighth and final of the Fengyun-2 series of spin-stabilized weather satellites for geostationary orbit, development of which began in the 1980s under CASC.
Long March rocket launches Apstar-6C communications satellite from China
China on Thursday launched the Apstar-6C communications satellite, successfully inserting the 5-metric-ton spacecraft into a geostationary-transfer orbit.
China to test rocket reusability with planned Long March 8 launcher
China is developing a Long March launch vehicle with a reusable first stage that could have its trial launch as early as 2020, according to a senior Chinese rocket designer
China launches five commercial remote sensing satellites via Long March 11
China successfully completed its twelfth orbital launch of 2018 late on Wednesday, sending five small Zhuhai-1 remote sensing satellites into orbit.
Long March 5 failure to postpone China’s lunar exploration program
A leading official of China’s space program confirmed Sept. 25 that the July failure of the country’s largest launch vehicle will lead to delays to upcoming lunar missions, including one to return samples.
Long March 5 launch fails
The second launch of China’s most powerful rocket, the Long March 5, ended in failure July 2, the second incident involving a Chinese launch vehicle in as many weeks.
