An SQX-1 solid commercial carrier rocket blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on April 7, 2023. China successfully launched SQX-1 solid commercial carrier rocket into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Friday. (Photo by Wang Jian...
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This video is currently unavailable SpaceX's Starship explodes around four minutes into landmark flight in April, 2023 The next launch in November lasted around eight minutes before exploding. SpaceX's Starship explodes during test flight in November, 2023 Musk said the rocket should fly hu...
The system has been developed since 2018, and it passed the final inspection and acceptance in April this year. According to the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, the new forecast system performed well during its first application in the transfer mission of Tianzhou-4 and Long March-7 Y5. Its...
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Among them, the YF-102 is the country's first open-type liquid oxygen-kerosene engine, and made its maiden flight on April 2 as the engine used for China's first commercial liquid-fueled carrier rocket, Tianlong-2. The other two rocket engines are the YF-102V and the YF-209,...
China successfully launches SQX-1 solid commercial carrier rocket into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China on April 7, 2023. [Photo by Wang Jiangbo/for chinadaily.com.cn] JIUQUAN -- China successfully launched SQX-1 solid commercial carrier rocket into space from the...
On April 29, 2021, the Tianhe core module was launched into space. On the next day, Xie posted a video of the launch. Composed of footage from different camera locations and angles, the video combined elements like a fast highlight reel, crowd reactions, and synced-to-the-beat background...
Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket departed the launch site at New Zealand’s Mahia Peninsula on Sunday, August 30 at 8:05 p.m. PT (3:05 p.m. local time on Monday, August 31). The mission had already missed two launch schedules in recent days due to poor weather, but fortunately, condit...
The next-generation heavy-lift H3 rocket is developed as a successor to the current mainstay H2A rocket which is expected to be retired in the next fiscal year starting in April. With Saturday's launch, the country aims to confirm the rocket's capacity to control its positioning and deploy...