This launch was the 25th flight mission of the Kuaizhou-1A rockets, and the 30th launch for the Kuaizhou series. Since March 22, 2023, this type of rocket has carried out five missions, sending 20 Tiamu-1 satellites into orbit.
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China's Long March carrier rocket series completed its 400th launch on Friday morning, ferrying a new group of satellites into space. Over the past 51 years, since the first flight of the Long March-1 in 1970, Long March carrier rockets have been used in 92.1 percent of...
Rocket Lab is currently using an expendable second stage design made of carbon composite that measures 6 meters (20 ft) long and uses a single vacuum-optimized Archimedes engine. This spares the second stage from much of the extreme conditions experienced during launch and reentry, wh...
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▲A Long March-6C carrier rocket carrying four satellites blasts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in North China's Shanxi province, May 7, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua] The 43-meter-tall rocket blasted off at 11:21 am from the Taiyu...
HAIKOU, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- China's Long March-12 Y1 carrier rocket was transported to the launching area of the Hainan commercial space launch site in south China's Hainan Province on Tuesday, according to the Hainan International Commercial Aerospace Launch Co., Ltd. ...
BEIJING, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- China's new-generation medium-sized rocket, the Long March-8, concluded a successful full rehearsal Friday at the country's first commercial space launch site. The rehearsal was conducted at the No. 1 launch pad, located in the city of Wenchang on south China...
witness the third test flight of the biggest rocket ever built. About 5 miles (8 kilometers) south of the crowds, SpaceX's massiveStarshipvehicle lifted off this morning (March 14) at 9:25 a.m. EDT (1325 GMT) from the company's manufacturing and test launch facilities near Boca Chica...