A rocket launched for the first time, marking a significant step in China's aerospace ambitions. With enhanced capabilities, ...

A Long March 8A carrier rocket blasted off at 5:30 pm on Tuesday from the Wenchang Space Launch Site, Hainan province. YUAN CHEN / FOR CHINA DAILY China conducted the debut flight of its Long ...

BEIJING, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- China's Long March-8A carrier rocket successfully conducted its maiden flight on Tuesday, sending a group of low Earth orbit satellites into space from the Wenchang ...

China has fired off a new variant of its Long March 11 long-range carrier rocket intended to launch new, heavier payload satellites with greater thrust and a wider, taller form... Earlier this ...

The rocket can carry around 7,000 kilograms to 700-km Sun-synchronous orbit (SSO). Together with the standard Long March 8, the series offers payload capacities of 5,000 and 7,000 kg to SSO ...

Likewise in 2022, a 20-tonne Chinese Long March 5B rocket fell to Earth over the Atlantic Ocean. Its predicted path passed directly over central Spain, southern France, and Monaco leading these ...

China's new launch vehicle Long March-8A took off for its maiden flight from Wenchang Space Launch Site in Southern China's Hainan Province at 5:30 pm on Tuesday, successfully sending the 02 group ...

The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) has alerted residents in the provinces of Palawan and Basilan, where parts of China's Long March 8A rocket are expected to land. The Chinese rocket is scheduled to ...

dock and autonomously refuel the moon-bound ship so it can blast out of Earth orbit and head for deep space. Astronauts launched in an Orion capsule atop NASA's Space Launch System rocket then ...

Longxing-2 is thought to be a test article for the Long March 12A reusable launcher being developed by the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology (SAST). The rocket was designed to replicate ...