The Shenzhou-16 (SZ-16) spacecraft has come home after its crew completed a six-month stay aboard the Chinese Tiangong space station. In addition, a Chang Zheng-6A successfully launched from Taiyuan the day after SZ-16’s return, and a commercial launch — involving CAS Space’s Kinetica-1 from Jiuquan — was thought to be happening this week but appears to have been pushed back. A Chang Zheng-7A rocket has also flown from Hainan Island this week as well.
In the last few weeks, China has not only conducted several launches — of which…
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Reviewing this week in spaceflight and upcoming events, it’s been another busy period. China now…
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The Chinese space program has resumed launches after going over a month without a single…
In what will probably be the last Chang Zheng launch before the Chinese new year,…
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