China is maintaining its impressive launch cadence in 2023 with five more launches in the past few weeks. These include a barge launch from the Gushenxing-1S rocket and multiple launches of Yaogan satellites.
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Launch Roundup: SpaceX surpass 2022’s launch count with Starlink Group 6-12; China to launch three missions
The first week of September will see only four orbital launches and a single sub-orbital…
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Multiple remote sensing satellite launched from China, as launch cadence increases
With over 35 launches in 2023, China is on its way to returning to its…
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Following a plethora of launches last week, the week of Aug. 14 through Aug. 20…
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Launch Roundup: Russia returns to the Moon with Luna 25 mission, Virgin Galactic completes first fully private space tourism flight
It’s a busy week in spaceflight, especially for Russia. The week of Aug. 7 following…
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China has picked up its launch cadence in the last two weeks as they continue…
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Launch Roundup: SpaceX launches Galaxy 37; will launch Starlink Group 6-8
Breaking into the 31st week of 2023, from July 31 to Aug. 6, not much…
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China’s impressive launch cadence took a break in July 2023 with only three launches from…
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Launch Roundup: Rocket Lab conducts Electron reuse attempt, SpaceX flies two Starlink v2 missions
The week of July 16 through July 23 saw four more launches take place around…
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Launch Roundup: SpaceX finishes Starlink v1 flights – China launches methane powered ZQ-2
This week, LandSpace reached orbit on its second test flight of the ZhuQue-2 rocket; SpaceX…
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LandSpace claims win in the methane race to orbit via second ZhuQue-2 launch
LandSpace launched its methane-based ZhuQue-2 rocket on Wednesday. This was the rocket’s second launch after…
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China outlines ambitious plans for Moon landing; ZhuQue-2 prepares to launch again
Over the last few weeks, China has remained busy with both launching rockets and announcing…
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China launched its crewed Shenzhou-16 mission to the Tiangong Space Station on Tuesday, May 30,…
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Beidou-3 G4 gets launched and Chinese Raptor gets tested, as it receives its own name
One of China’s biggest rockets flew again this Wednesday. Chang Zheng 3B/E successfully launched the…
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In this week’s spaceflight news round-up, China’s reusable spaceplane has completed its second long-duration mission…
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China plans to continue its ongoing supply chain for the Tiangong Space Station (TSS) by…
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China has been very agile in developing its super-heavy lift vehicle Chang Zheng 9 (CZ-9).…
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The Tianlong-2 rocket by Space Pioneer successfully performed its debut flight on April 2 and…
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LandSpace has confirmed that the second methane-based ZhuQue-2 is fully assembled as the company gears…
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Commercial rockets spotted amidst Chinese launch tripleheader
China is starting to increase its launch cadence again after a slow start to 2023.…
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