China launches Einstein Probe into orbit!
On the 9th of January at 15:03 pm, Beijing Time, a Long March 2C lifted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center carrying the Einstein Probe to a 600-kilometer low Earth orbit.
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Celebrating five years since Chang'e 4's historic landing!
It has been over five years since the Chang'e 4 lunar lander landed on the far side of the Moon. The lunar landing occurred at 02:26 am Coordinated Universal Time
Pallas-1: Just a smaller Falcon 9?
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What are China's Long March rockets?
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What were the two 'secret' launches from China?
On the 14th and 15th of December 2023, China launched a Long March 2F/G and a Long March 5 for two largely secretive missions. The Long March 2F/G launched from Launch
What is the Zhuque-3 rocket?
After the third launch of LandSpace's Zhuque-2 rocket, the company revealed more information regarding its Zhuque-3 launch vehicle. Zhuque-3 is LandSpace's in-development partially re-usable medium to heavy lift launch
China completes its 500th Long March rocket launch!
On the 10th of December, a Long March 2D lifted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southern China. The payload for the launch was a Yaogan reconnaissance satellite heading to low
Zhuque-2 delivers its first payloads to space!
On the 8th of December, Greenwich Mean Time, or the 9th of December, China Standard Time, LandSpace launched its Zhuque-2 rocket for the third time. This launch was the first time the rocket
China launches replacement for ChinaSat 6B
During the evening of the 9th of November, China launched a Long March 3B/E rocket carrying ChinaSat 6E to a geostationary transfer orbit from Launch Complex 2 at the Xichang Satellite Launch
Who will be China's SpaceX?
Disclaimer: This article contains the opinion of the writer and not Cosmic Nxws as a whole. Recently private spaceflight efforts in China have been ramping up from almost a dozen companies. This article
Shenzhou 16 crew returns to Earth
After spending one-hundred and fifty-four days in space aboard China's Tiangong space station, the crew of Shenzhou 16 have safely returned to Earth. The Shenzhou 16 spacecraft performed a braking burn
Shenzhou 17 crew boards China's space station
A Long March 2F rocket lifted off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 03:14 UTC carrying the Shenzhou 17 spacecraft and its crew of three to the Tiangong space station in low