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China is continuing to boost its options for launching small satellites with a new rocket called the Smart Dragon 3, which is expected to fly for the first time soon.

BEIJING, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) -- China new carrier rocket Smart Dragon-3 (SD-3), designed for commercial use, has completed large-scale ground tests, its developer

China is developing new solid rockets to boost overall space capabilities by Andrew Jones — March 18, 2022 Liftoff of the Long March 11 from a mobile...

Smart Dragon 3, a new model of solid-propellant carrier rocket, is scheduled to make its debut flight in September, according to a senior rocket scientist.

Following the launch of Chinas new-generation Long March-8 carrier rocket, which successfully sent 22 commercial satellites into preset orbits in one go, China’s top rocket manufacturer revealed to the Global Times on Tuesday that apart from the Long March-8, other types of rockets will also be rolled out this year for more commercial spaceflights. These include the Long March-11 and the Smart Dragon-3, which is expected to make maiden flight in September 2022. Both types are solid-propellant ...

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, the nations leading space contractor, plans to carry out the maiden flight of its Smart Dragon 3 carrier rocket next year, a company executive said.

4 March 2021, 11:20 pm EST By China is planning to launch a new solid-fuel rocket that can transport 20 satellites in its cargo. It has recently been greenlit and is expected to make its maiden flight in 2022.  ( Artyom Ivanov/TASS (Photo by Alexei Ivanov\TASS via Getty Images) ) China is planning to launch a new solid-fuel rocket that can transport 20 satellites in ...

Chinas Smart Dragon-3 commercial rocket to make maiden flight in 2022: developer Deng Xiaoci Published: Mar 03, 2021 06:08 PM The concept images for Smart Dragon solid-fueled commercial rocket family Photo: Courtesy of China RocketThe Jielong-3, or Smart Dragon-3 (SD-3) solid-fuel launch vehicle, which is capable of sending up to 20 satellites in one go, has gained project approval and is expected to make its maiden flight in 2022, Global Times learned from the developer China Academy of Lau...

Launch activity to accelerate Share CLOSE Chinas unmanned Mars probe, Tianwen-1, blasts off on a Long March 5 rocket in Hainan, on July 23, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua] Space station missions the highlight of Long March schedule for 2021 China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, the countrys leading space contractor, says it plans to launch more than 40 missions this year, including some for the nations space station program. In a report read at the State-owned conglomerates an...