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China may have found an effective solution to eliminating space junk. To date, there are 8,950 satellites launched into orbit, and 5,000 satellites remain in orbit despite them having reached the end of their lifespan.

The first-ever rocket equipped with a drag sail has successfully deployed its sail, and it will fall to Earth within two years.

A Chinese drag sail launched into space has succeeded in accelerating the deorbit of a rocket, the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology announced.

China launched a Gaofen 12C high-resolution Earth observation satellite late Monday night, according to China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp.

By Yu Jianbin China’s Long March-7 Y5 carrier rocket launched the country’s Tianzhou-4 cargo spacecraft from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in south China’s Hainan province at 1:56 a.m. on May 10, Beijing time, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA), which declared the launch a complete success. The…

See photos of Chinas Long March rockets and read more about the history of the Changzheng rocket family in this slideshow.

China’s latest Gaofen satellite launched Asia News Network (ANN) is the leading regional alliance of news titles striving to bring the region closer, through an active sharing of editorial content on happenings in the region.

China conducted the maiden flight of its Long March 6A carrier rocket on Tuesday afternoon at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Shanxi province.

China conducted the maiden flight of the Long March 6A carrier rocket on Tuesday afternoon at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Shanxi province, according to China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp.

China's remote sensing satellite lifted successfully into orbit Asia News Network (ANN) is the leading regional alliance of news titles striving to bring the region closer, through an active sharing of editorial content on happenings in the region.