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China’s space contractor confirmed it had made breakthroughs on rocket engines designed for major space mission. Earlier this week, the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) announced that progress had been made on important technologies for a 220-ton thrust, liquid hydrogen-liquid oxygen stage combustion cycle engine.
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Chinaâs New Rocket Successfully Launches 5 Satellites Published December 23rd, 2020 - 08:00 GMT
The satellites were launched from Chinaâs tropical island province of Hainan in southern part of the country. (Shutterstock)
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With successful launch of indigenous rocket, China gets closer to inauguration of large space station
China on Tuesday said its newly-built indigenous rocket made a successful flight to space with five satellites.
Deemed as a major push in Chinaâs space program project, the 356-ton new rocket from Long March series is said âto become reusable 10 times by 2025, and by 2035,â Chinese daily Global Times reported.
The satellites were launched from Chinaâs tropical island province of Hainan in southern part of the country.
China s new medium-lift carrier rocket Long March-8 blasts off at the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in south China s Hainan Province Dec. 22, 2020. The Long March-8 made its maiden flight on Tuesday, sending five satellites into planned orbit, according to the China National Space Administration. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)
China s new medium-lift carrier rocket Long March-8 made its maiden flight on Tuesday, sending five satellites into planned orbit, according to the China National Space Administration (CNSA).
The rocket blasted off from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site on the coast of southern China s island province of Hainan at 12:37 p.m. (Beijing Time).
The Long March-8 rocket has a total length of 50.3 meters, with a takeoff mass of 356 tonnes. It can carry a payload of at least 4.5 tonnes to a sun-synchronous orbit at an altitude of 700 km.