China launches Long March 7A rocket into orbit year after launch pad failure | Science | News
China launch: The Long March 7A is an udated version of the Long March 7 (Image: GETTY) China launch: China became the sixth nation this year to put a spacecraft in Mars orbit (Image: EXPRESS) READ MORE According to CASC, the rocket has the potential to launch payloads to the Moon. The Long March 7A was originally pencilled in to fly on March 16, 2020, but the mission was scrubbed. A launch pad failure led to an investigation of what caused the problem, although exact details of what happened have not been revealed. China has been accelerating its space programme in recent years, funnelling r...
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