China's Smart Dragon-3 commercial rocket to make maiden flight in 2022: developer
China's 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 Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT) on Wednesday. As the latest member of the CALT Smart Dragon commercia...