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China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, the nation's 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 its cargo. It has recently been greenlit and is expected to make its maiden flight in 2022. The Smar...
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...
Launch activity to accelerate Share CLOSE China's 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 country's leading space contractor, says it plans to launch more than 40 missions this year, including some for the nation's space station program. In a report read at the State-owned conglomerate's annual space programs meeting on Monday in Beijing, the company said the most important missions i...