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Dec 28, 2023 7 mins
Disclaimer: This article was written on the 20th of December so some information may be outdated. Additional disclaimer: This article may take a while to load as where possible a relevant image is used. This article is intended as a general explainer of China's state-owned and operated Long
Dec 20, 2023 20 mins
On the 14th and 15th of December 2023, China launched a Long March 2F/G and a Long March 5 for two largely secretive missions. The Long March 2F/G launched from Launch Area 4 at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, in northern China, on the 14th at 14:11
Dec 19, 2023 5 mins
After the third launch of LandSpace's Zhuque-2 rocket, the company revealed more information regarding its Zhuque-3 launch vehicle. Zhuque-3 is LandSpace's in-development partially re-usable medium to heavy lift launch vehicle. LandSpace plans for Zhuque-3 to burn liquid methane and liquid oxygen fuels in its engines, the
Dec 13, 2023 3 mins
On the 10th of December, a Long March 2D lifted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southern China. The payload for the launch was a Yaogan reconnaissance satellite heading to low Earth orbit. While a regular launch at first glance, this was the 500th launch of a Long
Dec 12, 2023 3 mins
On the 8th of December, Greenwich Mean Time, or the 9th of December, China Standard Time, LandSpace launched its Zhuque-2 rocket for the third time. This launch was the first time the rocket delivered a payload to orbit, and the first time a rocket burning liquid methane successfully placed payloads
Dec 11, 2023 3 mins
During the evening of the 9th of November, China launched a Long March 3B/E rocket carrying ChinaSat 6E to a geostationary transfer orbit from Launch Complex 2 at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center. The ChinaSat 6E is a communications satellite that will reside at 115.5 degrees east in
Nov 9, 2023 2 mins
Disclaimer: This article contains the opinion of the writer and not Cosmic Nxws as a whole. Recently private spaceflight efforts in China have been ramping up from almost a dozen companies. This article will cover four companies I believe stand a good chance of becoming China's equivalent of
Nov 3, 2023 3 mins
After spending one-hundred and fifty-four days in space aboard China's Tiangong space station, the crew of Shenzhou 16 have safely returned to Earth. The Shenzhou 16 spacecraft performed a braking burn at 7:21 a.m. (Beijing time) am and the capsule touched down at 8:11 a.
Oct 31, 2023 2 mins
A Long March 2F rocket lifted off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 03:14 UTC carrying the Shenzhou 17 spacecraft and its crew of three to the Tiangong space station in low Earth orbit. The Shenzhou 17 spacecraft docked at the forward port of the Tianhe module at 09:
Oct 26, 2023 2 mins
On the 15th of October 2003, The People's Republic of China became the third country to successfully launch a person into Earth orbit using its own spacecraft and launch vehicles. The taikonaut, what China calls its astronauts, onboard the spacecraft for this mission was Yang Liwei, becoming the
Oct 17, 2023 3 mins
Disclaimer: This article was written on the 17th of September 2023 so some information may be outdated. This article is intended as a general explanation of the Chinese space program and the Agencies, state-owned Corporations, and state-owned enterprises that are a part of it. China National Space Administration The China
Oct 9, 2023 4 mins
Disclaimer: This article was written on the 17th of September 2023 so some information may be outdated. This article is intended as a general explanation of the Chinese crewed spaceflight programs and the spacecraft used for them. Tiangong space station The Tiangong space station, also called the Chinese space station,
Oct 4, 2023 4 mins