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Other Rocketry / China

    China releases space plans through 2016 (2011-12-30)
    “BEIJING (AP) —China plans to launch space labs and manned ships and prepare to build space stations over the next five years, according to a plan released Thursday that shows the ... [Read More]

    China launches heavy-lift Long March-5 (2016-11-04)
      Details on Long March 5 Height 57 m (187 ft) Diameter 5 m (16 ft) Mass 1,938,000 lb Stages 2 Capacity Payload to LEO 55,000 lb Payload to GTO 31,000 lb Payload to TLI 18,000 lb [Read More]

    China launches Tianzhou-1 (2017-04-20)
    China’s 1st cargo spacecraft Tianzhou-1 blasts off aboard a Long March-7 Y2 carrier rocket. The spacecraft will rendezvous with the space lab Tiangong-2. The docking will be the first addition ... [Read More]