This photo taken on April 27, 2024 shows the combination of the Chang\’e-6 lunar probe and the Long March-5 Y8 carrier rocket having been transferred vertically to the launching area at the Wenchang Sp
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China launches new relay satellite for Earth-Moon communications
A Long March-8 rocket, carrying the relay satellite Queqiao-2 for Earth-Moon communications blasts off at the Wenchang Space Launch Center in south China\’s Hainan Province, March 20, 2024. (Xinhua/Yan
China prepares to launch relay satellite Queqiao-2
The combination of the relay satellite Queqiao-2 and the Long March-8 Y3 carrier rocket is vertically transferred to the launching area at the Wenchang Space Launch Center in south China\’s Hainan Prov
China\’s Queqiao-2 scheduled for launch in first half of 2024
BEIJING, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) — China\’s Queqiao-2, a relay satellite for communications between the far side of the moon and Earth, is scheduled for launch in the first half of this year, the China Nation
China\’s Chang\’e-6 scheduled for launch in first half of 2024
BEIJING, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) — China\’s Chang\’e-6 lunar probe is scheduled for launch in the first half of this year, the China National Space Administration said Wednesday.
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Rocket arrives at launch site for Tianzhou-7 cargo mission
WENCHANG, Hainan, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) — The Long March-7 Y8 carrier rocket, tasked with sending China\’s space station cargo craft Tianzhou-7 into orbit, was transported to the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch
Lengthened Long March-5 becomes height benchmark of China\’s launch vehicles in commission
WENCHANG, Hainan, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) — China\’s newly-launched Long March-5 rocket has for the first time used an 18.5-meter-long fairing, setting a new height benchmark for China\’s carrier rockets in c
China launches new remote sensing satellite
A Long March-5 Y6 carrier rocket carrying the Yaogan-41, a high-orbit optical remote sensing satellite, blasts off from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in south China\’s Hainan Province, Dec. 15, 2
Tianzhou-5 cargo craft re-enters atmosphere after completing mission
BEIJING, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) — China\’s Tianzhou-5 cargo craft re-entered the atmosphere in a controlled manner at 9:13 a.m. (Beijing Time) Tuesday, according to the China Manned Space Agency.
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Hainan commercial spacecraft launch site under construction in Wenchang
A worker performs tasks at a construction site of the Hainan commercial spacecraft launch site in Wenchang City, south China\’s Hainan Province, May 13, 2023. (Xinhua/Pu Xiaoxu)
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