China’s Long March 2C rocket launches two Earth observation satellites
China yesterday successfully launched two Earth observation satellites using its Long March 2C rocket.
Since these were launched from one of China’s interior spaceports, the rocket’s first stage fell somewhere in China. No word if it used parachutes or grid fins to control that landing. Also, weather yesterday forced the scrub of a launch of China’s Long March 11 solid rocket from a sea-based launch platform. That launch has been rescheduled for tomorrow.
The leaders in the 2022 launch race:
16 SpaceX
12 China
5 Russia
2 ULA
2 Rocket Lab.
The U.S. presently leads China 23 to 12 in the national rankings. Since there are two U.S. launches scheduled for later today, as well as a Russian and Chinese launch pending, these numbers will change in the next 24 hours.
China yesterday successfully launched two Earth observation satellites using its Long March 2C rocket.
Since these were launched from one of China’s interior spaceports, the rocket’s first stage fell somewhere in China. No word if it used parachutes or grid fins to control that landing. Also, weather yesterday forced the scrub of a launch of China’s Long March 11 solid rocket from a sea-based launch platform. That launch has been rescheduled for tomorrow.
The leaders in the 2022 launch race:
16 SpaceX
12 China
5 Russia
2 ULA
2 Rocket Lab.
The U.S. presently leads China 23 to 12 in the national rankings. Since there are two U.S. launches scheduled for later today, as well as a Russian and Chinese launch pending, these numbers will change in the next 24 hours.