China launches three classified satellites into orbit
China today successfully launched three classified satellites into orbit, its Long March 11 rocket lifting off from a barge off the coast of China in the South China Sea.
No information at all was released about the three satellites, other than they were “experimental.”
The leaders in the 2023 launch race:
94 SpaceX
63 China
18 Russia
8 Rocket Lab
7 India
American private enterprise still leads China in successful launches 108 to 63, and the entire world combined 108 to 99. SpaceX in turn trails the rest of the world (excluding other American companies) 94 to 99.
China today successfully launched three classified satellites into orbit, its Long March 11 rocket lifting off from a barge off the coast of China in the South China Sea.
No information at all was released about the three satellites, other than they were “experimental.”
The leaders in the 2023 launch race:
94 SpaceX
63 China
18 Russia
8 Rocket Lab
7 India
American private enterprise still leads China in successful launches 108 to 63, and the entire world combined 108 to 99. SpaceX in turn trails the rest of the world (excluding other American companies) 94 to 99.