China launches Earth observation satellite
China today successfully launched a classified Earth observation satellite using its Long March 4B rocket.
As the launch was from an interior spaceport, the rocket’s lower stages landed somewhere in the interior of China.
The leaders in the 2022 launch race:
61 China
59 SpaceX
21 Russia
9 Rocket Lab
8 ULA
The U.S. still leads China 83 to 61 in the national rankings, but trails the entire world combined 93 to 83.
At the moment, the only known remaining launches in 2022 are two SpaceX Falcon 9 launches. However, China routinely launches a lot in the November/December timeframe, so we should not be surprised if they complete one or two launches as well in the next few days.
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China today successfully launched a classified Earth observation satellite using its Long March 4B rocket.
As the launch was from an interior spaceport, the rocket’s lower stages landed somewhere in the interior of China.
The leaders in the 2022 launch race:
61 China
59 SpaceX
21 Russia
9 Rocket Lab
8 ULA
The U.S. still leads China 83 to 61 in the national rankings, but trails the entire world combined 93 to 83.
At the moment, the only known remaining launches in 2022 are two SpaceX Falcon 9 launches. However, China routinely launches a lot in the November/December timeframe, so we should not be surprised if they complete one or two launches as well in the next few days.
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
At the moment, the only known remaining launches in 2022 are two SpaceX Falcon 9 launches.
Weather is 90% favorable for both right now, so it seems probable SpaceX will end the year on 61 launches. Which is mind-blowing, honestly.