Note also that as of now, there has been no confirmation by China of that launch. And until I get some real evidence, it doesn’t go on the list.

Dick Eagleson: I agree absolutely. It is the lack of a free press in China that makes things hard.

I, too, have not found nextspaceflight.com to be invariably accurate, and PRC launches are where most of its problems tend to be. I tend to blame the PRC for that more than the website. Transparenacy is not exactly a hallmark of PRC space ops.

Dick Eagleson: As of posting, nextspaceflight had not yet confirmed the launch. And nextspaceflight is often wrong when it too quickly says a launch has happened. I suspect I will see a report from China momentarily, and will post it later today.