China launches another technology test communications satellite payload
China today successfully launched a test technology satellite for doing “multi-band and high-speed communication technology validation tests, possibly for future large internet/communications constellations, its Long March 3B rocket lifting off from its Xichang spaceport in southwest China.
No word on where the rocket’s lower stages and four strap-on boosters, all using very toxic hypergolic fuels, crashed inside China.
The leaders in the 2025 launch race:
40 SpaceX
19 China
5 Rocket Lab
5 Russia
SpaceX still leads the rest of the world in successful launches, 40 to 33.
China today successfully launched a test technology satellite for doing “multi-band and high-speed communication technology validation tests, possibly for future large internet/communications constellations, its Long March 3B rocket lifting off from its Xichang spaceport in southwest China.
No word on where the rocket’s lower stages and four strap-on boosters, all using very toxic hypergolic fuels, crashed inside China.
The leaders in the 2025 launch race:
40 SpaceX
19 China
5 Rocket Lab
5 Russia
SpaceX still leads the rest of the world in successful launches, 40 to 33.