China’s Kuaizhou-11 rocket launches test satellite
China today successfully launched what it labeled as a communications test satellite using its smallsat mobile Kuaizhou-11 rocket.
China’s state run press gave little details, other than saying, “The satellite will be mainly used for communications test and key technologies verification of the VDES and the automatic identification system (AIS),” whatever that means.
The leaders in the 2022 launch race:
55 China
54 SpaceX
21 Russia
9 Rocket Lab
8 ULA
The U.S. still leads China 78 to 55 in the national rankings, though it trails the entire world combined 86 to 78.
China today successfully launched what it labeled as a communications test satellite using its smallsat mobile Kuaizhou-11 rocket.
China’s state run press gave little details, other than saying, “The satellite will be mainly used for communications test and key technologies verification of the VDES and the automatic identification system (AIS),” whatever that means.
The leaders in the 2022 launch race:
55 China
54 SpaceX
21 Russia
9 Rocket Lab
8 ULA
The U.S. still leads China 78 to 55 in the national rankings, though it trails the entire world combined 86 to 78.