China launches communications satellite
China today successfully launched a communications satellite, its Long March 3B rocket lifting off from its Xichang spaceport in southwest China.
As is usual for its state-run press, no information was provided about the satellite or where the rocket’s lower stages crashed inside China.
The leaders in the 2025 launch race:
76 SpaceX
35 China
8 Rocket Lab
7 Russia
SpaceX still leads the rest of the world in successful launches, 76 to 57.
China today successfully launched a communications satellite, its Long March 3B rocket lifting off from its Xichang spaceport in southwest China.
As is usual for its state-run press, no information was provided about the satellite or where the rocket’s lower stages crashed inside China.
The leaders in the 2025 launch race:
76 SpaceX
35 China
8 Rocket Lab
7 Russia
SpaceX still leads the rest of the world in successful launches, 76 to 57.