China launches earth observation satellite
China today successfully launched an earth observation satellite, its Long March 4B rocket lifting off from Taiyuan spaceport in the north of China. Video clips of the launch can be seen here.
No word on where the rocket’s lower stages, using very toxic hypergolic fuels, crashed inside China.
The leaders in the 2024 launch race:
71 SpaceX
31 China
8 Russia
8 Rocket Lab
American private enterprise still leads the world combined in successful launches, 83 to 47, while SpaceX by itself still leads the entire world, including other American companies, 71 to 59.
China today successfully launched an earth observation satellite, its Long March 4B rocket lifting off from Taiyuan spaceport in the north of China. Video clips of the launch can be seen here.
No word on where the rocket’s lower stages, using very toxic hypergolic fuels, crashed inside China.
The leaders in the 2024 launch race:
71 SpaceX
31 China
8 Russia
8 Rocket Lab
American private enterprise still leads the world combined in successful launches, 83 to 47, while SpaceX by itself still leads the entire world, including other American companies, 71 to 59.