China launches classified satellite using its Long March 4C rocket
China today successfully placed a classified remote sensing satellite into orbit, its Long March 4C rocket lifting off from its Jiuquan spaceport in the northwest of China.
No word on where the rocket’s lower stages, which use toxic hypergolic fuels, crashed within China.
The leaders in the 2023 launch race:
68 SpaceX
44 China
13 Russia
7 Rocket Lab
7 India
American private enterprise still leads China in successful launches 79 to 44, and the entire world combined 79 to 70. SpaceX by itself now trails the rest of the world combined (excluding American companies) by only 68 to 70.
China today successfully placed a classified remote sensing satellite into orbit, its Long March 4C rocket lifting off from its Jiuquan spaceport in the northwest of China.
No word on where the rocket’s lower stages, which use toxic hypergolic fuels, crashed within China.
The leaders in the 2023 launch race:
68 SpaceX
44 China
13 Russia
7 Rocket Lab
7 India
American private enterprise still leads China in successful launches 79 to 44, and the entire world combined 79 to 70. SpaceX by itself now trails the rest of the world combined (excluding American companies) by only 68 to 70.