China launches Earth resource satellite
Using its Long March 4C rocket China yesterday successfully launched Gaofen-12, a remote sensing satellite designd to study Earth resources.
The leaders in the 2019 launch race:
27 China
18 Russia
11 SpaceX
7 Europe (Arianespace)
China now leads the U.S. 27 to 23 in the national rankings.
The launch schedule remains very busy, with a Rocket Lab launch set for early tomorrow and two launches to ISS (a Dragon and Progress) scheduled next week. In fact, seventeen launches are tentatively listed for launch in December, which would be once every other day. Several are unlikely, but regardless December will be a very busy month in the launch industry.
Using its Long March 4C rocket China yesterday successfully launched Gaofen-12, a remote sensing satellite designd to study Earth resources.
The leaders in the 2019 launch race:
27 China
18 Russia
11 SpaceX
7 Europe (Arianespace)
China now leads the U.S. 27 to 23 in the national rankings.
The launch schedule remains very busy, with a Rocket Lab launch set for early tomorrow and two launches to ISS (a Dragon and Progress) scheduled next week. In fact, seventeen launches are tentatively listed for launch in December, which would be once every other day. Several are unlikely, but regardless December will be a very busy month in the launch industry.