China Space

  • China launches two satellites with one rocket

    At 16:53 Beijing time on May 31, China successfully put the Gaofen 9-02 and Hede 4 satellites into their scheduled orbits using the Long March 2 carrier rocket at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre.

  • Chinese private space launch firm makes breakthrough in key rocket recovery technology

    On May 27, the "JD-1" reusable liquid oxygen methane engine, made by Chinese private space launch company i-Space, also known as Space Honor, completed the second start long-range 500-second test.