China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation News
The Chinese firm is planning the first launch this year to deliver 13 Satellogic satellites to low-Earth orbit, China Daily said.
The satellites are developed by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.
According to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), the Long March-3B rocket encountered a problem in its third phase after it was launched on June 19, failing to place the satellite in orbit on time.
Zhongxing-9A was launched aboard the Long March-3B carrier rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre at 12.11 a.m. (local time), reports Xinhua news agency.
The Australian International Airshow will be held from tomorrow to Sunday in Avalon.
The probe will be launched in November from the Wenchang Space Launch Centre in Hainan Province, aboard the heavy-lift carrier rocket Long March-5.
The probe would land on the moon, collect samples and return to Earth.
China may be the only space station in service when the International Space Station (ISS) retires in 2024, an official of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) said on Friday.
Bracing for its ambitious plan to land an unmanned spacecraft on the Moon before returning to Earth, China has shipped a carrier rocket from Tianjin port for a rehearsal of a scheduled Chang'e-5 lunar mission around 2017.
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