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Major approved Chinese programs by 2030: Human Missions: 1.Crewed Moon Landing 2030 (Highest Priority) 2.Operation & Expansion of China Space Station——Tiangong Deep Space Robotic Missions: 1.Tianwen-2 Asteroid Sample Return May 2025 2.Asteroid Denfense & Redirection July 2025 3.Tianwen-3 Mars...

Official statements made during the Shenzhou 18 pre-launch press conference today: * The upcoming to-be-chosen-soon 4th Chinese astronaut class will include members that will perform lunar landings * Testing of the Long March 10 rocket are in full swing & engines testing are in progress *...

Two types of 200 tonne thrust FFSC methalox engines are under development: Land Space BF-20 & CASC YF-215

TQ-12 methalox engine used in Zhuque-2's first orbital flight

A Long March 2C rocket launched Yaogan-30 Group 9 reconnaissance satellites from Xichang on 18 June 2021. It is the 375 flight of Long March family. Orbital launches from Chinese launch centers: 407 (Long March/Kuaizhou/Smart Dragon/Hyperbola/Ceres) Jiuquan - 144 Xichang - 156 Taiyuan - 92...

A Long March 2C rocket launched Yaogan-30 Group 9 reconnaissance satellites from Xichang on 18 June 2021. It is the 375 flight of Long March family. Orbital launches from Chinese launch centers: 407 (Long March/Kuaizhou/Smart Dragon/Hyperbola/Ceres) Jiuquan - 144 Xichang - 156 Taiyuan - 92...

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A Long March 2F rocket launched Shenzhou-12 crewed spacecraft with three Chinese astronauts to dock with China Space Station from Jiuquan on 17 June 2021. It is the 374 flight of Long March family. Orbital launches from Chinese launch centers: 406 (Long March/Kuaizhou/Smart...

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A Long March 2D rocket launched BeiJing-3-01/HaiSi-2/YangWang-1 satellites from Taiyuan on 11 June 2021. It is the 373 flight of Long March series. Orbital launches from Chinese launch centers: 405 (Long March/Kuaizhou/Smart Dragon/Hyperbola/Ceres) Jiuquan Space Launch Center - 143 Xichang...

A Long March 3B rocket launched Fenyun-4B meteorological satellites from Xichang on 3 June 2021. It is the 372 flight of Long March series. Orbital launches from Chinese launch centers: 404 (Long March/Kuaizhou/Smart Dragon/Hyperbola/Ceres) Jiuquan Space Launch Center - 143 Xichang Space Launch...

A Long March 7 rocket launched Tianzhou-2 resupply ship to dock with the Chinese Space Station from Wenchang on 29 May 2021. It is the 371 flight of Long March series. Orbital launches from Chinese launch centers: 403 (Long March/Kuaizhou/Smart Dragon/Hyperbola/Ceres) Jiuquan Space Launch...

A Long March 4B rocket launched Haiyang-2D oceanography satellite from Jiuquan on 18 May 2021. It is the 370 flight of Long March series. Mission Insignia Orbital launches from Chinese launch centers: 402 (Long March/Kuaizhou/Smart Dragon/Hyperbola/Ceres) Jiuquan Space Launch Center - 143...

A Long March 2C rocket launched Yaogan-30 Group 08 satellites from Xichang on 7 May 2021. It is the 369 flight of Long March series. Orbital launches from Chinese launch centers: 401 (Long March/Kuaizhou/Smart Dragon/Hyperbola/Ceres) Jiuquan Space Launch Center - 142 Xichang Space Launch Center...

and as always, mission insignia....

A Long March 4C rocket launched a classified Yaogan-34 satellite from Jiuquan on 30 April 2021. It is the 368 flight of Long March series. Orbital launches from Chinese launch centers: 400 (Long March/Kuaizhou/Smart Dragon/Hyperbola/Ceres) Jiuquan - 142 Xichang - 153 Taiyuan - 91 Wenchang - 12...

Almost forgot, the payload....the 22.5 ton Tianhe core module is China's largest spacecraft ever built

A Long March 5B rocket launched the 22.5 metric ton Tianhe core module, the first component of China Space Station, from Wenchang on 29 April 2021. It is the 367 flight of Long March series. Orbital launches from Chinese launch centers: 399 (Long March/Kuaizhou/Smart Dragon/Hyperbola/Ceres)...

A Long March 6 rocket launched Qilu-1/4 satellites from Taiyuan on 27 April 2021. It is the 366 flight of Long March series. Orbital launches from Chinese launch centers: 398 (Long March/Kuaizhou/Smart Dragon/Hyperbola/Ceres) Jiuquan - 141 Xichang - 153 Taiyuan - 91 Wenchang - 11 Sea Launch- 2...

A Long March 4B rocket launched a Shiyan-6-03 satellite from Taiyuan on 9 April 2021. It is the 365 flight of Long March series. Mission insignia Orbital launches from Chinese launch centers: 397 (Long March/Kuaizhou/Smart Dragon/Hyperbola/Ceres) Jiuquan - 141 Xichang - 153 Taiyuan - 90...