China Central Television (CCTV) is the national television broadcaster of the People's Republic of China. While not directly a space agency or manufacturer, CCTV plays a significant role in the space industry by reporting on China's space program, including manned missions, satellite launches, and space exploration activities. CCTV also transmits educational TV programs via satellite. CCTV is a key media outlet for disseminating information about China's advancements and activities in space.
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China Central Television reported in March that the Long March 8 series is set to fly fifteen times in total in 2026.
China Central Television reported in March that the Long March 8 and Long March 8A launch vehicles were scheduled to fly 15 times in total in 2026.
China Central Television reported at the end of 2025 that Nebula-1A will make its debut launch from Haiyang and attempt a first-stage splashdown.
China Central Television released images of BF-20 during test firings.
Wu Yansheng is chairman of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) and delivered a lecture broadcast by China Central Television on 2022-12-20.
Liu Bing, director of the general design department at CALT, confirmed the new reusable-first-stage direction for Long March 9 in an interview with China Central Television on 2022-11-07.
MinoSpace developed the payload for the first Chinese private orbital launch attempt for China Central Television, a launch in October 2018 that failed due to an issue with the rocket’s third stage.
Landspace made the first private Chinese attempt to reach orbit last October with the Zhuque-1 solid rocket, but the launch failed when the Zhuque-1 suffered an issue with its third stage and the payload for China Central Television fell into the Indian Ocean.
The lost payload was the Weila-1 satellite with a mass of 10–30 kg developed by Beijing MinoSpace Technology for China Central Television (CCTV).
Landspace planned to launch Zhuque-1 from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in October 2018 carrying a small remote sensing satellite for China Central Television (CCTV) into sun-synchronous orbit.
Landspace will launch the three-stage solid-propellant Zhuque-1 rocket into orbit in the final quarter of 2018 carrying a small satellite for China Central Television (CCTV).
Landspace plans to launch its first LandSpace-1 (LS-1) three-stage solid rocket by September to carry a satellite for China Central Television (CCTV).