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Chinarocket Co., Ltd. under CASC is developing the Smart Dragon-1 (Jie Long-1) solid micro launcher with a 150-kilogram capacity to a 700-kilometer Sun-synchronous orbit and could have a test flight in the coming months.
The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) plans to launch the Chang’e-5 near-side sample return mission on the second of two planned Long March 5 heavy-lift rocket launches in 2019.
No official date was released for Chang’e-4’s powered descent landing attempt, but the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation indicated the landing would take place in the first days of January 2019 following sunrise over the main candidate landing site in late December.
CASC scheduled the Chang’e-4 landing to take place in the first days of January 2019 after sunrise at the main candidate landing site in late December.
CASC will develop high-throughput broadband communication satellites, technology test satellites, and a new round of space science missions developed under the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
CASC’s 2017 space transportation roadmap includes development goals for reusable launch vehicles, suborbital and orbital spaceplanes, a Saturn V-class launcher in the 2020s–2030s, and a nuclear-powered space shuttle by 2045.
The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) aims to use its light-lift Long March 11 solid-fueled rocket for low-latitude sea launches using a large modified vessel.
Chinarocket Co., Ltd., operating under CASC, is developing the Lightning Dragon-1 (Jie Long-1) micro launcher designed to put 150 kg into a 700-kilometer Sun-synchronous orbit.
CASC aimed to launch around 35 times in 2018 and had completed 22 successful missions with five months remaining in the year.
CASC is developing the Long March 9 super-heavy-lift launch vehicle with a projected capability of lifting up to 140 metric tons to LEO.
CASC released a long-term space transportation roadmap in fall 2017 that set 2035 as the target year for achieving full reusability for its launch vehicles.
CASC is planning up to 36 launches in 2018, and emerging non-government launch providers could raise China’s total orbital launches for the year to over 40.
CASC is planning a potential 36 launches in 2018.