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DFH Satellite, a unit of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, indicated in 2023 that Queqiao-2 could provide relay communication services for other countries’ lunar landing missions at the lunar south pole or lunar far side.
China is aiming to conduct around 100 launches across 2024, with about 70 planned by CASC and about 30 planned by commercial launch service providers.
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation plans to launch around 100 times across 2024, including the Chang’e-6 lunar sample return mission.
CASC is developing a 5.0-meter-diameter crew launch vehicle known as the Long March 10.
The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) plans test flights for four-meter-diameter and five-meter-diameter reusable rockets in 2025 and 2026 respectively.
CASC previously planned a recoverable version of the Long March 8 as its first move to develop a reusable rocket, but that plan appears to have been abandoned.
CASC’s Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology (SAST) proposed a 4.0-meter-diameter launcher that would be able to launch up to 6,500 kg to 700-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit and would use engines developed by commercial engine maker Jiuzhou Yunjian.
CASC is developing a new-generation human-rated launcher, a spaceplane, and the Long March 9 super heavy-lift launcher while also working on reusable rockets.
China operates a series of ChinaSat (Zhongxing) geostationary communications satellites with CASC directly involved in the joint venture.
CASC aims to conduct around 70 launches in 2024 as part of a national target of around 100 launches for the year, with China’s commercial launch entities planning roughly 30 additional launches.
CASC is planning four launches of the Long March 5 in 2024 and a further five Long March 5 missions in 2025.
CASC conducted 50 of China’s 67 orbital launches in 2023, while commercial actors performed 17 launches in 2023.
CASC aims to complete multiple commercial launches in 2024, including rideshares.
CASC released its annual blue book on 2024-02-26 outlining planned space activities for the year.
The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) plans around 70 launches in 2024 to send more than 290 spacecraft into orbit.
China’s launch companies outside the ownership of main space contractor CASC performed 17 launches with a single failure out of a total of 67 Chinese orbital launches in 2023.
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) is developing reusable rockets including a new-generation human-rated launcher, a spaceplane, and the Long March 9 super heavy-lift launcher.
SpaceX lifted more than 15 times the mass of the second-place organization, the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.
CASC continued to rely on Long March 2, 3, and 4 series rockets that use toxic hypergolic propellant.
CASC’s overall launch rate dropped from 2022 to 2023 while commercial actors accounted for 17 of China’s orbital launches in 2023.