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 by Staff Writers Beijing (AFP) June 5, 2019
China launched a space rocket from sea for the first time on Wednesday, its space agency announced, the latest step in Beijing's push to become a major space power. The Asian giant now spends more than Russia and Japan on its civil and military space programmes -- unveiling ambitious plans for missions to the moon and beyond in the coming decade. A Long March 11 rocket was launched from a ship in the Yellow Sea just after midday, the China National Space Administration said in a statement. "This is the first time that China has... (tested a) launch vehicle at sea," it added. The rocket carried two experimental satellites and five commercial ones. State broadcaster CCTV, in a post on the Twitter-like Weibo platform, hailed it as "a new launching mode for China to enter space quickly". The test marks another win for Beijing's space programme. Earlier this year, China became the first nation to land a rover on the far side of the moon. It also unveiled ambitious plans to build a research base on the lunar surface, send a probe to Mars and build a space station in Earth orbit. In 2003, China became only the third nation to have the capability of launching humans into space. And with sea launches, China now has the ability to deploy satellites from a mobile platform. Most recently, Russian-backed firm Sea Launch used a floating platform to launch dozens of rockets between 1999 and 2014. According to Russian company Energia, the majority shareholder in Sea Launch, launching from sea has a number of advantages, such as the ability to send off rockets from a variety of locations on Earth, as well as reduced costs and risks. qan/rwm/rbu/gle
China plans to launch carrier rocket at sea Beijing (XNA) May 03, 2019 China plans to launch a Long March-11 carrier rocket at sea this year, which is expected to lower the cost of entering space. The rocket has been named "CZ-11 WEY" under an agreement between the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology, China Space Foundation and a Chinese automobile producer. China's first seaborne rocket launch is scheduled for mid-2019 in the Yellow Sea, said Jin Xin, deputy chief commander of the rocket, at a press conference of the China Aerospace Science and Technolo ... read more
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