China’s Road Map for Heavy-Lift Rockets

Long March 5B
Credit: Chinese Ministry of National Defense
With sights on lunar and deep space missions, China has firmed up its road map to develop heavy-lift rockets based on the Long March 5 and the new Long March 9. Speaking to the University of Hong Kong, Long Lehao, rocket chief designer of the Long March, said China wants to conduct manned missions...
Chen Chuanren

Chen Chuanren is the Southeast Asia and China Editor for the Aviation Week Network’s (AWN) Air Transport World (ATW) and the Asia-Pacific Defense Correspondent for AWN, joining the team in 2017.

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