A Long March 2D rocket carrying the Yaogan-42 02 satellite blasted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China in April.
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China’s burgeoning commercial space sector encountered a setback in June when startup Space Pioneer accidentally turned a static hot-fire test of its Tianlong-3 rocket into an unplanned—and unsuccessful—debut flight. The company said structural failure at the connection between the nine-engine...
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