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New carrier rocket for China: "green" and ready to go for 2021

It can already be observed during an industrial fair

One of the sectors on which China is focusing more in this historical period is undoubtedly aerospace (read also the article published by AVIONEWS). In addition to the “Xingyun” project which foresees the launch of twelve new satellites during 2021, Beijing hopes to intrigue even more fans of these technologies with a recently developed commercial rocket. In these last hours, local media have been tal...

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AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

DefenseChina ready to launch 12 new "Iot" satellites

It is the second phase of the "Xingyun" project

China is planning the launch of twelve new satellites during 2021, as reported by media of the Asian country in the last few hours. We are talking about the "Xingyun" project, characterized by spacecraft... more

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