Andrew is a freelance space journalist with a focus on reporting on China's rapidly growing space sector. He began writing for Space.com in 2019 and writes for SpaceNews, IEEE Spectrum, National Geographic, Sky & Telescope, New Scientist and others. Andrew first caught the space bug when, as a youngster, he saw Voyager images of other worlds in our solar system for the first time. Away from space, Andrew enjoys trail running in the forests of Finland. You can follow him on Twitter @AJ_FI.
China launches Long March 8 rocket on debut flight, plans for reusable boosterThere is no indication, however, if the upcoming launch will include tests related to landing and recovering the rocket's first stage and boosters.on Jan. 21 after a week at sea. The rocket was manufactured in Tianjin before being shipped to Hainan island in the South China Sea.
Aboard will be 10"Jilin 1" optical Earth observation satellites for Changguang Satellite Technology, a commercial spinoff from a state-owned science institute in northeast China, as well as new"Hainan 1" satellites and"Tianxian" synthetic aperture radar satellites developed jointly by private firm Spacety and state-owned CETC.that the mission will be the second of its"Long March Express" rideshare missions for commercial payloads.
The 165-foot high Long March 8 has two stages and two side boosters. It is designed to launch around 4.5 tons of cargo to a sun-synchronous orbit with an altitude of 435 miles , filling a gap in current Chinese launch capabilities. took place in December 2020, successfully placing five satellites in orbit. That launch was expendable, meaning the spent rocket stages and boosters fell freely to the Earth.
To land, the first stage engines will need to restart after its main job of sending the second stage and payload towards space, to guide the rocket back towards a landing area. The engines will also need to start up again for a powered descent and soft landing.
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