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China launches four rockets in two days
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The rockets were: LandSpace’s Zhuque-2E; Orienspace’s Gravity-1; the Chinese space agency’s Long March 12; and ExPace’s Kuaizhou-11.
Key facts
- Notably, this was SpaceX’s 700th Falcon rocket launch to date, split between 687 Falcon 9 rockets and 13 Falcon Heavy rockets, Spaceflight Now reports
- The rockets were: LandSpace’s Zhuque-2E; Orienspace’s Gravity-1; the Chinese space agency’s Long March 12; and ExPace’s Kuaizhou-11
- The Chinese launch startup Space Pioneer, which has raised nearly $1 billion, showcased a new design for its Tianhuo-21 methane-liquid oxygen engine this week, which was subsequently shared on social
- NASA finally reached a decision earlier this month on the development of a “Mars Telecommunications Network” spacecraft, selecting Blue Origin to develop, launch, and operate a $700 million
Summary
Welcome to Edition 9.11 of the Rocket Report! The most interesting story of the week, in their view, is a deep dive by Stephen Clark, linked below, into the dwindling fortunes of United Launch Alliance. As always, they welcome reader submissions, and if you don’t want to miss an issue, please subscribe using the box below (the form will not appear on AMP-enabled versions of the site). Avio seeks to cash in on Falcon 9 retreat. Europe’s answer to this, a subsidy? … According to Ranzo, some customers who had been turned away by SpaceX used the International Space Summit in Paris last week to lobby European institutions for financial support that would help offset the higher cost of launching with a European provider. Vega C successfully lofts two satellites.