Loading...
Market
Next major milestone in China's space program by end of 2025?
2
Resolution / Starting Odds
Manned moon mission • 25%
Mars rover landing • 25%
Space station expansion • 25%
Other • 25%
Official announcements from Chinese space agencies or major news outlets
Story
China Launches Long March 12 from Hainan, Sending Two Satellites into Orbit
Nov 30, 2024, 04:32 PM
China has successfully launched its new Long March 12 carrier rocket from the newly established Hainan International Commercial Aerospace Launch Center in Wenchang City, Hainan Province. The launch, which took place on Saturday night, marked the first mission from China's first commercial spaceport dedicated to facilitating commercial operations. The Long March 12, a single-core stage liquid launch vehicle with a diameter of 3.8 meters, lifted off at 10:48 p.m. Beijing Time, deploying two experimental satellites into their planned orbits: the Satellite Internet Technology Test Satellite and Technology Test Satellite 03. This launch signifies a major step in China's space ambitions, showcasing its capabilities in commercial spaceflight and contributing to the nation's lunar plans. The rocket, powered by 6 liquid oxygen/kerosene engines, has a liftoff mass of 430 tons, providing 5000kN of thrust at liftoff, with a capacity to lift 12 tons to Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and 6 tons to Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO).
View original story
Similar markets
Start of lunar base construction • 25%
Another manned lunar mission • 25%
Unmanned lunar exploration mission • 25%
No major milestones • 25%
Lunar base establishment • 25%
Mars sample return • 25%
Exoplanet habitability study • 25%
Other milestone • 25%
Lunar study mission • 25%
Mars habitability mission • 25%
Exoplanet exploration mission • 25%
Other • 25%
Successful launch of Long March 10 • 25%
Manned lunar orbit mission • 25%
Manned lunar landing • 25%
Other • 25%
Lunar Base Mission • 25%
Mars Mission • 25%
New Space Station Module • 25%
Other • 25%
Lunar Exploration • 25%
Mars Exploration • 25%
Exoplanet Studies • 25%
Other • 25%
Cargo resupply missions • 25%
Crewed spaceflight missions • 25%
Satellite launches • 25%
Other space exploration missions • 25%
Longest spacewalk • 25%
First Chinese space station repair • 25%
First scientific experiment in space • 25%
Other milestone • 25%
China Space Station • 25%
Lunar Orbit • 25%
Lunar Surface • 25%
Other • 25%
Completing a full marathon • 25%
Achieving a speed of 10 km/h • 25%
Integration into public transport • 25%
Other • 25%