The year 2017 saw a total of 90 known orbital launch attempts from seven nations and space ports in eight different countries. 2017 had the second most orbital launch attempts of any year in the current century, short of 92 launches in 2014 and showing a slight increase from 2016 that had 85 known launch attempts.
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The re-entry of the upper stage of China’s Long March 7 rocket that recently launched the country’s first orbital logistics mission was captured by dozens of observers in the Uzbek Capital of Tashkent.
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China’s aspirations of establishing a permanent outpost in orbit around Earth reached new heights on Thursday with the successful launch of the country’s first Tianzhou cargo spacecraft – embarking on a five-month shakedown mission to demonstrate China can keep its future modular space station stocked up on supplies and fuel.
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China’s Long March 7 rocket was moved to its launch pad on Hainan Island on Monday for the country’s first orbital logistics mission to prove critical technologies for the upcoming Chinese Space Station (CSS) that will begin deployment in 2018 to build a permanent Chinese outpost in orbit.
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China is progressing toward the country’s first logistics mission set for liftoff in April to demonstrate a critical component of the long-term operation of China’s Space Station CSS that is being readied to begin deployment in 2018
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The year 2016 saw a total of 85 known orbital launch attempts operated by eight nations from space ports in
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The Chinese AX-1 satellite re-entered the atmosphere on September 29, concluding a three-month mission to test out innovative navigation technology.
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The Chinese Tiange 1 and 2 satellites re-entered the atmosphere on August 27 and 24, respectively, concluding a short-duration mission of two months dedicated to the demonstration of space-to-space inter-satellite and space-to-Earth communications.
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Authorities in the Western United State received dozens of calls Wednesday night and Social Media was a buzz after a long-lasting fireball streaked through the night skies from California to Utah.
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The Re-Entry Shroud from the first Long March 7 launch re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on July 2, 2016 after just over a week in orbit.
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A space debris clean-up satellite launched on the inaugural Long March 7 flight over the weekend raised concerns among observers that China may be working on the militarization of space by developing anti-satellite applications.
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The inauguration of China’s Long March 7 rocket on Saturday way capped by the successful landing of the re-entry vehicle carried aboard the launcher to demonstrate the landing profile and heat shield of the country’s next generation crew vehicle.
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The inauguration of China’s Long March 7 rocket on Saturday was capped by the successful landing of the prototype re-entry vehicle carried aboard the launcher to demonstrate the landing profile and heat shield of the country’s next generation crew vehicle.
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The most powerful Chinese launch vehicle soared into the skies over a new idyllic launch site in the South China Sea on Saturday in the debut launch of the Long March 7 rocket from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center.
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The most powerful Chinese launch vehicle soared into the skies over a new idyllic launch site in the South China Sea on Saturday in the debut launch of the Long March 7 rocket from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center.
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China will debut the next in its new line of rockets as early as Saturday, also marking the grand-opening of a new civilian launch base on the Island of Hainan.
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China’s Long March 7 rocket is seen traveling atop its Mobile Launch Platform from its assembly facility to Launch Complex 2 at the new Wenchang Satellite Launch Center that will have its grand opening in June 2016 when Long March 7 lifts off for the first time.
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