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Development Flight 1

Overview

Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Mission: Government/Top Secret

Low Earth Orbit 201 Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China

Inaugural flight of the Long March 7 (LM-7 for export or CZ-7 within China) This mission will test the rocket itself and a smaller version of a future next generation manned capsule

Long March 7

Family:
Configuration: YZ-1A

Specifications
  • Length
  • Diameter
  • Fairing Diameter
  • Launch Mass
  • Thrust
Family
  • Name
    Long March 7
  • Family
  • Variant
    YZ-1A
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Long March 7 YZ-1A
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
  • Low Earth Orbit
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

(CASC)

Chairman & President: Lei Fanpei Founded: 1999 Successes: 502 Failures: 14 Pending: 8

Agency Type:

The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) is the main contractor for the Chinese space program. It is state-owned and has a number of subordinate entities which design, develop and manufacture a range of spacecraft, launch vehicles, strategic and tactical missile systems, and ground equipment. It was officially established in July 1999 as part of a Chinese government reform drive, having previously been one part of the former China Aerospace Corporation. Various incarnations of the program date back to 1956.

INFO WIKI

Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China

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