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A launch service provider is a type of company that uses launch vehicles and related services provided by a Launch Agency, including furnishing the launch vehicles, launch support, equipment and facilities, for the purpose of launching satellites into orbits or deep space. [1]
The Long March 4C is derived from the Long March 4B, but features a restartable upper stage, and a larger payload fairing. On 1 September 2016, the Long March 4C failed for reasons not yet known. A Long March 4C rocket blasted off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Shanxi but failed to insert its payload, the Gaofen 10 satellite, into ...
On 9 March 2021, China and Russia signed a “Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the People’s Republic of China and the Government of the Russian Federation Regarding Cooperation for the Construction of the International Lunar Research Station.” [14] On 16 June 2021, Roscosmos and the China National Space Administration (CNSA) held a joint session in St. Petersburg ...
Lists of orbital launch vehicles by payload capacity: Small-lift launch vehicle (up to 2,000 kg to Low Earth Orbit (LEO)) Medium-lift launch vehicle (from 2,000 to 20,000 kg to LEO) Heavy-lift launch vehicle (from 20,000 to 50,000 kg to LEO) Super heavy-lift launch vehicle (beyond 50,000 kg to LEO)
Any orbit (regardless of outcome): Flights which achieve at least one complete orbit even if the orbit differs from the targeted orbit. Target orbit (without damage to the payload) Status: Actual status of launcher (retired, development, active) Date of flight First: Year of first flight of first family member
The Soyuz‑2.1v was designed to serve lighter payloads with a payload capacity of 2,850 kg (6,280 lb) to a 200 km (120 mi) circular low Earth orbit with an inclination of 51.8° from Baikonur, and 2,800 kg (6,200 lb) to a 200 kilometre orbit at 62.8° from Plesetsk.
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... all current and future individual rocket configurations designed to reach orbit. A first list contains ...
Docking of two vehicles in space has previously only been achieved by the Soviet Union/Russia, United States, ESA, and China. Kuiper Systems , Amazon's satellite internet subsidiary, plans to ramp up launches for its constellation of over 3,000 satellites.