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Uncontrolled 29 April 2021 Long March 5B core (5B-Y3 flight) China: 21,600 kg (47,600 lb) 30 July 2022 [9] 6 days Uncontrolled 24 July 2022 Long March 5B core (5B-Y4 flight) China: 21,600 kg (47,600 lb) 4 November 2022 [10] 4 days Uncontrolled 31 October 2022 Cosmos 557: USSR: 19,400 kg (42,800 lb) 22 May 1973: 11 days: Uncontrolled: 11 May ...
The Y1 mission's core stage may have been the most massive object to make an uncontrolled re-entry since the Soviet Union's Salyut 7 space station in 1991 and the United States' Skylab in 1979, excluding the failed controlled reentry of Space Shuttle Columbia over populated areas of the Continental United States in 2003.
China's second lunar sample return mission, and world's first from the far side of the Moon, targeting southern area of Apollo basin (~43º S, 154º W). The mission is expected to take 53 days from launch to return module touchdown. [195] 7 May 2024 13:21 [197] Long March 6C: Y1 Taiyuan, LA-9A Successful Haiwangxing-1 Sun-synchronous: Zhihui ...
An uncontrolled Chinese rocket had the world's attention last week as it prepared to re-enter the Earth's atmosphere. The agency said China didn't meet "responsible standards," accusing the ...
Rocket debris, which generally burns up in the atmosphere on re-entry, is expected to fall off the coast of China's island province of Hainan between 11:00 a.m. (0300 GMT) and noon (0400 GMT ...
The rocket was launched as part of a China's project to build its own space station by 2023. Two more Long March 5B rockets are planned to be used.
The rocket undertook a successful maiden launch on 7 May 2024 at 13:21 UTC from North China's Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center. [ 1 ] A rideshare launch opportunity by Long March 6C was sold at an online auction in July 2023, with bidding prices starting at ¥87,000/kg.
Certification-2 mission, the second of two launches needed to certify the rocket for NSSL missions. Originally scheduled to carry the first flight of Dream Chaser; however, due to schedule delays with Dream Chaser, ULA flew a mass simulator with experiments and demonstrations of future Centaur V technologies.