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In an effort to prevent falling rockets from landing on populated areas, China tested a parachute system designed to control where its rocket boosters land back on Earth.Astronomers Could Soon Get Warnings When SpaceX Satellites Threaten Their ViewChina successfully carried out the first test of its parachute system during a recent launch of its Long March 3B rocket, the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology announced on Friday. The rocket delivereda BeiDou navigation satellite to orbit, lifting off from the Xichang…

China is developing a parachute system to help control where its rocket boosters land instead of free-falling onto the ground near populated areas.Taking out the Trash (in Space)The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) is finalizing a plan whereby it uses a parachute and a gliding control system on some of its Long March rockets’ boosters and payload fairings, CCTV reported (English translation provided in the video). The parachute will significantly narrow down the falling booster’s landing area…

China’s Long March-5B Y3 rocket carried the Wentian lab module to China’s space station in July.Photo: LIU HUAIYU (AP)On November 12, China’s Long March 6A rocket broke apart after launch, scattering debris in low Earth orbit. Now, reports suggest that the disintegrated upper stage of the rocket has grown to a cloud of 350 pieces of space debris. The rocket launched at 5:52 p.m. ET on November 11 from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China, carrying the Yunhai 3 environmental monitoring satellite.Shortly after…

Rescuers recovering debris, which the Philippine Space Agency said has markings of the Long March 5B Chinese rocket that was launched on July 24, after it was found in waters off Mamburao, Occidental Mindoro province, Philippines, on Aug. 2, 2022.Photo: Philippine Coast Guard (AP)According to Philippines military officials, China’s coast guard forcibly blocked a Philippine naval boat on Sunday as it was towing suspected rocket debris from the South China Sea to the Philippine-occupied Thitu island, the Associated Press…

China’s Long March 5B launching from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in South China. Photo: LIU HUAIYU (AP)Less than a week after China’s Long March 5B rocket performed an uncontrolled reentry through Earth’s atmosphere, a Chinese official revealed plans to amp up the launch rate of theserocket within the next few years.07:33The Dead Friends Society Audiobook Clip22 minutes agoDuring an interview with local media, the director of the general design department at the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology, Liu…

The launch of Long March 5B on July 24, 2022. Photo: Liu Huaiyu (AP)A 21-metric-ton core stage is poised to perform an uncontrolled re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere at 10:21 p.m. ET on November 4, give or take around 16 hours. Sadly, this marks the fourth time that a remnant from China’s Long March 5B rocket has threatened human lives and property.The Long March 5B blasted off from Wenchang Space Launch Center in Hainan on Monday, October 31, delivering the third and final module, called Mengtian, to China’s Tiangong…

China’s Long March 5B rocket heading to the launch pad on Tuesday. Screenshot: CCTV/CNSAChina rolled out its Long March 5B rocket on Tuesday in anticipation of its upcoming liftoff to place the third and final piece of the Tiangong space station in orbit. It’s all very exciting, but an out-of-control core module will likely result, as was the case on three previous occasions. The heavy-lift rocket was transported to the pad on Tuesday, carrying a 23-ton lab module named Mengtian (which translates to “dreaming of…

China on Thursday successfully launched three new remote sensing satellites from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in southwest China's Sichuan Province. The satellites were launched as the second batch of the Yaogan-35 family at 10:22am CST / 7:52am IST by a Long March-2D carrier rocket and entered the planned orbit successfully.The satellites will be mainly used to conduct science experiments, land resource surveys, yield estimation of agricultural products and disaster prevention and reduction, state-run Xinhua news…

A large metal ring and sphere that villagers in rural western India said fell from the sky over the weekend could be from a Chinese rocket launched into space last year, officials told local media.The metal ring - reportedly two to three metres (6.5-10 feet) in diameter and weighing over 40 kilograms (90 pounds) - was discovered in a village field in Maharashtra state late on Saturday, district collector Ajay Gulhane told the Press Trust of India."We were preparing a community feast, when the sky blazed with the red disc…