12 November 2014

Aviation Week author Bill Sweetman reports about the test of a Chinese mobile space launcher platform designated FT-1 by China Aerospace Science & Industry Corp. (Casic) which has been showcased as a subscale model during the recent China Airshow. According to his report, it was designed together with a suitable small satellite platform. Moreover, he reports FT-1 "can loft 300 kg into an equatorial orbit and 250 kg into a sun-synchronous orbit."

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