11 May 2020
Jean Deville published in his Aerospaceblog a two-part article on Chinese spaceplanes. The first part sets the context of spaceplanes in China, and goes over past attempts to make such vehicles. Part 2 provides an overview analysis of current projects under development from Chinese state-owned and private companies.
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Part 1: A Historical Perspective on Chinese Spaceplanes
Part 2: China’s Spaceplane Projects: Past, Present and Future

12 May 2020
At 9:16 BJT, China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp launched Xingyun 2-01 and Xingyun 2-02, the first satellites in the Xingyun constellation atop a Kuaizhou 1A solid-propellant carrier rocket at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwestern China. Both satellites entered a sun-synchronous orbit at 561 km above the Earth. In a move to honor the people of Wuhan, the rocket was decorated with a symbolic picture showing the front line workers during the Corona outbreak. Also, Xingyun 2-01 was named Wuhan.
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11 May 2020
On 11 May, the empty core stage of the CZ-5B rocket, re-entered the dense layers of the atmosphere, passed directly over Los Angeles and New York before impacting the Atlantic Ocean at location 20 W 20 N, off the West African coast of Mauritania at 15:34 UTC. The spent 18 t core stage was the largest piece of space debris to fall uncontrolled back to Earth since 1991 and the fourth biggest ever. For the launch of the main modules of the China Space Station three more launches of the CZ-5B are required.
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13 May 2020
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