Construction of China’s space station moves a step closer with the successful maiden flight of its new large carrier rocket, the Long March-5B, on Tuesday. The Long March-5B was specially developed to launch the space station modules, said Wang Jue, chief director of the rocket development team at the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT) under the China Aerospace …

CHINA ECONOMIC NET BEIJING, China – China sent a new communication technology experiment satellite into space from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province at 11:20 p.m. (Beijing Time), on Tuesday. The satellite was launched amid tension rising between United States of America (USA) and Iran over the assassination of top Iranian military leader Lt. General Qassem Soleimani in a …