A Long March rocket (simplified Chinese: 长征系列运载火箭; traditional Chinese: 長征系列運載火箭; pinyin: Chángzhēng xìliè yùnzài huǒjiàn) or Chang Zheng rocket as in Chinese pinyin is any rocket in a family of expendable launch systems operated by the People's Republic of China. Development and design falls under the auspices of theChina Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology. In English, the rockets are abbreviated as LM- for export and CZ- within China, as "Chang Zheng" means "Long March" in Chinese pinyin. The rockets are named after the Long March of Chinese communist history.
Latest from Copernical Team
- US grounds SpaceX's Starship after fiery mid-air explosion
- A seed-sized signal amplifier chip could boost space communications
- SpaceX launch accident likely caused by fire that sent trails of flaming debris near the Caribbean
- NASA's IMAP instrument installations complete
- Week in images: 13-17 January 2025
- China's space station to drive over 1000 research projects
- Constellr launches first satellite pioneering global thermal monitoring
- H3 Shenzhou-19 astronauts advance experiments aboard Tiangong space station
- The new era of infrastructure maintenance using satellite data
- The Tyranny of the VC Equation Why Your Company Might Not Be "VC-able"