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2016-06-25 Maiden Flight of Long March 7 from Wenchang Space Launch Center

Long March 7 Maiden Flight - T - 1 minute to upper stage separation

Liftoff of one of China's next generation rocket - the Long March 7 - and the inaugural flight from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center on June 25, 2016. Credit: CCTV ((http://tv.cctv.com/2016/06/25...

Launch of Chinese Long March 7 inaugural flight from Hainan

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360° panorama video: China launches new generation carrier rocket

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China's Long March 7 carrier rocket blasts off

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China's Long March-7 Succeeds in Maiden Flight

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China successfully launches new generation rocket carrier

China successfully launched its new generation of carrier rockets, the Long March 7, at 8 PM (local time) on Saturday from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center, the country’s newest spaceport in the s...

Exclusive: China successfully launches new generation carrier rocket

Development Flight 1

Overview

Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Mission: Government/Top Secret

Low Earth Orbit 201 Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China

Inaugural flight of the Long March 7 (LM-7 for export or CZ-7 within China) This mission will test the rocket itself and a smaller version of a future next generation manned capsule

Long March 7/YZ-1A

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Configuration: YZ-1A

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Long March 7/YZ-1A

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China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

(CASC)

Chairman & President: Lei Fanpei Founded: 1999 Successes: 549 Failures: 14 Pending: 7

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The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) is the main contractor for the Chinese space program. It is state-owned and has a number of subordinate entities which design, develop and manufacture a range of spacecraft, launch vehicles, strategic and tactical missile systems, and ground equipment. It was officially established in July 1999 as part of a Chinese government reform drive, having previously been one part of the former China Aerospace Corporation. Various incarnations of the program date back to 1956.

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Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China

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