28 June 2016
The inaugural flight of China's heavy-lift launch vehicle will occur within 15 years if everything goes smoothly, said Yang Baohua, the Deputy Manager of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASTC) on 27 June. "We plan to make breakthroughs on key technologies within five years to pave the way for the development of heavy-lift launch vehicles." China needs a heavy-lift launch vehicle with carrying capacity of about 100 tonnes to support manned Moon missions or deep-space explorations.
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