28 May 2020
CALT's engineers are preparing for the debut mission of the Long March 8. The Long March 8 will improve China's launch capability for sun-synchronous orbit and will also boost the nation's commercial space industry, said Bao Weimin, Director of Science and Technology at CASC and an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The rocket will mainly satisfy commercial launch needs in domestic and international markets, he said, predicting that it will likely conduct 10 to 20 launches annually after it goes into service.
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