BEIJING, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- China has started developing the Long March 6 carrier rockets for its space programs, the China National space Administration announced on its official website.
Long March 6 rocket was once named as Long March 5 in previous Zhuhai Airshow
The Long March 6 rockets will be non-toxic and pollution-free while featuring a number of new technologies used for the first time in China, according to the administration.
The Long March 6 rockets are expected to be ready for blast off in 2013, it said.
The rockets will be designed by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, developer of the Shenzhou VII spacecraft, from which Chinese aeronauts carried out the country's first space walk in 2008.
Chinese people working on Rocket R & D
The payload capacity of the Long March 6 rockets is not revealed. Neither are specific space programs the rockets are to be involved in.
China aims to set up a simple space lab in 2011 and a manned space station in 2020. It also intends to go further in space and has set its eyes on a moon landing.
September 7th, 2009 at 9:50 pm
The news is crap !!!! Why arent' the Tech Details available ??? China's space engineers got a kick in the butt for the failed Indonesian Satl Launch and which is why they have re-named Long March-5 to LM-6 as a 'feel good' measure after loss of face...............
September 9th, 2009 at 5:42 am
@Dark_Knight....America is so good they had so many space shuttles explode,lets not forget.
simple minded people are first with opinions and nothing more! think before u talk moron.