{"id":18651,"date":"2025-08-23T16:22:21","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T16:22:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/18651\/"},"modified":"2025-08-23T16:22:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T16:22:21","slug":"new-rocket-plans-continue-to-emerge-to-support-chinas-growing-space-ambitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/18651\/","title":{"rendered":"New rocket plans continue to emerge to support China\u2019s growing space ambitions"},"content":{"rendered":"

HELSINKI \u2014 China\u2019s state-owned and commercial rocket makers have plans for yet more new launch vehicles, despite an already competitive field and imminent test flights.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAndrew Jones covers China’s space industry for SpaceNews. Andrew has previously lived in China and reported from major space conferences there. Based in Helsinki, Finland, he has written for National Geographic, New Scientist, Smithsonian Magazine, Sky…\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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