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Space launch record set

12.01.2019

Last year, China set an absolute record for the number of launches into space. According to Replyua.net with reference to China Daily, in 2018, the Chinese carried out 39 launches into space and overtook all other countries.

It is noteworthy that at the end of last year, China completed the same number of space launches as during the entire period of the 1990s. Experts also calculated that the Chinese made as many launches into space in 2018 as India, the European Union and Russia combined. However, now China still has a competitor. This is the United States. In 2018, the United States carried out 34 space launches. Recall that on January 11, the Chinese launched a communications and broadcasting satellite into orbit, which will be able to ensure the operation of broadband Internet. For China, this launch was the first this year. The rocket was launched from a spaceport in Sichuan province.

The satellite was developed by the Chinese Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. It was launched into space using a Long March-3B launch vehicle. It should be noted that earlier China announced a large-scale lunar program in the coming years.

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