the chinese space launch program

Abstract

China’s development of launch vehicles is sticking to the “self-reliance and independent innovation” path. With more than 40 years experience, China has successfully developed more than 10 models of launch vehiclesand experienced the transition from research test to flight application, and from flight application to the industrialization. This chapter provides an overview of China’s space launch plan. This chapter mainly presents the development history of China’s launch vehicles, launch vehicles in service, and the new generation of launch vehicles under development and describes the efforts made by China in the field of space security.