When it was first revealed in 2016, the Long March 9 had solid boosters and an expendable design. However, that's right ...

The Long March 9 was announced in 2016 as a big but pretty typical rocket, but the design has morphed over the years to borrow traits from SpaceX's in-development Starship. The latest version of ...

A recent airshow in Zhuhai, China officially unveiled its first 'super heavy lift rocket' called the Long March 9, and this has been revealed after almost a decade since it was introduced ...

China unveiled a redesigned Long March 9 rocket, resembling SpaceX’s Starship, signaling its ambitions in reusable technology.

China has revealed a redesigned version of its Long March 9 rocket and the new design bears a striking resemblance to SpaceX’s Starship. This update was showcased earlier this week at an airshow in ...

When Chinese space officials unveiled the design for the country's first super heavy lift rocket nearly a decade ago, it looked like a fairly conventional booster. The rocket was fully expendable, ...

And it was revealed this week that China's next-gen heavy lifter, the Long March 9, will look a lot like SpaceX's Starship megarocket, at least in one of its planned configurations. Engineers ...

Since then, China has been revising the design of this rocket, named Long March 9, in response to the development of reusable rockets by SpaceX. As of two years ago, China had recalibrated the ...

A static fire test of a Long March 10 first stage test article in Beijing, June 14, 2024. Credit: CASC HELSINKI — China’s Long March 10A rocket is set to have its first flight in 2026, in what ...