Beijing: China will launch its second heavy-lift rocket on Sunday to put a satellite into orbit. The Long March-5 Y2 would be launched from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in China’s southern Hainan Province on Sunday, the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence said on Saturday. Propellant for the rocket, which will send the Shijian-18 communication satellite into orbit, began to be pumped in on this afternoon, it said. After arriving at the launch base in early May, the rocket was assembled and tested there. The Long March-5 made its maiden flight in November 2016 in Wenchang, state-run Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday.

Source: Mint July 01, 2017 12:56 UTC