Costs Dive As Old Calt Launcher Program Revs Up

Credit: China Great Wall Industry Corp.
The factories are running faster, and launch crews are using two pads at a time as they ready the rockets. Calt’s 25-year-old program to build and fire Long March 3A-series space launchers has never been so busy. Costs have dropped dramatically, while engineers are refining the production and launch...
Bradley Perrett

Bradley Perrett covered China, Japan, South Korea and Australia. He is a Mandarin-speaking Australian.

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