China to debut new Long March and commercial rockets in 2025 New Long March rockets and commercially-developed launch vehicles are expected to have their first flights in 2025, boosting China’s overall launch capabilities.
There’s almost certainly no legal way to export rocketry designs, ITAR is pretty strict. But in harmony with glorious Chinese tradition, a lot can be learned by observing and copying.
Looks like some of these Chinese rockets benefited form legal or “opportunistic” technology “transfers” from SpaceX 😆
There’s almost certainly no legal way to export rocketry designs, ITAR is pretty strict. But in harmony with glorious Chinese tradition, a lot can be learned by observing and copying.
Industrial Espionage. Here’s a stock photo of what it looks like