China reveals a commercial carrier rockets to compete with India

China’s new generation of commercial carrier rockets to compete with India to attract the lucrative global space launch market.

The carriers will weigh up to 1.5 tonne payload and comprises of solid fuelled rockets codenamed the Smart Dragon (SD) family, and a Tenglong liquid-propellant rocket.

These new set of rockets “basically capable of meeting the requirements of the overwhelming majority of launch missions for domestic and foreign commercial satellites,” the daily quoted a statement of the China Rocket.

India has launched 104 satellites into orbit. This record-breaking achievement is due to its low price range and has an advantage over China which is the country’s weak point.

According to the Global Times, China is going to raise $1.4 billion from the public to use it for innovation and capability building in the fields of research of commercial rockets and the development of reusable launch vehicles.