Production on Major Part of China's Jumbo Rocket Completed, Maiden Voyage before 2015

Production on a major part of China's Long March-5 large-thrust carrier rocket has been completed and its maiden voyage is expected to take place during the country's 12th Five-Year Plan period (2011-2015), according to its producer.

The entire production of the new generations of rockets, including the Long March-5 and -6, will be housed in a large industrial base in north China's Tianjin Municipality, said Ma Xingrui, general manager of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), which designs and manufactures major products for the country's space industry such as the Shenzhou manned spacecraft and the Long March rocket series.

(Source: Xinhua)