China is set to make five commercial launches for foreign customers next year, a boost to realizing the goal of re-launching itself in the global aerospace industry, a senior industry official said. The five launches are a piggy-back launch of two Luxembourg micro-satellites for sea monitoring in January, launches of two communications satellites for Hong Kong-based APT Satellite Co Ltd, and launches of two remote sensing satellites, said Yin Liming, president of China Great Wall Industry Corporation, a subsidiary of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. Read More
