CCTV News: The successful first flight of the Long March 8 rocket has also opened the curtain for China's high-density aerospace launch in the Year of the Snake. Not only that, our aviation field is not idle either. Multiple aircraft are undergoing tests and test flights in various places, and many new models will be unveiled this year. 2025, "In the Sky" is very busy.
At the beginning of the new year, there was a busy scene in the new generation of launch vehicle industrialization base located in Tianjin. Multiple rockets such as Long March 5 are being manufactured and assembled here. This year, China's spacecraft will maintain high-density launches, and the Chinese space station will launch two manned spacecraft and a cargo spacecraft. In addition, my country's asteroid exploration mission, Tianwen-2, will also set sail this year, and plans to fly a near-Earth asteroid and take samples to return. In addition, the multi-type newly developed rocket will be fully advanced to complete the verification of key technologies. Multi-type commercial rockets will achieve their first flight, and reusable rocket tests will continue to advance.
Space is busy, and the sky is busy. Multi-type aircraft are being tested and produced throughout the country. In Pucheng, Shaanxi, my country's large amphibious aircraft AG600 independently developed by China is speeding up its test flight. This type of aircraft is scheduled to obtain a model certificate in the first quarter of this year and be officially put into the market. In Heilongjiang, the northernmost tip, the multi-purpose helicopter AC332 is challenging the severe cold and conducting test flights of high cold.
In addition, the third aircraft is being developed at a rapid pace. The turboprop fixed-wing aircraft for medium and long-range sea search and rescue special purpose - Xinzhou 60 search and rescue aircraft is scheduled to be completed in June. The electric manned airship AS700 is under installation and commissioning and will be its first flight in February. It can be used for logistics and transportation of 3-ton tilt rotor electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft - AR-E3000, and is carrying out technical research and other related work.
