(2) China Focus: China's New Carrier Rocket Succeeds in 1st Trip. Xinhua, Sept 20, 2015 http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-09/20/c_134641608.htm
(Photo caption: "A new model of China's carrier rocket Long March-6 carrying 20 micro-satellites blasts off from the launch pad at 7:01 am from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province, Sept. 20, 2015. The new carrier rocket will be mainly used for the launch of micro-satellites and the 20 micro-satellites will be used for space tests")
My comment:
(a) There is no need to read the rest of the English report of Xinhua.
(b) Long March 5 (designed for heavy lift), 6 (light lift, with maximum payload 1 tonnes), 7 (mid-heavy lift) are China’s next-generation rockets. Both Long March 5 and 7 rockets are expected to lift off in 2016.
(c) Long March 6 was launched seventeen hours ago; it is 1 pm EDT, Sept 20. So far neither Reuters nor Associated Press has reported. The only major English-language media outlet that report is AFP “11 hours ago” which states, “A 2011 policy paper issued by the State Council, or cabinet, said the Long March-6 would be capable of placing a tonne of payload into orbit at a height of 700 kilometres (434 miles).”