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cjameshuff t1_iv0scr6 wrote

..."now"? They've pretty consistently been coming second only to SpaceX in launch rate and mass to orbit, and have been regularly flying astronauts to their own space stations.

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pompanoJ t1_iv0wats wrote

No, it wasn't official until Wired said so.

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nova9001 t1_iv0uccl wrote

>NOV 4, 2022 8:00 AM

That's the date/time author wrote the article. So yea at that point of time China just became a major space power.

Jokes aside, its funny how clickbait titles work.

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EventAccomplished976 t1_iv4z3y8 wrote

China was launching more rockets than the US for the past four years and is getting beaten this year only due to starlink. Mass to orbit is indeed a different story since most of the currently in service chinese LVs are smaller than their western counterparts.

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