@AJ_FI Andrew, do you know what's the deal with CAST's Jielong-1 small sat launcher (some source indicating 1st flight very soon, 1 even say next month)? It looks like something that can rob half of the market of their own CZ-11. Why so many internal competitions?
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Maybe CZ-6 could go in there? I understood that CAS Institute of Mechanics was jointly working on a liquid launcher, but can't find good sources to back this up.
The situation in China looks similar to the small sat launcher fights in the US, except:
1. The market for small sats is much murkier than in the West (well, it's the same for most things in China anyway 
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2. Somehow a larger proportion of players made it to and off the pad...
