The Xiaoxiang Morning Herald reported on Friday that nearly all the rocket launches scheduled next month for the Wenchang space centre in the southern province of Hainan had been cancelled.
“Only the test flight for a new type of rocket on February 11 [remains],” the Changsha-based newspaper quoted a space port staff member as saying.
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No official reason was given, but in a social media post, travel agency Muxi Holiday said three scheduled launches on February 9, 19 and 24 had been cancelled, forcing changes to trips to view the events.
The launches have become a tourist drawcard in Hainan and internet users had complained online that their plans to view the launches had been abruptly called off.
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A hostel in the township of Longlou on the island’s east coast suggested on its social media account that the February 11 launch could be related to the Long March-10A rocket.
