China plans to launch the heavy-lift Long March-9 carrier rocket in 2028, said an official of China National Space Administration (CNSA) at the World Conference on Science Literacy 2018 last Tuesday.
上周二，中国国家航天局一名官员在2018年世界公众科学素质促进大会上表示，中国计划在2028年发射长征九号运载火箭。
Li Guoping, director of the Department of System Engineering of the CNSA, said that the length of the Long March-9 will exceed 90 meters, and the rocket would have a core stage with a diameter of 10 meters.
中国国家航天局系统工程司司长李国平表示，长征九号火箭的长度将超过90米，芯级直径达到10米。
It would be able to carry a payload of 140 tonnes into low-Earth orbit, five times that of the Long March-5, Li said.
李国平司长表示，该火箭将能够携带140吨的有效载荷至近地轨道，这是长征五号的5倍。

The rocket's capacity would also reach 50 tonnes for Earth-Moon transfer orbit.
而该火箭的地月转移轨道运载能力将达50吨。
China is also developing a medium space rocket, the Long March-8, which is expected to make its maiden flight in 2020.
另外，我国还在开发一种中型太空火箭--长征8号，预计将在2020年进行首次飞行。
The Long March rocket series have been launched 284 times, sending more than 400 spacecraft into space.
目前，长征系列运载火箭已经发射了284次，共向太空发射了400多艘航天器。