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China Successfully Launches Remote Sensing Satellite for Venezuela
Photo: Weibo via 9ifly.cn A Chinese Long March 2D rocket lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 4:13 UTC on Monday, carrying into orbit the Venezuelan Remote Sensing Satellite 2,...
View ArticleLong March 3B Rocket Lifts off with two Chinese Navigation Satellites
A Chinese Long March 3B rocket lifted off from the country's Xichang Satellite Launch Center around 11:44 UTC on Sunday, embarking on a multi-hour climb into an orbit over 21,000 Kilometers in altitude...
View ArticleChina’s Long March 4C Launches Fengyun-3D Weather Satellite & HEAD-1...
China launched a Long March 4C rocket from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center at 18:40 UTC on Tuesday, carrying into orbit the Fengyun-3D weather satellite, joining China's polar-orbiting...
View ArticleSecond Long March 6 Launches Jilin-1 Video Satellite Trio
China's Long March 6 rocket carried out its second flight on Tuesday to lift a trio of Jilin-1 high-resolution video satellites into orbit to join a growing constellation of commercial Earth...
View ArticleSecond Yaogan-30 Reconnaissance Satellite Trio Blasts off on Chinese Long...
China was in action for the second time this week on Friday with the launch of a trio of Yaogan-30 satellites atop a Long March 2C rocket to join a growing constellation of what are believed to be...
View ArticleChina’s Long March 2D Launches LKW-1 “Land Survey Satellite”
China conducted its 15th orbital launch of the year on Sunday, involving a Long March 2D rocket lifting the LKW-1 imaging satellite into orbit.
View ArticleChinese Long March 3B Lifts AlcomSat-1 Dual-Purpose Communications Satellite...
China was in action again on Sunday, launching a Long March 3B rocket carrying the Chinese-built AlcomSat-1 communications satellite for operation by the Algerian Space Agency as a dual-purpose...
View ArticleSecond LKW “Land Survey Satellite” Launched by Chinese Long March 2D Rocket
China sent the second satellite of the LKW constellation into orbit on Saturday via a Long March 2D rocket, coming less than three weeks after the first LKW satellite reached orbit in what observers...
View ArticleChina Closes 2017 with Third Yaogan-30 Triplet Launch for Electronic...
Two days after placing an Earth-imaging satellite into orbit, China was in action again on Monday for the country's fourth launch of the month and the final expected Chinese mission in 2017, involving...
View Article2017 Space Launch Statistics
The year 2017 saw a total of 90 known orbital launch attempts from seven nations and space ports in eight different countries. 2017 had the second most orbital launch attempts of any year in the...
View ArticleChina Opens 2018 Campaign with Launch of Second SuperView Imaging Satellite Duo
China opened its 2018 space launch campaign on Tuesday with the launch of the second pair of Gaojing Earth-Imaging Satellites joining the growing SuperView constellation delivering observation products...
View ArticleChina Continues Busy January with Dual-Satellite Launch for Beidou Navigation...
China continued its busy beginning of year push on Thursday with the launch of a Long March 3B rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, carrying the next two Beidou-3 navigation satellites to...
View ArticleChinese Villagers Capture Falling Long March Rocket Booster on Video
Chinese villagers captured remarkable footage just after sunrise on Friday showing a Long March 3B rocket booster falling out of the sky, crashing into a mountain and exploding into flames
View ArticleThird Chinese Launch of the Week Deploys LKW-3 Land Survey Satellite
China conducted its third space launch in a span of just over four days on Saturday, involving a Long March 2D rocket lifting off from the country's Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center to dispatch the...
View ArticleChina’s CZ-11 Quick-Response Rocket Launches Jilin Video Satellites, CubeSats...
China continued its January launch frenzy on Friday with a tube-launched Long March 11 rocket blasting off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert at 4:12 UTC with a group of six...
View ArticleChina Adds to Yaogan-30 Reconnaissance Constellation via Successful Long...
A Long March 2C rocket rose from the mountainous terrain of China's Xichang Satellite Launch Center on Thursday as part of the country's fifth orbital space launch of the year, deploying the fourth set...
View ArticleChinese Long March 2D Launches Earthquake Research Satellite & Six...
China launched a Long March 2D rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on Friday carrying a group of seven satellites from China, Italy, Argentina and Denmark including an innovative experiment...
View ArticleNext Two Beidou Navigation Satellites Orbited by Chinese Long March 3B
China conducted its seventh orbital space launch of the year on Monday with a Long March 3B rocket placing the next pair of Beidou-3 navigation satellites into orbit to join the country's growing...
View ArticleChina Progresses Toward Long March 5 Return to Flight via YF-77 Engine Testing
China has resumed testing of an upgraded version of the country's most-powerful, full-cryogenic rocket engine as part of the return to flight effort for the Long March 5 heavy-lift rocket that...
View ArticleLong March 3B Thunders off from China with Beidou Navigation Satellite Pair
China launched a Long March 3B rocket on Thursday, carrying the next pair of Beidou-3 navigation satellites to join the country's growing Global Navigation Satellite System set to reach operational...
View ArticleTenth Chinese Launch of 2018 Lifts Three Gaofen-1 Earth-Imaging Satellites
China carried out its tenth successful space launch of the year on Saturday, employing a Long March 4C rocket with extra-extended payload fairing to transport a stack of three Gaofen-1...
View ArticleAbandoned Chinese Space Laboratory Re-Enters Harmlessly over Pacific Ocean
China's abandoned Tiangong-1 space station met its fiery end in the early hours of Monday when re-entering Earth's atmosphere after 2,376 days in orbit, serving as a stepping stone toward a large...
View ArticleChinese Surprise Launch Lifts Yaogan-31 Electronic Reconnaissance Satellite Trio
China pulled off a completely secretive space launch on Tuesday, firing into orbit a trio of naval reconnaissance satellites and a small technology test satellite via a Long March 4C rocket.
View ArticleRe-Entry: Long March 11 Rocket Body
The upper stage of a Long March 11 rocket re-entered the atmosphere on April 29, 2018 after only three days in orbit.
View ArticleChinese Long March 3B Launches APStar-6C Communications Satellite
China was back in action on Thursday, conducting a rare commercial launch of a Long March 3B rocket with the APStar-6C communications satellite for APT Satellite Holdings
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