Tag: CASC
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China launches third Gaofen 12 mission on CZ-4C
China launched the Gaofen-12 03 mission on board a Chang Zheng 4C today at 15:46 UTC. The launch occurred from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (JSLC) in China and was confirmed to be a success minutes after liftoff. The satellite launched to a Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). Gaofen (meaning “high resolution”) is the name for remote…
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China launches three LEO communication satellites ahead of launch surge
China launched three payloads onboard a Chang Zheng 2C rocket today at 10:30 UTC and confirmed the success of the launch an hour later. For this flight, the additional Yuanzheng-1S third stage was used. The launch was conducted from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (JSLC) and the rocket flew to a low Earth orbit (LEO).…
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Cheng Zhang 2D launches from Taiyuan with Jilin-1 satellites
A Cheng Zhang 2D (also known as the Long March 2D) has successfully lifted off from Launch Pad 9 in Taiyuan, China at 10:38 AM Beijing time (02:38 UTC) Thursday, carrying a commercial Jilin-1 Wideband-01C spacecraft and seven other Jilin satellites (HR-03D) satellites into a sun-synchronous orbit. The Jilin-1 constellation, now consisting of 54 Earth…
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China launches internet constellation satellites on CZ-2C
China launched the Xuancheng-1 mission onboard a Chang Zheng 2C from Xichang today. The launch was conducted at 06:01 UTC, from pad LC-3 of the Xichang Satellite Launch Center (XSLC). This was a rideshare mission launching six communications satellites and one remote sensing satellite. The launch went to a Low Earth Orbit with a 52-degree…
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China launches Chang Zheng 2D with Tianhui 4 payload
China has launched the Tianhui 4 cartography satellite onboard a Chang Zheng 2D today. Liftoff occurred at 11:13 UTC from the Jiuquan launch site in China. The target orbit for the payload was a polar orbit. The satellite will be used for Earth observation and mapping for civil and military uses. The weight and structure…
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China completes 2021 with military TJSW-9 satellite launch
China concluded its busy 2021 launch manifest Wednesday with the successful launch of a Chang Zheng 3B, which lifted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center at 16:43 UTC. Wednesday’s launch, which carried the Tongxin Jishu Shiyan Weixing 9 (TJSW-9) satellite into geostationary transfer orbit, marked China’s 55th and final orbital launch of the year…
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China launches Ziyuan-1 02E satellite via Chang Zheng 4C
China has deployed a new Earth resources observation satellite Sunday via its Chang Zheng 4C rocket. The Ziyuan-1 02E satellite, along with an amateur radio CubeSat, lifted off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center at 03:11 UTC (11:11 Beijing Time). Ziyuan (ZY), meaning Resource, is a series of remote-sensing satellites which China uses to acquire…
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China launches pair of experimental satellites on Chang Zheng 7A
China launched a pair of satellites called Shiyan-12-01 and Shiyan-12-02 on board a Chang Zheng 7A rocket at 10:12 UTC. The pair of satellites launched to a geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in China. The purpose of the satellites is spatial environment detection and testing. Each of them has a…
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China launches second Tianlian II communication satellite
China has launched the second satellite for the Tianlian II tracking and data relay series. This satellite enables communications between spacecraft and is part of the new series of Tianlian satellites, after the initial launch of the first Tianlian II in March of 2019. The liftoff occurred at 00:09 local time on December 14 from…
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Long March 4B with Shijian-6 Group 5 satellites launches successfully from Jiuquan
A Long March 4B reportedly carrying a pair of Chinese Shijian-6 Group 05 satellites has launched successfully from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in China’s Inner Mongolia region. The launch took place at 00:11 UTC (08:11 Beijing time) on Friday, December 10, from Site 9401 (SLS-2). Satellite launches from Jiuquan normally take place from this…