Tag: CAST
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China launches Earth-observing satellites, solar sail experiment
A Long March 4B rocket lifted off Thursday from the Taiyuan space center in China. Credit: CCTV Two Earth-imaging satellites and an experimental solar sail payload rocketed into orbit Thursday aboard a Chinese Long March 4B launcher, the first flight for China’s Long March 4 rocket family since an upper stage failure in May. The…
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Chinasat 18 communications satellite encounters problem after launch
File photo of a previous Long March 3B rocket launch. Credit: Xinhua A communications satellite designed to deliver broadband services to rural China, airline passengers and maritime vessels suffered “abnormalities” after separating from its Long March 3B launcher Monday, Chinese state media confirmed Tuesday. The Chinasat 18 communications satellite lifted off at 1203 GMT (8:03…
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China’s first sea launch declared a success
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated June 6 with orbital elements. A solid-fueled Long March 11 rocket fired out of a container aboard a barge in the Yellow Sea on Wednesday with seven satellites heading into orbit on China’s first space launch from an ocean vessel. The four-stage Long March 11 booster took off from the converted barge…
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Chinese TV broadcasting satellite launched on 300th Long March rocket
A Chinese television broadcasting satellite lifted off Saturday aboard a Long March 3B booster, the 300th orbital launch by the country’s Long March rocket family since 1970. The Long March 3B rocket climbed away from the Xichang space center at 1628 GMT (11:28 a.m. EST) Saturday, and headed east from the inland spaceport located…
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Another pair of Chinese navigation satellites successfully launched
A Long March 3B rocket lifted off at 0148 GMT Sunday (9:48 p.m. EDT Saturday) from the Xichang space center in southwestern China with two Beidou navigation satellites. Credit: CALT A Chinese Long March 3B rocket launched two satellites Sunday to become the eighth and ninth spacecraft added to the country’s Beidou navigation system so…
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Chinese rocket launches with first Algerian communications satellite
A Long March 3B rocket lifted off Sunday with the Alcomsat 1 communications satellite for Algeria. Credit: Xinhua A Chinese-built telecom satellite for Algeria successfully launched Sunday aboard a Long March 3B rocket, heading toward a perch more than 22,000 miles over the equator to provide television broadcasts, broadband Internet, remote education and emergency communications…
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China successfully launches Earth-imaging satellite for Venezuela
A Long March 2D rocket lifted off Monday with the VRSS 2 satellite for Venezuela. Credit: CGWIC A Chinese Long March 2D rocket launched Venezuela’s second Earth-observing surveillance satellite Monday, adding a new space-based reconnaissance asset the country’s government says it will use to aid security forces, emergency responders, farmers, and health professionals. The two-stage,…
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China’s first mobile telecom satellite successfully launched
A Long March 3B rocket took off at 1622 GMT (12:22 p.m. EDT) Friday with the Tiantong 1 satellite. Credit: Xinhua China sent a mobile communications satellite into orbit Friday on top of a Long March 3B rocket, marking the country’s 10th launch of 2016 as technicians gear up for the next flight of Chinese…
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Belarusian communications satellite launched from China
A Long March 3B rocket lifted off at 1657 GMT (11:57 a.m. EST) with the Belintersat 1 communications satellite. Credit: Xinhua A Chinese rocket carried the first communications satellite for Belarus into orbit Friday, recording a success in the first space launch this year. The Belintersat 1 telecom craft lifted off at 1657 GMT (11:57…