Tag: Chang Zheng 4C
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China launches two missions from Jiuquan in under 30 hours
In just under 30 hours, China launched two rockets with six satellites to their respective orbits. The first launch was a Chang Zheng 4C (CZ-4C) with the Yaogan 34-03 (Yaogan-34C) government remote sensing satellite on Nov. 15 at 01:38 UTC from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (JSLC) at Site 43/94. It was followed by the Ceres-1…
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China launches twice in under two hours and conducts spacewalk
A few busy days are behind the Chinese space program. Not only did three orbital launches occur from China, but also, the Shenzhou-14 crew performed an EVA outside of the Tiangong space station. Additionally, a newly shared photo of the Chinese ZQ-2 rocket shows a close race against the American Terran 1 and Starship vehicles…
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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 Chang Zheng 4C from Taiyuan with Daqi-1 environmental satellite
A Chang Zheng 4C has launched from Launch Complex 9 (LC-9) at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in China at 2:16 AM local time on April 16 (18:16 UTC on April 15) with the Daqi-1 environmental monitoring satellite. The Chang Zheng 4C (also known as Long March 4C) is a small to medium-sized satellite launch…
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China launches Gaofen-3-03 payload on CZ-4C from Jiuquan
China launched another Gaofen satellite Thursday morning to a Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). The launch was carried out on a Chang Zheng 4C from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in China. The liftoff time was confirmed to be 7:47 AM local time on April 7 (23:47 UTC on April 6). The destination of today’s mission is…
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China launches Yaogan 34-02 and tests third stage capabilities
China has launched the Yaogan 34-02 satellite on a Chang Zheng 4C rocket today at 07:09 UTC. The military remote sensing satellite launch was confirmed to be successful and went to a 1,097 km low Earth orbit (LEO) with 63.4° inclination. The launch was conducted from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (JSLC) and used Launch…
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China’s Long March 4C launches Ludi Tance radar imaging satellite
China’s Long March 4C (Chang Zheng 4C) made its fortieth launch on Saturday, carrying the second Ludi Tance radar-imaging satellite. Liftoff from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center took place at 23:44 UTC (07:44 local time on Sunday), with the satellite being deployed into a sun-synchronous orbit shortly afterward. Saturday’s launch of the Ludi Tance-1 01B satellite,…
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China launches L-SAR 01A as new methane rocket nears first launch from Jiuquan
China successfully launched the Gongjian Ludi Tance-1 01A (L-SAR 01A) satellite into a quasi sun-synchronous orbit of 607 kilometers. The 3.2 metric ton satellite was launched at 23:44 UTC on Tuesday, January 25 on a Chang Zheng 4C from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. The satellite is equipped with an L-band and multi-channel synthetic aperture…
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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 Gaofen 3-02 mission on a Chang Zheng 4C
China has launched a second Gaofen 3 C-band satellite, used for remote sensing and Earth observation. The launch was conducted on November 22 at 23:45 UTC from launch pad SLS-2 (South Launch Site-2) of the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (JSLC). The Gaofen-3 satellites are based on the CS-L3000B bus, built for a lifetime of up…