Tag: Chang Zheng
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China launches four rockets and outlines future lunar mission
China has picked up its launch cadence in the last two weeks as they continue to push forward in its ambitious 2023 launch schedule. Not only did they launch three rockets from the Chang Zheng family in a short period of time, but also Gushenxing-1 from Site 95A at Jiuquan joined the mix with the…
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Kuaizhou-1A, Chang Zheng 2D launches highlight busy China week in spaceflight
The Chinese space sector has been very busy this year, averaging approximately one orbital launch attempt per week. This week was no exception, with two successful launches taking place from different parts of China. The Kuaizhou-1A (KZ-1A) and Chang Zheng 2D rockets carried out one mission each, with KZ-1A lofting the Chuangzin-16 payload to orbit…
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Chang Zheng 2C lifts a pair of Earth observation satellites
China has successfully launched a pair of Commercial Earth observation satellites to a Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). Liftoff occurred at 04:11:33 UTC, from Launch Area 4 of the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. The rocket for today’s payload was a Chang Zheng 2C. This was one of initially two planned launches for April 29, but a Chang…
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China launches CZ-8 on 22 satellite rideshare mission
China launched the second Chang Zheng 8 on Sunday from LC-201 at the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center. The liftoff occurred at 03:06 UTC and was confirmed a success an hour later. The mission flew to a Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) and took a variety of payloads to space on a rideshare mission. The full weight of…
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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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After milestone 2021, China’s space program to continue at pace in 2022
The year 2021 has been a historic one for China’s space program. The country achieved a successful landing on Mars, started on-orbit assembly of the modular Chinese Space Station, and has a wide range of orbital-class launch vehicles entering service and under development. Looking back at the launch statistics of 2021, China managed an average…
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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…
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Chang Zheng 3B lifts Shijian 21 to orbit
Without any prior announcements, China launched another Chang Zheng 3B/E rocket with the Shijian 21 payload to Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO). The rocket took off at 01:27 UTC on October 24 from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center’s LC-2. The launch was called a success two hours later and it was confirmed that the payload, Shijian…
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Chang Zheng 4C lifts Gaofen-5-02 satellite to orbit
On Tuesday, September 7 China launched the second Gaofen-5 remote imagery satellite into a 705 km sun-synchronous orbit (SSO). The launch took place at 03:01 UTC on a Chang Zheng 4C and was conducted from Launch Complex 9 at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in China. The first launch attempt on Monday was scrubbed due…
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China tests fairing recovery technologies on Long March 2C launch with four satellites
The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) launched a Long March/Chang Zheng 2C rocket on July 19 at 00:19 UTC (8:19 AM Beijing time) from LC-3 at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center. The launch carried three Yaogan-30 remote sensing satellites and the Tianqi-15 communications satellite. In addition to successfully delivering the satellites to orbit,…