Tag: China
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Tianzhou 4 cargo launch to begin busy space station year for China
China has launched the Tianzhou 4 cargo resupply mission on Monday, May 9 at 17:56 UTC (13:56 EDT) to the Tiangong space station. The Tianzhou spacecraft flew on a Chang Zheng 7 (Long March 7) rocket from the Wenchang Space Launch Site in Hainan, China, to an approximate 389.5 x 395 km orbit with an…
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Tianzhou 4 cargo launch to begin busy space station year for China
China has launched the Tianzhou 4 cargo resupply mission on Monday, May 9 at 17:56 UTC (13:56 EDT) to the Tiangong space station. The Tianzhou spacecraft flew on a Chang Zheng 7 (Long March 7) rocket from the Wenchang Space Launch Site in Hainan, China, to an approximate 389.5 x 395 km orbit with an…
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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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Chang Zheng 11 sea-launches five Earth observation satellites
The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) has launched the 13th Chang Zheng 11 (CZ-11) to deliver five Jilin-1 Gaofen Earth observation satellites to a Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). This launch is the third CZ-11 (CZ-11H) to be launched from an offshore launch platform off the coast of China. CZ-11H Y3 launched on April 30…
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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 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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Shenzhou-13 mission ends with safe return of Chinese taikonaut trio
The Chinese Shenzhou-13 spacecraft and its crew of three taikonauts ended their six-month mission with a return to Earth on Saturday, 16 April after completing the first long-duration stay aboard the Chinese Space Station. The spacecraft undocked and began the trip home on Friday, 15 April, ahead of reentry into Earth’s atmosphere. Touchdown occurred at…
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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 debuts Chang Zheng 6A, teases more variants
China successfully debuted one of its new generation vehicles on Tuesday when the Chang Zheng 6A successfully lifted off at 09:50 UTC (5:50 am EDT) from a brand new launch pad at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center (TSLC). The rocket lifted the Pujiang-2 satellite and the Tiankun-2 payload to a sun-synchronous orbit (SSO). This 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…