Tag: China
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Long March 3B launches Beidou-3I3 (IGSO-3)
China successfully launched another navigation satellite on Monday with the flight of Beidou-3I3 (IGSO-3) that took place from the LC2 Launch Complex of the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, Sichuan province. The launch used the Long March-3B/G2 ‘Chang Zheng-3B/G2’ (Y61) launch vehicle. T-0 was recorded at around 17:43 UTC. Also designated Beidou-49, the satellite is part…
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Chinese mapping satellite launches on Long March 4B rocket
A Chinese Long March 4B rocket lifted off Sunday with four satellites on-board. Credit: Xinhua An Earth observation satellite designed to collect three-dimensional mapping imagery rode a Long March 4B rocket into orbit Sunday with three smaller spacecraft, including one to test an innovative French-made iodine thruster, and another satellite built for Sudan. Hailed as…
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China on pace to resume Long March 5 launches by end of year
File photo of the second Long March 5 rocket before its ill-fated launch in July 2017. Credit: Xinhua Components for China’s third Long March 5 rocket arrived at the country’s southern launch base this week as teams prepare for the first flight of the heavy-lift launcher since a 2017 mission ended in failure. The return-to-flight…
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NASA’s moon program winning international support
Sylvain Laporte, president of the Canadian Space Agency, speaks during a heads of agencies panel Monday at the International Astronautical Congress in Washington. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky While Congress considers whether to provide funding NASA says it needs for a moon landing with astronauts before the end of 2024, several international partners voiced their intentions Monday…
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China launches mysterious geostationary satellite
A Long March 3B rocket lifted off from the Xichang space center at 1521 GMT (11:21 a.m. EDT) Thursday. Credit: CCTV China successfully launched a satellite toward geostationary orbit Thursday aboard a Long March 3B rocket, but the spacecraft’s purpose remained a mystery. The TJS 4 satellite lifted off from the Xichang space center in…
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China launches new Gaofen Earth-imaging satellite
A Long March 4C rocket lifted off from the Taiyuan space center at 1851 GMT (2:51 p.m. EDT) Friday. Credit: CCTV A Chinese Long March 4C rocket delivered into orbit Friday the Gaofen 10 Earth-imaging satellite, a likely replacement for a spacecraft lost in an August 2016 launch failure. The Long March 4C booster lifted…
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China launches environmental monitoring satellite
A Long March 2D rocket lifted off at 0054 GMT Wednesday (8:54 p.m. EDT Tuesday) from the Jiuquan space base in northwestern China. Credit: Xinhua China launched a Long March 2D rocket Wednesday carrying a Yunhai environmental monitoring satellite into an orbit some 470 miles (760 kilometers) above Earth. The Long March 2D booster took…
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Second Yunhai-1 lofted by Chinese Long March 2D
China launched a new meteorological satellite on September 25 using a Long March-2D launch vehicle. Launch of the second Yunhai-1 satellite took place at 00:54 UTC from the LC43/94 Launch Complex of the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. This was the fifth Chinese orbital launch in less than a month. The Yunhai-1 are a series of…
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Second Yunhai-1 lofted by Chinese Long March 2D
China launched a new meteorological satellite on September 25 using a Long March-2D launch vehicle. Launch of the second Yunhai-1 satellite took place at 00:54 UTC from the LC43/94 Launch Complex of the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. This was the fifth Chinese orbital launch in less than a month. The Yunhai-1 are a series of…
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Two more satellites launched into China’s Beidou navigation fleet
A Long March 3B rocket lifted off at 2110 GMT Sunday (5:10 p.m. EDT), or 5:10 a.m. Beijing time Monday, with two more Beidou navigation satellites. Credit: Xinhua China added two more satellites to the country’s Beidou navigation fleet — an analog to the U.S. military’s GPS network — with a successful Long March 3B…