Tag: China
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Five Chinese smallsats launched by Long March 11 rocket
A solid-fueled Long March 11 rocket lifts off from the Jiuquan launch base Thursday at 0642 GMT (2:42 a.m. EDT; 2:42 p.m. Beijing time). Credit: Xinhua Five commercial Earth-imaging satellites rode a Long March 11 rocket into orbit Thursday from the Jiuquan space base in northwestern China. The five satellites will join the Zhuhai 1…
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Long March 11 lofts Zhuhai-1 Group-3 satellites
China launched five new small remote sensing satellites on Thursday using a Long March 11 (Chang Zheng 11) rocket. The launch of the Zhuhai-1 Group-3 satellites took place at 06:42 UTC on September 19 from a mobile platform at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. Onboard were four hyperspectral satellites and one video satellite comprising the…
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China returns Long March 4 to service with Ziyuan launch
China launched a new remote sensing satellite using a Long March 4B launch vehicle from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center on Thursday. Launch of the Ziyuan (ZY-1 02D) satellite took place around 03:26 UTC from the LC9 Launch Complex. The launch returns the Long March 4 to flight after an issue with “structural resonance” between…
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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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Two satellites launch aboard Chinese Kuaizhou 1A rocket
Two experimental Chinese satellites have launched on a Kuaizhou 1A rocket from the Jiuquan space base in northwestern China. The Kuaizhou 1A light-class launcher lifted off at 2341 GMT (7:41 p.m. EDT) on Aug. 30 from Jiuquan, according to the state-run Xinhua news agency. Two small satellites were aboard the Kuaizhou 1A rocket — one…
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Kuaizhou-1A lofts two satellites for China
The Chinese launched two new small satellites from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in a mission managed by the Expace company. The launch took place at 23:41UTC on Friday, using the Kuaizhou-1A (Y10) rocket. Onboard the solid fuelled launch vehicle was the KX-09 and the Xiaoxiang 1-07 satellites. Developed by the DFH Satellite Co., 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 Jielong 1 smallsat launcher successful on first flight
The first flight of the Chinese Jielong 1 rocket lifted off from the Jiuquan space center in northwestern China at 0411 GMT (12:11 a.m. EDT) Saturday. Credit: Xinhua A solid-fueled small satellite launcher named Jielong 1 fired into orbit Saturday on its first flight from northwestern China, debuting a new rocket developed by a spinoff…
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China launches three military satellites, tests new rocket steering fins
A Long March 2C rocket lifted off at 0357 GMT Friday (11:57 p.m. EDT Thursday) with three Yaogan 30 satellites for the Chinese military. The grid fins are visible on the gray section of the rocket at the top of the first stage. Credit: Xinhua China launched a Long March 2C rocket Friday with three…
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Long March 2C lofts Yaogan-30 Group 05 satellites
China launched the latest group of triplet satellites for the Chuangxin-5 (CX-5) constellation. Launched under the name Yaogan Weixing-30 Group-5, the three satellites were orbited by a Long March-2C launch vehicle from the LC3 Launch Complex of the Xichang Satellite Launch Center. The launch took place at 03:57 UTC. Like the previous missions on the…