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  • China launches two more Beidou navigation satellites

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    A Long March 3B rocket lifted off at 0055 GMT (8:55 a.m. Beijing time) Saturday with two Beidou navigation satellites. Credit: Xinhua Maintaining a rapid-fire launch cadence to close out the year, China added two more Beidou satellites to its independent positioning, navigation and timing fleet Saturday with a successful launch aboard a Long March…

  • Chinese bolster navigation system with dual Beidou launch

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    Nearing the completion of the global coverage of its navigation satellite system, China launched a new pair of navigation satellites on Saturday from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, Sichuan province. The launch of Beidou-3M21 (Beidou-50) and Beidou-3M22 (Beidou-51) took place from the LC3 Launch Complex using a Long March-3BGZ/YZ-1 – Chang Zheng-3BGZ/YZ-1 – launch vehicle.…

  • China’s Kuaizhou launcher flies for second time in four days

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    A Kuaizhou 1A rocket lifted off Sunday from the Jiuquan space center in northwestern China. Credit: Xinhua Demonstrating a quick turnaround launch capability, China launched a light-class, solid-fueled Kuaizhou 1A rocket Sunday, four days after the same type of satellite booster fired into orbit from the same launch pad. The four-stage Kuaizhou 1A booster delivered…

  • Chinese Mars rover completes landing trial ahead of 2020 launch

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    A test model of China’s first Mars rover, set for launch in mid-2020, performs a landing test Nov. 14 inside a specially-built rig in northern China’s Hebei province. Credit: Xinhua China has performed a hover and hazard avoidance test on a model the country’s first Mars rover, while engineers ready the real spacecraft for launch…

  • China launches second Kuaizhou-1A rocket in four days

    China launches second Kuaizhou-1A rocket in four days

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    In just a little more than a four day period, from the very same pad, with the very same launch team and launch truck, China has launched yet another Kuaizhou-1A rocket carrying satellites into orbit. This flight, fresh on the heels of yet another flight with the Jilin-1 Gaofen-2A satellite on November 13, lifted off…

  • Two Chinese satellite launchers lift off three hours apart

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    A solid-fueled Kuaizhou 1A rocket launched from the Jiuquan space base in northwestern China’s Inner Mongolia region at 0340 GMT Wednesday (10:40 p.m. EST Tuesday). Credit: Xinhua Chinese rockets performed two satellite delivery missions in a three-hour span Wednesday, carrying a commercial Earth-imaging satellite and five mysterious surveillance payloads into orbit. The launches originated from…

  • Another Beidou satellite launched by China

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    A Long March 3B rocket lifted off from the Xichang space center Monday with a Beidou navigation satellite. Credit: Xinhua A Chinese Long March 3B rocket successfully carried a new Beidou navigation satellite into orbit Monday, continuing a brisk launch cadence at the country’s launch sites. The Long March 3B rocket lifted off from the…

  • Long March 3B launches Beidou-3I3 (IGSO-3)

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    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…

  • Chinese mapping satellite launches on Long March 4B rocket

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    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…

  • China on pace to resume Long March 5 launches by end of year

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    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…