Tag: China
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China adds to Beidou fleet with Long March launch
A Long March 3B rocket lifts off from the Xichang space center with another Beidou navigation satellite. Credit: Xinhua Another satellite for China’s Beidou navigation network rocketed into orbit Monday on top of a Long March 3B launcher. Riding inside the Long March 3B’s nose cone, the new Beidou navigation satellite lifted off at 1809…
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China’s first sea launch declared a success
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated June 6 with orbital elements. A solid-fueled Long March 11 rocket fired out of a container aboard a barge in the Yellow Sea on Wednesday with seven satellites heading into orbit on China’s first space launch from an ocean vessel. The four-stage Long March 11 booster took off from the converted barge…
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Chinese state media confirms Long March launch failure
File photo of a previous Long March 4C launch from the Taiyuan space base. Credit: Xinhua A Chinese Long March 4C rocket failed to place its top secret military payload into orbit Wednesday after a launch from the Taiyuan space base southwest of Beijing, according to the state-run Xinhua news agency. The three-stage rocket lifted…
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Long March-3C lofts Beidou-2G8 (GEO-8)
A new navigation satellite was successfully launched by China on Friday. The launch of Beidou-2G8 (GEO-8) took place from the LC2 Launch Complex of the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, Sichuan province, using the Long March-3C/G2 (Y16) launch vehicle. Launch time was 15:48 UTC. Also designated Beidou-45, the satellite is part of the GEO component of…
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Long March 3C rocket launches Beidou satellite toward geostationary orbit
China launched a Beidou navigation satellite Friday using a Long March 3C rocket, adding another node to a growing space-based network that Chinese officials say will broadcast positioning and timing signals around the world next year. The Long March 3C launcher, fitted with a pair of liquid-fueled strap-on boosters, fired away from the Xichang…
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China launches mapping satellites
A Long March 4B rocket lifts off Tuesday from the Taiyuan space center in northeastern China. Credit: Xinhua A Chinese Long March 4B rocket successfully launched two Tianhui satellites Monday to conduct land surveys, mapping and scientific experiments in space, according to reports from state-run media. The satellites lifted off aboard the Long March 4B…
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Beidou-3 navigation satellite launched on Long March 3B
China successfully launched a new navigation satellite on Saturday. The launch – later noted to be Beidou-3I1Q (IGSO-1) – took place from the LC3 Launch Complex of the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, Sichuan province, using a Long March-3B/G2 (Chang Zheng-3B/G2) launch vehicle. Launch time was 14:41 UTC. Also designated Beidou-44, the satellite is part of…
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Long March 3B launches Tianlian 2-01
China has launched a new communications satellite to provide real-time communications between orbiting satellites and ground control stations. Tianlian 2-01 was launched at 15:50 UTC Saturday from the LC2 Launch Complex of the Xichang Satellite Launch Center using a Long March-3B/G2 (Chang Zheng-3B/G2) launch vehicle. The Chinese tracking and data relay satellites were developed by…
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China launches tracking and data relay satellite
A Chinese Long March 3B rocket delivered a new-generation tracking and data relay satellite to orbit Sunday to provide communications support for the country’s future human spaceflight missions and space station. Boosted by four strap-on engines, the three-stage Long March 3B launcher lifted off at 1551 GMT (11:51 a.m. EDT) Sunday from the Xichang…
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Chinese startup OneSpace fails in first orbital launch attempt
OneSpace’s OS-M rocket is seen veering off course shortly after ignition of its second stage Wednesday. Credit: Weibo A solid-fueled rocket launched Wednesday by the Chinese startup OneSpace flew off course shortly after liftoff, the second time in five months one of China’s new space companies failed in a bid to become the country’s first…