Tag: China
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Long March 3B conducts China’s 28th launch of the year
China has launched a new pair of navigation satellites on Thursday, marking its 28th orbital launch this year. The launch of Beidou-3M15 and Beidou-3M16 took place from the LC3 Launch Complex of the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, Sichuan province, using a Long March-3B/YZ-1 (Chang Zheng-3B/YZ-1) launch vehicle. Launch time was 04:23 UTC and it took…
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Two satellites with secretive missions launched by China
A Long March 2C rocket lifted off Tuesday with two Yaogan 32 military satellites. Credit: Xinhua Two Chinese Yaogan military reconnaissance satellites launched this week, riding a Long March 2C booster into orbit on a mission that inaugurated the use of a new restartable upper stage to increase the rocket’s carrying capacity. The two Yaogan…
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Long March 2C launches Yaogan Weixing-32 Group-1
China successfully launched the Yaogan Weixing-32 Group-1 mission – consisting of two satellites – from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on Tuesday. The launch took place from Launch Pad 94 of the LC43 launch complex using a Long March-2C launch vehicle. The Yaogan Weixing-32 Group-1 mission is composed of two satellites that supposedly will be…
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Long March 2C launches Yaogan Weixing-32 Group-1
China successfully launched the Yaogan Weixing-32 Group-1 mission – consisting of two satellites – from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on Tuesday. The launch took place from Launch Pad 94 of the LC43 launch complex using a Long March-2C launch vehicle. The Yaogan Weixing-32 Group-1 mission is composed of two satellites that supposedly will be…
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Chinese solid-fueled launcher puts smallsat in orbit
A Kuaizhou 1A rocket launched Saturday from the Jiuquan space center in northwestern China. Credit: Xinhua A Chinese Kuaizhou 1A rocket took off Saturday under the auspices of the commercial launch provider Exspace and successfully deployed a tech demo satellite into orbit, state media reported. The solid-fueled rocket lifted off from the Jiuquan space base…
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Expansion of China’s Beidou satellite fleet continues with successful launch
A Long March 3B rocket lifted off Wednesday with two more Chinese Beidou navigation satellites. Credit: Xinhua Another successful launch Wednesday carried two more Beidou satellites into orbit, continuing a string of missions to push China’s independent navigation network closer to global coverage and adding international search-and-rescue support to the program’s portfolio. The satellites climbed…
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Long March 3B lofts two more satellites as the Chinese continue to up the pace
Pushing through what is set to be a record-breaking year for the Chinese, a new pair of navigation satellites were launched on Wednesday – marking the country’s 25th orbital launch of the year so far. The launch of Beidou-3M13 and Beidou-3M14 took place from the LC3 Launch Complex of the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, Sichuan…
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China launches satellite to monitor world’s oceans
A Chinese Long March 2C rocket lifted off Friday with the Haiyang 1C ocean observation satellite. Credit: Xinhua A Chinese marine observation satellite designed to monitor ocean pollution, measure sea temperatures and track ship movements successfully launched Friday on top of a Long March 2C rocket. The Haiyang 1C spacecraft lifted off at 0315 GMT…
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China sets new national record for most launches in a year
A Long March 3B rocket lifts off with two Beidou navigation satellites. Credit: Xinhua Two navigation satellites joined China’s growing Beidou network with a successful rocket flight Friday that set a new record for the most Chinese space launches in a year. The satellite duo lifted off at 2352 GMT (7:52 p.m. EDT) Friday from…
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Long March 3B launches latest Chinese GPS satellites
A new pair of navigation satellites were launched on Friday by China, marking its 23rd orbital launch this year. The launch of Beidou-3M11 and Beidou-3M12 took place from the LC3 Launch Complex of the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, Sichuan province, using a Long March-3B/Y1 (Chang Zheng-3B/Y1) launch vehicle. Launch time was 23:52 UTC and took…