Tag: China
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Kepler Communications’ first satellite expands ‘Internet of Things’ to space
News Brief: Toronto-based Kepler Communications says its first Ku-band telecommunications satellite is in working order after a Jan. 19 launch from China’s Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. The Kipp nanosatellite, which is about the size of a loaf of bread, was one of six spacecraft delivered to orbit by a Long March 11 rocket. It’s designed…
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Testbed for Canadian data relay network successfully launched from China
A Long March 11 rocket lifted off at 0412 GMT Friday (11:12 p.m. EST Thursday) with a pathfinder satellite for Kepler Communications and five Chinese payloads. Credit: Kepler Communications A nanosatellite built in Scotland for Kepler Communications, a Toronto company planning a 140-satellite global data relay network, rode to orbit Friday with five Chinese satellites…
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Long March 11 in multiple satellite launch
China conducted its fourth orbital launch of 2018 using a Long March 11 rocket – this time carrying six small satellites into orbit. The launch took place from a mobile launch platform at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 04:12 UTC on Friday. Onboard the LM-11 rocket were two Jilin commercial remote sensing satellites for…
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Sharp-eyed surveillance satellite launched by China
A Long March 2D rocket lifted off Saturday from the Jiuquan space center in northwest China. Credit: Xinhua The third in a new series of Chinese high-resolution mapping satellites lifted off Saturday aboard a Long March 2D rocket, joining two other craft launched into similar orbits in December. Chinese officials have released no details about…
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Chinese navigation network expanded with pair of new Beidou satellites
A Long March 3B rocket launched from the Xichang space center at 2318 GMT (6:18 p.m. EST) on Jan. 11. Credit: Xinhua Two satellites destined to join China’s Beidou network successfully launched Thursday aboard a Long March 3B rocket, the first two of up to 18 new Chinese navigation craft scheduled for deployment this year.…
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Long March 2D launches latest Ludikancha Weixing satellite
The third Chinese launch in January took place on Saturday at 07:10 UTC with a Long March-2D launch vehicle orbiting a new remote sensing satellite called Ludikancha Weixing-3. The launch took from the 603 Launch Platform at the LC43 Launch Complex from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (JSLC). As per usual for the Chinese media,…
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Second SuperView satellite pair launched from China
A Long March 2D rocket lifted off Tuesday with two SuperView Earth observation satellites. credit: Xinhua A second satellite duo for Beijing Space View Technology successfully launched Tuesday atop a Long March 2D rocket, doubling the company’s high-resolution imaging capacity for sale on the global market. Burning a mixture of hydrazine and nitrogen tetroxide propellants,…
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Another trio of Yaogan military satellites launched by China
A Long March 2C rocket lifted off from the Xichang space base at 1944 GMT (2:44 p.m. EST) Monday. Credit: Xinhua Three more Yaogan satellites successfully lifted off Monday from the Xichang space center in southwestern China, joining two similar triplets launched earlier this year for the Chinese military. The trio launched at 1944 GMT…
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Land imaging craft launched for Chinese military
A Long March 2D rocket lifted off at 0414 GMT Saturday (11:14 p.m. EST Friday) from the Jiuquan space base in northwestern China. Credit: Xinhua A land imaging satellite soared to a 300-mile-high perch above Earth Saturday after lifting off on top of a Long March 2D rocket from the Jiuquan space base in the…
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Chinese rocket launches with first Algerian communications satellite
A Long March 3B rocket lifted off Sunday with the Alcomsat 1 communications satellite for Algeria. Credit: Xinhua A Chinese-built telecom satellite for Algeria successfully launched Sunday aboard a Long March 3B rocket, heading toward a perch more than 22,000 miles over the equator to provide television broadcasts, broadband Internet, remote education and emergency communications…