Tag: China
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Chinese pathfinder probe arrives in lunar orbit
China’s lunar test probe and returned this stunning view of the Earth and the far side of the moon in October. Credit: Xinhua/SASTIND A Chinese spacecraft launched in October has settled into a circular orbit around the moon for rendezvous simulations and reconnaissance ahead of a planned lunar sample return mission, according to state media…
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2014’s launch tally highest in two decades
The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket flew nine times in 2014, more than any other U.S. launcher. Six of the missions flew from Cape Canaveral, which was the starting point for 16 space launches in 2014, tied for the highest number of launches there since 2003. Credit: ULA There were more successful space launches…
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In an eerie scene, Chinese villagers visit rocket crash site
Photo credit: China News Service The expended first stage of a Long March rocket tumbled into a forested region of southwestern China a few minutes after successfully blasting off Dec. 31 with a Chinese weather satellite, and photographers were there to capture the booster’s fall back to Earth, according to Chinese state media. The images…
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China sends new weather satellite into orbit
A Long March 3A rocket launched at 0102 GMT Wednesday (8:02 p.m. EST Tuesday) with the Fengyun 2G weather satellite. Credit: Xinhua China launched a spacecraft Wednesday to replenish the country’s fleet of meteorological satellites providing warnings of weather fronts and tropical cyclones across Asia. The Fengyun 2G satellite lifted off at 0102 GMT Wednesday…
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Trio of ocean surveillance satellites launched by China
A Long March 4C rocket lifts off from the Jiuquan satellite launching center at 1933 GMT (2:33 p.m. EST) on Wednesday. Credit: Xinhua A package of small satellites that will likely track global naval activity lifted off aboard a Chinese Long March 4C rocket on Wednesday. Chinese authorities made no announcement of the launch ahead…
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Long March 4C lofts Yaogan Weixing-25 mission
The Chinese successfully launched the Yaogan Weixing-25 mission – consisting of three satellites – from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on Wednesday. The launch took place from the 603 launch pad of the LC43 launch complex utilizing a Long March-4C (Chang Zheng-4C) launch vehicle. Chinese Launch: The Yaogan Weixing-25 mission is composed of three satellites,…
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Chinese-Brazilian Earth observation satellite launched
A Long March 4B rocket lifts off with the CBERS 4 Earth observation satellite. Credit: Xinhua An Earth-watching satellite developed by China and Brazil lifted off on a Long March 4B rocket Saturday, replacing an environmental craft lost in a launch mishap last year. The CBERS 4 spacecraft — the fifth in a series of…
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China launches Kuaizhou-2 in second launch within 24 hours
The Chinese have launched their second mission in the space of 24 hours, with the orbiting of the Kuaizhou-2 natural disaster monitoring satellite. Launch took place at 06:37 UTC – utilizing the second launch of the KZ Kuaizhou all-solid rocket – from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. Chinese Launch: Unlike a lot of Chinese launches…
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China launches for the second time in 24 hours
A file photo — apparently edited — posted on Chinese social media by the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp. of a Kuaizhou rocket launch. Credit: CASIC via Weibo A mysterious new Chinese rocket lifted off Friday and put a small satellite several hundred miles above Earth, marking China’s second space launch in less than…
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Spy satellite launched to serve Chinese government
The Long March 2D rocket lifted off at 0712 GMT (2:12 a.m. EST) Thursday from the Jiuquan space base in northwest China. Credit: Xinhua A Long March 2D rocket blasted off from a remote space base in northwest China on Thursday and climbed into orbit with a clandestine satellite to collect intelligence for the Chinese…