Tag: China

China launched a new navigation satellite on Wednesday, using a CZ-3C Chang Zheng-3C (CZ3C-4/Y4) launch vehicle from the Xi Chang satellite Launch Center, in Sichuan Province. Launch took place at 15:53 UTC, as the new BeiDou-2 (Compass-G3) series continues to build the Compass constellation – joining three other satellites already orbit. BeiDou-2 Launch: The constellation…

China has launched a new “remote sensing” spacecraft – actually believed to be another spy satellite – on Friday. YaoGan Weixing-9 was launched at 04:55 (GMT) on March 5, via a CZ-4C Chang Zheng-4C – a launch vehicle that was debuting operations out of the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. Meanwhile, China has announced a major ramp…

The Chinese have opened their 2010 campaign by orbiting a navigation satellite via a CZ-3C Chang Zheng-3C (CZ3C-3) launch vehicle from the Xi Chang satellite Launch Center, in Sichuan Province. Previously scheduled to take place last year, the launch of the new BeiDou-2 (Compass-G1) finally took place at 16:12 UTC on Saturday. First Chinese Launch…

China have launched the YaoGan Weinxing-8 “remote sensing” satellite via a CZ-4C Chang Zheng-4C from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center early on Tuesday. The final launch of the year is being classed as an Earth Monitoring satellite by the Chinese media. However, experts have revealed the bird is the latest to be equipped with reconnaissance…

The Chinese have suffered a problem during the launch of the Indonesian Palapa-D communications satellite via a CZ-3B Chang Zheng-3B (CZ3B-12) launch vehicle. The launch took place at the Xi Chang Satellite Launch Center, in Sichuan Province on Monday at 09:28 UTC, but failed to place the spacecraft in the required orbit – due to…

China has launched the YG-6 YaoGan Weixing-6 remote sensing satellite via a CZ-2C (Chang Zheng-2C) launch vehicle. Launch occurred at 02:55 UTC from the Taiyuan Satellite launch Center. According to Chinese media the new satellite is intended for “scientific experiments, land survey, crop yield assessment, and disaster monitoring.” However, western analysts believe this class of satellite…

BeiDou-2 (COMPASS-G2) – China’s second geostationary navigation satellite – has launched from the Xichang satellite Launch Center, in Sichuan Province, via a CZ-3C Chang Zheng-3C (CZ3C-2) launch vehicle. Lift-off was at 16:16 UTC. The launch is the first in a series of launches announced by China to form the complete Compass constellation. This constellation of…

China has launched a new meteorological satellite from its Xi Chang Satellite Launch Center at 00:54UTC on December 23. The Fengyun-2-06 satellite was orbited by a CZ-3A Chang Zheng-3A launch vehicle. According to the China Meteorological Administration the Fengyun-2-06 “will copy meteorological data from preceding satellites after orbit operation trials”. The new satellite will replace…

China has launched a new remote sensing satellite from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center. The fifth satellite in the YaoGan series was orbited by a CZ-4B Chang Zheng-4B  launch vehicle at 03:22 UTC Monday morning. According to the state media, and as is predecessors, the YaoGan-5 satellite will be used for scientific research, land resources surveying,…

China has launched a new remote sensing satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. The Yaogan-4 satellite was orbited by a CZ-2D Chang Zheng-2D (CZ2D-10) launch vehicle at 04:42UTC. According to the state media, the Yaogan-4 satellite “will be used for scientific research, land resources surveying, crop yield estimate and disaster prevention and relief, having…