Tag: Chinese
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China conducts double Kuaizhou-1A launch from Taiyuan
China launched two orbital missions from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center within six hours of each other, orbiting a total of seven satellites. The launches, using mobile pads, saw two Kuaizhou-1A rockets heading into space on Saturday at 2:55 UTC and 8:52 UTC. The first Kuaizhou-1A rocket, serial number Y2, orbited the Jilin-1 Gaofen-2B remote…
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Long March 6 lofts five Ningxia-1 satellites
The second Chinese orbital launch in less than three hours took place on Wednesday with a Long March-6 launch vehicle orbiting five remote sensing satellites from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, Shanxi Province. Launch of the five Ningxia-1 satellites took place at 06:35 UTC from the LC16 Launch Complex. The new satellites – also designated…
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Long March 4B launches Gaofen-7 – tests grid fin system
China launched a new remote sensing satellite on November 3 from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, Shanxi Province. Launch of Gaofen-7 took place at 03:22:39 UTC from the LC9 launch complex using the Long March-4B (Y38) – Chang Zheng-4B – rocket. For the second time on a Chinese launch, the first stage of the launch…
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Gaofen satellite launched by Long March 4C
China launched a new remote sensing satellite on Friday, with a Long March 4C lofting Gaofen-10’s replacement. The launch took place at 18:50 UTC from the LC9 launch complex at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center. The Chinese media is referring to the new satellite as a new remote sensing bird that will be used for…
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Long March 3B launches Chinasat-18 – waiting on status
China launched Zhongxing-18 (or Chinasat-18) – a civilian communications satellite – on Monday via the use of a Long March-3B/G2 (Chang Zheng-3B/G2) rocket. The launch took place at 12:03 UTC from the LC2 pad at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center. However, the usual announcement of a successful separation has yet to published by Chinese State…
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China successfully conducts first launch of Smart Dragon-1 small satellite launch vehicle
For the fourth time in less than 10 months – and the second one to claim a successful flight – China has debuted a new small satellite launch vehicle based on solid rocket motors with a payload of less than one tonne to Low Earth Orbit. The Smart Dragon-1 (SD-1) rocket, also known by its…
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Chinese Long March 3B lofts Beidou-3I2
China successfully launched another of its new range of navigation satellites on Monday. Launch of Beidou-3I2 (IGSO-2) took place from the LC3 Launch Complex of the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, Sichuan province, using the Long March-3B/G2 ‘Chang Zheng-3B/G2’ (Y60) launch vehicle. Launch time was 18:05 UTC. Also designated Beidou-46, the satellite is part of the…
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China conducts first Sea Launch mission with Long March 11 launch of seven satellites
China conducted its first orbital sea launch on Wednesday, with a Long March 11 rocket lifting off from a floating platform in the Yellow Sea off the eastern province of Shandong. The launch, carrying seven satellites into orbit, took place at 04:06:01 UTC. This launch was named ‘LM-11 WEY’ after a strategic partnership between WEY,…
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Chinese Long March 11 launches with the first Hongyun satellite
China conducted another orbital launch using a Long March-11 solid fuel rocket on Friday. The launch took place from a mobile launch platform from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 23:51 UTC. Onboard the LM-11 rocket was the first Hongyun satellite. Developed by the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC), this is the fist…
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Chinese commercial provider LandSpace launches Weilai-1 on a Zhuque-1 rockets – fails to make orbit
Chinese private company LandSpace launched the solid-fuelled Zhuque-1 orbital launch vehicle on its maiden flight with the small Weilai-1 satellite on October 27, 2018. Launch took place at 08:00 UTC from a mobile platform located on the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. However, the launch failed to deploy the spacecraft in the correct orbit. This was…