Tag: Chinese
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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…
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Chinese Long March 4B lofts Haiyang-2B
China launched a new satellite for ocean observation from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center on Wednesday. Launch of the Haiyang-2B took place at 22:57 UTC from the LC9 Launch Complex. The new satellite was orbited by a Long March-4B (Chang Zheng-4B) launch vehicle. The Haiyang-2 program represents the second generation of ocean observation and monitorization…
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Chinese Long March 4B lofts Haiyang-2B
China launched a new satellite for ocean observation from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center on Wednesday. Launch of the Haiyang-2B took place at 22:57 UTC from the LC9 Launch Complex. The new satellite was orbited by a Long March-4B (Chang Zheng-4B) launch vehicle. The Haiyang-2 program represents the second generation of ocean observation and monitorization…
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Long March 4B lofts Gaofen-11
China has launched a new remote sensing satellite on Tuesday, with Gaofen-11 departing from LC9 at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center on a Long March-4B – Chang Zheng-4B – rocket. The Launch took place at 03:00 UTC. Previously unannounced, the new satellite, Gaofen-11, is described as an optical remote sensing satellite in the official press releases announcing…
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Long March 3B launches APStar-6C
China launched the APStar-6C communications satellite from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, Sichuan province, using a Long March-3B/G2 ‘Chang Zheng-3B/G2’ launch vehicle on Thursday. Launch took place at 16:06 UTC from the LC2 Launch Complex. APT entered into the in-orbit delivery contract for the APSTAR-6C satellite with China Great Wall Industry (Hong Kong) Corp. on…
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China launches latest Beidou-3M satellite duo
A new pair of navigation satellites were successfully launched by China on Thursday, using a Long March-3B/YZ-1. The launch of the Beidou-3M pair took place at around 23:18 UTC from the LC2 Launch Complex of the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, Sichuan province. It took over four hours to complete the mission. The launch was previously scheduled…
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Long March 2D launches SuperView duo
The second pair of Gaojing-1 (SuperView-1) satellites were launched from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center on Tuesday. This was the first launch of 2018 for China and took place at 03:24 UTC from the LC9 launch complex using a Long March-2D launch vehicle. Also known as SuperView-1, the Gaojing-1 is a satellite constellation for civilian…
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January to kick-start Chinese record breaking year of up to 40 launches
The Chinese are looking to bounce back from last year’s failures that almost brought their space program to an almost standstill with a 2018 that may see as many as 40 orbital launches – smashing their previous record of 22 launches in 2016. China will not waste any time in kick-starting this frenetic 2018, a…
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January to kick-start Chinese record breaking year of up to 40 launches
The Chinese are looking to bounce back from last year’s failures that almost brought their space program to an almost standstill with a 2018 that may see as many as 40 orbital launches – smashing their previous record of 22 launches in 2016. China will not waste any time in kick-starting this frenetic 2018, a…
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Long March 2D lofts latest Yaogan Weixing satellite – named LKW-1
The Chinese have launched the Yaogan Weixing-31 remote sensing satellite – also known as the Land Surveying Satellite -1 (LKW-1) – via a Long March-2D (Chang Zheng-2D) on Sunday. The launch – from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (JSLC) – took place at 04:11 UTC from the 603 Launch Platform at the LC43 Launch Complex.…