Tag: Gaofen
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Chinese mapping satellite launches on Long March 4B rocket
A Chinese Long March 4B rocket lifted off Sunday with four satellites on-board. Credit: Xinhua An Earth observation satellite designed to collect three-dimensional mapping imagery rode a Long March 4B rocket into orbit Sunday with three smaller spacecraft, including one to test an innovative French-made iodine thruster, and another satellite built for Sudan. Hailed as…
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China launches new Gaofen Earth-imaging satellite
A Long March 4C rocket lifted off from the Taiyuan space center at 1851 GMT (2:51 p.m. EDT) Friday. Credit: CCTV A Chinese Long March 4C rocket delivered into orbit Friday the Gaofen 10 Earth-imaging satellite, a likely replacement for a spacecraft lost in an August 2016 launch failure. The Long March 4C booster lifted…
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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 4B rocket lofts Chinese Earth-observing satellite
A Chinese Long March 4B rocket lifts off Tuesday with the Gaofen 11 Earth observation satellite. Credit: Xinhua A sharp-eyed Chinese Earth-imaging satellite rode a Long March 4B booster into orbit Tuesday, tying the record for the highest number of space launches China has achieved in a single year. The three-stage, liquid-fueled Long March 4B…
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Earth-observers delivered to space by Long March 2D rocket
Video credit: CGTN A Chinese environmental research craft and an experimental Earth-imaging nanosatellite successfully launched Saturday aboard a Long March 2D rocket. The two satellite co-passengers lifted off at 0413 GMT (12:13 a.m. EDT) from the Jiuquan space base in northwestern China’s Inner Mongolia region, riding a two-stage Long March 2D launcher away from the…
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Long March 2D lofts Gaofen-6
China launched a new remote sensing satellite called Gaofen-6 on Saturday from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. Launch took place at 4:13 UTC from the LC9 launch complex using a Long March-2D – Chang Zheng-2D – rocket. The new satellite is similar to the first Gaofen satellite launched on April 2013, carrying a one 2 meter…
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Chinese satellite successfully launched to monitor environment
A Long March 4C rocket lifts off Tuesday from the Taiyuan space base. Credit: Xinhua China launched a civilian-operated Earth-observing satellite Tuesday to survey global land and water resources, air pollutants, greenhouse gases and other environmental parameters. The Gaofen 5 environmental monitoring satellite launched at 1828 GMT (2:28 p.m. EDT) Tuesday aboard a Long March…
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Three Gaofen Earth observation satellites launched by China
A Long March 4C rocket lifted off March 31 with three Gaofen 1-series Earth observation satellites. Credit: CCTV China has launched its 10th space mission of the year, deploying three civilian-operated Earth observation satellites with cameras to help monitor natural disasters, survey natural resources and assist in infrastructure planning. The Earth-imaging satellites lifted off on…
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Chinese officials silent after Long March rocket failure
A Long March 4C rocket lifted off at 1855 GMT (2:55 p.m. EDT) Wednesday with the Gaofen 10 Earth observation satellite. Credit: Xinhua A U.S. Air Force spokesperson said Friday that the military has not detected any objects deployed in orbit by a Chinese Long March rocket launch Wednesday, but China’s official media outlets still…
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Radar remote sensing satellite launched by China
A Long March 4C rocket lifted off at 2255 GMT (6:55 p.m. EDT) Tuesday with the Gaofen 3 satellite. Credit: SASTIND A Long March 4C rocket took off from northern China on Tuesday and deployed a radar imaging satellite into orbit about 460 miles above Earth to survey the oceans, crops and resources, and natural…