Tag: Haiyang
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China launches Haiyang-2E (HY-2E) marine satellite aboard a Long March-4B rocket
China on Thursday sent a new marine satellite into orbit from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China. A Long March-4B rocket carrying the Haiyang-2E (HY-2E) satellite took off at 7:46 a.m. (Beijing Time), sending the satellite into its planned orbit. The launch was the 654th involving the Long March rocket series. The HY-2E…
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Launch Preview: Vulcan launches USSF-87, SpaceX sends Crew-12 to ISS
The launch manifest is full this week, with eight launches scheduled from different launch sites worldwide. The week kicked off with a SpaceX Starlink mission on Wednesday, followed by a busy Thursday, during which five different rockets — including a Vulcan, a Proton, and the first Ariane 64 — launched. SpaceX and NASA are launching…
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China Roundup: reusable satellites, lunar EVA suits, and expanding spaceports
As China prepares to increase its launch cadence further, there are plans to expand the facilities at both Xichang and Haiyang. Meanwhile, the first launch from the new Hainan commercial spaceport is expected very soon. Preparations are underway to launch the next crew to the Tiangong space station and return the trio of Shenzhou-18 taikonauts…
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Chinese Long March rocket launches oceanography satellite
A Long March 4B rocket takes off with China’s Haiyang 2D oceanography satellite. Credit: Xinhua A Long March 4B rocket successfully launched an oceanography satellite Wednesday from northwestern China, hours before officials at a different spaceport scrubbed the planned launch of a cargo ship to deliver supplies to the Chinese space station. China’s unpiloted Tianzhou…
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China launches Haiyang-2D Oceanography Satellite from Jiuquan
A Chinese Long March 4B rocket took a Haiyang oceanography satellite to orbit early Wednesday morning. Liftoff from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center occurred approximately 12:03 PM local time (04:03 UTC) on 19 May. The Haiyang-2D satellite, the fourth in the Haiyang-2 series and eighth Haiyang satellite overall, was deployed into sun synchronous orbit to…
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China launches Haiyang oceanography satellite
A Long March 4B rocket lifts off Sept. 21 from the Jiuquan launch base in northwestern China. Credit: Xinhua A Chinese oceanography satellite designed to measure wave height and winds launched Monday aboard a Long March 4B rocket equipped with grid fins to help control the first stage’s descent back to Earth, an improvement aimed…
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China launches ocean monitoring satellite
A Long March 2C rocket lifts off with the Haiyang 1D oceanography satellite. Credit: Xinhua A civilian-operated Chinese oceanography satellite deployed in orbit after lifting off on a Long March 2C rocket Wednesday, joining a predecessor launched in 2018 to monitor ocean color and water temperatures. Chinese engineers also debuted modifications to the Long March…
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Chinese oceanography satellite launches successfully
A Long March 4B rocket launches with the Haiyang 2B oceanography satellite. Credit: Chinanews.com China’s Haiyang 2B oceanography satellite, the follow-on to a space mission launched seven years ago, lifted off Wednesday from the country’s Taiyuan launch base aboard a Long March 4B booster. The nearly 150-foot-tall (45-meter) Long March 4B rocket fired its four…
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China launches satellite to monitor world’s oceans
A Chinese Long March 2C rocket lifted off Friday with the Haiyang 1C ocean observation satellite. Credit: Xinhua A Chinese marine observation satellite designed to monitor ocean pollution, measure sea temperatures and track ship movements successfully launched Friday on top of a Long March 2C rocket. The Haiyang 1C spacecraft lifted off at 0315 GMT…