Tag: Long March 2D

  • Chinese military imaging satellite lifts off from Jiuquan space base

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    A Long March 2D rocket lifted off Sunday from the Jiuquan launch center in northwest China. Credit: Xinhua A Long March 2D rocket boosted a Chinese military imaging satellite into a 300-mile-high orbit Sunday after liftoff from a remote launch base in the country’s northwestern frontier. The clandestine payload rode a two-stage, 134-foot-tall (41-meter) Long…

  • China successfully launches Earth-imaging satellite for Venezuela

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    A Long March 2D rocket lifted off Monday with the VRSS 2 satellite for Venezuela. Credit: CGWIC A Chinese Long March 2D rocket launched Venezuela’s second Earth-observing surveillance satellite Monday, adding a new space-based reconnaissance asset the country’s government says it will use to aid security forces, emergency responders, farmers, and health professionals. The two-stage,…

  • Commercial Earth-observing craft recover from off-target launch

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    The SuperView 1 satellites pictured before their launch. Credit: Beijing Space View Two Chinese satellites launched into the wrong orbit last month have reached their planned perch at an altitude of around 300 miles (500 kilometers) and sent back their first high-resolution views of Earth for their Beijing-based commercial owner. The two SuperView 1, or…

  • Chinese Earth observation satellites launched into lower-than-planned orbit

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    Two commercial Earth-imaging satellites launched by a Chinese Long March 2D booster Wednesday are flying in lower-than-planned orbits after an apparent rocket mishap, according to tracking data published by the U.S. military. The two SuperView 1, or Gaojing 1, satellites are flying in egg-shaped orbits ranging from 133 miles (214 kilometers) to 325 miles (524…

  • China sends carbon-monitoring satellite into orbit

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    A Long March 2D rocket lifted off Wednesday with China’s TanSat carbon-monitoring satellite. Credit: Xinhua A Chinese satellite designed to track greenhouse gases in Earth’s atmosphere rode into orbit Wednesday aboard a Long March 2D rocket, joining an international fleet of orbiting carbon dioxide monitors aimed at combating climate change. The TanSat mission took off…

  • Mysterious weather satellite launched from China

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    A Long March 2D rocket lifted off at 2314 GMT (6:14 p.m. EST) Friday with the Yunhai 1 weather satellite. Credit: Xinhua China launched a polar-orbiting weather satellite Friday to take data on the atmosphere and seas, state media announced, but Chinese officials offered little detail on the craft’s mission. The Yunhai 1 satellite lifted…

  • Chinese satellite to begin quantum communications experiments

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    A Long March 2D carrying the Quantum Science Satellite lifted off at 1740 GMT (1:40 p.m. EDT) Monday. The launch from Jiuquan occurred at 1:40 a.m. Tuesday, Beijing time. Credit: Xinhua China launched a pioneering satellite mission Monday to prove the viability of quantum communications from space, an innovation that could led to a worldwide…

  • Chinese rocket lofts government surveillance satellite

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    A Long March 2D rocket blasted off at 0243 GMT Sunday (10:43 p.m. EDT Saturday) from the Jiuquan space center. Credit: Xinhua A Long March 2D booster fired into space Sunday from a remote Chinese spaceport in the Gobi Desert, delivering a military spy satellite to a 640-kilometer-high (400-mile) perch in polar orbit. The two-stage…

  • Chinese research craft launched on two-week mission

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    The Shijian 10 recoverable satellite lifted off at 1:38 a.m. Beijing time Wednesday. Credit: Xinhua The unpiloted Shijian 10 spacecraft launched from a spaceport in northwestern China on Tuesday with a suite of microgravity research experiments developed by Chinese and European scientists. The bullet-shaped space capsule soared into orbit aboard a Long March 2D rocket at…

  • China sends dark matter probe into orbit

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    China launched the first in a series of planned space science probes Thursday, putting a satellite into orbit to study high-energy cosmic rays for signals hinting at hypothesized clumps of dark matter that have eluded detection for decades. The Dark Matter Particle Explorer, or DAMPE, mission is the first dedicated astrophysics observatory put into orbit…