Tag: Long March 3B
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Chinese Shiyan-10 satellite raises its orbit after initial problems
After initial reports that the Chinese Shiyan-10 satellite failed after a nominal launch of the rocket, it is now confirmed that the satellite was reactivated and is raising its orbit from the initial deployment height. China launched the Shiyan-10 satellite on a Long March 3B/E rocket at 8:20 UTC on September 27, lifting off from…
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China successfully launches radio and television broadcasting satellite
Thursday marked another successful mission in China’s busy 2021 launch manifest, this time lofting the Zhongxing-9B (ChinaSat-9B) into orbit on a Long March 3B from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center. This satellite serves as a replacement to the Zhongxing-9A, launched in 2017 but inserted into a lower than planned orbit, and thus its operational life…
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China launches Zhongxing-2E on Long March 3B
China’s space program successfully launched the Zhongxing-2E mission on Thursday, August 5. This is the third Chinese mission of the week, after a Hyperbola-1 launch by the private company iSpace which failed to open the payload fairing, and Wednesday’s surprise launch of a Long March 6. The Zhongxing-2E satellite, operated by China Satellite Communications, launched…
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China’s Chang Zheng 3B launches Fengyun 4B weather satellite
China launched a new geostationary weather satellite on Thursday June 3 local time, following a 24 hour delay. The Fengyun 4B satellite lifted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center at 00:17 China Standard Time (16:17 UTC on Wednesday June 2), aboard a Chang Zheng 3B/G3 carrier rocket. Fengyun, meaning “wind and cloud,” is a…
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China launches military satellite toward geostationary orbit
A Long March 3B rocket takes off with the TJS 6 satellite. Credit: CASC A mysterious Chinese government satellite, believed to be a military-operated early warning station, successfully launched into orbit Feb. 4 on top of a Long March 3B rocket. The three-stage, 184-foot-tall (55-meter) rocket lifted off from the Xichang space center at 1536…
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China’s first launch of 2021 orbits communications satellite
A Long March 3B rocket lifts off from the Xichang launch base with the Tiantong 1-03 satellite. Credit: CASC A Chinese Long March 3B rocket deployed the Tiantong 1-03 satellite to provide mobile communications services after a successful launch Tuesday, the first of more than 40 Chinese space missions set for liftoff in 2021. The…
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China launches mobile telecom satellite
A Long March 3B rocket takes off with the Tiantong 1-02 communications satellite. Credit: Xinhua A new Chinese mobile communications satellite launched Thursday on top of a Long March 3B rocket, joining a similar spacecraft launched four years ago to provide voice and data services to users on the go. The Tiantong 1-02 mobile communications…
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China launches geosynchronous Earth observation satellite
A Long March 3B rocket lifts off Sunday with the Gaofen 13 Earth observation satellite. Credit: CALT China successfully launched a Gaofen optical observation satellite Sunday toward a perch more than 22,000 miles over the equator, where it will use an Earth-facing telescope to collect remote sensing images, Chinese state media said. The Gaofen 13…
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China launches final Beidou navigation satellite
A Long March 3B rocket launches from the Xichang space center in southwestern China at 0143 GMT Tuesday (9:43 p.m. EDT Monday). Credit: Xinhua China launched the capstone satellite for the Beidou navigation constellation Tuesday, adding the final piece to a global network to rival the U.S. military’s GPS fleet providing positioning, timing, and search…
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Last Beidou satellite launch postponed by rocket trouble
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated June 16 after launch delay. A Long March 3B rocket stands on its launch pad at the Xichang space base in southwestern China. Credit: CGTN Ground crews at the Xichang launch center in China postponed the launch of a Long March 3B rocket into orbit Tuesday that was to complete the deployment of…