Tag: Long March 3B
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China launches tracking and data relay satellite
A Chinese Long March 3B rocket delivered a new-generation tracking and data relay satellite to orbit Sunday to provide communications support for the country’s future human spaceflight missions and space station. Boosted by four strap-on engines, the three-stage Long March 3B launcher lifted off at 1551 GMT (11:51 a.m. EDT) Sunday from the Xichang…
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China begins 2019 launch campaign with a success
A Long March 3B rocket lifted off Thursday from the Xichang space center carrying the Zhongxing 2D, or Chinasat 2D, communications satellite. Credit: Xinhua A Chinese communications satellite heading for geostationary orbit more than 22,000 miles over the equator lifted off Thursday from the Xichang space base in southwestern China aboard a Long March 3B…
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China expands reach of Beidou navigation network with another launch
A Long March 3B rocket lifted off at 1807 GMT Sunday (1:07 p.m. EST), or 2:07 a.m. Beijing time Monday, with two more Beidou navigation satellites. Credit: CALT Two more Beidou navigation satellites launched from China on Sunday, ending a record run of 18 satellite deployments this year for the Chinese alternative to GPS and…
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China maintains launch pace with another Beidou mission
A Long March 3B rocket lifted off Thursday from the Xichang space center. Credit: CALT China chalked up another launch Thursday with the on-target delivery of a Beidou navigation satellite destined for an operating post in geostationary orbit more than 22,000 miles over the equator. The navigation station lifted off at 1557 GMT (11:57 a.m.…
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Expansion of China’s Beidou satellite fleet continues with successful launch
A Long March 3B rocket lifted off Wednesday with two more Chinese Beidou navigation satellites. Credit: Xinhua Another successful launch Wednesday carried two more Beidou satellites into orbit, continuing a string of missions to push China’s independent navigation network closer to global coverage and adding international search-and-rescue support to the program’s portfolio. The satellites climbed…
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China sets new national record for most launches in a year
A Long March 3B rocket lifts off with two Beidou navigation satellites. Credit: Xinhua Two navigation satellites joined China’s growing Beidou network with a successful rocket flight Friday that set a new record for the most Chinese space launches in a year. The satellite duo lifted off at 2352 GMT (7:52 p.m. EDT) Friday from…
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Another pair of Chinese navigation satellites successfully launched
A Long March 3B rocket lifted off at 0148 GMT Sunday (9:48 p.m. EDT Saturday) from the Xichang space center in southwestern China with two Beidou navigation satellites. Credit: CALT A Chinese Long March 3B rocket launched two satellites Sunday to become the eighth and ninth spacecraft added to the country’s Beidou navigation system so…
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Two new satellites join China’s Beidou navigation fleet
A Chinese Long March 3B successfully launched two more Beidou navigation satellites Thursday. Credit: Xinhua Two Chinese Beidou navigation satellites launched Thursday, growing the country’s home-grown space-based GPS network more than 13,000 miles above Earth. The twin satellites lifted off at 1756 GMT (1:56 p.m. EDT) Thursday on top of a Long March 3B rocket…
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Two new satellites join China’s Beidou navigation fleet
A Chinese Long March 3B successfully launched two more Beidou navigation satellites Thursday. Credit: Xinhua Two Chinese Beidou navigation satellites launched Thursday, growing the country’s home-grown space-based GPS network more than 13,000 miles above Earth. The twin satellites lifted off at 1756 GMT (1:56 p.m. EDT) Thursday on top of a Long March 3B rocket…
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China adds two more satellites to home-grown navigation network
A Long March 3B rocket lifted off Monday with two Beidou navigation satellites. Credit: Xinhua Two more Chinese Beidou navigation satellites successfully lifted off aboard a Long March 3B rocket Monday on China’s seventh space launch in five weeks. The Long March 3B rocket and a restartable Yuanzheng upper stage deployed the two Beidou navigation…