Tag: Long March 3B

  • Long March lofts communications craft for Chinese government

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    A Long March 3B rocket lifted off at 1646 GMT (11:46 a.m. EST) Wednesday with the Chinasat 1C satellite. Credit: Xinhua A Long March 3B rocket driven by four strap-on boosters blasted off Wednesday from the Xichang space base in southwestern China, successfully delivering a communications payload to orbit a half-hour later to likely begin…

  • China launches first satellite for Laos

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    Built and financed by China, a $258 million Laotian communications satellite project launched Friday aboard a Long March 3B rocket to better connect the mountainous Southeast Asia nation and surrounding regions. The LaoSat 1 spacecraft is the first satellite for Laos, an achievement Laotian state media hailed as a “landmark” for the country. The satellite…

  • Military communications craft likely aboard Chinese launch

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    A Long March 3B rocket carrying the Chinasat 2C communications satellite lifts off from the Xichang space center in southwest China’s Sichuan province Tuesday. Credit: Xinhua A Chinese Long March 3B rocket lifted off Tuesday from the country’s Xichang space base, heading into orbit with a secretive payload believed by Western observers to be a…

  • Satellite launched to beam TV and Internet to the Asia-Pacific

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    A Long March 3B rocket launched with the Apstar 9 telecom satellite at 1616 GMT (12:16 p.m. EDT) Friday. Credit: Chinanews.com A commercial Chinese communications satellite launched Friday aboard a Long March 3B rocket on a mission to broadcast television to consumers across the Asia-Pacific and connect passengers on ships and airplanes with the Internet.…

  • 20th satellite launched for Chinese navigation fleet

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    China’s Long March 3B rocket lifted off at 2313 GMT (7:13 p.m. EDT) Tuesday. Credit: Xinhua China added another spacecraft to its growing constellation of Beidou navigation satellites Tuesday with a successful launch by a Long March 3B rocket, according to state media reports. The satellite launched Tuesday is a new-generation design, adding a more…

  • China conducts two space launches in short span

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    A Long March 2D rocket launched Monday with the Gaofen 9 remote sensing satellite. Credit: Xinhua Two space launches from China in a 37-hour span have placed an experimental communications satellite and a sharp-eyed Earth-viewing craft into orbit, according to Chinese state media reports. Neither launch was officially announced ahead of time by Chinese authorities.…

  • China conducts two space launches in short span

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    A Long March 2D rocket launched Monday with the Gaofen 9 remote sensing satellite. Credit: Xinhua Two space launches from China in a 37-hour span have placed an experimental communications satellite and a sharp-eyed Earth-viewing craft into orbit, according to Chinese state media reports. Neither launch was officially announced ahead of time by Chinese authorities.…

  • Two navigation satellites launched by China

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    A Long March 3B rocket lifted off from the Xichang space center at 1229 GMT (8:29 a.m. EDT) Saturday with two Beidou navigation satellites. Credit: Xinhua Two Chinese satellites lifted off Saturday on top of a Long March 3B rocket and rode into orbit nearly 14,000 miles above Earth to expand the country’s space-based navigation…