Tag: Long March
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Long March 2D concludes 2018 campaign with Hongyan-1 launch
A Chinese Long March-2D/YZ-3 (Chang Zheng-2D/YZ-3) rocket has conducted the final orbital launch of 2018 when it lofted the Hongyan-1 satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on Saturday. The launch took place at 08:00 UTC from the Launch Pad 94 of the LC43 Launch Complex. Hongyan-1 is the first satellite of a constellation of…
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China launches two more Long March rockets; another possible before end of year
A Long March 11 rocket lifts off Dec. 21 (Dec. 22 Chinese time). Credit: Xinhua China’s space program is sprinting toward the end of the year by extending the country’s record-breaking launch rate, with two more space missions lifting off in the last week carrying a pathfinder for a planned constellation of Internet satellites and…
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Long March 3C lofts secretive TJSW spacecraft
Launch activities at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center for 2018 ended with the launch of another secretive Tongxin Jishu Shiyan Weixing (TJSW) satellite on Christmas Day. The launch took place at 16:53 UTC using a Long March-3C/G2 (Chang Zheng-3C/G2) launch vehicle from the LC3 launch complex. As with the previous launch of Communications Engineering Test…
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Chinese Long March 11 launches with the first Hongyun satellite
China conducted another orbital launch using a Long March-11 solid fuel rocket on Friday. The launch took place from a mobile launch platform from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 23:51 UTC. Onboard the LM-11 rocket was the first Hongyun satellite. Developed by the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC), this is the fist…
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China launches satellites for Saudi Arabia
A Chinese Long March 2D rocket lifts off Friday. Credit: CGWIC Two Saudi Arabian Earth observation satellites and 10 small secondary payloads rode a Long March 2D rocket into orbit Friday from the Jiuquan space base in China’s northwestern Inner Mongolia region, hours before the launch of a Chinese lunar probe targeting the first soft…
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China launches historic mission to land on far side of the moon
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 7 p.m. EST (0000 GMT) with additional details on the mission. A view of the far side of the moon and the distant Earth, captured by the service module for the Chang’e 5-T1 tech demo mission in 2014. Credit: Chinese Academy of Sciences A robotic lander and rover lifted off Friday…
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Long March 2D launches SaudiSAT-5A/B
China launched another orbital mission from its Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center using a Long March-2D (Chang Zheng-2D) launch vehicle on Friday orbiting several satellites along with primary payloads SaudiSAT-5A/B. Launch took place at 04:12 UTC from Launch Pad 94 of the LC34 Launch Complex. The Piao Chong 1 to 6 (Ladybug 1 to 6), Tianyi X1…
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China’s Long March 2D rocket launches five satellites
A Long March 2D rocket lifts off from the Jiuquan launch base with the Shiyan 6 satellite and four other payloads. Credit: Chinanews.com Five satellites rode a Long March 2D rocket into orbit Monday from the Jiuquan launch base in northwestern China, including a pathfinder for a planned constellation of low-altitude relay satellites and a…
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Long March 2D lofts Shiyan-6 mission and co-passengers
China launched another orbital mission from its Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center using a Long March-2D (Chang Zheng-2D) launch vehicle. The launch took place at 23:40 UTC from Launch Pad 94 of the LC34 Launch Complex. The main payload for this launch was the mysterious Shiyan Weixing-6 satellite. Chinese press refers this satellite to be used…
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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…