Tag: Long March
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Chinese Long March 3B launches another two Beidou satellites
China successfully launched a new pair of navigation satellites on Sunday marking China’s 33rd launch of the year. The launch of Beidou-3M17 and Beidou-3M18 took place from the LC2 Launch Complex of the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, Sichuan province, using a Long March-3B/YZ-1 (Chang Zheng-3B/YZ-1) launch vehicle. Launch time was 18:00UTC and it took over…
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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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China marks 32nd launch of 2018 with latest Beidou lift off
China has launched a new navigation satellite on Thursday, marking its 32nd orbital launch this year. The launch of Beidou-3G1Q (Beidou-1) took place from the LC2 Launch Complex of the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, Sichuan province, using a Long March-3B/G2 (Chang Zheng-3B/G2) launch vehicle. Launch time was 15:57 UTC. The Beidou-3G satellites are the Geosynchronous…
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China-France Oceanography Satellite launches on research mission
A joint oceanography research mission developed by Chinese and French scientists launched Monday on top of a Long March 2C rocket from the Jiuquan space center in remote northwestern China. After a period of post-launch checkouts and activations, the China-France Oceanography Satellite, or CFOSat, will begin a three-year mission to survey the world’s oceans, becoming…
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Long March 2C lofts CFOSAT for CNES
China launched a cooperative mission with the French agency CNES when the CFOSAT oceanographic satellite was lofted place from the Jiuquan Satellite Launching Center at 00:43 UTC Monday. A Long March-2C (Chang Zhen-2C) rocket was used to launch the new satellite together with several small satellites. Developed jointly by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) and…
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Chinese oceanography satellite launches successfully
A Long March 4B rocket launches with the Haiyang 2B oceanography satellite. Credit: Chinanews.com China’s Haiyang 2B oceanography satellite, the follow-on to a space mission launched seven years ago, lifted off Wednesday from the country’s Taiyuan launch base aboard a Long March 4B booster. The nearly 150-foot-tall (45-meter) Long March 4B rocket fired its four…
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Chinese Long March 4B lofts Haiyang-2B
China launched a new satellite for ocean observation from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center on Wednesday. Launch of the Haiyang-2B took place at 22:57 UTC from the LC9 Launch Complex. The new satellite was orbited by a Long March-4B (Chang Zheng-4B) launch vehicle. The Haiyang-2 program represents the second generation of ocean observation and monitorization…
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Chinese Long March 4B lofts Haiyang-2B
China launched a new satellite for ocean observation from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center on Wednesday. Launch of the Haiyang-2B took place at 22:57 UTC from the LC9 Launch Complex. The new satellite was orbited by a Long March-4B (Chang Zheng-4B) launch vehicle. The Haiyang-2 program represents the second generation of ocean observation and monitorization…
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Long March 3B conducts China’s 28th launch of the year
China has launched a new pair of navigation satellites on Thursday, marking its 28th orbital launch this year. The launch of Beidou-3M15 and Beidou-3M16 took place from the LC3 Launch Complex of the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, Sichuan province, using a Long March-3B/YZ-1 (Chang Zheng-3B/YZ-1) launch vehicle. Launch time was 04:23 UTC and it took…
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Two satellites with secretive missions launched by China
A Long March 2C rocket lifted off Tuesday with two Yaogan 32 military satellites. Credit: Xinhua Two Chinese Yaogan military reconnaissance satellites launched this week, riding a Long March 2C booster into orbit on a mission that inaugurated the use of a new restartable upper stage to increase the rocket’s carrying capacity. The two Yaogan…