Tag: Long March
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Long March 3A launches Fengyun-2H
China launched a new geostationary meteorological satellite using a Long March 3A (Chang Zheng 3A) rocket from the Launch Complex LC2 at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center (XSLC). The launch of Fengyun-2H (Fengyun-2-9) took place at 13:07 UTC on June 5. Developed by the Shanghai Academy of Space Flight Technology (SAST) and China Academy of…
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Chinese data relay satellite nears post over far side of the moon
Artist’s illustration of the Queqiao spacecraft. Credit: China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. A Chinese communications satellite carrying a Dutch radio astronomy instrument launched last month is expected to maneuver into position around a gravitationally-stable point beyond the moon in the coming days, ready to relay telemetry and data between Earth and the Chang’e 4…
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Earth-observers delivered to space by Long March 2D rocket
Video credit: CGTN A Chinese environmental research craft and an experimental Earth-imaging nanosatellite successfully launched Saturday aboard a Long March 2D rocket. The two satellite co-passengers lifted off at 0413 GMT (12:13 a.m. EDT) from the Jiuquan space base in northwestern China’s Inner Mongolia region, riding a two-stage Long March 2D launcher away from the…
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Long March 2D lofts Gaofen-6
China launched a new remote sensing satellite called Gaofen-6 on Saturday from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. Launch took place at 4:13 UTC from the LC9 launch complex using a Long March-2D – Chang Zheng-2D – rocket. The new satellite is similar to the first Gaofen satellite launched on April 2013, carrying a one 2 meter…
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Queqiao relay satellite launched ahead of Chang’e-4 lunar mission
A Chinese Long March 4C has launched the Queqiao spacecraft – a relay satellite for the upcoming Chang’e-4 lunar mission. Launch occurred from the LC-3 pad at the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre (XSLC) at 21:25 UTC. This latest launch is part of China’s growing ambitions for lunar exploration, which has already achieved numerous successes. Chang’e-1 was launched in 2007…
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Chinese satellite successfully launched to monitor environment
A Long March 4C rocket lifts off Tuesday from the Taiyuan space base. Credit: Xinhua China launched a civilian-operated Earth-observing satellite Tuesday to survey global land and water resources, air pollutants, greenhouse gases and other environmental parameters. The Gaofen 5 environmental monitoring satellite launched at 1828 GMT (2:28 p.m. EDT) Tuesday aboard a Long March…
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Long March 4C lofts Gaofen-5
China launched a new remote sensing satellite called Gaofen-5 via a Long March 4C from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center on Tuesday. Launch took place at 18:28 from the LC9 launch complex. The Gaofen civilian high-resolution remote sensing satellites (gao fen = high-resolution) are part of a program that is one of the 16 main…
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Long March 3B launches APStar-6C
China launched the APStar-6C communications satellite from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, Sichuan province, using a Long March-3B/G2 ‘Chang Zheng-3B/G2’ launch vehicle on Thursday. Launch took place at 16:06 UTC from the LC2 Launch Complex. APT entered into the in-orbit delivery contract for the APSTAR-6C satellite with China Great Wall Industry (Hong Kong) Corp. on…
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Long March 11 launches multiple satellites
China launched its fourth Long March-11 rocket on Thursday, carrying a multiple small satellites into orbit. The launch took place from a mobile launch platform from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 04:42 UTC. Chinese launch: Onboard the LM-11 rocket was the OVS-2 upgraded version of Zhuhai-1 video satellite and four hyperspectral satellites from the…
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Long March 11 rocket delivers five commercial satellites to orbit
A Long March 11 rocket lifts off Thursday from the Jiuquan launch base. Credit: CALT Five commercial Chinese satellites carrying video and hyperspectral imaging sensors took off Thursday aboard a Long March 11 booster. The five small satellites are part of a larger Earth-imaging fleet under development by Zhuhai Orbita Aerospace Science and Technology Co.…