Tag: Long March
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Surprise Chinese launch of the Yaogan Weixing-31-01 mission
Aiming for a record-breaking year, the Chinese have successfully launched the Yaogan Weixing-31-01 mission – consisting of three satellites – from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 04:25 UTC on Tuesday morning. The surprise launch also carried another small – if unnamed – satellite. The launch took place from Launch Pad 94 of the LC43…
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Chinese Long March 4C rocket deploys four satellites in orbit
A Long March 4C rocket lifts off Tuesday with four satellites. Credit: Xinhua Three Chinese military surveillance spacecraft and an experimental nanosatellite rode a Long March 4C rocket into orbit Tuesday. The Long March 4C rocket took off at 0425 GMT (12:25 a.m. EDT; 12:25 p.m. Beijing time) from the Jiuquan space center located in…
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Three Gaofen Earth observation satellites launched by China
A Long March 4C rocket lifted off March 31 with three Gaofen 1-series Earth observation satellites. Credit: CCTV China has launched its 10th space mission of the year, deploying three civilian-operated Earth observation satellites with cameras to help monitor natural disasters, survey natural resources and assist in infrastructure planning. The Earth-imaging satellites lifted off on…
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Long March 4C launches Gaofen-1 triplets
China’s Long March 4C has launched three Gaofen-1 satellites from the Taiyuan Satellites Launch Center’s LC9 Launch Complex. China’s tenth launch of 2018 took place at 03:22 UTC. The Gaofen civilian high-resolution remote sensing satellites (gao fen = high-resolution) are part of a program that is one of the 16 main programs announced by the State…
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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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Fourth satellite in new Chinese spy fleet successfully launched
A Long March 2D rocket launched with the LKW-4 reconnaissance satellite Saturday. Credit: Xinhua China launched the fourth in a series of high-resolution Earth-imaging satellites Saturday, expanding an orbiting fleet of reconnaissance craft that likely serve the Chinese military. The LKW-4 satellite lifted off at 0710 GMT (3:10 a.m. EDT) Saturday on top of a…
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Long March 2D launches LKW-4
Returning to orbital launch activity after the traditional festivities of the Spring Festival, China launched a new remote sensing satellite on Saturday. Launch took place at 07:10 UTC via a Long March 2D launch vehicle orbiting a new satellite in the Ludikancha Weixing (LKW) series, also known as ‘Land Surveying’. The launch of Ludikancha Weixing-4…
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Long March 3B launches BeiDou-3 MEO-3 & MEO-4
Monday saw the seventh orbital launch of the year by China, with a Long March-3B/YZ-1 orbiting a new pair of navigation satellites. The launch took place at 05:03 UTC from the LC2 Launch Complex of the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, Sichuan province. It took over four hours to complete the mission. It is expected that…
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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…