Tag: Long March
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Long March 2D launches Zhangheng-1 Earthquake investigator
A Long March 2D has conducted the sixth Chinese launch of 2018, with the lofting of the Zhangheng-1 spacecraft, a new research satellite for the observation of ionospheric precursors of earthquakes. The launch took place at 07:51 UTC on Friday from the 94 Launch Platform at the LC43 Launch Complex from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch…
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China launches fourth trio of Yaogan military satellites since September
A Long March 2C rocket lifted off Thursday, Jan. 25, from the Xichang space center. Credit: Xinhua A fourth trio of Chinese Yaogan military satellites with secret missions launched Thursday aboard a Long March 2C rocket from the Xichang space base in China’s Sichuan province. The spacecraft join nine others launched into similar 370-mile-high (600-kilometer)…
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Long March 2C launches Yaogan Weixing-30 Group-4
China launched the fourth group of triplet satellites for the Chuangxin-5 (CX-5) constellation. Launched under the name Yaogan Weixing-30 Group-4, the three satellites were orbited by a Long March-2C launch vehicle from the LC3 Launch Complex of the Xichang Satellite Launch Center. Launch took place at 05:39 UTC. Like the previous missions on the series,…
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Long March 11 in multiple satellite launch
China conducted its fourth orbital launch of 2018 using a Long March 11 rocket – this time carrying six small satellites into orbit. The launch took place from a mobile launch platform at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 04:12 UTC on Friday. Onboard the LM-11 rocket were two Jilin commercial remote sensing satellites for…
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Sharp-eyed surveillance satellite launched by China
A Long March 2D rocket lifted off Saturday from the Jiuquan space center in northwest China. Credit: Xinhua The third in a new series of Chinese high-resolution mapping satellites lifted off Saturday aboard a Long March 2D rocket, joining two other craft launched into similar orbits in December. Chinese officials have released no details about…
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Chinese navigation network expanded with pair of new Beidou satellites
A Long March 3B rocket launched from the Xichang space center at 2318 GMT (6:18 p.m. EST) on Jan. 11. Credit: Xinhua Two satellites destined to join China’s Beidou network successfully launched Thursday aboard a Long March 3B rocket, the first two of up to 18 new Chinese navigation craft scheduled for deployment this year.…
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Long March 2D launches latest Ludikancha Weixing satellite
The third Chinese launch in January took place on Saturday at 07:10 UTC with a Long March-2D launch vehicle orbiting a new remote sensing satellite called Ludikancha Weixing-3. The launch took from the 603 Launch Platform at the LC43 Launch Complex from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (JSLC). As per usual for the Chinese media,…
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China launches latest Beidou-3M satellite duo
A new pair of navigation satellites were successfully launched by China on Thursday, using a Long March-3B/YZ-1. The launch of the Beidou-3M pair took place at around 23:18 UTC from the LC2 Launch Complex of the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, Sichuan province. It took over four hours to complete the mission. The launch was previously scheduled…
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Second SuperView satellite pair launched from China
A Long March 2D rocket lifted off Tuesday with two SuperView Earth observation satellites. credit: Xinhua A second satellite duo for Beijing Space View Technology successfully launched Tuesday atop a Long March 2D rocket, doubling the company’s high-resolution imaging capacity for sale on the global market. Burning a mixture of hydrazine and nitrogen tetroxide propellants,…
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Long March 2D launches SuperView duo
The second pair of Gaojing-1 (SuperView-1) satellites were launched from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center on Tuesday. This was the first launch of 2018 for China and took place at 03:24 UTC from the LC9 launch complex using a Long March-2D launch vehicle. Also known as SuperView-1, the Gaojing-1 is a satellite constellation for civilian…