Tag: Long March
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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…
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January to kick-start Chinese record breaking year of up to 40 launches
The Chinese are looking to bounce back from last year’s failures that almost brought their space program to an almost standstill with a 2018 that may see as many as 40 orbital launches – smashing their previous record of 22 launches in 2016. China will not waste any time in kick-starting this frenetic 2018, a…