Tag: Long March
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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…
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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…
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Another trio of Yaogan military satellites launched by China
A Long March 2C rocket lifted off from the Xichang space base at 1944 GMT (2:44 p.m. EST) Monday. Credit: Xinhua Three more Yaogan satellites successfully lifted off Monday from the Xichang space center in southwestern China, joining two similar triplets launched earlier this year for the Chinese military. The trio launched at 1944 GMT…
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China continues build up of Yaogan-30 constellation
The Chinese conducted another secretive launch from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, Sichuan province, on Monday. The Yaogan Weixing-30-03 mission – involving three satellites – was launched by a Long March-2C launch vehicle at 19:44 UTC from the LC3 Launch Complex. As is usual for the Chinese media, this mission once again classed as involving…
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Land imaging craft launched for Chinese military
A Long March 2D rocket lifted off at 0414 GMT Saturday (11:14 p.m. EST Friday) from the Jiuquan space base in northwestern China. Credit: Xinhua A land imaging satellite soared to a 300-mile-high perch above Earth Saturday after lifting off on top of a Long March 2D rocket from the Jiuquan space base in the…
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Long March 2D successfully lofts LKW-2
The Chinese have launched the Yaogan Weixing remote sensing satellite – also known as the Land Surveying Satellite -2 (LKW-2) – via a Long March-2D (Chang Zheng-2D) on Saturday. The launch – from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (JSLC) – took place at 04:14 UTC from the 603 Launch Platform at the LC43 Launch Complex.…
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Chinese Long March 3B lofts Alcomsat-1 for Algeria
China is continuing to pick up its launch cadence via the launch of a new communications satellite for Algeria on Sunday. The Alcomsat-1 satellite was orbited by a Long March-3B/G2 (Chang Zheng-3B/G2) launch vehicle from the LC2 Launch Complex of the Xichang Satellite Launch Center. Liftoff time was recorded at 16:41 UTC. Alcomsat-1 Launch: The Alcomsat-1…
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Chinese military imaging satellite lifts off from Jiuquan space base
A Long March 2D rocket lifted off Sunday from the Jiuquan launch center in northwest China. Credit: Xinhua A Long March 2D rocket boosted a Chinese military imaging satellite into a 300-mile-high orbit Sunday after liftoff from a remote launch base in the country’s northwestern frontier. The clandestine payload rode a two-stage, 134-foot-tall (41-meter) Long…
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Long March 2D lofts latest Yaogan Weixing satellite – named LKW-1
The Chinese have launched the Yaogan Weixing-31 remote sensing satellite – also known as the Land Surveying Satellite -1 (LKW-1) – via a Long March-2D (Chang Zheng-2D) on Sunday. The launch – from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (JSLC) – took place at 04:11 UTC from the 603 Launch Platform at the LC43 Launch Complex.…
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Three Chinese military surveillance satellites successfully launched
A Long March 2C rocket lifted off Friday with three Yaogan 30-02 satellites. Credit: Xinhua A Chinese rocket placed three experimental military surveillance satellites in orbit Friday, the second set of related triplets launched in less than two months. The satellites lifted off aboard a Long March 2C rocket from the Xichang launch base in…