Tag: Long March
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Satellite launched to beam TV and Internet to the Asia-Pacific
A Long March 3B rocket launched with the Apstar 9 telecom satellite at 1616 GMT (12:16 p.m. EDT) Friday. Credit: Chinanews.com A commercial Chinese communications satellite launched Friday aboard a Long March 3B rocket on a mission to broadcast television to consumers across the Asia-Pacific and connect passengers on ships and airplanes with the Internet.…
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APSTAR-9 rides uphill on China’s Long March 3B
China has launched the APSTAR-9 communications satellite – on behalf of a Hong Kong-based satellite operator – on Friday. The launch was conducted by a Long March-3B/G2 rocket, launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, with T-0 occurring on schedule at 16:16 UTC. Chinese Launch: The path to launch began on November 22, 2013 –…
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China launches Jilin-1 mission via Long March 2D
China launched four satellites to provide photographs to commercial clients while helping with harvest assessment, geological disaster prevention and resource surveys. The launch of the Jilin-1 mission took place at 04:13 UTC on Wednesday, using a Long March-2D launch vehicle from the 603 Launch Pad at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center’s LC43. Chinese Launch: The…
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Quartet of Earth imaging satellites launched from China
The Long March 2D rocket with four Jilin 1 satellites lifted off at 0413 GMT (12:13 a.m. EDT; 12:13 p.m. Beijing time) Wednesday. Credit: Xinhua Four commercial satellites launched from China’s northwestern spaceport Wednesday, riding into a 400-mile-high orbit on top of a two-stage Long March 2D booster rocket. The four satellites, all made in…
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20th satellite launched for Chinese navigation fleet
China’s Long March 3B rocket lifted off at 2313 GMT (7:13 p.m. EDT) Tuesday. Credit: Xinhua China added another spacecraft to its growing constellation of Beidou navigation satellites Tuesday with a successful launch by a Long March 3B rocket, according to state media reports. The satellite launched Tuesday is a new-generation design, adding a more…
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Chinese Long March 3B lofts next Beidou-3 satellite
The fifth Chinese launch in September took place at 23:13 UTC on Tuesday (Wednesday morning local time) with a Long March-3B/G2 rocket orbiting another Beidou-3 navigation satellite. The launch of BDS I2-S (or Beidou-20) took place from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center via the modified pad 3. Chinese Launch: Tuesday’s launch is another steady step…
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Second new Chinese launcher flies in a week
Video frame from a presentation on the Long March 11 maiden flight on China’s state-run CCTV news channel. Credit: CCTV For the second time in less than a week, China has debuted a new type of rocket designed to broaden the scope of the country’s Long March launcher family. This time a solid-fueled booster named…
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China debuts Long March 11 lofting Tianwang-1 trio
Following the successful debut launch of the Long March-6 rocket just days previous, China has now debuted the new Long March-11 solid launch vehicle, orbiting three “Tianwang-1” satellites with Portuguese technology on board. The launch, which included at least one other small satellite – Pujian-1 – took place at 01:41 UTC on Friday from the…
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Debut launch of Long March 6 deploys 20 satellites
The first launch of China’s new Long March 6 rocket took off at 2301 GMT (7:01 p.m. EDT) from the Taiyuan space center in northern China. Credit: Chinese Ministry of Defense China’s Long March 6 rocket, fueled by a mixture of kerosene and liquid oxygen, successfully shot into orbit on its first mission Saturday with…
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China conducts debut launch of Long March 6
China initiated a new era in its space exploration with the debut of a new family of launch vehicle. The first Long March-6 (Chang Zheng-6) rocket was successfully launched from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, with a multi-payload cargo of 20 small satellites. Launch took place at 23:01:14.331 UTC on Saturday. Long March 6: The…