Tag: Long March
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Long March 3C in secretive launch with new Upper Stage
The Chinese opened their 2015 campaign with the launch of a Long March 3C with the first of a new generation of navigation satellites. The launch of what is now being called BDS I 1-S took place at 13:52 UTC from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, utilizing the debut use of the new Expedition-1 (Yuanzheng-1)…
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Chinese navigation system enters new phase with successful launch
A Long March 3C rocket lifted off at 1352 GMT (9:52 a.m. EDT; 9:52 p.m. Beijing time) Monday. Credit: Xinhua China launched a new spacecraft into orbit Monday begin growing the country’s Beidou navigation system into a global service alongside satellite constellations from the United States, Russia and Europe. The fresh Beidou satellite rode into…
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2014’s launch tally highest in two decades
The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket flew nine times in 2014, more than any other U.S. launcher. Six of the missions flew from Cape Canaveral, which was the starting point for 16 space launches in 2014, tied for the highest number of launches there since 2003. Credit: ULA There were more successful space launches…
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In an eerie scene, Chinese villagers visit rocket crash site
Photo credit: China News Service The expended first stage of a Long March rocket tumbled into a forested region of southwestern China a few minutes after successfully blasting off Dec. 31 with a Chinese weather satellite, and photographers were there to capture the booster’s fall back to Earth, according to Chinese state media. The images…
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China sends new weather satellite into orbit
A Long March 3A rocket launched at 0102 GMT Wednesday (8:02 p.m. EST Tuesday) with the Fengyun 2G weather satellite. Credit: Xinhua China launched a spacecraft Wednesday to replenish the country’s fleet of meteorological satellites providing warnings of weather fronts and tropical cyclones across Asia. The Fengyun 2G satellite lifted off at 0102 GMT Wednesday…
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Chinese military spy satellite deployed in orbit
A Long March 4B rocket lifted off from the Taiyuan space center in China at 0322 GMT Saturday (11:22 p.m. EST Friday). Credit: Xinhua China launched a Long March 4B rocket Saturday to deploy a military reconnaissance satellite into orbit 300 miles above Earth. The Yaogan 26 satellite lifted off at 0322 GMT Saturday (11:22…
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Chinese Long March 4B launches Yaogan Weixing-26
The Chinese launched another satellite on the Yaogan Weixing series on Saturday. Launch of Yaogan Weixing-26 took place at 03:22 UTC using a Long March-4B launch vehicle from the LC9 launch complex at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center. Chinese Launch: As is usual for the Chinese media, this spacecraft is once again classed as a new…
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Trio of ocean surveillance satellites launched by China
A Long March 4C rocket lifts off from the Jiuquan satellite launching center at 1933 GMT (2:33 p.m. EST) on Wednesday. Credit: Xinhua A package of small satellites that will likely track global naval activity lifted off aboard a Chinese Long March 4C rocket on Wednesday. Chinese authorities made no announcement of the launch ahead…
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Long March 4C lofts Yaogan Weixing-25 mission
The Chinese successfully launched the Yaogan Weixing-25 mission – consisting of three satellites – from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on Wednesday. The launch took place from the 603 launch pad of the LC43 launch complex utilizing a Long March-4C (Chang Zheng-4C) launch vehicle. Chinese Launch: The Yaogan Weixing-25 mission is composed of three satellites,…
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Chinese-Brazilian Earth observation satellite launched
A Long March 4B rocket lifts off with the CBERS 4 Earth observation satellite. Credit: Xinhua An Earth-watching satellite developed by China and Brazil lifted off on a Long March 4B rocket Saturday, replacing an environmental craft lost in a launch mishap last year. The CBERS 4 spacecraft — the fifth in a series of…