Tag: Shiyan
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China launches pair of experimental satellites on Chang Zheng 7A
China launched a pair of satellites called Shiyan-12-01 and Shiyan-12-02 on board a Chang Zheng 7A rocket at 10:12 UTC. The pair of satellites launched to a geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in China. The purpose of the satellites is spatial environment detection and testing. Each of them has a…
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Kuaizhou-1A launches Shiyan-11 technology development satellite
The private Chinese launch company ExPace, a subsidiary of the state-owned China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC), has successfully launched the Shiyan-11 technology satellite from Site 95 at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert in Inner Mongolia, central China. The ExPace Kuaizhou-1A rocket began its 13th launch — and its 12th…
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China’s Long March 7A rocket successful on second flight
China’s Long March 7A rocket lifts off from the Wenchang launch base on Hainan Island. Credit: Xinhua The second flight of China’s new medium-lift Long March 7A rocket successfully placed an experimental satellite into orbit Thursday, following a failed launch of the same configuration last year caused by a problem in a booster liquid oxygen…
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China’s Long March 2D rocket launches five satellites
A Long March 2D rocket lifts off from the Jiuquan launch base with the Shiyan 6 satellite and four other payloads. Credit: Chinanews.com Five satellites rode a Long March 2D rocket into orbit Monday from the Jiuquan launch base in northwestern China, including a pathfinder for a planned constellation of low-altitude relay satellites and a…