Tag: Xichang
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China completes second launch this week with Yaogan 35-2
A second launch out of China this week lifted off at 02:22 UTC from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center with three satellites of the Yaogan family aboard a Chang Zheng 2D. The satellites, called Yaogan 35 Group 2, are possibly related to another triplet of payloads that launched in November 2021 from the same spaceport…
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Chang Zheng 2C launches GeeSAT autonomous driving navigation satellites
China’s Chang Zheng 2C rocket has launched nine GeeSAT-1 navigation satellites Thursday as part of the Geely-01 constellation. After lifting off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center at 04:00 UTC (12:00 Beijing Time), the rocket successfully deployed its payload into Low Earth orbit. The GeeSAT-1 satellites were developed by Chinese commercial company Geespace, which describes…
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China’s Chang Zheng 3B/E launches ChinaSat 6D
China has successfully launched the ChinaSat 6D satellite into geostationary transfer orbit Friday via their Chang Zheng 3B/E rocket. The launch took place at 12:00 UTC (8:00 PM local time) from Launch Complex 2 at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center. The ChinaSat 6D satellite, also known as Zhongxing 6D, was deployed into orbit by the…
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China launches internet constellation satellites on CZ-2C
China launched the Xuancheng-1 mission onboard a Chang Zheng 2C from Xichang today. The launch was conducted at 06:01 UTC, from pad LC-3 of the Xichang Satellite Launch Center (XSLC). This was a rideshare mission launching six communications satellites and one remote sensing satellite. The launch went to a Low Earth Orbit with a 52-degree…
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China completes 2021 with military TJSW-9 satellite launch
China concluded its busy 2021 launch manifest Wednesday with the successful launch of a Chang Zheng 3B, which lifted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center at 16:43 UTC. Wednesday’s launch, which carried the Tongxin Jishu Shiyan Weixing 9 (TJSW-9) satellite into geostationary transfer orbit, marked China’s 55th and final orbital launch of the year…
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China launches second Tianlian II communication satellite
China has launched the second satellite for the Tianlian II tracking and data relay series. This satellite enables communications between spacecraft and is part of the new series of Tianlian satellites, after the initial launch of the first Tianlian II in March of 2019. The liftoff occurred at 00:09 local time on December 14 from…
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China launches Yaogan 35 satellites via Chang Zheng 2D
China launched three more reconnaissance satellites Saturday, via a Chang Zheng 2D launch out of the Xichang Satellite Launch Center. Lifting off at 03:00 UTC (11:00 Beijing Time), Chang Zheng deployed three Yaogan 35 satellites into low Earth orbit. Yaogan Weixing – meaning “remote sensing satellite” and usually shortened to Yaogan – is a name…
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Chang Zheng 3B lifts Shijian 21 to orbit
Without any prior announcements, China launched another Chang Zheng 3B/E rocket with the Shijian 21 payload to Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO). The rocket took off at 01:27 UTC on October 24 from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center’s LC-2. The launch was called a success two hours later and it was confirmed that the payload, Shijian…
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Chinese Shiyan-10 satellite raises its orbit after initial problems
After initial reports that the Chinese Shiyan-10 satellite failed after a nominal launch of the rocket, it is now confirmed that the satellite was reactivated and is raising its orbit from the initial deployment height. China launched the Shiyan-10 satellite on a Long March 3B/E rocket at 8:20 UTC on September 27, lifting off from…
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China successfully launches radio and television broadcasting satellite
Thursday marked another successful mission in China’s busy 2021 launch manifest, this time lofting the Zhongxing-9B (ChinaSat-9B) into orbit on a Long March 3B from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center. This satellite serves as a replacement to the Zhongxing-9A, launched in 2017 but inserted into a lower than planned orbit, and thus its operational life…