Tag: Xichang
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China launches fourth trio of Yaogan military satellites since September
A Long March 2C rocket lifted off Thursday, Jan. 25, from the Xichang space center. Credit: Xinhua A fourth trio of Chinese Yaogan military satellites with secret missions launched Thursday aboard a Long March 2C rocket from the Xichang space base in China’s Sichuan province. The spacecraft join nine others launched into similar 370-mile-high (600-kilometer)…
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Chinese navigation network expanded with pair of new Beidou satellites
A Long March 3B rocket launched from the Xichang space center at 2318 GMT (6:18 p.m. EST) on Jan. 11. Credit: Xinhua Two satellites destined to join China’s Beidou network successfully launched Thursday aboard a Long March 3B rocket, the first two of up to 18 new Chinese navigation craft scheduled for deployment this year.…
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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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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…
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China returns Long March 3B rocket to service after June failure
A Long March 3B rocket lifts off from the Xichang launch base Sunday with two Beidou navigation satellites. Credit: Xinhua China’s Long March 3B rocket, used to power navigation and communications satellites into high-altitude orbits, launched for the first time in nearly five months Sunday with two spacecraft for the country’s Beidou positioning network. Sunday’s…
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Long March rocket blasts off on first launch of the year
A Long March 3B rocket lifted off at 1518 GMT (10:18 a.m. EST) Thursday. Credit: CCTV A new satellite bound for geostationary orbit more than 22,000 miles over the equator launched aboard a Chinese Long March 3B rocket Thursday, but government officials have released little information about its mission. China’s state-run Xinhua news agency reported…
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New-generation geostationary weather satellite launched by China
A Long March 3B rocket lifted off Saturday with the Fengyun 4A weather satellite. Credit: Xinhua The first satellite in an upgraded series of Chinese geostationary weather observatories lifted off on top of a Long March 3B rocket Saturday to demonstrate the performance of new spacecraft systems and instrumentation. The nearly 11,700-pound (5,300-kilogram) Fengyun 4A…
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China launches data relay satellite for future space station crews
A Long March 3C/G2 rocket lifted off with the fourth Tianlian 1 data relay satellite Tuesday. Credit: Xinhua China added a fourth craft Tuesday to a network of geostationary data relay satellites tasked with keeping mission control in steady contact with Shenzhou crew capsules and a planned space station. The new satellite is the fourth…
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China’s first mobile telecom satellite successfully launched
A Long March 3B rocket took off at 1622 GMT (12:22 p.m. EDT) Friday with the Tiantong 1 satellite. Credit: Xinhua China sent a mobile communications satellite into orbit Friday on top of a Long March 3B rocket, marking the country’s 10th launch of 2016 as technicians gear up for the next flight of Chinese…
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China’s Beidou navigation network grows with successful launch
A Long March 3C rocket blasted off at 1530 GMT (11:30 a.m. EDT; 11:30 p.m. Beijing time) Sunday with a Beidou navigation satellite. Credit: Xinhua A Chinese Long March 3C rocket boosted a fresh satellite into orbit Sunday to join the country’s Beidou navigation system, deploying the craft into an elliptical orbit ranging more than 22,000…