News Archive / Tagged: China

• China launches Long March 2C with Yaogan-32 duo atop

  Tomasz NowakowskiOctober 9th, 2018

  China continues to maintain the country's busy 2018 launch manifest with the flight of a pair of Yaogan-32 remote sensing satellites.

• China’s Tiangong-2 space laboratory to be deorbited after July 2019

  Tomasz NowakowskiOctober 7th, 2018

  The date when China's space station will reenter Earth's atmosphere is edging ever closer.

• Chinese light-lift Kuaizhou 1A launcher orbits Centispace-1 1S test satellite

  Tomasz NowakowskiSeptember 29th, 2018

  China successfully launched a Kuaizhou 1A rocket on Saturday, September 29. This light-lift booster sent the small test satellite, known as Centispace-1 1S to space.

• China sends BeiDou-3 M13 and M14 navigation satellites into orbit

  Tomasz NowakowskiSeptember 20th, 2018

  Using a Long March 3B rocket, China orbited a pair of BeiDou-3 spacecraft for its homegrown satellite navigation system. Liftoff took place at 10:07 a.m. EDT (14:07 GMT / 10:07 p.m. local time) Sept. 19, 2018.

• China conducts surprise launch of Long March 2C with Haiyang-1C marine satellite

  Tomasz NowakowskiSeptember 8th, 2018

  China launched a Long March 2C booster on a mission to deliver the Haiyang-1C marine satellite into space. The rocket lifted off at 11:15 p.m. EDT Sept. 6 (11:15 a.m. local time / 03:15 GMT Sept. 7), 2018, from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in China’s Shanxi Province.

• Chinese startup launches three CubeSats into space

  Tomasz NowakowskiSeptember 6th, 2018

  I-Space, a Beijing-based space startup, successfully launched on Wednesday, Sept. 5, its SQX-1Z rocket carrying three CubeSats. The flight marked the first time when a private Chinese company sends satellites into space.

• Two new BeiDou-3 navigation satellites launched atop Long March 3B

  Tomasz NowakowskiAugust 26th, 2018

  On Saturday, August 25, China successfully launched its Long March 3B booster carrying two new BeiDou-3 spacecraft to replenish China's homegrown satellite navigation network.

• China launches Gaofen 11 Earth-observing satellite atop Long March 4B

  Tomasz NowakowskiJuly 31st, 2018

  A Long March 4B rocket took to the skies on Tuesday, July 31, on a mission to deliver China’s Gaofen 11 high-resolution Earth-observing spacecraft to orbit.

• Long March 3B sends BeiDou-3 satellite duo into space

  Tomasz NowakowskiJuly 29th, 2018

  Lifting off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China’s Sichuan Province, a Long March 3B booster orbited a pair of BeiDou-3 spacecraft for the country’s homegrown satellite navigation system.

• China churns out yet another launch with flight of BeiDou-2 I7 navigation satellite

  Tomasz NowakowskiJuly 10th, 2018

  On Monday, July 9, China utilized a Long March 3A rocket to send the BeiDou-2 I7 satellite on its way to orbit. The flight marked the second successful launch in less than two days - and added another spacecraft to the nation's homegrown BeiDou satellite navigation system.

• Long March 2C orbits two Earth-observing satellites for Pakistan

  Tomasz NowakowskiJuly 10th, 2018

  Lifting off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center (TSLC) in China’s Shanxi Province, a Long March 2C rocket orbited the PRSS-1 and PakTES 1A Earth-observing spacecraft for Pakistan on Monday, July 9.

• China launches technology demonstration satellites atop Long March 2C – spent stage falls on town

  Tomasz NowakowskiJune 27th, 2018

  China launched a Long March 2C rocket carrying two technology demonstration satellites designated XJSW A and XJSW B on Wednesday, June 27.

• China poised to orbit pair of BeiDou-3 navigation satellites

  Tomasz NowakowskiJune 18th, 2018

  The Chinese National Space Administration is in final preparations to launch another pair of its BeiDou-3 navigation satellites, designated BeiDou-3 M5 and M6, into orbit on Wednesday, June 20.

• Long March 3A lifts off with Fengyun 2H weather satellite

  Tomasz NowakowskiJune 5th, 2018

  A Long March 3A booster was launched June 5, 2018, by China to deliver the Fengyun 2H meteorological spacecraft into space. The rocket lifted off the pad at 9:07 a.m. EDT (13:07 GMT) from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center situated in the country's Sichuan Province.

• Long March 2D launches Gaofen 6 and Luojia 1 to orbit

  Tomasz NowakowskiJune 3rd, 2018

  A Long March 2D booster took to the skies on Saturday, June 2, to deliver the Gaofen 6 Earth-observing satellite and Luojia 1 CubeSat into space.