News Archive / Tagged: Xichang Satellite Launch Center

• Long March 3B orbits another BeiDou-3 satellite duo

  Tomasz NowakowskiNovember 19th, 2018

  Using its long-serving Long March 3B rocket, China sent another pair of BeiDou-3 spacecraft for the country’s homegrown satellite navigation system on Monday, November 19 (local time). This is the eighth time this year that Beijing has launched a BeiDou-3 duo to replenish its navigation network.

• Long March 3B lofts BeiDou-3 spacecraft

  Tomasz NowakowskiNovember 2nd, 2018

  Using a Long March 3B booster a new geosynchronous spacecraft for the country’s BeiDou satellite navigation system was sent to orbit on Thursday, November 1. The satellite, designated BeiDou-3 G1Q, expands China's BeiDou network to 17.

• Long March 3B adds another spacecraft duo for China’s BeiDou satellite navigation system

  Tomasz NowakowskiOctober 16th, 2018

  Continuing its busy 2018 manifest, a Long March 3B rocket launched to deliver the two newest spacecraft for China’s homegrown satellite navigation network.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Contact lost with China’s DSLWP-A1 lunar microsatellite

  Tomasz NowakowskiJune 1st, 2018

  China has apparently lost contact with one of its two lunar radio astronomy microsatellites sent into space last week together with a communications relay spacecraft for Chang’e 4 lunar mission.

• Long March 4C sends Chang’e 4 relay satellite toward Moon

  Tomasz NowakowskiMay 21st, 2018

  Using a Long March 4C rocket, China launched the first spacecraft of its Chang’e 4 lunar mission along with two smaller satellites. The booster lifted off at 5:28 p.m. EDT (21:28 GMT) May 20, 2018, from Launch Complex 3 at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in the country's Sichuan Province.

• First spacecraft for China’s Chang’e 4 lunar mission launching Sunday

  Tomasz NowakowskiMay 19th, 2018

  China's Queqiao communications relay satellite is undergoing final preparations before launch. It is the first spacecraft of the country's ambitious Chang'e 4 mission, which will culminate in the first spacecraft to soft-land on the far side of the moon in late 2018.

• Long March 3B rocket booster crashes to Earth near Chinese town

  Tomasz NowakowskiMay 13th, 2018

  One of the Long March 3B rocket’s four liquid boosters crashed to Earth near houses in Heba Town in southwest China’s Guizhou Province after successfully sending the ApStar-6C communications satellite into space.

• Long March 3B launches APStar-6C communications satellite

  Tomasz NowakowskiMay 3rd, 2018

  On Thursday, May 3 China launched its flagship Long March 3B rocket on a mission to send the APStar-6C communications satellite to orbit.