News Archive / Tagged: Yaogan

• 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 conducts surprise launch of Long March 4C rocket, lofts four satellites into space

  Tomasz NowakowskiApril 11th, 2018

  Without any prior notice, China sent a Long March 4C booster aloft on Tuesday, April 10, carrying three Yaogan-31 spacecraft along with one microsatellite.

• Long March 2C set to launch Yaogan-30 trio into orbit

  Tomasz NowakowskiJanuary 24th, 2018

  China is preparing to conduct its fifth orbital mission this month by launching a Long March 2C rocket with three Yaogan-30 satellites.

• Long March 2C sends a triplet of Yaogan-30 satellites into orbit

  Tomasz NowakowskiDecember 26th, 2017

  On Tuesday, December 26, 2017, at 3:44 a.m. local time (19:44 GMT / 2:44 p.m. EST on Dec. 25), China launched its Long March 2C rocket with a trio of Yaogan-30 satellites into space.

• Long March 2D sends Yaogan Weixing 31 satellite aloft

  Tomasz NowakowskiDecember 3rd, 2017

  Using a Long March 2D booster, China has successfully sent its newest Yaogan Weixing remote sensing satellite into orbit. The launch was conducted at 04:11 GMT on Sunday, Dec. 3 (11:11 p.m. EST on Saturday, Dec. 2), 2017, from the LC43 Launch Complex at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in China's Gansu Province.

• Long March 2C sends Yaogan-30 trio into orbit

  Tomasz NowakowskiNovember 25th, 2017

  China has successfully carried out its fourth orbital launch this month, sending three Yaogan-30 02 reconnaissance satellites to orbit. The trio blasted off atop a Long March 2C booster at 2:10 a.m. local time on Saturday, Nov. 25 (18:10 GMT on Friday, November 24), from LC3 Launch Complex at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province.

• China returns to flight with a secretive launch of three satellites

  Tomasz NowakowskiOctober 1st, 2017

  China performed a secretive launch of a Long March 2C rocket on Friday, Sept. 29, 2017, ending the country’s three-month period without any orbital missions. The launch vehicle, carrying three Yaogan-30 01 satellites, lifted off at 04:21 UTC (0:21 a.m. EDT) from the LC3 Launch Complex at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center located in Sichuan province.

• Long March 2D successfully launches Yaogan-30 remote sensing satellite

  Tomasz NowakowskiMay 15th, 2016

  China successfully held its fifth launch this year, sending the Yaogan-30 satellite into space. The spacecraft lifted off at 10:43 a.m. local time on Sunday, May 15 (10:43 p.m. EDT Saturday, May 14) atop a Long March 2D rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in China.

• Chinese Long March 4C rocket conducts surprise Yaogan-29 launch

  Tomasz NowakowskiNovember 28th, 2015

  On Thursday, November 26, 2015, China conducted another surprise launch this year, lifting the Yaogan-29 satellite into space. The spacecraft was launched atop a Long March 4C booster at 4:24 p.m. EST (21:24 GMT) from the LC9 launch complex at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center (TSLC), located in Shanxi Province, north China.