by David Todd | Aug 16, 2019 | China, ESA, exploration, India, JAXA, NASA, Russia, Seradata News
Every August Seradata does its usua; analysis of the “runners and riders” in “The Great Space Race” between the major space nations. Actually there are two races we make judgment on: the race to return humans to the Moon and the race to place...
by Matt Wilson | Jul 29, 2019 | China, Launches, Military space, Satellites, Seradata News, Technology
An unexpected Chinese satellite launch took place from Xichang Satellite Launch Center at 0357 GMT, 26 July 2019. This mission saw a CALT (Chinese Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology) Long March 2C (CZ-2C) rocket orbit a triplet of YAOGAN 30-05 Earth Observation...
by David Todd | Jul 25, 2019 | China, Launches, Satellites, Seradata News
At circa 0500 GMT on 25 July, the Chinese commercial launch start-up firm iSpace successfully launched two cubesat-class spacecraft into a 300 km low Earth orbit from the Jiuquan launch site on its Hyperbola 1 (Shian Quxian) rocket – plus some payloads attached...
by David Todd | Jun 26, 2019 | China, Launches, Military space
At 1809 GMT a Long March 3B-G2 sent the Beidou-3 IGSO-2 (aka Beidou DW46) into initial transfer orbit of 35818 x 194 km at 28.6 degrees inclination from the Xichang launch site in China. The navigation satellite is expected to be moved to its final circular...
by David Todd | Jun 6, 2019 | China, Launches, Satellites
A Long March 11 (CZ-11) rocket was launched from a barge stationed in the Yellow Sea at 0406 GMT on 5 June. On board were seven satellites, including the Jilin-1 03A Earth observation satellite with an optical resolution of 1.13 m, which were launched into 543 x 528...
by David Todd | May 23, 2019 | China, Launches, Military space, Satellites
The Long March 4C launch of the Chinese Yaogan 33 satellite has ended in failure. The lift-off was at 2249 GMT on 22 May 2019 from the Taiyuan launch centre in China. Xinhua, the Chinese news agency, has reported that the failure occurred to the third stage, and that...
