by Mark Williamson | Jun 17, 2021 | China, Launches, Personal spaceflight, Satellites, Seradata News, space station
China launched its first crew to the Tianhe core module of the formative China Space Station (CSS) on 17 June 2021, marking an historic development for this relatively new spacefaring nation. The Shenzhou-12 spacecraft was launched to a 380 km low Earth orbit on a...
by Mark Williamson | Jun 16, 2021 | China, Military space, Russia, Space politics
A summit held in Brussels on 14 June 2021 has extended NATO’s overarching prerogative to the domain of space, which means that a space-based attack on one or more member nations is now considered an attack against them all. This focus was previously applied, by the 30...
by Matt Wilson | Jun 11, 2021 | China, Launches, Military space, Satellites, Seradata News
China successfully launched a Long March 2D (CZ-2D) vehicle from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, China, at 0303 GMT on 11 June 2021. The vehicle was carrying four satellites: BEIJING 3, a commercial earth observation satellite; HAISI 2, a civil SAR remote sensing...
by Matt Wilson | Jun 3, 2021 | China, Launches, Satellites, Seradata News
A new meteorological satellite for China was launched at 1617 GMT on 2 June. The mission utilised a Long March 3B-G2 (CZ-3B-G2) rocket and lifted-off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China. The satellite Fengyun-4B (FY-4B) was placed in to a Geostationary...
by Matt Wilson | Jun 1, 2021 | China, Launches, Satellites, Seradata News, space station
China launched the Tianzhou-2 resupply freighter to the Chinese Space Station (CSS) at 1255 GMT, on 29 May. The mission lifted-off from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site, Southern China, and utilised a Long March 7 (CZ-7) rocket. Following its launch the freighter...
by Matt Wilson | May 20, 2021 | China, Launches, Satellites, Seradata News
China successfully launched a Long March 4B (CZ-4B) vehicle carrying the HAIYANG 2D satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 0403 GMT on 19 March 2021 into a sun-synchronous orbit. The HAIYANG 2D satellite is to be used to monitor the health of the seas...
