by Matt Wilson | Oct 18, 2019 | China, Launches, Military space, Satellites, Seradata News, Technology
Lifting-off at 1521 GMT, on 17 October, a Long March-3B/G2 rocket has dropped-off the TJSW-4 satellite into a Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO). The mission lifted-off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, Southern China. The TJSW (Tongxin Jishu Shiyan Weixing)...
by Matt Wilson | Oct 7, 2019 | China, Launches, Satellites, Seradata News
Lifting-off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, Northern China at 1850 GMT on 4 October 2019, a Long March-4C (CZ-4C) rocket carried the Gaofen-10R satellite into Low Earth Orbit (LEO). The satellite has entered into a sun-synchronous low Earth orbit inclined at...
by Matt Wilson | Sep 25, 2019 | China, Launches, Military space, Satellites, Seradata News
Lifting-off at 0054 GMT, 25 September 2019, a Chinese Long March 2D/2 (CZ-2D/2) rocket has lifted the YUNHAI 1-02 meteorological satellite in to a Low Earth Orbit (LEO). The mission launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, Northern China. The official...
by David Todd | Sep 19, 2019 | China, Launches
China successfully launched a Long March 11 from a mobile platform at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre at 0642 GMT on 19 September 2019. The launch vehicle was carrying five satellites, ZHUHAI-1 OHS-05, ZHUHAI-1 OHS-06, ZHUHAI-1 OHS-07, ZHUHAI-1 OHS-08 and ZHUHAI-1...
by David Todd | Sep 12, 2019 | China, Launches, Satellites
China successfully launched a Long March 4B (CZ-4B) launch vehicle at 0326 GMT on 12 September from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre. The vehicle was carrying three satellite payloads, Zi Yuan 1-2D, BNU-1 and Jinniuzuo-1. The Zi Yuan 1-2D is an 1840 kg Chinese-built...
by David Todd | Aug 22, 2019 | Apollo, China, ESA, exploration, India, JAXA, NASA, Russia, Seradata News
Every August Seradata does its usual analysis of the “runners and riders” in “The Great Space Race” between the major space nations. Here we judge each space programme on the basis of technological ability, financial and other resources, national will and, most...
