by David Todd | Mar 24, 2020 | China, Launches, Military space, Satellites
China successfully launched three Yaogan satellites, Yaogan 30-6-1, -2, and -3, at 0343 GMT on 24 March using a Long March 2C flying from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in China. These Yaogan satellites are officially civilian in nature but are actually expected... by David Todd | Mar 16, 2020 | China, Launches, Satellites
The maiden flight of China’s Long March 7A at 1334 GMT lifted off on 16 March from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Centre on Hainan Island. But the launch failed when a serious problem arose with the second or third stage of the vehicle. The failure was not a complete... 
by David Todd | Mar 10, 2020 | China, Launches, Military space, Satellites
A Long March 3B/G3 (CZ-3B/G3) rocket successfully lifted off from its launch pad at the Xichang launch site in China at 1155 GMT on 10 March 2020. Aboard was a Beidou navigation satellite for the constellation that its the Chinese equivalent of GPS. The Beidou-3 G2Q... 
by Philip Hylands | Feb 20, 2020 | China, Launches, Satellites, Seradata News
China successfully launched a Long March 2D vehicle carrying four satellites, Xinjishu Shiyan-C, Xinjishu Shiyan-D Xinjishu Shiyan-E and Xinjishu Shiyan-F – more commonly known as XJS-C, XJS-D, XJS-E and XJS-F respectively – at 2107 GMT on 19 February from... 
by David Todd | Jan 16, 2020 | China, Launches, Satellites
China launched the Yinhe 1 satellite on a Kuaizhou 1A aunch vehicle from Jiuquan satellite launch centre at 0300 GMT on 16 January 2019. Built, owned and operated by Galaxy Space, the 227 kg Yinhe 1 is a technology test satellite for the forthcoming 5G standard mobile... 
by David Todd | Jan 16, 2020 | China, Launches, Satellites, Seradata News
China has launched four satellites on a Long March 2D/2 from the launch site at Taiyuan at 0253 GMT on 15 January 2020. The spacecraft were placed into a relatively low Sun-synchronous low Earth orbit of 491 x 477km at 97.4 degree inclination. The main payload was...
