Launching at 0249 GMT on 17 May a CALT Long March 3B (CZ-3B) rocket has carried a Chinese BeiDou-3 satellite navigation satellite into orbit. The mission lifted-off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Southern China. The BeiDou-3 unit, identified as BeiDou-3...
After spending 276 days in orbit, China’s unmanned mini-shuttle/spaceplane, dubbed the CSSHQ 1, landed on 8 May following its second flight in orbit. No TV coverage of the landing was released, or even its landing time, but the China Aerospace Science and Technology...
China successfully launched a Long March 4B from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre, China at 0136 GMT on 16 April. The vehicle was carrying Feng Yun 3G (also referred to as Fengyun-3 07), a low Earth orbit precipitation measurement satellite. The meteorological...
A test launch of the i-Space (China)’s Hyperbola-1 (SQX-1) three-stage solid rocket launch vehicle aka Shyang Quxian-1 has been deemed a success. The launch took place at 0400 GMT on 7 April 2023. While no live satellites were on board, an object, believed to...
Space Pioneer, a private Chinese space launch provider, successfully sent the new three-stage Tianlong-2 rocket on its maiden flight to orbit from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre, China, at 0948 GMT on 2 April. The rocket uses LOX/kerosene as its propellants. The...
On 30 March 2023, Chinese astronauts “taikonauts” Fei Junlong and Zhang Lu began their third space walk. The third crew member of Shenzhou 15 crew, Deng Qingming ,assisted from within the Chinese Space Station. Details on exact times have remained sketchy...
