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...
by David Todd | May 20, 2019 | China, Launches, Satellites, Seradata News
China has launched Beidou DW45 (aka Beidou 2-G8), its 45th satellite of its Beidou navigation satellite constellation. The launch took place from the Xichang launch site and used a Long March-3C/G2 rocket. The rocket lifted-off at 1548 GMT on 17 May 2019. The...
by David Todd | May 9, 2019 | China, Military space, Seradata News, Space Arts, SpaceX
While the UK Prime Minister Theresa May might be at risk of being imminently fired herself – not least over her determined self-righteousness over her Brexit plan (Update on 28 May 2019: Prime Minister May has now given in her notice to quit and will leave...
by David Todd | Apr 30, 2019 | China, Launches, Satellites, Seradata News
A Long March 4B (CZ-4B) launch vehicle has successfully launched three Tianhui Earth imaging satellites into low Earth apparently Sun-synchnronous orbits. The satellites carry the official titles of Tianhui Yi Hao 01 Xing, Tianhui Yi Hao 02 Xing, Tianhui Yi Hao 03...
