Every August – the silly season when hard news is hard to come by – this column does its bit to help out with an analysis of the runners and riders in the “Great Space Race”. We rate space nations’ space programmes in the form of bookmaker’s odds, according to which...
China launched a Long March 6 (CZ-6) rocket at 0450 GMT on 10 August from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center. The rocket carried 16 satellites built by Chang Guang Satellite Technology Co. Ltd., into a sun-synchronous, low Earth orbit. They will form part of its...
Galactic Energy of China launched the third Ceres-1 (aka Gushenxing-1) solid rocket four-stage launch vehicle successfully with its lift off from Jiuquan launch site taking place at 0411 GMT on 9 August. The flight carried the Taijing-1 01 and Taijing-1 02 optical...
China successfully launched a Long March 4B (CZ-4B) rocket from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center at 0308 GMT on 4 August. The mission carried three satellites, of which the primary one was the environmental monitoring unit, TECIS-1. TECIS-1 (Terrestrial Ecosystem...
The main stage of a Long March 5B (CZ-5B) rocket stage which was used to launch the Wentian module to the Chinese Space Station on 24 July, safely fell back to Earth on 30 July at circa 1645 GMT. The re-entry, while safely achieved, caused international controversy...
China launched a Long March 2D/2 (CZ-2D) rocket from Xichang Satellite Launch Center at 1328 GMT on 29 July. The rocket carried a trio of Yaogon-35 satellites to LEO. This is the third batch of units with this designation. They are reported to be used for “Scientific...
