Wang Yaping has become the first Chinese woman to perform a spacewalk. On 7 November at 1051 GMT, Mission Commander Zhai Zhigang opened the hatch of the Chinese Space Station (CSS) to be joined by Wang. The third member of the crew, Taikonaut Ye Guangfu, assisted from...
China successfully launched a Long March 2D (CZ-2D) from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China, at 0300 GMT on 6 November. The vehicle was carrying a triplet of satellites identified as Yaogan 35-01-A, 35-01-B, and 35-01-C. The satellites were placed into a near...
China successfully launched a Long March 6 (CZ-6) vehicle from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, China, at 0219 GMT on 5 November. The vehicle was carrying the SDGSAT-1 satellite developed by the China Academy of Sciences to provide Remote Sensing data to support...
China successfully launched a Long March 2C with a YS-1 upper-stage (CZ-2C/YS-1) vehicle from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre, Chine, at 0743 GMT on 3 November. The vehicle was carrying the Yaogan 32-02-A and Yaogan 32-02-B satellites which are believed to have an...
Launching from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, Northern China, a Kuiazhou-1A rocket has orbited the Jilin-1 Gaofen 02F, Earth Observation satellite. The mission took place at 0619 GMT on 27 October and saw the satellite placed into a LEO sun-synchronous orbit at...
China has launched a further technology test satellite in its SHI JIAN series. The mission lifted-off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China, at 0127 GMT on 24 October and utilised a Long March 3B/G2 (CZ-3B/G2) rocket. The satellite, known as Shi Jian 21...
