China successfully launched a Long March 3B (CZ-3B) vehicle carrying the Gaofen 14 Earth imaging satellite into a Sun-synchronous low Earth orbit at 0358 GMT on 6 December 2020. The launch took place from the LC3 launch complex at the Xichang Satellite Launch...
While China has come under international criticism for some of its policies, it still retains international admiration for its space exploits. The latest was the launch of its Chang’e 5 lunar sample return mission. The Chang’e 5 lunar orbiter/lander/sample return...
The second Tiantong-1 geostationary communications satellite aka Tiantong 1-02 was launched successfully at 1559 GMT on 12 November 2020. The mission used a Long March-3B/G2 rocket from the LC2 Launch Complex at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center. The satellite which...
Hong Kong-based satellite operator APT Satellite Company (APSTAR) announced a deal for a new satellite and launch on 10 November 2020. APSTAR signed the turnkey contract with China Great Wall Industry Corp (CGWIC) for a GEO communications satellite based on its CAST...
A Chinese rocket at first sight beat the odds when it launched successfully on its maiden flight (maiden launches have failure rates of circa 50 per cent). The launch of the Ceres-1 (Gushenxing-1) rocket carried the Tianqi-11 communications satellite from the Jiuquan...
The Argentina’s Adelph-1 constellation gained ten new NuSat Earth observation spacecraft (NuSats 9 – 18) in orbit when they were launched by a Chinese Long March 6 (CZ-6) from the Tiayuan launch site at 0319 GMT on 6 November 2020. The 37.5 kg spacecraft...
