China launched the Yinhe 1 satellite on a Kuaizhou 1A aunch vehicle from Jiuquan satellite launch centre at 0300 GMT on 16 January 2019. Built, owned and operated by Galaxy Space, the 227 kg Yinhe 1 is a technology test satellite for the forthcoming 5G standard mobile...
China has launched four satellites on a Long March 2D/2 from the launch site at Taiyuan at 0253 GMT on 15 January 2020. The spacecraft were placed into a relatively low Sun-synchronous low Earth orbit of 491 x 477km at 97.4 degree inclination. The main payload was...
Two launches occurred on 7 January 2020, signalling the start of a new year of launches. The first launch was early in the day and lifted-off from Cape Canaveral, United States of America, at 0219 GMT. The second mission took place from the Xichang Satellite Launch...
While still high relative to recent years, the space launch total for 2019 at 102 orbital attempted launches was more than 10 per cent down on last year’s figure of 114. China continued to dominate, again taking the number one spot with 34 launches. These included the...
China successfully launched the experimental communications satellite Shi Jian 20 on the reflight of the Long March 5 at 1245 GMT on 27 December. The launch took place from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Centre on Hainan Island, China. It placed a communications...
A Long March 4B (CZ-4B) rocket was launched from the Taiyuan launch site at 0322 GMT on 20 December 2019. Aboard were eight spacecraft being carried to a Sun-synchronous low Earth orbit. The main payload in terms of mass and mission, and the first one released, was...
