At 0043 GMT, 29 October 2018, the CFOSAT mission was launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, PRC, by an Chinese Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT) Long March 2C (CZ-2C) rocket into Low Earth Orbit (LEO). CFOSAT (Chinese-French Oceanography...
The Chinese private launch company Landspace which is licenced by, but not run by, the Chinese state has had its first launch – and its first launch failure. The Zhuque-1 launch vehicle – better known as the ZQ-1 – was launched from the Jiuquan...
China successfully launched the Hai Yang 2B aka HY-2B (English translation: Ocean 2B/Marine 2B satellite) at 2257 GMT on 24 October on a Long March 4B (CZ-4B) launch vehicle from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre in China. The satellite will be used for...
Annoyed at apparent breaches in the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty by Russia, and concerned that the increasingly powerful China was not bound by its treaty limits, US President Donald J. Trump has given notice that USA will withdraw from the treaty. ...
The 69th International Astronautical Congress (IAC 2018) was held in the city of Bremen near the coast of Northern Germany. The Congress is both a technical symposium, where engineers, scientists and even lawyers present their papers, and a place where the great space...
At 0423 GMT, 15 October 2018, another Long March 3B rocket this year lifted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, PRC, carrying two BEIDOU-3 M satellites to MEO (Middle Earth Orbit) to bolster the “third phase” of their indigenous Beidou satellite...
