A Long March 4C rocket launch vehicle successfully lifted off from the Jiuquan launch site in Inner Mongolia in China at 0425 GMT on 10 April 2018. Four satellites were being carried into low Earth orbit. Of the four spacecraft carried, three were classed as Yaogan...
Those fearful of the miniscule risk of being hit by space debris from the re-entering Tiangong-1 had nothing to fear.The uncontrolled re-entry of the Chinese mini-space station occurred at 0016 GMT on 2 April 2018 over the South Pacific. Re-entry experts have put the...
Three Gaofen 1 follow on satellites, called Gaofen 1-FO-1, -FO-2 and -FO-3 respectively, were launched from the Taiyuan launch site by a Long March 4C rocket at 0322 GMT on 30 March 2018. The 805kg satellites which are derivatives of the earlier Gaofen series, are...
Two navigation satellites Beidou 3 M10-S (Beidou 30) and Beidou 3 M11-S (Beidou 31) were successfully placed into orbit by a Long March 3B/YZ-1 launched from the Xichang launch site. Lift off was at 1756 GMT on 29 March. The two one metric ton satellites are part of...
While other analysts have suggested it will last in orbit until April, Seradata’s analysis is that Chinese mini-space station Tiangong 1 is likely to re-enter with debris hitting Earth probably within a week. The space station’s current perigee (low point...
A Long March 2D/2 (CZ-2D/2) launch vehicle has successfully launched a military reconnaissance satellite into a near polar sun-synchronous low Earth orbit. The launch took place at the Jiuquan launch site in Inner Mongolia, China, at 0710 GMT on 17 March 2019. China...
