Two navigation satellites, Beidou 3M-7 and Beidou 3M-8, were launched by China at 2318 GMT on 11 January 2018. The launch of the satellite pair was by the Long March 3B/YZ-1 which was flying from its usual Xichang launch site. The 1,014kg satellites were built by the...
On 11 January 2018, China Great Wall Industries Corp (CGWIC) and Royal Group of Cambodia signed a Framework Agreement for CGWIC to oversee the construction and launch of the TECHO 1 Communications Satellite Project. The signing took place in the Peach Palace, Phnom...
Two remote sensing satellites, Gaojing 1-3 (Superview 3) and Gaojing 1-4 (Superview 4), were successfully launched at 0317 GMT on 9 January from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre in China on a Long March 2D/2 launch vehicle. The satellites will be used as part of...
At 1944 GMT on Christmas Day (25 December 2017) China launched three Yaogan 30 spacecraft (Yaogan 30-03-A, B and C) to a 600 km low Earth orbit inclined at 35 degrees relative to the equator. The launch which used a Long March 2C rocket took place from Xiching –...
At 0414 GMT on 23 December 2017, China launched its YAOGAN 31-2 (LKW-2) remote sensing spacecraft into a sun-synchronous orbit. The launch took place from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre, China using an expendable Long March 2D/2 (CZ-2D/2) rocket. Officially the...
Lifting off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China, a Long March 3B-G2 (CZ 3B-G2), medium lift rocket has carried the ALCOMSAT-1 satellite to a Geosynchronus Transfer Orbit (GTO). From this orbit, the spacecraft’s own engines will transport it to its...
