The first launch of the “quick launch” Chinese Kuaizhou 1A (Feitian 1) launch vehicle took place from the Jiuquan launch centre in the Gobi Desert on 9 January at 0411 GMT. While the earlier Kuaizhou 1 incarnation of this rocket series had its fourth stage...
At 1518 GMT 0n 5 January 2017, a Long March 3B/G2 rocket took off from the Xichang launch site in China. Aboard was a mysterious satellite called TJS-2. The satellite was placed into a geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO) on its way to a final operational position in...
A Long March 2D/2 rocket lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China, at 1522 GMT, 21 December. The mission’s primary payload was the TANSAT, atmospheric carbon dioxide-monitoring minisatellite. Along with TANSAT there were reportedly three other...
China has launched its newest Feng Yun series weather satellite, Feng Yun 4A, into orbit using a Long March 3B/G2 rocket flying from the Xichang launch base at 1642 GMT on 10 December 2016. The Feng Yun 4 series is an improved spacecraft design over the previous...
China has launched the fourth in its series of Tianlian-1 satellites which are used to relay communications from other spacecraft to ground stations. The launch of the Long March 3C carrying the Tianlian 1D (Tianlian 1-04) spacecraft occurred at 1524 GMT from the...
The Shenzhou 11 Descent Module landed in the Inner Mongolia territory, in Northern China, at 0559 GMT on 18 November. The two taikonauts inside, Jing Haipeng and Chen Dong, were found to be in good health having already opened the pods main hatch. The taikonauts set a...
