by David Todd | Apr 6, 2016 | China, Launches, Satellites, Science
At 1738 GMT on 5 April 2015, China launched its Shi Jian 10 mission into orbit on board a Long March 2D/2 (CZ-2D/2) rocket. The launch took place from the Jiuquan launch site in China. The 3,500kg satellite which was manufactured by CAST (Chinese Academy of Space...
by David Todd | Mar 30, 2016 | China, Launches, Satellites
At 2011 GMT on 29 March 2016, a Long March 3A launch vehicle has successfully launched Beidou 2-IGS 6 from the Xichang launch site in China. The 3,800kg spacecraft which was built by CAST (Chinese Academy of Space Technology) was the 22nd Beidou navigation satellite...
by David Todd | Feb 2, 2016 | China, Satellites, Seradata News
China’s latest addition to its Beidou navigation satellite constellation, Beidou 3 M3-S was launched on 1 February 2016 on board a Long March 3C/YZ-1 (CZ-3C/YZ-1) rocket. The launch took place from the Xichang launch site at 0729 GMT. The 1N014kg satellite...
by David Todd | Jan 4, 2016 | China, Launches, Satellites, Seradata News
China has launched an Earth observation/remote sensing satellite able to “stare” at regions of the Earth continuously from its Geostationary orbit some 36,000km away from the Earth’s surface. The 4,600kg spacecraft, called Gaofen-4, was built by...
by David Todd | Dec 17, 2015 | China, Launches, Satellites, Science
A Long March 2D-2 rocket lifted off from the Jiuquan launch site in Inner Mongolia carrying the DAMPE (Wukong) astronomy satellite at 0012 GMT on 17 December 2015. DAMPE – DArk Matter Particle Explorer carries a space telescope for the detection of high energy...
by David Todd | Dec 17, 2015 | Apollo, China, exploration, NASA, Orion, Russia
Just as most modern jet airliners look the same as they optimise their shapes for their mission, so manned spacecraft are starting to look very similar. Sinodefence.com has revealed that China is working on a new manned spacecraft design that appears to be a close...
