by David Todd | Sep 17, 2014 | China, Russia, Seradata News, space station
China has announced that its Hainan Satellite Launch Centre, located in Wenchang, Hainan Province, in far Eastern China, is nearly complete, some five years after its construction began in September 2009. The base is needed for China’s large multi-module space...
by David Todd | Sep 8, 2014 | China
According to the official Chinese news agency Xinhua, China successfully launched the Yaogan-21 remote sensing satellite at 0322 GMT on 08 September 2014 using a Long March 4B rocket flying from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center. Also launched on the flight was the...
by David Todd | Sep 5, 2014 | China, commercial launch services
A Chinese Long March 2D/2 launch vehicle, lifting off from the Jiuquan launch site at 0015 GMT on 4 September 2014 successfully deployed two small communications satellites into orbit. Built by SAST (Shanghai Academy of Space Technology) the first satellite, Chuang...
by David Todd | Aug 20, 2014 | China, commercial launch services, Satellites, Science
China has launched the Gaofen 2 Earth observation spacecraft aboard a Long March 4B launch vehicle flying from the Taiyuan launch site at 0315 GMT on 19 August 2014. The 780kg spacecraft which is reported to have an imaging resolution of 0.8m Panchromatic and 3.2m in...
by David Todd | Aug 12, 2014 | China, Satellites
At 0545 GMT on 9 August 2014, the Yaogan 20 (Yaogan Weixing-20) mission was launched by a Long March 4C rocket flying out of the Jiuquan launch site in China. The mission, which contains a main satellite and two subsatellites built by CAST, is believed to be engaged...
by David Todd | Jul 29, 2014 | China, Satellites, Seradata News
In a turn key deal in which China will both manufacture and launch the spacecraft, China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) has formally signed an agreement on behalf of its subsidiary China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC) to build a new...
