by David Todd | Mar 31, 2014 | China, commercial launch services, Satellites, Seradata News
A Long March 2C rocket successfully launched the Shi Jian 11-06 (aka Shijian 11-06) early warning satellite from the Jiuquan launch site in China at 0258 GMT on 31 March 2014. The 300kg spacecraft which is believed to use a CAST 968 bus built by the DongFangHong...
by David Todd | Mar 19, 2014 | China, Satellites
We previously noted in one of our “On a lighter note” stories, the Pentagon was forced to sheepishly admit to having been leasing capacity on a Chinese communications satellite to allow its troops in Africa good communications via a $10.7 million...
by David Todd | Mar 10, 2014 | China, commercial launch services
The China Great Wall Industries Corp is reported by Space News to have revealed the cause of the Long March 4B launch failure in December 2013. According to the report, the launch failure which destroyed the CBERS 3 (China Brazil Earth Resources Satellite 3) was...
by David Todd | Feb 12, 2014 | China, exploration, Science, Seradata News
It had been reported that China’s Yutu (“Jade Rabbit”) lunar rover has failed to reactivate and return telemetry signals two days after its second lunar night ended. Responding to these media reports, the Chinese National Space Agency (CNSA) via...
by David Todd | Jan 28, 2014 | China, Commercial human spaceflight, commercial launch services, History, On a Lighter Note, Satellites, SpaceX
As the Chinese New Year arrives, we note that China has traditionally been very superstitious about encouraging good luck. As part of the Feng Shui superstition, individuals and organisations can encourage good luck energy to enter their realms by simple measures...
by David Todd | Jan 28, 2014 | China, exploration, Seradata News
China’s first lunar rover, Yutu (Jade Rabbit), which was landed onto the surface of the Moon as part of the Chang’E 3 mission has experienced a “mechanical control abnormality”. The exact nature of the anomaly has not been specified but it is...
