by David Todd | Oct 4, 2013 | China, commercial launch services, exploration, History, Satellites, Science, space station
While there remain elements of Communist China’s history that cause more sadness and regret than outright celebration, the Chinese nation does have one thing can it can unequivocally celebrate: China’s much admired space programme. At the 64th International...
by David Todd | Sep 30, 2013 | China, commercial launch services, Satellites, Seradata News
The new solid rocket Kuaizhou launch vehicle successfully orbited a test reconnaissance satellite named Kuaizhou-1 from the Jiuquan launch site in China at 0437 GMT on 25 September. Details of the Kuaizhou (translation: fast clipper) launch vehicle remain sketchy but...
by David Todd | Sep 30, 2013 | China, Satellites, Science
The Chinese meteorological satellite Feng Yun 3C was successfully launched into a sun-synchronous low Earth orbit at 0307 GMT on 23 September 2013. The 2,200kg satellite was carried into orbit by a Long March 4C launch vehicle which lifted off from the Taiyuan...
by David Todd | Sep 4, 2013 | China, commercial launch services, Satellites
According to the Chinese news service Xinhua, a Long March 4c launch which took place from the Jiuquan launch site in China on 1 September (2 September local time) was carrying a scientific satellite payload for land survey work. Western analysts think that the...
by David Todd | Jun 5, 2013 | China, History, On a Lighter Note
Despite all those who have fought for women’s rights and equality, sadly, in many nations not only are women still paid less than their male counterparts, they are also given lesser job titles. Having said that, perhaps it is a quirk of translation that...
by David Todd | May 1, 2013 | China, On a Lighter Note
As China flexes its financial,military and political might and continues to make border and island incursions into the disputed terrotories held by its neighbours (India, Vietnam, Japan. Philippines, Taiwan etc), fears remain that China may one day resort to full...
