China launched three YAOGAN 39 satellites from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in southwest China’s Sichuan Province onboard a Long March 2D vehicle on 5 October at 0024 GMT. This is the third Yaogan 39 mission from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre. The...
China successfully launched a CERES 1 (GUSHENXING-1) launch vehicle from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre, China on 25 August 2023 at 0459 GMT. It carried JILIN-1 KUANFU 02A, which is a multispectral optical satellite to monitor remote sensing data related to the...
China successfully launched a Chinese Long March 3B/E rocket carrying the a new geostationary Earth observation satellite, Gaofen-13 02. The lift off from Xichang Satellite Lunch Centre took place at 0833 GMT on 17 March. Officially, Gaofen-13 02 will be used for...
The Chinese sent 14 new satellites into orbit on a Long March-2D/2 (CZ-2D/2) rocket at 0314 GMT on 15 January. The launch took place from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in the Shanxi Province of north China. Among the 14 satellites were high-resolution optical...
There are many space conferences every year, some specialising in military space hardware and applications, some aimed squarely at the commercial market, but when it comes to international space flight – and especially space agencies – there is perhaps only one...
