At 0800 GMT on 21 May China successfully launched a Long March 2C (CZ-2C) rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. The mission placed three satellites into LEO for two Chinese universities: Luojia 2-01, a SAR microsatellite for Wuhan University and Aomen...
Launching at 0249 GMT on 17 May a CALT Long March 3B (CZ-3B) rocket has carried a Chinese BeiDou-3 satellite navigation satellite into orbit. The mission lifted-off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Southern China. The BeiDou-3 unit, identified as BeiDou-3...
After spending 276 days in orbit, China’s unmanned mini-shuttle/spaceplane, dubbed the CSSHQ 1, landed on 8 May following its second flight in orbit. No TV coverage of the landing was released, or even its landing time, but the China Aerospace Science and Technology...
China successfully launched a Long March 4B from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre, China at 0136 GMT on 16 April. The vehicle was carrying Feng Yun 3G (also referred to as Fengyun-3 07), a low Earth orbit precipitation measurement satellite. The meteorological...
A test launch of the i-Space (China)’s Hyperbola-1 (SQX-1) three-stage solid rocket launch vehicle aka Shyang Quxian-1 has been deemed a success. The launch took place at 0400 GMT on 7 April 2023. While no live satellites were on board, an object, believed to...
Space Pioneer, a private Chinese space launch provider, successfully sent the new three-stage Tianlong-2 rocket on its maiden flight to orbit from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre, China, at 0948 GMT on 2 April. The rocket uses LOX/kerosene as its propellants. The...
