During the period 15-17 November, astronauts, cosmonauts and taikonauts (Chinese astronauts) all took part in extra vehicular activity (EVA) on three spacewalks. Both the International Space Station (ISS) and the Chinese Space Station (Tiandong) were involved. On 15...
Under the shadow of the much publicised NASA SLS launch a commercial Chinese rocket has carried five satellites into LEO. The mission lifted-off at 0620 GMT on 16 November from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. Onboard the Ceres-1 (Gushenxing-1) small launch...
The Chinese optical remote sensing satellite Yaogan 34-03 satellite was launched on a Long March 4C (CZ-4C) rocket from Jiuquan launch site at 0138 GMT on 15 November 2022. The satellite is believed to have been built by SAST – Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight...
China launched the Tianzhou-5 resupply mission at 0203 GMT on 12 November. The freighter was propelled into orbit by a Long March 7 (CZ-7) rocket lifting-off from the Wenchang Space Launch Site, Hainan Island. Once placed into orbit the freighter conducted a two hour...
The Chinese successfully launched a Long March 6A (CZ-6A) from Taiyan Satellite Launch Centre, China, at 2252 GMT on 11 November. The vehicle was carrying Yunhai 3, a Chinese weather and atmospheric research satellite. Officially owned by China Academy of Sciences...
Having previously docked on 31 October 2022, on 3 November 2022 the Mengtian laboratory module has successfully finished transposition from axial to radial port of Chinese Space Station (CSS) via a robot arm. The station is now in its full T configuration. While the...
