An improved version of the Chinese Long March-3B/G2 (CZ-3B/G2) rocket has successfully launched the Chinasat 19 communications satellite (aka Zhongxing-19) on a geosynchronous Transfer orbit (GTO) from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre, China at 1150 GMT on 5...
A Long March 5B (CZ-5B) rocket lifted off from its launch pad at 0737 GMT on 31 October 2022. The launch took place from Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site on the island of Hainan. Aboard was a key piece of the Chinese Space Station (CSS), the Mengtian experiment...
China successfully launched a Long March 2D/2 (CZ-2D/2) from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre, China at 0101 GMT on 29 October 2022. The vehicle was carrying Shiyan 20C – which means Experiment 20C – a mysterious Chinese satellite built by Chinese Academy...
China launched a Long March 2D (CZ-2D) rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center on 14 October. The mission which lifted-off at 1912 GMT carried three satellites to LEO. The mission reportedly launched the second Yaogan 36 triplet of satellites. These spacecraft...
At 2253 GMT on 12 October China conducted a Long March 2C/3 (CZ-2C/3) launch that was a surprise to many Western observers. The mission from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Northern China carried the HJ-2E (Huanjing Jianzai 2E) Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)...
The NASA DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) experimental asteroid collision mission has been declared a major scientific success. This was after telescopes on Earth ascertained that the orbit of the 160-metre-wide asteroid, Dimorphos, had been significantly...
