Under the auspices of China Great Wall Industry Corp (CGWIC), the commercial launch provider and turnkey services arm of China Aerospace Science & Technology Corporation (CASC), a commercial flight of the Long March 2C (3) (CZ-2C (3)) rocket lifted off from the...
A Chinese rocket, Long March 2C (CZ-2C), has been launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China at 1030 GMT on 20 May 2022, according to reports by Xinhua. The vehicle reportedly carried three “communication test satellites”, as yet unnamed, to lower Earth...
The launch of the Jilin-1 Mofang-1A (R) Earth observation satellite by an upgraded version of the four-stage Hyperbola 1/SQX-1 (Shian Quxian-1) rocket has ended in failure. The launch took place from Jiuquan at 0709 GMT on 13 May. Initial reports are that after a...
China’s unpiloted cargo spacecraft, Tianzhou-4, docked with the Chinese Space Station (CSS) at 0047 GMT on 10 May, seven hours after its televised Long March 7 (CZ-7) launch which was broadcast on Chinese state media. The cargo freighter was launched at 1756 GMT...
A Long March-2D (CZ-2D) rocket launched from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, Northern China, at 0238 GMT on 5 May. The mission carried eight Jilin-1 Earth Observation satellites to a low Earth orbit (LEO). The primary payload was the larger Jilin-1 Kuanfu-01C...
A Long March 11H (CZ-11H) was launched from a ship/barge called the Tai Rui located in the Yellow Sea off China at 0330 GMT on 30 April 2022. On board were five Jilin-1 commercial imaging satellites which were deployed successfully into a sun-synchronous low Earth...
