China successfully launched a 50 m long Long March 6A (CZ-6A) launch vehicle built by SAST from Taiyuan launch site in China at 0950 GMT on 29 March 2022. The launch was the maiden flight of the launch vehicle which uses a two YF-100 engine core and single YF-100...
At 0709 GMT on 17 March 2022, a Long March 4C (CZ-4C) rocket was launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Centre China. It was carrying Yaogan 34-02. This is officially a remote sensing/Earth observation satellite. The spacecraft is built by SAST. However, analysts are...
China successfully launched a Long March 2C (3) (CZ-2C (3)) vehicle from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre, China at 0601 GMT on 5 March 2022. The vehicle was carrying the SAST-built Yinhu 2-01 to 2-06 satellites owned by Galaxy Space which will be used as...
China has underlined its position as leading space launch provider in terms of nationality. A Long March 4C (CZ-4C) was launched from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 2344 GMT on 26 February. The spacecraft aboard was the Ludi Tance radar satellite. Under four...
Space News reports that China’s docking technology test satellite Shijian-21, having completed its own rendevous testing with a dummy satellite while in an eight degree inclined geosynchronous Earth orbit (GSO), was moved in late December 2021 to rendezvous and...
The Chinese telecommunications satellite Chinasat-6A (aka Sinosat 6) is likely to be declared a total loss for insurance purposes after the satellite failed to recover from the attitude control issues it has been suffering since early December. The satellite, which...
