At 0013 GMT on 30 December 2023, a Long March 2C/YZ-1 (CZ-2C/YZ-1S) was launched from Jiuquan launch site carrying a suspected set of three broadband internet communications satellites as prototypes for a Chinese internet satellite constellation. The satellites are...
At 2239 GMT on Christmas Day (25 December 2023) a Long March 11 (CZ-11) launched three Shiyan-24C experimental satellites from from a barge launch pad off Guangdong. . A Long March 11 (CZ-11) rocket launched SY24C satellites have been cataloged in a 540 x 553 x 540...
Four Tianmu-1 satellites (Tianmu-1 11-14) used for meteorological measurement using signals occultation of navigation satellite signals were successfully launched by a Chinese Kuaizhou-1A (KZ-1A) solid fuel rocket at Jiuquan, Inner Mongolia at 0100 GMT on 25 December....
China’s national launch rate remains impressive. Its 62nd launch of the year was of the Hyperbola-1 (aka SQX-1) rocket which took place at 0700 GMT on 17 December. . The launch took place from the Jiuquan launch site in Inner Mongolia. Aboard was the Dear-1 prototype...
A Long March 5/YZ-2 rocket was successfully launched from Wenchang Satellite Launch Centre, Hainan Island on 15 December at 1341 GMT. The payload is reported to be Yaogan-41, a high orbit optical remote sensing satellite. Chinese state television (CCTV) later...
Launching from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China, a Long March 2F rocket has reportedly successfully carried a Chinese reusable spaceplane into LEO. There has been no official confirmation of the launch time from Chinese sources but observers believe lift-off...
