The four-stage solid rocket Jielong-3 (aka Smart Dragon-3) was launched from a launch platform in the sea off the coast near Yangjiang, Guangdong Province, China, at 1924 GMT on 5 December 2023 carrying the Weixing Hulianwang Jishu Shiyan 03 (WHJS-03) satellite for...
A Ceres-1 rocket built by commercial Chinese company Galactic Energy has carried two satellites into LEO. The launch took place at 2333 GMT, 4 December, from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China. On-board were Xingchi-1A and Jihneg-1 (Tainyan-16) a...
Egypt’s Earth observation satellite Misr-Sat-2 was launched on a Long March-2C/3 (CZ-2C/3) rocket from Jiuquan at 0410 GMT on 4 December 2023. The launch also carried two small Xingchi-1 02A and 02B (aka Starpool-02A and -02B).satellites for Beijing’s...
A Long March-2D/YZ-3 (CZ-2D/YZ-3) rocket was launched from Xichang Satellite Launch Center at 1000 GMT on 23 November 2023. The Y59 flight used a Yuanzheng-3 (YZ-3) upper stage to carry a trio of demonstration satellite for the internet constellation called...
China’s launched the Haiyang 3A (aka HY3-01) ocean colour monitoring satellite at 0355 GMT on 16 November 2023. The rocket used was the CALT operated Long March 2C/3/YZ-1S (CZ-2C/3/YZ-1S) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 0355 GMT on 16 November...
Galactic energy has released the results of the investigation into the Ceres-1 launch failure in September which lost the Jilin 1 High Resolution 04B-01 (Gaofen 4B-01) imaging satellite resulting in an insurance loss of US$7.5 million. The lift off occurred at 0459...
