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...
Via a launch of its Long March 3B/G2 (2) Improved (CZ-3B/G2 (2) Improved) rocket, China put its new Chinasat-6E (Zhongxing-6E) communications satellite into orbit from Xichang launch site in China. The launch occurred at 1123 GMT on 9 November. The spacecraft was...
At 1454 GMT on 3 November a Long March 7A (CZ-7A) rocket successfully carried the TJS-10 satellite into GTO from where it will propel itself in to GEO. The mission lifted-off from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center, Hainan Island, southern China. The TJS or TJSW...