China successfully launched a Long March 4B (CZ-4B) launch vehicle at 0326 GMT on 12 September from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre. The vehicle was carrying three satellite payloads, Zi Yuan 1-2D, BNU-1 and Jinniuzuo-1. The Zi Yuan 1-2D is an 1840 kg Chinese-built...
Every August Seradata does its usual analysis of the “runners and riders” in “The Great Space Race” between the major space nations. Here we judge each space programme on the basis of technological ability, financial and other resources, national will and, most...
After suffering a few days of high winds which delayed the launch, a Rocket Lab Electron rocket launched four small satellites to low Earth orbit at 1212 GMT from the Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand. The satellites were the BlackSky Global-4, BRO-1, Pearl White 1 and...
At 0411 GMT on 17 August, the first launch of the four soild stage Jielong 1 (Smart Dragon SD-1) took place from its mobile launch placed at the Jiuquan launch site in Inner Mongolia, China. The launch was operated by its constructor, the China Rocket Co Ltd, which is...
An unexpected Chinese satellite launch took place from Xichang Satellite Launch Center at 0357 GMT, 26 July 2019. This mission saw a CALT (Chinese Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology) Long March 2C (CZ-2C) rocket orbit a triplet of YAOGAN 30-05 Earth Observation...
At circa 0500 GMT on 25 July, the Chinese commercial launch start-up firm iSpace successfully launched two cubesat-class spacecraft into a 300 km low Earth orbit from the Jiuquan launch site on its Hyperbola 1 (Shian Quxian) rocket – plus some payloads attached...
