A Chinese military communications satellite Chinasat 2D (Zhongxing-2D) – the third in the series of military Shentong 2 class satellites – was launched by a Long March 3B-G3 (CZ-3B-G3) rocket at 1703 GMT on 10 January 2018. The launch using a Long March...
At 0226 GMT on 3 January 2019, China’s Chang’e 4 lander along with the rover it was carrying successfully landed on the Moon’s lunar far side, at the Atkin Basic crater near its South Pole. The official location is at 177.6 degrees East, 45.5 degrees South. On the...
The space launch year showed a large spike in the number of launches with 114 orbital attempts. This was the largest number since 1990’s 121 attempts – the final full year of the “cold war” before the Soviet Union broke apart. The launches carried 470 payloads which,...
China has launched its new YZ-3 upper stage attached to its Long March 2D (CZ-2D) rocket. The launch of the Long March 2D/YZ-3 occurred from the Jiuquan launch site at 0800 GMT on 29 December 2018. The launch carried a satellite called Chongqing test satellite (aka...
China has launched the mysterious TJS-3 satellite from the Xichangh launch centre using a Long March 3B-G2 rocket. The launch took place from the Xichang launch site at 1653 GMT on 24 December 2018. Called the Tongxin Jishu Shiyan Weixing-3 (TJS-3), the satellite is...
Launching from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, located in Northern China, at 0412 GMT, on 7 December 2018, a SAST (Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology) Long March-2D (CZ-2D) rocket lifted-off to LEO (Low Earth Orbit) for CGWIC (China Great Wall Industry...
