At 0743 GMT on 2 February 2018, the CAST-built Zhangheng -1 (CSES) spacecraft was launched on a Long March 2D/2 (CZ-2D/2) from the Jiuquan launch site in China. Unlike some of China’s military missions which masquerade as scientific satellites, the 730 kg...
Launching at 0539 GMT from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, Southwest China, a Long March 2C (CZ-2C) light-launcher has carried four payloads to their circular 600 x 600 km low Earth orbit. The three primary payloads are the fourth group of Yaogan 30 spacecraft...
China has launched two 92 kg high-resolution optical remote sensing satellites, Jilin-1 Video 07 and 08 (aka Lingqiao 1-07 and 1-08), into the preset Sun-synchronous low Earth orbit from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China. The Long March 11 launch...
Lifting-off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China, at 0710 GMT, a Long March 2D (CZ-2D) rocket has carried the LKW 3 (YAOGAN 31-3) high-resolution, Earth observation satellite into low Earth orbit (LEO). This is the third in a series of spacecraft with...
Two navigation satellites, Beidou 3M-7 and Beidou 3M-8, were launched by China at 2318 GMT on 11 January 2018. The launch of the satellite pair was by the Long March 3B/YZ-1 which was flying from its usual Xichang launch site. The 1,014kg satellites were built by the...
On 11 January 2018, China Great Wall Industries Corp (CGWIC) and Royal Group of Cambodia signed a Framework Agreement for CGWIC to oversee the construction and launch of the TECHO 1 Communications Satellite Project. The signing took place in the Peach Palace, Phnom...
