China’s Shijian-17 satellite this week linked up with another satellite in Geostationary Orbit and has entered a path closely shadowing the resident object in continued testing of rendezvous and situational awareness technology in the high-orbit regime.
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China’s Shijian-17 satellite has reached its destination in Geostationary Orbit after a successful launch on the inaugural Long March 5 rocket and two weeks of orbital drifting until settling in its operational position.
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Chinese launch controllers took to social media after last week’s successful inaugural launch of the Long March 5 rocket to recount a dramatic chain of events leading up to liftoff that were not visible to outside observers at the time.
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China’s Long March 5 Heavy-Lift Rocket made an impressive debut launch on Thursday, thundering into the evening skies over Hainan Island to embark on a long-awaited shakedown mission to demonstrate the country’s most powerful rocket, on-par with the heavy-weight launchers of the world.
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China’s Long March 5 Heavy-Lift Rocket made an impressive debut launch on Thursday, thundering into the evening skies over Hainan Island to embark on a long-awaited shakedown mission to demonstrate the country’s most powerful rocket, on-par with the heavy-weight launchers of the world.
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China’s Long March 5 Heavy-Lift Rocket made an impressive debut launch on Thursday, thundering into the evening skies over Hainan Island to embark on a long-awaited shakedown mission to demonstrate the country’s most powerful rocket, on-par with the heavy-weight launchers of the world.
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China’s Long March 5 rocket was rolled out to a Launch Pad on Hainan Island on Friday for the heavy-lifter’s inaugural flight next week, marking the last in a series of new rockets to be introduced by the Chinese.
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The Long March 5 rocket arrives on Hainan Island for its maiden launch from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center to become China’s new heavy-lift launch vehicle to handle a variety of missions in support of the country’s upcoming Space Station, Geostationary Programs and interplanetary science missions.
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