2016 Space Launch Statistics
The year 2016 saw a total of 85 known orbital launch attempts operated by eight nations from space ports in
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Long March 3C
Chinese Long March 3C launches fourth Tianlian Data Relay Satellite
China launched its fourth Tianlian-1 tracking and data relay satellite on Tuesday atop a Long March 3C rocket blasting off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center at 15:24 UTC on a half-hour climb to a highly elliptical transfer orbit.
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Chinese Beidou Navigation Satellite takes Flight aboard Long March 3C Rocket
A Long March 3C rocket blasted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center on Sunday in support of China’s existing Navigation Satellite Program, replenishing the Beidou-2 constellation to continue services until the follow-on system comes on line before the end of the decade.
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Re-Entry: Long March 3B Rocket Body from Comm Satellite Launch
A Long March 3B rocket stage re-entered the atmosphere on May 14, 2016 after a little over six months in orbit, making a slow decay from a highly elliptical Geostationary Transfer Orbit. The Long March 3B rocket launched the ChinaSat-2C communications satellite.
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Re-Entry: Vostok Rocket Stage
A Vostock rocket stage re-entered the atmosphere on May 13, 2016 after over 35 years in orbit, making a slow decay after launching the Meteor 1-30 weather satellite for the Soviet Union in 1980.
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Re-Entry: Long March 3B Rocket Body
A Long March 3C rocket stage re-entered the atmosphere on March 23, 2016 after one year in orbit, making a slow decay from a highly elliptical Geostationary Transfer Orbit.
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China’s Long March 3C opens record-setting Year with Beidou Navigation Satellite Launch
China’s year opening space launch took place on Monday from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center when a heavy-lift Long March 3C rocket blasted off on a multi-hour mission to deliver the next Beidou-3 navigation satellite to orbit
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