Chinese Long March 3B Launches APStar-6C Communications Satellite
China was back in action on Thursday, conducting a rare commercial launch of a Long March 3B rocket with the APStar-6C communications satellite for APT Satellite Holdings
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Re-Entry: Long March 11 Rocket Body
The upper stage of a Long March 11 rocket re-entered the atmosphere on April 29, 2018 after only three days in orbit.
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Chinese Long March 11 Launches Five Video & Hyperspectral Satellites for Zhuhai Constellation
A Chinese, all-solid-fueled Long March 11 rocket packed with five Earth-imaging satellites lifted off from the country’s Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 4:42 UTC on Thursday
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Chinese Surprise Launch Lifts Yaogan-31 Electronic Reconnaissance Satellite Trio
China pulled off a completely secretive space launch on Tuesday, firing into orbit a trio of naval reconnaissance satellites and a small technology test satellite via a Long March 4C rocket.
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Tenth Chinese Launch of 2018 Lifts Three Gaofen-1 Earth-Imaging Satellites
China carried out its tenth successful space launch of the year on Saturday, employing a Long March 4C rocket with extra-extended payload fairing to transport a stack of three Gaofen-1 Earth-observation satellites into Sun Synchronous Orbit.
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Long March 3B Thunders off from China with Beidou Navigation Satellite Pair
China launched a Long March 3B rocket on Thursday, carrying the next pair of Beidou-3 navigation satellites to join the country’s growing Global Navigation Satellite System set to reach operational strength later this year.
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China Adds Fourth LKW Constellation Member via Successful Long March 2D Launch
China was back in action on Saturday with the country’s eighth orbital space launch of the year, deploying the fourth satellite in the LKW “Land Survey Constellation.”
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Re-Entry: Long March 3B Upper Stage from AlcomSat-1 Launch
A Long March 3B rocket stage re-entered the atmosphere on March 10, 2018 after exactly three months in orbit, decaying from a Geostationary Transfer Orbit.
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China Progresses Toward Long March 5 Return to Flight via YF-77 Engine Testing
China has resumed testing of an upgraded version of the country’s most-powerful, full-cryogenic rocket engine as part of the return to flight effort for the Long March 5 heavy-lift rocket that encountered a failure last year due to a problem with one of two YF-77 engines installed on its core stage.
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Next Two Beidou Navigation Satellites Orbited by Chinese Long March 3B
China conducted its seventh orbital space launch of the year on Monday with a Long March 3B rocket placing the next pair of Beidou-3 navigation satellites into orbit to join the country’s growing Global Navigation Satellite System that is expected to reach operational strength later this year.
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Chinese Long March 2D Launches Earthquake Research Satellite & Six MicroSatellites
China launched a Long March 2D rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on Friday carrying a group of seven satellites from China, Italy, Argentina and Denmark including an innovative experiment to study the ionospheric precursors of Earthquakes to evaluate whether forecasting of strong Earthquakes will be possible from an orbital vantage point.
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China Adds to Yaogan-30 Reconnaissance Constellation via Successful Long March 2C Launch
A Long March 2C rocket rose from the mountainous terrain of China’s Xichang Satellite Launch Center on Thursday as part of the country’s fifth orbital space launch of the year, deploying the fourth set of Yaogan-30 reconnaissance satellites.
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China’s CZ-11 Quick-Response Rocket Launches Jilin Video Satellites, CubeSats for China & Canada
China continued its January launch frenzy on Friday with a tube-launched Long March 11 rocket blasting off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert at 4:12 UTC with a group of six satellites – five from China and one from Canadian start-up company Kepler Communications.
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Third Chinese Launch of the Week Deploys LKW-3 Land Survey Satellite
China conducted its third space launch in a span of just over four days on Saturday, involving a Long March 2D rocket lifting off from the country’s Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center to dispatch the third satellite in the LKW Land Survey Constellation into orbit.
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Chinese Villagers Capture Falling Long March Rocket Booster on Video
Chinese villagers captured remarkable footage just after sunrise on Friday showing a Long March 3B rocket booster falling out of the sky, crashing into a mountain and exploding into flames
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China Continues Busy January with Dual-Satellite Launch for Beidou Navigation System
China continued its busy beginning of year push on Thursday with the launch of a Long March 3B rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, carrying the next two Beidou-3 navigation satellites to join the country’s growing global navigation satellite system
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China Opens 2018 Campaign with Launch of Second SuperView Imaging Satellite Duo
China opened its 2018 space launch campaign on Tuesday with the launch of the second pair of Gaojing Earth-Imaging Satellites joining the growing SuperView constellation delivering observation products for the commercial market.
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