Re-Entry: Long March 2F Rocket Stage from Tiangong-2 Launch
The second stage of a Chinese-2F rocket re-entered the atmosphere on September 29, 2016 after launching the Tiangong-2 Space Laboratory into orbit.
Read moreThe second stage of a Chinese-2F rocket re-entered the atmosphere on September 29, 2016 after launching the Tiangong-2 Space Laboratory into orbit.
Read moreChina’s Tiangong-2 space laboratory arrived near its operational orbit after completing a pair of orbit-raising maneuvers following its successful launch on Thursday.
Read moreChina successfully placed its mini Space Station Tiangong-2 into orbit on Thursday after a flawless nighttime launch by its Long March 2F carrier rocket.
Read moreChina successfully placed its mini Space Station Tiangong-2 into orbit on Thursday after a flawless nighttime launch by its Long March 2F carrier rocket.
Read moreChina’s second Tiangong Space Laboratory will head into orbit on Thursday to continue building a path toward a large, long-duration Space Station to begin deployment toward the end of this decade.
Read moreA Chinese launch carried out from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center Wednesday night likely ended in failure – the first in 2016.
Read moreThe Chinese Tiange 1 and 2 satellites re-entered the atmosphere on August 27 and 24, respectively, concluding a short-duration mission of two months dedicated to the demonstration of space-to-space inter-satellite and space-to-Earth communications.
Read moreChina sent a ground breaking scientific experiment into orbit on Monday to build the foundation for secure communications technology of the future.
Read morePicking up the launch pace, China launched a Long March 4C rocket from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center on Tuesday, carrying the Gaofen-3 remote sensing satellite to orbit.
Read moreA Long March 3B Rocket lifted off from China’s Xichang Satellite Launch Center at 16:22 UTC on Friday, carrying the Tiantong-1 01 mobile communications satellite into orbit.
Read moreAuthorities in the Western United State received dozens of calls Wednesday night and Social Media was a buzz after a long-lasting fireball streaked through the night skies from California to Utah.
Read moreA Long March 3B rocket stage re-entered the atmosphere on July 3, 2016 after a seven and a half months in orbit, making a slow decay from a highly elliptical Geostationary Transfer Orbit.
Read moreA Long March 3B rocket stage re-entered the atmosphere on July 3, 2016 after a seven and a half months in orbit, making a slow decay from a highly elliptical Geostationary Transfer Orbit.
Read moreThe Re-Entry Shroud from the first Long March 7 launch re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on July 2, 2016 after just over a week in orbit.
Read moreA space debris clean-up satellite launched on the inaugural Long March 7 flight over the weekend raised concerns among observers that China may be working on the militarization of space by developing anti-satellite applications.
Read moreJust four days after demonstrating great openness with live video of the inaugural launch of the Long March 7 rocket, China’s space program fell back into its secretive routine with the launch of a Long March 4B rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.
Read moreA Long March 2C rocket stage re-entered the atmosphere on June 27, 2016 after a over three and a half years in orbit, making a slow decay after dispatching a trio of Chinese satellites into a Sun Synchronous Orbit.
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