Tag: Chang Zheng 3B
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China completes 2021 with military TJSW-9 satellite launch
China concluded its busy 2021 launch manifest Wednesday with the successful launch of a Chang Zheng 3B, which lifted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center at 16:43 UTC. Wednesday’s launch, which carried the Tongxin Jishu Shiyan Weixing 9 (TJSW-9) satellite into geostationary transfer orbit, marked China’s 55th and final orbital launch of the year…
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China launches second Tianlian II communication satellite
China has launched the second satellite for the Tianlian II tracking and data relay series. This satellite enables communications between spacecraft and is part of the new series of Tianlian satellites, after the initial launch of the first Tianlian II in March of 2019. The liftoff occurred at 00:09 local time on December 14 from…
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Chang Zheng 3B lifts Shijian 21 to orbit
Without any prior announcements, China launched another Chang Zheng 3B/E rocket with the Shijian 21 payload to Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO). The rocket took off at 01:27 UTC on October 24 from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center’s LC-2. The launch was called a success two hours later and it was confirmed that the payload, Shijian…
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Chinese Shiyan-10 satellite raises its orbit after initial problems
After initial reports that the Chinese Shiyan-10 satellite failed after a nominal launch of the rocket, it is now confirmed that the satellite was reactivated and is raising its orbit from the initial deployment height. China launched the Shiyan-10 satellite on a Long March 3B/E rocket at 8:20 UTC on September 27, lifting off from…
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China successfully launches radio and television broadcasting satellite
Thursday marked another successful mission in China’s busy 2021 launch manifest, this time lofting the Zhongxing-9B (ChinaSat-9B) into orbit on a Long March 3B from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center. This satellite serves as a replacement to the Zhongxing-9A, launched in 2017 but inserted into a lower than planned orbit, and thus its operational life…
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China launches Zhongxing-2E on Long March 3B
China’s space program successfully launched the Zhongxing-2E mission on Thursday, August 5. This is the third Chinese mission of the week, after a Hyperbola-1 launch by the private company iSpace which failed to open the payload fairing, and Wednesday’s surprise launch of a Long March 6. The Zhongxing-2E satellite, operated by China Satellite Communications, launched…
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China’s Chang Zheng 3B launches Fengyun 4B weather satellite
China launched a new geostationary weather satellite on Thursday June 3 local time, following a 24 hour delay. The Fengyun 4B satellite lifted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center at 00:17 China Standard Time (16:17 UTC on Wednesday June 2), aboard a Chang Zheng 3B/G3 carrier rocket. Fengyun, meaning “wind and cloud,” is a…