Tag: China
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Re-entering Chinese rocket stage streaks across Western U.S.
Full video of meteor-like event @BadAstronomer pic.twitter.com/q37UzRZKpa — Matt Holt (@mholt6) July 28, 2016 A flaming fragment of space junk from China’s newest satellite launcher blazed through Earth’s atmosphere over the Western United States late Wednesday. Darting across the skies of California, Nevada, Utah, Idaho and Colorado, the object disintegrated into numerous chunks before disappearing. The…
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Chinese intelligence-gathering satellite launched by Long March 4B rocket
A Long March 4B rocket launched at 0321 GMT Wednesday (11:21 p.m. EDT Tuesday) with China’s second Shijian 16 satellite. Credit: Xinhua A Long March 4B rocket lifted off from a remote launch base in the Gobi Desert Wednesday and placed a secretive spacecraft in orbit 375 miles (600 kilometers) above Earth, likely adding a…
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Prototype for new Chinese human-rated spacecraft lands in desert
The sub-scale re-entry capsule for China’s next-generation human-rated spacecraft landed in the Inner Mongolia region at 0741 GMT (3:41 a.m. EDT; 3:41 p.m. Beijing time) Sunday. Credit: Xinhua A sub-scale landing craft for China’s next-generation crew capsule parachuted back to Earth on Sunday, one day after rocketing into orbit aboard the country’s new Long March…
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China’s new Long March 7 rocket successful on first flight
The new kerosene-fueled Long March 7 rocket rocket, developed to become a workhorse for a planned Chinese space station and the country’s clandestine military space program, flew into orbit Saturday on its inaugural flight from a launch base on Hainan Island in the South China Sea. Burning a combination of rocket-grade kerosene and liquid oxygen,…
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China successfully debuts Long March 7 – Recovers capsule
The Chinese conducted the maiden launch of the Long March 7 rocket on Saturday. The launch took place at 12:00 UTC, which also involved the inauguration of is new Wenchang Space Launch Center, located at the Hainan Island. The main payload for this mission was a scaled-down version of a next generation crew vehicle that…
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China’s most powerful rocket set for maiden flight
The Long March 7 rocket, standing 174 feet (53 meters) tall, emerged from its vertical assembly building to travel to a launch pad at the new Wenchang spaceport Wednesday. Credit: Xinhua A brand new Chinese launcher powered by kerosene-burning rocket engines could take off on its first flight as soon as Saturday, also debuting a…
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China’s Beidou navigation network grows with successful launch
A Long March 3C rocket blasted off at 1530 GMT (11:30 a.m. EDT; 11:30 p.m. Beijing time) Sunday with a Beidou navigation satellite. Credit: Xinhua A Chinese Long March 3C rocket boosted a fresh satellite into orbit Sunday to join the country’s Beidou navigation system, deploying the craft into an elliptical orbit ranging more than 22,000…
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Long March 4B lofts Earth-viewing satellites for China, Argentina
Credit: Xinhua Three Earth observation satellites for the Chinese government and a commercial Argentine startup launched Monday, entering an orbit 300 miles (500 kilometers) above Earth to begin mapping missions. A Long March 4B rocket carried the satellites into space after lifting off at 0317 GMT Monday (11:17 p.m. EDT Sunday) from the Taiyuan space base…
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China to debut new rocket and spaceport next month
A ground model of China’s new Long March 7 rocket passed a test campaign at the Wenchang space base last year. Credit: CCTV China plans to launch its first Long March 7 rocket, a new kerosene-fueled booster capable of carrying supplies to the country’s planned space station, by the end of June on a test…
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China to debut new rocket and spaceport next month
A ground model of China’s new Long March 7 rocket passed a test campaign at the Wenchang space base last year. Credit: CCTV China plans to launch its first Long March 7 rocket, a new kerosene-fueled booster capable of carrying supplies to the country’s planned space station, by the end of June on a test…