Tag: China
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Chinese Long March 4C rocket deploys four satellites in orbit
A Long March 4C rocket lifts off Tuesday with four satellites. Credit: Xinhua Three Chinese military surveillance spacecraft and an experimental nanosatellite rode a Long March 4C rocket into orbit Tuesday. The Long March 4C rocket took off at 0425 GMT (12:25 a.m. EDT; 12:25 p.m. Beijing time) from the Jiuquan space center located in…
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Three Gaofen Earth observation satellites launched by China
A Long March 4C rocket lifted off March 31 with three Gaofen 1-series Earth observation satellites. Credit: CCTV China has launched its 10th space mission of the year, deploying three civilian-operated Earth observation satellites with cameras to help monitor natural disasters, survey natural resources and assist in infrastructure planning. The Earth-imaging satellites lifted off on…
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Chinese space lab burns up on re-entry over Pacific Ocean
This radar image of the Tiangong 1 space lab was captured Sunday when the module was at an altitude of 100 miles (161 kilometers). Credit: Fraunhofer Institute for High Frequency Physics and Radar Technology (Fraunhofer FHR) China’s Tiangong 1 space lab, home to two astronaut crews in 2012 and 2013, fell back to Earth uncontrolled…
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Tiangong-1 uncontrolled return – disposal corridor was over Pacific Ocean
The Chinese space station module Tiangong-1 completed a destructive uncontrolled re-entry on Sunday. The event was tracked by numerous global tracking assets – many predicting different entry points – as they fine-tuned the entry corridor likely resulted in some of the vehicle’s hardware surviving the fiery return. The first key element of China’s space station…
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China and U.S. say Tiangong-1 space lab plunged to a fiery doom over the Pacific
An artist’s conception shows the fiery breakup of China’s Tiangong-1 space lab. (AGI Illustration) China’s Tiangong-1 space lab is no more. The 8.5-ton spacecraft re-entered the atmosphere at about 5:15 p.m. PT today (00:15 GMT on April 2) over the Pacific Ocean, and any pieces that survived the fiery plunge should have fallen into the…
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No fooling: Skywatchers zero in on fiery fall of China’s Tiangong-1 space lab
An artist’s conception shows China’s Tiangong-1 space lab flying over the Gulf of Mexico. (The Aerospace Corp. via YouTube) After months of tracking China’s uncontrollable Tiangong-1 space lab, satellite watchers have narrowed down the time frame for its final, fiery plunge through the atmosphere — and it’s this weekend. Here are a few of the current…
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Two new satellites join China’s Beidou navigation fleet
A Chinese Long March 3B successfully launched two more Beidou navigation satellites Thursday. Credit: Xinhua Two Chinese Beidou navigation satellites launched Thursday, growing the country’s home-grown space-based GPS network more than 13,000 miles above Earth. The twin satellites lifted off at 1756 GMT (1:56 p.m. EDT) Thursday on top of a Long March 3B rocket…
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Two new satellites join China’s Beidou navigation fleet
A Chinese Long March 3B successfully launched two more Beidou navigation satellites Thursday. Credit: Xinhua Two Chinese Beidou navigation satellites launched Thursday, growing the country’s home-grown space-based GPS network more than 13,000 miles above Earth. The twin satellites lifted off at 1756 GMT (1:56 p.m. EDT) Thursday on top of a Long March 3B rocket…
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Fourth satellite in new Chinese spy fleet successfully launched
A Long March 2D rocket launched with the LKW-4 reconnaissance satellite Saturday. Credit: Xinhua China launched the fourth in a series of high-resolution Earth-imaging satellites Saturday, expanding an orbiting fleet of reconnaissance craft that likely serve the Chinese military. The LKW-4 satellite lifted off at 0710 GMT (3:10 a.m. EDT) Saturday on top of a…
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National Space Council acts to streamline regulatory hurdles
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Vice President Mike Pence speaks Wednesday at the second meeting of the National Space Council. Credit: NASA The newly re-activated National Space Council is acting quickly to streamline convoluted regulatory requirements that frequently slow development of new commercial space initiatives, a shift in focus in keeping with the…