Tag: China
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Successful launch expands China’s Beidou navigation system
A Long March 3C rocket lifts off Monday with a new Beidou navigation satellite. Credit: Xinhua A new addition to China’s Beidou navigation network launched Monday on top of a Long March 3C rocket, which injected the satellite into an orbit more than 13,000 miles above Earth several hours later. The Beidou spacecraft will test…
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Belarusian communications satellite launched from China
A Long March 3B rocket lifted off at 1657 GMT (11:57 a.m. EST) with the Belintersat 1 communications satellite. Credit: Xinhua A Chinese rocket carried the first communications satellite for Belarus into orbit Friday, recording a success in the first space launch this year. The Belintersat 1 telecom craft lifted off at 1657 GMT (11:57…
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China opens 2016 campaign with Long March 3B launch of Belintersat-1
The Chinese have conducted their first orbital launch of 2016 with the lofting of a new communications satellite for Belarus. Belintersat-1 was launched at 16:57 UTC on Friday via a Long March 3B/G2 rocket. The launch was conducted from the Xichang’s Satellite Launch Center’s LC3 pad. Chinese Launch: Belintersat-1 is based on the Chinese DFH-4…
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Florida spaceport tallies highest launch rate in more than a decade
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket blasts off from Cape Canaveral’s Complex 41 launch pad on May 20, 2015, with the U.S. Air Force’s X-37B space plane. Credit: Walter Scriptunas II / Scriptunas Images Cape Canaveral was the departure point for more space launches in 2015 than in any year since 2003, with 17…
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Florida spaceport tallies highest launch rate in more than a decade
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket blasts off from Cape Canaveral’s Complex 41 launch pad on May 20, 2015, with the U.S. Air Force’s X-37B space plane. Credit: Walter Scriptunas II / Scriptunas Images Cape Canaveral was the departure point for more space launches in 2015 than in any year since 2003, with 17…
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China launches eagle-eyed satellite to stare down at Earth
China launched a high-altitude satellite Monday fitted with a powerful telescope to collect nearly continuous imagery of the Asia-Pacific from geostationary orbit, an apparently unique capability that could help track foreign naval activity, according to Chinese news reports. The Gaofen 4 spacecraft lifted off at 1604 GMT (11:04 a.m. EST) Monday from the Xichang launch…
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China launches eagle-eyed satellite to stare down at Earth
China launched a high-altitude satellite Monday fitted with a powerful telescope to collect nearly continuous imagery of the Asia-Pacific from geostationary orbit, an apparently unique capability that could help track foreign naval activity, according to Chinese news reports. The Gaofen 4 spacecraft lifted off at 1604 GMT (11:04 a.m. EST) Monday from the Xichang launch…
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China sends dark matter probe into orbit
China launched the first in a series of planned space science probes Thursday, putting a satellite into orbit to study high-energy cosmic rays for signals hinting at hypothesized clumps of dark matter that have eluded detection for decades. The Dark Matter Particle Explorer, or DAMPE, mission is the first dedicated astrophysics observatory put into orbit…
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Long March lofts communications craft for Chinese government
A Long March 3B rocket lifted off at 1646 GMT (11:46 a.m. EST) Wednesday with the Chinasat 1C satellite. Credit: Xinhua A Long March 3B rocket driven by four strap-on boosters blasted off Wednesday from the Xichang space base in southwestern China, successfully delivering a communications payload to orbit a half-hour later to likely begin…
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Radar spy satellite launched by China
China’s Yaogan 29 satellite lifted off at 2124 GMT (4:24 p.m. EST) Thursday, or 5:24 a.m. Beijing time Friday. Credit: Xinhua China launched its latest military spy satellite Thursday with the successful deployment of the Yaogan 29 payload in polar orbit, likely adding a new radar reconnaissance craft to the country’s space fleet. The Yaogan…