Tag: CZ-3B

  • China launches Chang Zheng 3B for seventh TJSW mission

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    At 15:41 UTC on August 24, a Chang Zheng 3B (internationally known as Long March 3B) successfully lifted off from LC-3 at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China. It is believed the launch vehicle carried the seventh Tongxin Jishu Shiyan Weixing (TJSW-7) satellite to Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit. The nature of TJSW satellites is not…

  • China launches Zhongxing-2E on Long March 3B

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    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…