Tag: Jilin
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China debuts Jielong-3 rocket from Yellow Sea
China successfully debuted the Jielong-3 orbital rocket from the Tai Rui Barge in the Yellow Sea. Liftoff happened at 06:35 UTC, and the success of the mission was confirmed a bit later. The payload for this mission was a rideshare of 14 satellites. Eight of the rideshare payloads were Jilin Gaofen (“high resolution”) satellites, seven…
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China launches two missions from Jiuquan in under 30 hours
In just under 30 hours, China launched two rockets with six satellites to their respective orbits. The first launch was a Chang Zheng 4C (CZ-4C) with the Yaogan 34-03 (Yaogan-34C) government remote sensing satellite on Nov. 15 at 01:38 UTC from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (JSLC) at Site 43/94. It was followed by the Ceres-1…
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Chang Zheng 11 sea-launches five Earth observation satellites
The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) has launched the 13th Chang Zheng 11 (CZ-11) to deliver five Jilin-1 Gaofen Earth observation satellites to a Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). This launch is the third CZ-11 (CZ-11H) to be launched from an offshore launch platform off the coast of China. CZ-11H Y3 launched on April 30…