Tag: Long March 6
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China launches Communication Technology Test Satellite-27A/B aboard modified Long March-6 rocket
China successfully launched the Communication Technology Test Satellite-27A/B into orbit at 9:00 a.m. (Beijing Time) on July 30, 2026, from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China’s Shanxi Province. The satellites were launched aboard a modified Long March-6 carrier rocket and entered their planned orbits successfully, marking the successful completion of the mission. The…
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China conducts three launches with Shiyan and Yaogan satellites
China has launched three rockets, from two different launch sites, in under 50 hours. The first launch happened on Sunday, Sept. 24 at 22:55 UTC, with the Kuaizhou 1A rocket launching two Shiyan Weixing satellites. It was followed by two Chang Zheng missions, of which one also belongs to the Shiyan line, and one to…
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China launches 16 more Jilin-1 satellites atop Chang Zheng 6
Early on August 10, Earth observation satellites for the Jilin-1 Earth observation satellite constellation and six additional payloads were launched atop a Chinese Chang Zheng 6 rocket. Liftoff occurred at 04:50 UTC from Taiyuan and was confirmed to be a success after deployment. The target orbit for the 16 satellites was a 535 km sun-synchronous…
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China’s Long March 6 launches five satellites
China successfully launched a Chang Zheng 6 rocket from LC-16 at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center at 11:59 UTC (7:59 PM Beijing time) on Friday July 9. This launch is the sixth launch of the Chang Zheng 6 (CZ-6), also known as the Long March 6, and the 379th launch of a Long March rocket.…
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Three video imaging satellites launched from China
Credit: New China TV A Long March 6 booster took off Tuesday from China with three Earth observation satellites designed to record high-definition video and color imagery from a perch more than 300 miles above the planet. The trio of commercial satellites launched from pad 16 at the Taiyuan space center in northeastern China’s Shanxi…
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Debut launch of Long March 6 deploys 20 satellites
The first launch of China’s new Long March 6 rocket took off at 2301 GMT (7:01 p.m. EDT) from the Taiyuan space center in northern China. Credit: Chinese Ministry of Defense China’s Long March 6 rocket, fueled by a mixture of kerosene and liquid oxygen, successfully shot into orbit on its first mission Saturday with…