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Chinese Long March rocket launches oceanography satellite

May 19, 2021 Stephen Clark

A Long March 4B rocket successfully launched an oceanography satellite Wednesday from northwestern China, hours before officials at a different spaceport scrubbed the planned launch of a cargo ship to deliver supplies to the Chinese space station.

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China launches environmental monitoring satellites

September 28, 2020 Stephen Clark

Without any public warning, a Chinese Long March 4B rocket lifted off Sunday with two “environmental monitoring satellites” that the country’s state media said will replace a pair of spacecraft launched in 2008 that collected data to assist in a series of disaster relief efforts over the last decade.

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China launches Haiyang oceanography satellite

September 22, 2020 Stephen Clark

A Chinese oceanography satellite designed to measure wave height and winds launched Monday aboard a Long March 4B rocket equipped with grid fins to help control the first stage’s descent back to Earth, an improvement aimed at keeping falling boosters away from Chinese villages.

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High-throughput communications satellite launched from China

July 9, 2020 Stephen Clark

A high-power broadband communications satellite designed to provide Internet access to airliner passengers, cruise ships, fishing vessels, and other mobile users successfully launched Thursday aboard a Chinese Long March 3B rocket.

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Chinese rocket fails during launch of Indonesian communications satellite

April 9, 2020 Stephen Clark

A Long March 3B rocket malfunctioned during the launch of an Indonesian communications satellite Thursday, leading to sightings of fiery debris in the skies over Guam.

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Two more satellites launched into China’s Beidou navigation fleet

September 23, 2019 Stephen Clark

China added two more satellites to the country’s Beidou navigation fleet — an analog to the U.S. military’s GPS network — with a successful Long March 3B rocket launch Sunday.

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China launches Earth-observing satellites, solar sail experiment

September 12, 2019 Stephen Clark

Two Earth-imaging satellites and an experimental solar sail payload rocketed into orbit Thursday aboard a Chinese Long March 4B launcher, the first flight for China’s Long March 4 rocket family since an upper stage failure in May.

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Chinasat 18 communications satellite encounters problem after launch

August 20, 2019 Stephen Clark

A communications satellite designed to deliver broadband services to rural China, airline passengers and maritime vessels suffered “abnormalities” after separating from its Long March 3B launcher Monday, Chinese state media confirmed Tuesday.

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China’s first sea launch declared a success

June 5, 2019 Stephen Clark

A solid-fueled Long March 11 rocket fired out of a container aboard a barge in the Yellow Sea on Wednesday with seven satellites heading into orbit on China’s first space launch from an ocean vessel.

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Chinese TV broadcasting satellite launched on 300th Long March rocket

March 11, 2019 Stephen Clark

A Chinese television broadcasting satellite lifted off Saturday aboard a Long March 3B booster, the 300th orbital launch by the country’s Long March rocket family since 1970.

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News Headlines

  • Launch of NASA’s Psyche asteroid mission slips a week due to spacecraft issue
    September 28, 2023
  • Soyuz lands safely in Kazakhstan to end record-breaking mission; Rubio: “It’s good to be home”
    September 27, 2023
  • Live coverage: Space station crew return to Earth after 371-day mission
    September 27, 2023
  • Rapid response Victus Nox launch success open new possibilities for Space Force, commercial space industry
    September 27, 2023
  • Two cosmonauts, NASA astronaut head for Wednesday landing after yearlong mission
    September 26, 2023
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