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September 14, 2025

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[ September 14, 2025 ] Live coverage: SpaceX to launch new, improved Northrop Grumman Cygnus XL resupply ship to the space station Falcon 9
[ September 13, 2025 ] SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB Falcon 9
[ September 12, 2025 ] Department of the Air Force, FAA clear SpaceX to launch up to 120 Falcon 9 rockets annually from Cape Canaveral News
[ September 12, 2025 ] New U.S. military satellite constellation takes shape with first launch from Vandenberg SFB Falcon 9
[ September 10, 2025 ] SpaceX launches Indonesian communications satellite following three days of scrubs Falcon 9

China launches Gaofen Earth observation satellite

March 30, 2021 Stephen Clark

An Earth observation satellite China says will assist in land surveys, urban planning, and agriculture monitoring successfully launched Tuesday on a Chinese Long March 4C rocket.

China launches Earth-observation satellite for stereo mapping

December 6, 2020 Stephen Clark

China launched an optical stereo mapping satellite Sunday, using an upgraded version of the country’s Long March 3B rocket with an extended payload shroud to deliver the Earth-imaging spacecraft into orbit 300 miles above Earth.