Gaofen 10 – Spaceflight Now

May 13, 2021

Breaking News

[ May 12, 2021 ] Long-time Kennedy Space Center director to take job at NASA Headquarters News
[ May 12, 2021 ] U.S. military warning sentinel attached to Atlas 5 rocket at Cape Canaveral Atlas 5
[ May 10, 2021 ] NASA, Axiom sign agreements moving ahead with first commercial station visit Mission Reports
[ May 10, 2021 ] NASA chief criticizes China for uncontrolled rocket re-entry Mission Reports
[ May 9, 2021 ] SpaceX reaches rocket reuse milestone on Starlink launch Falcon 9

China launches new Gaofen Earth-imaging satellite

October 6, 2019

A Chinese Long March 4C rocket delivered into orbit Friday the Gaofen 10 Earth-imaging satellite, a likely replacement for a spacecraft lost in an August 2016 launch failure.

China resumes launch campaigns after string of failures, delays lunar mission

October 4, 2017

The launch of three experimental remote sensing satellites last week signaled the resumption of Chinese space launches following multiple rocket failures since late last year, but a senior Chinese space official has confirmed the Chang’e 5 mission to return samples from the moon remains grounded.

Chinese officials silent after Long March rocket failure

September 2, 2016

A U.S. Air Force spokesperson said Friday that the military has not detected any objects deployed in orbit by a Chinese Long March rocket launch Wednesday, but China’s official media outlets still have not acknowledged the apparent failure.