Guodian Gaoke – Spaceflight Now

July 14, 2020

Breaking News

[ July 14, 2020 ] Live coverage: Launch of Emirates Mars Mission delayed by poor weather H-2A
[ July 13, 2020 ] Arab world’s first Mars mission packs a scientific punch H-2A
[ July 13, 2020 ] Falcon 9 launch of South Korean military satellite postponed Falcon 9
[ July 12, 2020 ] UAE’s first Mars probe meets launcher in Japan H-2A
[ July 11, 2020 ] SpaceX test-fires Falcon 9 rocket launch next week with Korean military satellite Falcon 9

Argentine smallsats hitch ride with Chinese payloads on Long March rocket

January 15, 2020

Two Earth-imaging microsatellites built and owned by the Argentine company Satellogic launched on a Long March 2D rocket from China Wednesday, sharing a ride into orbit with two Chinese spacecraft.

China launches two Kuaizhou rockets in six hours

December 7, 2019

Two solid-fueled Kuaizhou 1A rockets fired into orbit from the same spaceport in northern China Saturday, demonstrating a further advance in China’s aim for a quick-response, on-call satellite launch capability.

China’s Jielong 1 smallsat launcher successful on first flight

August 17, 2019

A solid-fueled small satellite launcher named Jielong 1 fired into orbit Saturday on its first flight from northwestern China, debuting a new rocket developed by a spinoff of China’s state-owned launch vehicle manufacturer using a “commercial business model.”