HEAD Aerospace – Spaceflight Now

August 5, 2021

Breaking News

[ August 3, 2021 ] Chinese commercial launcher fails during climb to orbit Mission Reports
[ August 3, 2021 ] China launches Tianhui military mapping satellite Mission Reports
[ August 3, 2021 ] Launch of Boeing crew capsule scrubbed due to propulsion system issue Atlas 5
[ August 2, 2021 ] Boeing crew capsule set for launch Tuesday on test flight to space station Atlas 5
[ August 2, 2021 ] In battle with Russian lab module, space station ‘brought a knife to a gun fight’ Atlas 5

China launches Earth observation satellite

June 17, 2020

A Gaofen Earth-imaging satellite and two secondary payloads launched Wednesday aboard a Chinese Long March 2D rocket.

Two Chinese launches deploy satellites for Earth-imaging, tech demonstrations

June 1, 2020

Two launches of Chinese rockets Friday and Sunday successfully placed Earth-imaging and technology demonstration satellites into orbit. The two missions, which took off from different spaceports, flew board Long March 11 and Long March 2D rockets.

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.