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Long March 2D

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Chinese rocket deploys third Tianhui mapping satellite

October 26, 2015 Stephen Clark

China’s third Tianhui mapping satellite, built for land resource surveys and scientific research, rocketed into space Monday aboard a Long March 2D rocket, Chinese state media reported.

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Quartet of Earth imaging satellites launched from China

October 7, 2015 Stephen Clark

Four commercial satellites launched from China’s northwestern spaceport Wednesday, riding into a 400-mile-high orbit on top of a two-stage Long March 2D booster rocket.

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China conducts two space launches in short span

September 14, 2015 Stephen Clark

Two space launches from China in a 37-hour span have placed an experimental communications satellite and a sharp-eyed Earth-viewing craft into orbit, according to Chinese state media reports.

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News Headlines

  • ULA launches Vulcan rocket on first Space Force mission
    August 13, 2025
  • Launch preview: ULA to launch first national security mission on a Vulcan rocket
    August 12, 2025
  • SpaceX launches Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellites on fifth scheduled attempt
    August 10, 2025
  • Crew 10 returns to Earth with Pacific Ocean splashdown
    August 9, 2025
  • Jim Lovell, Apollo 8 & 13 astronaut, dies at 97
    August 8, 2025
  • West Coast Starlink launch slips at least another day
    August 8, 2025
  • ULA’s Tory Bruno lays out plans for ramping up launch cadence
    August 7, 2025
  • Poor weather scrubs SpaceX’s second launch attempt to launch 24 Amazon Project Kuiper satellites from CAPE CANAVERAL
    August 6, 2025
  • Starlink mission marks SpaceX’s 450th flight-proven Falcon booster launched
    August 3, 2025
  • NASA, SpaceX ‘thread the clouds’ to launch Crew-11 to the International Space Station
    August 1, 2025
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