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Long March

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Chinese rocket lifts off with two tech demo satellites

June 27, 2018 Stephen Clark

Two Chinese spacecraft designed to test inter-satellite network and Earth observation technologies launched Wednesday on top of a Long March 2C booster.

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Chinese weather satellite successfully boosted into orbit

June 5, 2018 Stephen Clark

The last in an older generation of spin-stabilized Chinese weather satellites launched Tuesday toward a perch more than 22,000 miles over the equator, the start of a mission of at least four years monitoring tropical cyclones and other weather systems across Africa and Asia.

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Earth-observers delivered to space by Long March 2D rocket

June 3, 2018 Stephen Clark

A Chinese environmental research craft and an experimental Earth-imaging nanosatellite successfully launched Saturday aboard a Long March 2D rocket.

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Chinese data relay satellite nears post over far side of the moon

June 3, 2018 Stephen Clark

A Chinese communications satellite carrying a Dutch radio astronomy instrument launched last month is expected to maneuver into position around a gravitationally-neutral point beyond the moon in the coming days, ready to relay telemetry and data between Earth and the Chang’e 4 lander set to attempt the first landing on lunar far side late this year.

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Chinese satellite successfully launched to monitor environment

May 9, 2018 Stephen Clark

China launched a civilian-operated Earth-observing satellite Tuesday to survey global land and water resources, air pollutants, greenhouse gases and other environmental parameters.

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Communications satellite launched from China to connect Asia-Pacific

May 4, 2018 Stephen Clark

A Chinese-built communications satellite owned by Hong Kong-based operator launched Thursday aboard a Long March 3B rocket from the Xichang space base in southwest China.

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Long March 11 rocket delivers five commercial satellites to orbit

April 26, 2018 Stephen Clark

Five commercial Chinese satellites carrying video and hyperspectral imaging sensors took off Thursday aboard a Long March 11 booster.

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Chinese Long March 4C rocket deploys four satellites in orbit

April 10, 2018 Stephen Clark

Three Chinese military surveillance spacecraft and an experimental nanosatellite rode a Long March 4C rocket into orbit Tuesday.

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Three Gaofen Earth observation satellites launched by China

April 3, 2018 Stephen Clark

China has launched its 10th space mission of the year, deploying three civilian-operated Earth observation satellites with cameras to help monitor natural disasters, survey natural resources and assist in infrastructure planning.

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Two new satellites join China’s Beidou navigation fleet

March 29, 2018 Stephen Clark

Two Chinese Beidou navigation satellites launched Thursday, growing the country’s home-grown space-based GPS network nearly 14,000 miles above Earth.

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  • Commercial space station demo, data center precursor launch on SpaceX Bandwagon-4 mission
    November 1, 2025
  • SpaceX launches 100th Starlink flight of 2025
    October 31, 2025
  • Former NASA Administrators urge space agency to rethink plans for Artemis Moon lander
    October 30, 2025
  • SpaceX launches 29 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral
    October 28, 2025
  • Blue Origin details lunar exploration progress amid Artemis 3 contract shakeup
    October 28, 2025
  • Astrobotic delays Griffin-1 Moon mission to NET July 2026
    October 28, 2025
  • SpaceX breaks its California pad turnaround record with sunset Starlink launch
    October 26, 2025
  • SpaceX marks 5th anniversary of first Starlink customer with Sunday satellite launch
    October 25, 2025
  • SpaceX surpasses 2024 orbital launch record with Saturday Starlink mission
    October 24, 2025
  • Airbus, Leonardo and Thales agree to form new European company
    October 24, 2025
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