Shijian – Spaceflight Now

Launch of China’s heavy-lift Long March 5 rocket declared a failure

July 2, 2017

China’s second Long March 5 rocket fell short of orbit Sunday after lifting off from a spaceport in the southern Chinese province of Hainan, placing a cloud over the country’s plans to send a robotic sample return mission to the moon later this year.

Second launch of China’s Long March 5 heavy-lift rocket set for Sunday

July 1, 2017

China’s Long March 5 rocket is counting down to liftoff Sunday from the country’s tropical island space center with a high-power, electrically-propelled communications satellite.

China’s highest-capacity communications satellite launched into orbit

April 12, 2017

A Chinese Long March 3B rocket fired into space Wednesday with Shijian 13, also known as Chinasat 16, to deliver Internet connectivity to remote parts of China, airline travelers and high-speed trains.

Chinese intelligence-gathering satellite launched by Long March 4B rocket

June 29, 2016

A Long March 4B rocket lifted off from a remote launch base in the Gobi Desert Wednesday and placed a secretive spacecraft in orbit 375 miles above Earth, likely adding a new electronic surveillance station to the Chinese government’s growing satellite fleet.