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Chinese navigation satellite deployed by Long March rocket

July 10, 2018 Stephen Clark

China launched its second space mission in less than 24 hours Tuesday, sending a Beidou navigation satellite toward an orbital perch around 22,000 miles above Earth.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

China adds two more satellites to home-grown navigation network

February 12, 2018 Stephen Clark

Two more Chinese Beidou navigation satellites successfully lifted off aboard a Long March 3B rocket Monday on China’s seventh space launch in five weeks.

China launches fourth trio of Yaogan military satellites since September

January 28, 2018 Stephen Clark

A fourth trio of Chinese Yaogan military satellites with secret missions launched Thursday aboard a Long March 2C rocket from the Xichang space base in China’s Sichuan province.

Chinese navigation network expanded with pair of new Beidou satellites

January 13, 2018 Stephen Clark

Two satellites destined to join China’s Beidou network successfully launched Thursday aboard a Long March 3B rocket, the first two of up to 18 new Chinese navigation craft scheduled for deployment this year.

Another trio of Yaogan military satellites launched by China

December 28, 2017 Stephen Clark

Three more Yaogan satellites successfully lifted off Monday from the Xichang space center in southwestern China, joining two similar triplets launched earlier this year for the Chinese military.