XJS – Spaceflight Now

May 25, 2022

Breaking News

[ May 24, 2022 ] Starliner spacecraft cleared for undocking and re-entry Mission Reports
[ May 24, 2022 ] Nanoracks experiment poised to demonstrate metal cutting in orbit Falcon 9
[ May 24, 2022 ] SpaceX swapping heat shield for next crew flight due to ‘manufacturing defect’ Mission Reports
[ May 23, 2022 ] China launches three communications test satellites Mission Reports
[ May 23, 2022 ] Launch of NASA’s Psyche asteroid mission delayed to late September Falcon Heavy

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 four ‘technology experiment satellites’

February 19, 2020

A Chinese Long March 2D rocket carried four “technology experiment satellites” into orbit Wednesday from the Xichang space center in southwestern China, according to the country’s state-run media.