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October 19, 2021

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[ October 19, 2021 ] Watch live: NASA moves Orion spacecraft to the Vehicle Assembly Building Mission Reports
[ October 18, 2021 ] NASA officials optimistic Lucy asteroid mission will overcome solar array snag Mission Reports
[ October 18, 2021 ] China launches orbiting solar observatory Mission Reports
[ October 17, 2021 ] Russian actress returns to Earth after space station movie shoot Mission Reports
[ October 17, 2021 ] Live coverage: Russian actress, film director, cosmonaut back on Earth Mission Reports

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.