Yaogan 33 – Spaceflight Now

September 29, 2021

Breaking News

[ September 28, 2021 ] Station crew relocates Soyuz spaceship to new Russian module Mission Reports
[ September 27, 2021 ] New eye on planet Earth rockets into orbit from California Atlas 5
[ September 27, 2021 ] Chinese smallsat launcher delivers remote sensing payload to space Mission Reports
[ September 27, 2021 ] Launch timeline for Atlas 5’s mission with Landsat 9 Atlas 5
[ September 27, 2021 ] Live coverage: Atlas 5 rocket launches from Vandenberg Space Force Base Atlas 5

China launches secret military spy payload

December 27, 2020

A secret Chinese military payload, believed to be a surveillance satellite, successfully flew into space Sunday aboard a Long March 4C rocket on China’s 39th and final scheduled orbital launch attempt of the year.

Chinese state media confirms Long March launch failure

May 23, 2019

A Chinese Long March 4C rocket failed to place its top secret military payload into orbit Wednesday after a launch from the Taiyuan space base southwest of Beijing, according to the state-run Xinhua news agency.