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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.

Mission Reports

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.

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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.

Mission Reports

China launches Long March 5, one of the world’s most powerful rockets

November 3, 2016 Stephen Clark

China’s heavy-lift Long March 5 rocket fired into space on a successful inaugural flight Thursday, debuting a brand new launcher that can carry twice the payload of any other Chinese booster and setting a keystone for the country’s ambitions for a space station and interplanetary exploration.

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Prototype for new Chinese human-rated spacecraft lands in desert

June 26, 2016 Stephen Clark

A sub-scale landing craft for China’s next-generation crew capsule parachuted back to Earth on Sunday, one day after rocketing into orbit aboard the country’s new Long March 7 launcher.

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Successful launch expands China’s Beidou navigation system

February 2, 2016 Stephen Clark

A new addition to China’s Beidou navigation network launched Monday on top of a Long March 3C rocket, which injected the satellite into an orbit more than 13,000 miles above Earth several hours later.

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Two navigation satellites launched by China

July 25, 2015 Stephen Clark

Two Chinese satellites lifted off Saturday on top of a Long March 3B rocket and rode into orbit nearly 14,000 miles above Earth to expand the country’s space-based navigation network.

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News Headlines

  • SpaceX launches Starlink 15-15 mission following a trio of scrubs
    October 20, 2026
  • Blue Origin to add new Florida launch pads, seeks aggressive increase in New Glenn flight rate
    October 16, 2026
  • SpaceX launches a classified payload for U.S. Space Force
    October 15, 2026
  • SpaceX launches NASA science and cargo to the International Space Station
    October 13, 2026
  • Launch preview: NASA, SpaceX to launch new solar arrays, 6,300 pounds of cargo to the space station
    October 13, 2026
  • SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 27 Starlink satellites from California
    October 12, 2026
  • SpaceX launches 21 data satellites for the Space Development Agency
    October 9, 2026
  • SpaceX scrubs launch attempt for 21 data transport satellites for the Space Development Agency
    October 4, 2026
  • Falcon Heavy flies its first mission for U.S. spy satellite agency
    October 1, 2026
  • Fresh crew takes off for six-month stay aboard space station
    October 1, 2026
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