After three years of training and planning, China has launched the Shenzhou-7 mission on Thursday, marking an important step in the Chinese space exploration effort. Lift-off occurred at 9:10 am US Eastern from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.
The CZ-2F Chang Zheng-2F (CZ2F-7) launch vehicle carrying Shenzhou-7 has a crew of three taikonauts: Jing Haipeng, Zhai Zhigang and Liu Boming – taking part in a mission of historical significance for China, including their debut EVA.
China successfully launched the Zhongxing-19 mission on a Chang Zheng 3B/E rocket today. The rocket…
The Chinese space sector has been very busy this year, averaging approximately one orbital launch…
The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) launched a trio of Yaogan 35 military…
China launched a pair of satellites called Shiyan-12-01 and Shiyan-12-02 on board a Chang Zheng…
China has launched a second Gaofen 3 C-band satellite, used for remote sensing and Earth…
Keeping up a rapid pace of launches this year, China deployed the Gaofen 11-03 satellite…
China launched three more reconnaissance satellites Saturday, via a Chang Zheng 2D launch out of…
The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), the main driving force behind China’s space…
China launched a pair of military satellites aboard its CZ-2C (Chang Zheng 2C) rocket Wednesday,…
China’s small Kuaizhou 1A rocket has launched the latest satellite in the Jilin-1 Earth-imaging constellation…
On Tuesday, September 7 China launched the second Gaofen-5 remote imagery satellite into a 705…
China has successfully launched a Chang Zheng 2C (also known as the Long March 2C)…
China continues to upgrade its oceanic surveillance systems with the launch of three new satellites…
China has successfully launched the second Chang Zheng 7A (CZ-7A) rocket from the Wenchang Spacecraft…
China suffered a launch failure on the first flight of the new version of the…
Four years after the launch of the historical Shenzhou-7 EVA mission, China is writing another chapter…
For their second launch of 2012, the Chinese have launched the FengYun-2F geostationary meteorological satellite from…
The second part of the Chinese space docking trilogy has premiered with the successful launch…
Reviewing this week in spaceflight and upcoming events, it’s been another busy period. China now…
