A Chang Zheng 4C has launched from Launch Complex 9 (LC-9) at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in China at 2:16 AM local time on April 16 (18:16 UTC on April 15) with the Daqi-1 environmental monitoring satellite.
The Chang Zheng 4C (also known as Long March 4C) is a small to medium-sized satellite launch vehicle which the Chinese program has frequently used to fly Earth observation satellites. The CZ-4C has been in service since 2006 with 41 successes (including today) out of 43 attempts.
China has deployed a new Earth resources observation satellite Sunday via its Chang Zheng 4C…
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On Tuesday, September 7 China launched the second Gaofen-5 remote imagery satellite into a 705…
China continues to upgrade its oceanic surveillance systems with the launch of three new satellites…
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China successfully launched the Zhongxing-19 mission on a Chang Zheng 3B/E rocket today. The rocket…
At 17:36 UTC, the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) launched another trio of…
China launched the Gaofen-12 03 mission on board a Chang Zheng 4C today at 15:46…
China has successfully launched the ChinaSat 6D satellite into geostationary transfer orbit Friday via their…
China launched another Gaofen satellite Thursday morning to a Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). The launch was…
China’s Long March 4C (Chang Zheng 4C) made its fortieth launch on Saturday, carrying the…
China has launched the Tianhui 4 cartography satellite onboard a Chang Zheng 2D today. Liftoff…
Keeping up a rapid pace of launches this year, China deployed the Gaofen 11-03 satellite…
China launched a pair of military satellites aboard its CZ-2C (Chang Zheng 2C) rocket Wednesday,…
China has launched a Long March/Chang Zheng-4B from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center at 22:32…
At 02:51 UTC, or 10:51 AM Beijing time on Saturday, July 3, the China Aerospace…
China launched a new geostationary weather satellite on Thursday June 3 local time, following a…
