The fifth Chinese launch in September took place at 23:13 UTC on Tuesday (Wednesday morning local time) with a Long March-3B/G2 rocket orbiting another Beidou-3 navigation satellite. The launch of BDS I2-S (or Beidou-20) took place from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center via the modified pad 3.
China launched a new pair of navigation satellites in the move to advance the completion…
A record breaking 16th successful launch of the year for China took place at 21:07 UTC…
The first Chinese launch in 2011 took place at 20:47UTC on Saturday (April 9), as…
China has launched the sixth satellite in their growing navigation system on Sunday, via the…
China launched a new navigation satellite on Wednesday, using a CZ-3C Chang Zheng-3C (CZ3C-4/Y4) launch…
The Chinese have opened their 2010 campaign by orbiting a navigation satellite via a CZ-3C…
BeiDou-2 (COMPASS-G2) – China’s second geostationary navigation satellite – has launched from the Xichang satellite…
China has conducted two spacewalks from its Tiangong space station in as many months and…
This week included three launches scheduled for Wednesday and the third Electron rocket to fly…
Private Chinese launch providers continue to march at pace toward reusability, with two companies performing…
This week’s manifest includes the delayed launches of a Falcon 9 with Galileo global positioning…
This week was expected to see the maiden launches of two new spacecraft: Boeing’s crewed…
This week nearly saw two secret spaceplanes launched within days of each other. After ground…
Reviewing the week in spaceflight and upcoming events, it’s been another busy period, including NASA…
SpaceX launched its fourth mission of the year, a GPS-III satellite for the US Space…
Another busy week of rocket launches in China has come to a close. On Wednesday,…
At 15:17 UTC on Nov. 28, a Soyuz-2.1b launched from Site 43/3 at the Plesetsk…
China has successfully launched the third satellite of their Tianlian 2 series of data and…
China has successfully launched the ChinaSat 6D satellite into geostationary transfer orbit Friday via their…
