China has successfully launched a Chang Zheng 7A (CZ-7A), internationally known as the Long March 7A (LM-7A), from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center on Hainan Island. The launch of the Zhongxing-1E series communications satellite to geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) took place at 13:18 UTC on Sept. 13 from Launch Complex-201 (LC-201).
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Japan has finally launched its small satellite launcher Epsilon to deliver nine satellites to orbit.…
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International
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CommercialInternationalMars
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InternationalMarsUncrewed
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Japan’s Kounotori H-II Transfer Vehicle has completed its eighth mission at the International Space Station…
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SpaceX conducted its final launch of 2017 Friday, with a Falcon 9 lifting off from…
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