China launched its second Long March-5 (Chang Zhen-5) rocket on Sunday carrying a super-heavy experimental communications satellite. The launch took place at 11:23 UTC from the Wenchang Space Launch Centre’s LC101 dedicated Launch Complex. However, with the Long March-5, carrying the Shijian-18 satellite, suffered an unspecified failure during what was only its second flight.
Without any prior announcements, China launched another Chang Zheng 3B/E rocket with the Shijian 21…
China conducted another orbital launch, this time orbiting the Shijian-16 (#2) satellite via the Long…
Following in the steps of the Shijian-8 mission in 2006, China has successfully completed the…
The Chinese have launched what appears to be the final satellite of the Shijian-11 series.…
The Chinese have orbited a new satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on Sunday.…
The Chinese have conducted another surprise launch, this time orbiting the Shijian-16 satellite via the…
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China launched a Chang Zheng 5B rocket with the Tianhe station core module to low…
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This week, China launched a near-Earth asteroid sample return mission amongst several other missions. Meanwhile,…
On the heels of a busy April, activity is ramping up for May with launches…
China’s Chang Zheng 8A rocket is set for its maiden flight from the Hainan commercial…
The first full week of 2025 – and the first part of next week –…
As China prepares to increase its launch cadence further, there are plans to expand the…
NASA and SpaceX’s launch of the Crew-9 mission took center stage this week. The launch…
