China launched the second remote sensing satellite for Venezuela using a Long March-2D (Chang Zheng-2D) launch vehicle on Monday. This was the first use of the CZ-2 rocket after a mishap occurred in December 2016 with the first Gaojing mission. The failure caused major distruption to the Chinese launch schedule.
After two launch mishaps that casted a shadow on the launch plans for 2017, China…
Three days after the successful launch of the Huiyan (HXMT) X-ray space telescope, China was…
Initially scheduled for launch back in 2010, China has finally launched the long-awaited Hard X-ray Modulation…
China is taking another significant step on the road towards a permanent presence in space,…
China orbited a small experimental satellite called Tiankun-1 (TK-1), utilizing the Kaituozhe-2 (KT-2) rocket, new…
The Chinese spacecraft Shenzhou-11 – and its crew of two taikonauts – has successfully docked with the Tiangong-2…
China took another step on its long march to a permanent orbital outpost with the…
China will make another big step in its manned space program with the launch of…
China has unofficially suffered its first failure of the year during the attempt to launch…
The long awaited launch of Gaofen-3 took place on Tuesday, lofted via the Chinese Long…
China launched a communications satellite on Friday that supposedly will be used for mobile communications.…
The Chinese conducted the maiden launch of the Long March 7 rocket on Saturday. The…
The Chinese have launched the Yaogan-30 remote sensing satellite via a Long March (Chang Zheng)…
Following in the steps of the Shijian-8 mission in 2006, China has successfully completed the…
The Chinese have conducted their first orbital launch of 2016 with the lofting of a…
The Chinese launched another satellite on the Yaogan Weixing series on Sunday. Launch of Yaogan…
China has conducted the launch of the latest Tianhui-1 satellite, believed to be the third…
China launched four satellites to provide photographs to commercial clients while helping with harvest assessment,…
China initiated a new era in its space exploration with the debut of a new…