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China launches first geosynchronous orbit radar satellite

China launched what is thought to be the world’s first geosynchronous orbit synthetic aperture radar satellite on Saturday.

by Andrew Jones August 14, 2023September 22, 2023
Posted inLaunch

China’s first stackable satellite reaches orbit on solid rocket launch

by Andrew Jones June 9, 2023June 9, 2023
Posted inLaunch, Military, News

China conducts trio of orbital launches across two days

by Andrew Jones September 27, 2022February 22, 2023
A 41-meter-long white Long March 2D rocket rises from its launch tower at hill-surrounded Xichang launch center. Mach diamonds form in the exhaust while plumes of white smoke billow away from the path of the rocket.
Posted inLaunch, Military, News

China performs two launches inside two hours

by Andrew Jones September 6, 2022February 22, 2023
Liftoff of a Kuaizhou-1A solid rocket from a TEL at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert, on June 22 (UTC), 2022.
Posted inLaunch, News

Kuaizhou-1A returns to flight with test satellite launch

by Andrew Jones June 22, 2022February 22, 2023
A view of the Jiuquan launch center from the Sentinel-2 satellite. China's reusable experimental spacecraft launched from the facility Sept. 4.
Posted inLaunch, News

Explosion at Chinese space launch center revealed by satellite imagery

by Andrew Jones June 14, 2022February 22, 2023
China sets a new national orbital launch record with launch of a Kuaizhou-1A rocket carrying the Jilin-1 Gaofen-02F satellite, Oct. 27, 2021.
Posted inCommercial, Launch, News

Chinese Kuaizhou-1A rocket launch fails

by Andrew Jones December 15, 2021February 22, 2023
The Kuaizhou-1A on a TEL ahead of launch of Shiyan-11 on Nov. 24, 2021.
Posted inLaunch, News

Kuaizhou-1A rocket launches classified Shiyan-11 satellite

by Andrew Jones November 25, 2021February 22, 2023
Liftoff of the Kuaizhou-1A solid rocket sending the Jilin-1 Gaofen 02D Earth observation satellite into orbit.
Posted inCommercial, Launch, News

Classified satellite declared lost after China launches twice in 2 hours

by Andrew Jones September 27, 2021February 22, 2023
A Chinese commercial Kuaizhou-1A rocket lifts off from a TEL at Jiuquan.
Posted inCommercial

China’s CASIC reveals five-year plan for reusable spaceplane, commercial space projects

by Andrew Jones October 19, 2020January 23, 2023

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