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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 launches new science probes, SAR sat and replacement Beidou satellite

by Andrew Jones May 22, 2023May 22, 2023
Gaofen-13 (02) heads for GTO atop of a Long March 3B lifting off from Xichang, March 17, 2023.
Posted inNews

China launches second classified Gaofen-13 remote sensing satellite

by Andrew Jones March 17, 2023March 17, 2023
Orange exhaust illuminates launch tower infrastructure during nighttime at Xichang spaceport as a Long March 3B rocket carrying the Zhongxing-26 (ChinaSat-26) satellite lifts off.
Posted inLaunch

China launches high-capacity communications satellite after 39-day pause

by Andrew Jones February 23, 2023February 23, 2023
Posted inNews

China sends second Shiyan-10 test satellite sent into orbit with its final launch of 2022

by Andrew Jones December 29, 2022February 4, 2023
An asteroid portrayed to be passing in front of the blue-green Earth and the moon.
Posted inCivil, News

China to target near-Earth object 2020 PN1 for asteroid deflection mission

by Andrew Jones July 12, 2022February 22, 2023
A Long March 2D lifts off from Jiuquan, Dec. 29, 2021, carrying the Tianhui-4 mapping satellite.
Posted inLaunch, Military, News

China closes record-breaking year with orbital launches from Jiuquan and Xichang

by Andrew Jones December 30, 2021February 22, 2023
A Long March 3B launches a pair of Beidou navigation satellites from Xichang, Nov. 22, 2019.
Posted inLaunch

A Chinese satellite is now active weeks after an anomaly during launch

by Andrew Jones October 19, 2021January 23, 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 Long March 3B lifts off from Xichang carrying the fengyun-4B weather satellite, June 2, 2021.
Posted inLaunch, News

China launches Fengyun-4B meteorological satellite

by Andrew Jones June 3, 2021February 22, 2023

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