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China launches classified Shiyan-19 test satellite from the Gobi Desert

China launched a new classified satellite Wednesday as part of an apparent space systems development test program.

by Andrew Jones March 15, 2023March 15, 2023

Civil

NASA Mars orbiter reveals China’s Zhurong rover has not moved for months

by Andrew Jones February 21, 2023February 23, 2023

A Long March 5 launches the Chang'e-5 lunar sample return mission Nov. 23, 2020.

Shanghai rocket maker considering developing huge methane-fueled rockets

by Andrew Jones September 18, 2022February 22, 2023

Orange exhaust blasts the ground as a 41-meter-tall, white Long March 2D rocket begins to rise above its fog-shrouded launch tower at the hilly Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China.

China plans to make aging Long March rocket reusable and non-toxic

by Andrew Jones August 29, 2022February 22, 2023

China launches first Long March rocket with solid boosters

by Andrew Jones March 29, 2022February 22, 2023

Liftoff of a Long March 4C rocket from Jiuquan at 03:109a.m. Eastern (1509 local), March 17, 2022.

Launch, Military, News

China launches second Yaogan-34 reconnaissance satellite

by Andrew Jones March 17, 2022February 22, 2023

A Long March 5 launches the Chang'e-5 lunar sample return mission Nov. 23, 2020.

Civil, Commercial, Launch, News

China plans more than 50 space launches in 2022

by Andrew Jones February 9, 2022February 22, 2023

Liftoff of the Long March 2D (Y70) carrying the classified Shiyan-13 satellite, Jan. 16 Eastern, 2022.

China’s first launch of 2022 puts classified Shiyan-13 satellite into orbit

by Andrew Jones January 17, 2022February 22, 2023

Shijian-21 lifts off atop a Long March 3B from Xichang Satellite Launch Center, at 9:27 a.m. local time, October 24.

Civil, Launch, Military, News

An object is now orbiting alongside China’s Shijian-21 debris mitigation satellite

by Andrew Jones November 5, 2021February 22, 2023

Shijian-21 lifts off atop a Long March 3B from Xichang Satellite Launch Center, at 9:27 a.m. local time, October 24.

China launches classified space debris mitigation technology satellite

by Andrew Jones October 24, 2021February 22, 2023