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How many eyes? [Long March 2C Y87]
The third group of Yaogan-43 satellites were delivered to low Earth orbit.
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Sichuan to invest 1 billion Yuan for commerical launches
Liangshan Prefecture & Sichuan Province have established a new company to invest in a commerical spaceport at Xichang.
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Closing in on 100! [Long March 3B/E Y99]
The 99th Long March 3B has placed the third WHG satellite into orbit.
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Business in the mountains [Kuaizhou-1A Flight-27]
ExPace's Kuaizhou-1A deliverd four Tianqi satellties to low Earth orbit as the thrid launch in under 48 hours.
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Need a guide? [Long March 3B/E YZ-1 Y80]
Two more BeiDou satellites were sent to a medium Earth orbit atop of a Long March 3B/E!
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Another test batch? [Long March 4B Y73]
Yaogan 43 had a second group of satellties sent into orbit atop of a Long March 4B.
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Here comes the swarm? [Long March 4B Y72]
A Long March 4B lifted off from Xichang possibly carrying the first satellite group of a remote sensing constellation.
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More Internet? [LM-3B/E Y97]
A Long March 3B/E blasted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center headed to geosynchronus transfer orbit.
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Franco-Chinese gamma-ray burst mission blasts off from Xichang! [Long March 2C Y50]
A Long March 2C rocket lifted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center earlier today carrying the Space Variable Objects Monitor.
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China launches Pakistan's newest communications satellite [Long March 3B/E Y98]
Pakistan's newest communications satellite headed to a geosynchronous transfer orbit atop of a Long March 3B/E.
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New Hardware, New Observations, and New Test Firings! [15/5/2024]
This article was originally posted on May 16th 2024 on Ko-fi.
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China launches new experimental communication satellites [Long March 3B/E Y97]
China has continued to ramp up its launch cadence with a Long March 3B/E carrying Smart SkyNet (智慧天网) 1A and 1B.
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