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The development of the Long March 3B began in 1986 to meet the needs of the international GEO communications satellite market. During its maiden flight, on 14 February 1996 carrying the Intelsat 708 satellite, the rocket suffered a guidance failure two seconds into the flight and destroyed a nearby town, killing at least six people, [8] but ...
The China Maritime Satellite Tracking and Control Department (Chinese: 中国卫星海上测控部; pinyin: Zhōnggúo Wèixīng Hǎishàng Cèkòng Bù)), MUCD 63680, is a corps deputy grade naval base located at Jiangyin City in Jiangsu Province, established in 1978 as the headquarter and home port for the Yuan Wang-class tracking ships, which are used to track rocket and missile launches ...
Map of the Xichang Satellite Launch Center and its neighborhood. XSLC's Technical Center is equipped for testing and integration of the payload and launch vehicle. Its Mission Command and Control Center is located 7 kilometers (4.3 mi) southwest of the launch pads, and provides flight and safety control during overall system rehearsal and launch.
On 24 April 1970, when the People's Republic of China (PRC) launched its first artificial satellite, Dong Fang Hong 1, into orbit from JSLC, The Satellite Ground Tracking Department provided the "three grasps" (satellite tracking, telemetry, and control, TT&C) using the newly developed 7010 and Type 110 radars. Upgraded to a center in September ...
Business Insider obtained the satellite image from BlackSky, a real-time, space-based intelligence company. It shows the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy's Liaoning and Shandong carriers ...
Lunar lander and rover; first Chinese lunar landing, landed in Mare Imbrium with Yutu 1. Success Ongoing Queqiao 1: 20 May 2018 Long March 4C: 14 Jun 2018 - - Relay satellite located at the Earth-Moon L 2 point in order to allow communications with Chang'e 4. Success Ongoing Chang'e 4: 7 Dec 2018 Long March 3B: 12 Dec 2018 3 Jan 2019 -
Status: First flight: Launches: Successes: Failures: Partial failures: Long March 3 Retired 29 January 1984 13 10 2 1 Long March 3A: Retired 8 February 1994 27 27 0 0 Long March 3B: Retired 14 February 1996 12 10 1 1 Long March 3B/E: Active 13 May 2007 78 76 1 1 Long March 3C: Retired 25 April 2008 12 12 0 0 Long March 3C/E: Active 23 October ...
The four satellites of the Fengyun 1 (or FY-1) class were China's first meteorological satellites placed in polar, Sun-synchronous orbit. [6] In this orbit, FY-1 satellites orbited the Earth at both a low altitude (approximate 900 km above the Earth's surface), and at a high inclination between 98.8° and 99.2° traversing the North Pole every 14 minutes, giving FY-1-class satellites global ...