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Shijian-18 was a Chinese communications and technology demonstration satellite developed and launched by the China Academy of Space Technology on 2 July 2017. It was the maiden flight of the DHF-5 satellite bus, which is designed with 16-year lifespan. Shijian-18 carried 18 experiments on board involving communications and space telescopes.
Shijian-21 [ edit ] In December 2021 - January 2022, China's Shijian-21 space debris mitigation satellite has docked with the defunct Beidou-2 G2 navigation satellite to drastically alter its geostationary orbit, demonstrating capabilities only previously exhibited by the United States.
BeiDou-2 - Sent to GEO graveyard Orbit by Shijian-21 space Debris mitigation satellite or orbital servicing vehicle in January 2022. [10] 3 Compass-G1 16 January 2010 16:12 Xichang, LC-2 Long March 3C: N/A GEO 140.0° E Retired: BeiDou-2 4 Compass-G3 2 June 2010 15:53 Xichang, LC-2 Long March 3C: N/A GEO 79.5° E Retired September 29, 2018
Suspected debris from a Chinese rocket was seen plummeting to the ground over a village in southwest China on Saturday, leaving a trail of bright yellow smoke and sending villagers running ...
Chinese satellites have shown the ability to evade and monitor a US surveillance satellite, prompting experts to call for new norms as the space powers increasingly play cat-and-mouse games in ...
The Long March 4B (Chinese: 长征四号乙火箭), also known as the Chang Zheng 4B, CZ-4B, and LM-4B, is a Chinese expendable orbital launch vehicle.Launched from Launch Complex 1 at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, it is a 3-stage launch vehicle, used mostly to place satellites into low Earth orbit and Sun-synchronous orbits.
The agency’s Space Debris Office, along with an international surveillance network, monitored and tracked the Earth-observing ERS-2 satellite throughout February to make predictions about the ...
First flight of Long March 5B. Some debris from the CZ-5B's core stage may have survived reentry and fell on villages in the Ivory Coast. [8] 29 May 2020 20:13 [10] Long March 11: F-09 Xichang: Successful XJS-G (Chuangxin 6-01) Low Earth: Shanghai Engineering Center for Microsatellites Earth observation technology XJS-H Low Earth