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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 ...
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 -
Long March 3B: Y104 Xichang LC-3 Successful Shijian 25 Geostationary transfer: CNSA: Technology verification: Verification of satellite life-extension technologies, including on-orbit fuel replenishment 17 January 2025 4:07 [1] [3] Long March 2D: Y101 Jiuquan: Successful Bajisitan PRSC-E01 巴基斯坦PRSC-EO1 Sun-synchronous
Second cargo flight to the Tiangong Space Station. 27 September 2021 08:20 [62] Long March 3B/E: F-79 Xichang, LA-3 Successful Shiyan 10: Inclined geosynchronous: CAST: Technology demonstration: Satellite experienced a failure in orbit following successful launch. It was subsequently reactivated and began to raise its orbit in mid-October. 14 ...
The ELaNa-48 mission, consisting of the two CURIE cubesats, was launched on this flight. [14] The two CURIE cubesats were launched as a single spacecraft and separated in orbit (ESA Rideshares - Demo Flight). [15] 10 July 23:40 [28] [29] Hyperbola-1: Y8 Jiuquan LS-95A i-Space: Yunyao-1 15-17 CGSTL: Low Earth Meteorology: 10 July: Launch failure ...
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 ...
The space program of the People's Republic of China is about the activities in outer space conducted and directed by the People's Republic of China.The roots of the Chinese space program trace back to the 1950s, when, with the help of the newly allied Soviet Union, China began development of its first ballistic missile and rocket programs in response to the perceived American (and, later ...
China used the Long March 1 rocket to launch its first satellite, Dong Fang Hong 1 (lit. "The East is Red 1"), into low Earth orbit on 24 April 1970, becoming the fifth nation to achieve independent launch capability. Early launches had an inconsistent record, focusing on the launching of Chinese satellites.