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The Long March 3B and its variants remain in active use as of January 2021, having conducted a total of 26 consecutive successful launches, since 19 June 2017 until 9 March 2020. In December 2013, a Long March 3B/E successfully lifted Chang'e 3, China's first Lunar lander and rover into the projected lunar-transfer orbit. In April 2020, the ...
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 SLS-2 [4] Successful Bajisitan PRSC-E01 巴基斯坦PRSC-EO1 Sun-synchronous
ChinaSat 8, which had been scheduled for launch in April 1999 on a Long March 3B rocket, [12] was placed in storage, sold to the Singapore company ProtoStar, and finally launched on a European rocket Ariane 5 in 2008. [11] From 2005 to 2012, Long March rockets launched ITAR-free satellites made by the European company Thales Alenia Space. [13]
On April 10, 1912, the Titanic set sail on its maiden voyage from Southhampton, England to New York City. But a few days into the trip, the ship hit an iceberg and sank within hours. Approximately ...
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On 14 February 1996, the Long March 3B lost its guidance platform and veered off course, hitting a nearby village and killing at least 6 people. On 18 August 2011, the Long March 2C lost attitude control. On 9 December 2013, the Long March 4B experienced an early shutdown of its third stage and failed to reach orbit.
The 300th launch of Long March series rocket. [193] 31 March 2019 15:51 [194] Long March 3B/E F-56 Xichang, LA-2: Successful Tianlian 2-01: Geosynchronous transfer: Communication / Data transfer 20 April 2019 14:41 [195] Long March 3B/E F-57 Xichang, LA-3: Successful BeiDou-3 I1: Geosynchronous transfer: Navigation 29 April 2019 22:52 Long ...
Thirty years ago today on September 1, 1985, the 73-year-old Titanic wreckage was finally discovered. The tragedy of the RMS Titanic rocked the world on April 15, 1912, when the "unsinkable" ship ...