TJS satellite Archives - SpaceNews https://spacenews.com Covering the business and politics of space Sun, 09 Mar 2025 22:18:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://spacenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/cropped-SN_forza_star-32x32.png TJS satellite Archives - SpaceNews https://spacenews.com 32 32 80681979 China expands secretive satellite series with launch of TJS-15 https://spacenews.com/china-expands-secretive-satellite-series-with-launch-of-tjs-15/ https://spacenews.com/china-expands-secretive-satellite-series-with-launch-of-tjs-15/#respond Sun, 09 Mar 2025 22:18:00 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=514178 A Long March 3B rocket lifts off at night from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, illuminating the surroundings with bright flames and smoke. The rocket is positioned on the launch pad with its structure and scaffolding visible, silhouetted against the dark sky.

HELSINKI — China launched the latest in a series classified satellites into geosynchronous transfer orbit Sunday while disclosing little about the spacecraft. A Long March 3B rocket lifted off at […]

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]]> https://spacenews.com/china-expands-secretive-satellite-series-with-launch-of-tjs-15/feed/ 0 514178 China launches clandestine TJS-13 satellite, rocket reaches milestone https://spacenews.com/china-launches-clandestine-tjs-13-satellite-rocket-reaches-milestone/ https://spacenews.com/china-launches-clandestine-tjs-13-satellite-rocket-reaches-milestone/#respond Tue, 03 Dec 2024 11:46:33 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=509569 A Long March 3B rocket lifts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in a verdant, mountainous region, leaving a trail of smoke, marking its 100th flight and carrying the TJS-13 satellite into orbit.

HELSINKI — China launched a new communication engineering test satellite early Tuesday, adding to a series of satellites potentially for undisclosed military purposes. A Long March 3B rocket lifted off […]

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