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A Long March 6A rocket climbs above the launch tower at Taiyuan amid plumes of exhaust and a blue sky backdrop.
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China launches fourth batch of Thousand Sails megaconstellation satellites

by Andrew Jones January 23, 2025January 23, 2025

HELSINKI — China launched the fourth batch of 18 satellites for the Thousand Sails megaconstellation early Thursday using a Long March 6A rocket. The Long March 6A lifted off at […]

A Long March 6A rocket lifts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern China, surrounded by four towering lightning rods, leaving a plume of dense white exhaust against a backdrop of a partly cloudy blue sky. The launch marks the deployment of the third batch of 18 Qianfan (Thousand Sails) satellites, a key step in China's ambitious low Earth orbit megaconstellation project, December 5, 2024.
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Long March 6A launches third batch of Thousand Sails constellation satellites

by Andrew Jones December 5, 2024December 5, 2024
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Chinese rocket stage breaks up into cloud of more than 700 pieces of space debris

by Andrew Jones August 9, 2024August 9, 2024
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Chinese megaconstellation launch creates field of space debris

by Andrew Jones August 8, 2024August 8, 2024
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China launches first satellites for Thousand Sails megaconstellation

by Andrew Jones August 6, 2024August 8, 2024
A Long March 6A lifts off into a pre-dawn sky above Taiyuan, july 4, 2024, carrying two Tianhui-5 (02) satellites.
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China’s Long March 6A rocket appears to have an orbital debris problem

by Andrew Jones July 12, 2024July 12, 2024
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China to launch first satellites for megaconstellation in August

by Andrew Jones June 27, 2024June 27, 2024
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Long March 6A launches second Yunhai-3 satellite

by Andrew Jones March 27, 2024March 27, 2024
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China launches first Long March rocket with solid boosters

by Andrew Jones March 29, 2022February 22, 2023

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