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Omani space company signs up to China’s ILRS moon base project

by Andrew Jones December 11, 2024December 11, 2024

Orange exhaust pushes a large Long March rocket from the pad at the coastal Wenchang spaceport, with white smoke billowing around lightning towers near the launch tower.

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China set to launch first Guowang megaconstellation satellites on Long March 5B

by Andrew Jones December 11, 2024December 11, 2024

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China is building on-orbit space situational awareness capabilities to navigate crowded orbits

by Andrew Jones December 9, 2024December 9, 2024

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.

Long March 6A launches third batch of Thousand Sails constellation satellites

by Andrew Jones December 5, 2024December 5, 2024

A Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) lifts off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, surrounded by smoke and flames, against a backdrop of green vegetation and blue sky. The rocket's red-and-white design stands out as it carries the European Proba-3 mission into orbit.

PSLV rocket launches Europe’s Proba-3 mission to mimic solar eclipses

by Andrew Jones December 5, 2024December 5, 2024

Rocket launch from a mountainous spaceport, showing a solid-propellant rocket ascending against a clear blue sky with smoke trailing from the launch pad, surrounded by forested hills

China debuts modified solid rocket with remote sensing satellite launch

by Andrew Jones December 4, 2024December 4, 2024

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.

China launches clandestine TJS-13 satellite, rocket reaches milestone

by Andrew Jones December 3, 2024December 3, 2024

Nighttime launch of the Long March 12 rocket from the Wenchang Commercial Space Launch Site, illuminating the sky with bright flames and plumes of smoke

China launches first Long March 12 from new commercial spaceport in boost for country’s lunar plans

by Andrew Jones November 30, 2024November 30, 2024

A Long March 3B lifts off from Xichang carrying the 59th and 60th Beidou navigation satellites into orbit, Sept. 19 (UTC), 2024.

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China to launch next-generation Beidou satellites in 2027

by Andrew Jones November 28, 2024November 28, 2024

The white and red Zhuque-2E Y1 rocket launch by Landspace on November 27, 2024, against a morning sky, with an exhaust plume and smoke billowing as the rocket ascends.

Landspace puts 2 satellites in orbit with enhanced Zhuque-2 rocket

by Andrew Jones November 27, 2024November 27, 2024