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China launches commercial carrier rocket​

Source: Xinhua
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2023-04-07 13:43:00

JIUQUAN, April 7 (Xinhua) -- China successfully launched SQX-1 solid commercial carrier rocket into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 12:00 p.m. (Beijing Time) on Friday.

The flight will verify the overall program of the rocket and obtain flight data.

It was the 5th flight mission of the SQX-1 commercial carrier rocket.

 

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China launches commercial carrier rocket​

Source: Xinhua
Editor: huaxia
2023-04-07 13:43:00

JIUQUAN, April 7 (Xinhua) -- China successfully launched SQX-1 solid commercial carrier rocket into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 12:00 p.m. (Beijing Time) on Friday.

The flight will verify the overall program of the rocket and obtain flight data.

It was the 5th flight mission of the SQX-1 commercial carrier rocket.

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China launches new meteorological satellite​

Source: Xinhua
Editor: huaxia
2023-04-16 10:32:46

JIUQUAN, April 16 (Xinhua) -- China on Sunday morning launched a Long March-4B rocket to place a new meteorological satellite in space.

The rocket blasted off at 9:36 a.m. (Beijing Time) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China and soon sent the Fengyun-3 07 satellite into its preset orbit.

The satellite will provide services for weather forecasting, disaster prevention and mitigation, climate change response and ecological conservation.

The mission marked the 471st flight of the Long March carrier rockets, according to the launch center.

 

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China launches new meteorological satellite​

Source: Xinhua
Editor: huaxia
2023-04-16 10:32:46

JIUQUAN, April 16 (Xinhua) -- China on Sunday morning launched a Long March-4B rocket to place a new meteorological satellite in space.

The rocket blasted off at 9:36 a.m. (Beijing Time) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China and soon sent the Fengyun-3 07 satellite into its preset orbit.

The satellite will provide services for weather forecasting, disaster prevention and mitigation, climate change response and ecological conservation.

The mission marked the 471st flight of the Long March carrier rockets, according to the launch center.

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Carrier rocket for Tianzhou-6 cargo vessel reaches launch site​

Source: Xinhua
Editor: huaxia
2023-04-16 17:46:15

BEIJING, April 16 (Xinhua) -- The Long March-7 Y7 carrier rocket, tasked with sending China's space station cargo vessel Tianzhou-6 into orbit in early or mid-May, has been transported to the launch site, the China Manned Space Agency said on Sunday.

The rocket reached the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in the southern province of Hainan on Thursday. It will undergo assembly and testing together with Tianzhou-6, which arrived earlier.

All engineering participants in the Tianzhou-6 mission are stepping up preparations for the launch next month. It will be the first spaceflight since China's space station entered into the stage of application and development, the agency said in a statement.

 

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Carrier rocket for Tianzhou-6 cargo vessel reaches launch site​

Source: Xinhua
Editor: huaxia
2023-04-16 17:46:15

BEIJING, April 16 (Xinhua) -- The Long March-7 Y7 carrier rocket, tasked with sending China's space station cargo vessel Tianzhou-6 into orbit in early or mid-May, has been transported to the launch site, the China Manned Space Agency said on Sunday.

The rocket reached the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in the southern province of Hainan on Thursday. It will undergo assembly and testing together with Tianzhou-6, which arrived earlier.

All engineering participants in the Tianzhou-6 mission are stepping up preparations for the launch next month. It will be the first spaceflight since China's space station entered into the stage of application and development, the agency said in a statement.

 

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China's BeiDou makes more than 300 billion daily positioning calls​

Source: Xinhua
Editor: huaxia
2023-04-26 19:58:15

BEIJING, April 26 (Xinhua) -- China's BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) makes more than 300 billion positioning calls a day, according to the 13th China Satellite Navigation Conference.

The 3-day conference kicked off Wednesday in Beijing, attracting more than 4,000 participants among the experts and scholars in the satellite navigation field both at home and abroad.

The theme of this year's conference is digital economy and intelligent navigation.

Since 2020 when the BDS-3 was completed and launched, it has played an important role in enabling economic and social development. Mapping software has called the BDS for positioning more than 300 billion times a day.

The total number of terminal products with BDS positioning function exceeded 1.2 billion units or sets in China, according to the conference. And the BDS has served more than 7.9 million operating vehicles, 47,000 ships, and 40,000 postal and express delivery vehicles on main lines.

Meanwhile, there are more than 5 million shared bikes equipped with BDS high-precision positioning chips. And mobile phones supporting the BDS-3 short message communication service are available on sale.

With the next generation of BDS as the core, a more ubiquitous, integrated, and intelligent national spatial and temporal system is expected to be built by 2035.

 

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China's Tianzhou-6 Cargo Craft Prepares for Launch in May​

 

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Tianzhou-5 cargo craft separates from China's space station

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Tianzhou-5 cargo craft separates from China's space station​

Source: Xinhua
Editor: huaxia
2023-05-05 18:47:15

BEIJING, May 5 (Xinhua) -- China's Tianzhou-5 cargo craft, tasked with supporting the Shenzhou-15 crewed space mission, separated from the orbiting space station combination at 3:26 p.m. Friday (Beijing Time) and switched to independent flight, the China Manned Space Agency said.

China launched the Tianzhou-5 on Nov. 12, 2022 from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in the southern province of Hainan. It was loaded with six months of supplies for three Shenzhou-15 taikonauts, propellant and experiment facilities.

After the Shenzhou-15 manned spaceship separates from the station combination, the Tianzhou-5 will orbit and dock at the forward port of the station's node cabin, the agency said in a statement.

 

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Tianzhou-5 cargo craft separates from China's space station

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Tianzhou-5 cargo craft separates from China's space station​

Source: Xinhua
Editor: huaxia
2023-05-05 18:47:15

BEIJING, May 5 (Xinhua) -- China's Tianzhou-5 cargo craft, tasked with supporting the Shenzhou-15 crewed space mission, separated from the orbiting space station combination at 3:26 p.m. Friday (Beijing Time) and switched to independent flight, the China Manned Space Agency said.

China launched the Tianzhou-5 on Nov. 12, 2022 from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in the southern province of Hainan. It was loaded with six months of supplies for three Shenzhou-15 taikonauts, propellant and experiment facilities.

After the Shenzhou-15 manned spaceship separates from the station combination, the Tianzhou-5 will orbit and dock at the forward port of the station's node cabin, the agency said in a statement.