Long March Current Affairs, GK & News
China’s Record Launch of 22 Satellites
On February 27, 2022, China launched a Long March-8 rocket to place 22 satellites in space. Highlights With the launch, China set a domestic record for the most spacecraft launched by a single rocket. The rocket blasted off at the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in southern Hainan Province. It sent the satellites into pre-set orbits. It ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2022
Category: International / World Current Affairs • Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Chinese space program • Long March • Sun-synchronous orbit (SSO)
China successfully launches 13 satellites in a single rocket
On November 6, 2020, China launched 13 satellites in a single rocket successfully. Of these 13 satellites, 10 were from Argentina. This is the biggest launch of foreign satellites by the country. Key Highlights The satellites were launched on the Long March 6 carrier rocket. This was the 351st satellite launch of the Long March ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2020
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: China • Long March • Satellites
China launches its first sea-based space rocket from Yellow Sea
China has successfully launched a space rocket from sea for the first time and became the third nation to successfully demonstrate the ability to launch satellites into orbit from a floating platform after Russia and United States. The China National Space Administration (CNSA) has announced that a Long March 11 rocket was launched from a ..
Topics: Comparison of Asian national space programs • Long March • Outer space • Satellite • Spacecraft • Spaceflight
China launches second generation data relay Tianlian II-01 satellite
China has successfully launched the first of its new-generation ‘Tianlian II-01’ data relay satellite into orbit by a Long March-3B carrier rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in southwest Sichuan Province. This is the first of China’s second-generation data-tracking and relay satellites. It will provide services like data relay, measurement and control, and transmission ..
Topics: Chinese space program • In spaceflight • Long March • Satellite • Shenzhou 7 • Shenzhou program • Spacecraft • Spaceflight • Tianlian I • Xichang Satellite Launch Center
China launchs a new communication satellite “APSTAR-6C” into orbit
China has successfully launched a new communication satellite “APSTAR-6C” into orbit by the Long March 3B launch vehicle from Xichang Satellite Launch Center at Sichuan province of China. The satellite is based on the Dong Fang Hong 4 (DFH-4) platform and with a designed life of 15 years. It will provide TV transmission, communication, internet, ..
Topics: Apstar 6C • APT Satellite Holdings • DFH • Long March • Satellite • Spacecraft • Spaceflight • Xichang Satellite Launch Center
China launches 2 more satellites
China successfully launched 2 more satellites for its proposed Beidou Global Navigation and Positioning Network being built to counter the US Global Position System (GPS). With these two satellites, China has so far launched 13 satellites to form part of the Beidou system. The Beidou-2 satellites, launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in the ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2012
Topics: BeiDou • Galileo • Global Positioning System • GLONASS • Long March • Satellite navigation • Satellite navigation systems • Satellites • Spacecraft • Spaceflight