Space Chinese Space Photos & News

[bdpopeye]

Zhang Rongqiao, chief architect of the Mars mission, speaks at the trial ground of an experiment for landing on Mars in Huailai County, north China's Hebei Province, Nov. 14, 2019.









Photos taken on Nov. 14, 2019 shows the trial ground of an experiment for landing on Mars in Huailai County, north China's Hebei Province.

China on Thursday unveiled an experiment simulating the process of a probe hovering, avoiding obstacles and descending to land on Mars. China plans to launch the Mars probe in 2020, aiming to complete orbiting, landing and roving in one mission, an unprecedented achievement, according to the China National Space Administration. How to safely land on Mars is one of the biggest challenges facing the mission. The experiment simulated the gravity of Mars, about one-third of the gravity on Earth, to test the design of the lander. (Xinhua/Jin Liwang)

 

[bdpopeye]

The Jilin-1 Gaofen 02A, which belongs to the Jilin-1 satellite family, is launched by Kuaizhou-1A (KZ-1A), a carrier rocket at 11:40 a.m. (Beijing Time) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Guansu Province, Nov. 13, 2019. (Photo/China News Service)

 

[bdpopeye]

Why is China launching so many satellites?





Two global multimedia satellites, KL-a-A and KL-a-B, are launched by a Kuaizhou-1A (KZ-1A) carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Jiuquan, northwest China's Gansu Province, Nov. 17, 2019. (Photo/Ma Chongpeng)

 

[bdpopeye]

China sent a new Earth observation satellite into space from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern China's Shanxi Province at 7:52 a.m. Thursday (Beijing Time).







The satellite, Gaofen-12, was launched aboard a Long March-4C rocket and entered the planned orbit successfully. It was the 320th flight mission of the Long March carrier rocket series. As part of the country's high-definition earth observation project, the microwave remote sensing satellite is capable of providing photographs with a resolution of better than a meter. Gaofen-12 will be used in land surveys, urban planning, road network design and crop yield estimate, as well as disaster relief. It can also serve projects along the Belt and Road. (...all Photos: China News Service/ Zheng Taotao)

 

[bdpopeye]

​

Long March-5 Y3 blasts off from Wenchang Space Launch Center in south China's Hainan Province, Dec. 27, 2019. The rocket, coded as Long March-5 Y3, blasted off from the coastal launch center at 8:45 p.m. (Beijing time), carrying the Shijian-20 technological experiment satellite weighing over eight tonnes, the heaviest and most advanced communications satellite of the country. About 2,220 seconds later, the satellite was sent into its planned orbit. (Xinhua/Chen Yehua)

 

[bdpopeye]

A new communication technology experiment satellite is launched by a Long March-3B carrier rocket at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Xichang, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Jan. 7, 2020. The satellite will be used in communication, radio, television and data transmission, as well as high throughput technology test. (Photo by Guo Wenbin/Xinhua)

 

[bdpopeye]

The new optical remote-sensing satellite for commercial use Red Flag-1 H9, along with three small satellites, is launched by a Long March-2D carrier rocket from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province, Jan. 15, 2020. China sends a new optical remote-sensing satellite for commercial use into planned orbit from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province on Wednesday morning. The satellite, belonging to the Jilin-1 satellite family, also named Red Flag-1 H9, was launched by a Long March-2D carrier rocket at 10:53 a.m. Beijing time. The new satellite, developed by the Chang Guang Satellite Technology Co., Ltd., has a super-wide coverage and a resolution at the sub-meter level. It is also capable of high-speed data storage and transmission. Via the same carrier rocket, three small satellites including NewSat7 and NewSat8 developed by an Argentinian company were also sent into space. (Photos/China News Service)

 

[BravoZulu]

CZ-11 being cold-launched from a canister. The CZ-11 is a small short-notice orbital launch vehicle, designed probably to replace satellites destroyed in a war.

 

[bdpopeye]

A Kuaizhou-1A (KZ-1A) carrier rocket carrying a broadband communication satellite blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 11:02 a.m. (Beijing Time) Jan. 16, 2020.



The broadband communication satellite, developed by a Beijing-based company, is the first one of the Beijing-based GalaxySpacet. (Photos: China News Service/Liu Wei)

 

[bdpopeye]

Four new technology experiment satellites take off on a Long March-2D carrier rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province on February 20, 2020. The satellites, launched by a Long March-2D carrier rocket at 5:07 a.m. (Beijing Time), will be mainly used for the new Earth-observation technology experiment.





The carrier rocket and two of the satellites were developed by the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology, the other two satellites were respectively developed by the Harbin Institute of Technology and the DFH Satellite Co. Ltd. (Photos: China News Service/Sun Gongming)

 

[bdpopeye]

​

China launches a new satellite of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province, March 9, 2020, only one step away from completing the whole global system. The satellite, the 54th of the BeiDou family, was sent into a geostationary orbit as planned by a Long March-3B carrier rocket. The newly launched satellite is the second geostationary earth orbit satellite of the BDS-3 system, and the last one is expected to be launched in May. (Photos: China News Service/Han Wenbin)







Long March-3B carrier rocket with the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System is assembled and ready for launch from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province, March 9, 2020. (Photos: China News Service/Han Wenbin)

 

[bdpopeye]

China launches Yaogan-30-06 remote sensing satellite at 11:43 a.m. (Beijing Time) on a Long March-2C carrier rocket from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Mar. 24, 2020. The satellite has successfully entered its preset orbit. (Photo: China News Service/ Guo Wenbin)

​

 

[Bombardier]

Great photos @bdpopeye

 

[bdpopeye]

New Long March-7A rocket..Mission FAIL!

China's new Long March 7A rocket fails in debut launch: reports

The mission aimed to loft a classified satellite to geosynchronous transfer orbit.

www.space.com

 

[bdpopeye]

Long March 5B launch marks new stage in China's manned space program

www.chinadaily.com.cn

China's Long March 5B carrier rocket makes its debut flight from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in Hainan province on Tuesday. [Photos by Su Dong/chinadaily.com.cn]

 

[bdpopeye]

Photo taken on May 8, 2020 shows the return capsule of the trial version of China's new-generation manned spaceship at the Dongfeng landing site in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The return capsule successfully returned to the Dongfeng landing site at 1:49 p.m. (Beijing Time) Friday, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA). (Photo: China News Service/ Wang Jiangbo)





Visual conceptual picture of the new manned spaceship. (Photos provided to China News Service)
The trial version of China's new-generation manned spaceship, which was launched by the Long March-5B in its maiden flight on Tuesday, has successfully made its re-entry to Earth and returned to its designated landing site at 1:49 pm Friday, China's Manned Space Agency announced. After a flight of two days and 19 hours, re-entry capsule of the new spaceship smoothly returned to the Dongfeng landing site in the desert of North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on Friday, under the precise direction of the Beijing Aerospace Flight Control Center. The new spaceship, which is designed with the aim of supporting China's future manned landing mission on the moon, took an unprecedented large elliptical orbit with an apogee of 8,000 kilometers and a perigee of about 400 kilometers, according to the Beijing Aerospace Flight Control Center. During its in-orbit flight, the spaceship adopted a brand-new autonomous orbit control and guided return system.

 

[BeNder]

Appreciate your pix BD, always superb. Take care in these uncertain times. God Bless.

 

[bdpopeye]

Appreciate your pix BD, always superb. Take care in these uncertain times. God Bless.

Thank you very much BeNder! Thanks again for those kind words!

 

[bdpopeye]

Kuaizhou-1A rocket carrying two satellites blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gansu Province, May 12, 2020.

​

The successs of the launch marked the beginning of China's new generation spaceborne IoT project, codenamed the "Xingyun Engineering" project. (Photos: China News Service/Wang Jiangbo)

 

[bdpopeye]

A Long March-2D carrier rocket successfully put the satellite Gaofen-9 03 into orbit at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China's Gansu province on June 17. [Photo by Wang Jiangbo/For chinadaily.com.cn]



JIUQUAN -- China launched a new Earth observation satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 3:19 pm Wednesday (Beijing Time).

The satellite Gaofen-9 03, sent into orbit by a Long March-2D carrier rocket, is an optical remote-sensing satellite with a resolution up to the sub-meter level.

The satellite will be mainly used for land survey, city planning, land right confirmation, road network design, crop yield estimation and disaster prevention and mitigation, as well as providing information for the construction of the Belt and Road.





Via the same carrier rocket, two other satellites were also sent into space. One of them, developed by Zhejiang University, will be used to test pico-satellite and nano-satellite technologies.

The other satellite, developed by Beijing-based China HEAD Aerospace Technology Co., will be used to collect global information on ship and flight statuses and the Internet of Things.
Wednesday's launch was the 335th mission of the Long March rocket series.