Chinese Space Launches

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A Long March 2C rocket launched 3 satellites 20 May 2022.
It was China's 17th orbital launch this year.

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A Long March 2C rocket launched 9 satellites for Geely Automobile 2 June 2022.
It was China's 18th orbital launch this year.
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A Long March 2F rocket will launch Shenzhou-14 crewed spacecraft with three astronauts to dock with China Space Station 5 June 2022.
A Galacitc Energy Ceres-1 rocket will launch XX satellites 17 June 2022.
 

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A Long March 2C rocket launched 9 satellites for Geely Automobile 2 June 2022.
It was China's 18th orbital launch this year.
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A Long March 2F rocket launched Shenzhou-14 crewed spacecraft with three astronauts to dock with China Space Station 5 June 2022.
It was China's 19th orbital launch this year.
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A Galacitc Energy Ceres-1 rocket will launch XX satellites 17 June 2022.
 
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A Long March 2F rocket launched Shenzhou-14 crewed spacecraft with three astronauts to dock with China Space Station 5 June 2022.
It was China's 19th orbital launch this year.
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A Kuaizhou-1A rocket launched Tianxing-1 satellites 22 June 2022.
It was China's 20th orbital launch this year.
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Intense space launches for coming month (Red: State-owned Blue: Private)
A Long March 2D rocket will launch unknown payloads 2:20 UTC 23 June 2022.
A Long March 4C rocket will launch SA-Tech-01 satellites 16:00 UTC 25 June 2022.

A Land Space metholox powered Zhuque-2 rocket will attempt its first orbital launch 4:00 UTC 9 July 2022.
A Long March 3B rocket will launch Tianlian-2 Group 03 relay satellites 16:50 UTC 9 July 2022.
A CAS Space Lijian-1 rocket will attempt its first orbital launch June/July 2022.
A Galactic Energy Ceres-1 rocket will launch XX satellites June/July 2022.

A Long March 5B rocket will launch the Wentian Space Laboratory to dock with China Space Station 24 July 2022.
 
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A Kuaizhou-1A rocket launched Tianxing-1 satellites 22 June 2022.
It was China's 20th orbital launch this year.
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All the Kuaizhous
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A Long March 2D rocket launched Yaogan-35 Group 2 satellites 23 June 2022.
It was China's 21st orbital launch this year.
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Coming up next:
A Long March 4C rocket will launch SA-Tech-01 satellites 16:00 UTC 25 June 2022.
A Land Space metholox powered Zhuque-2 rocket will attempt its first orbital launch 4:00 UTC 9 July 2022.
A Long March 3B rocket will launch Tianlian-2 Group 03 relay satellites 16:50 UTC 9 July 2022.
A CAS Space Lijian-1 rocket will attempt its first orbital launch July 2022.
A Galactic Energy Ceres-1 rocket will launch XX satellites July 2022.
A Long March 5B rocket will launch the Wentian Space Laboratory to dock with China Space Station 24 July 2022.
 

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A Long March 2D rocket launched Yaogan-35 Group 2 satellites 23 June 2022.
It was China's 21st orbital launch this year.
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A Long March 4C rocket launched Gaofen-12 Group 03 satellites 27 June 2022.
It was China's 22nd orbital launch this year.
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Coming up next:
A Long March 3B rocket will launch Tianlian-2 Group 03 relay satellites 16:50 UTC 9 July 2022.
A CAS Space Lijian-1 rocket will attempt its first orbital launch July 2022.
A Galactic Energy Ceres-1 rocket will launch XX satellites July 2022.
A Land Space metholox powered Zhuque-2 rocket will attempt its first orbital launch July 2022.
A Long March 5B rocket will launch the Wentian Space Laboratory to dock with China Space Station 24 July 2022.
 

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Chinese probe has mapped the entire planet of Mars!


After reaching Martian orbit, China's Tianwen-1 mission reached a major milestone and successfully mapped the entire planet. The spacecraft has captured images ranging from Mars' poles to the surface features, canyons, and craters after circling the planet over 1,300 times in a space of just over a year.

The spacecraft was successfully inserted into an orbit around Mars in February 2021 in China's maiden attempt at an interplanetary mission. Chinese scientists not only succeeded in entering Martian orbit in the first attempt, but also landed a rover on the Red Planet and moved around.
 

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China's most powerful rocket Launch March 5B rolled today for July 24 mission.
Payload: Wentian Space Lab
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the 23 ton Wentian laboratory module is the second major element of CSS and the heaviest payload ever launched by a Long March rocket.
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Hausjärvi, FINLAND — China is gearing up to send a second module to its under-construction space station with a launch from the coastal Wenchang spaceport later this month.

A Long March 5B heavy-lift rocket will launch the roughly 23-ton Wentian experiment module around 02:20 a.m. ET (0620 UTC) July 24, according to recently announced area clearance notices consistent with such a launch.

The 53.7-meter-long, 837.5 metric ton rocket was rolled out to the pad at Wenchang. Wentian is expected to rendezvous and join Tianhe, the similarly-sized core module for the Tiangong space station which launched in April 2021. Tianhe made orbital adjustments earlier this month to prepare for the arrival of Wentian.

The new module has a length of 17.9 meters and a maximum diameter of 4.2 meters. It features crew quarters and an airlock cabin which will become the main exit-entry point for extravehicular activities (EVAs) once active, replacing the role now played by the Tianhe docking hub.

The new crew facilities will allow China to perform a first crew handover. This will take place when the current Shenzhou-14 crew greet three new astronauts due to fly aboard Shenzhou-15 in December. Tiangong will then host six astronauts for a period of days.

Its main role is hosting experiment racks for science experiments, while also providing backups to the life support and control functions of Tianhe. Wentian carries a five-meter-long robotic arm, supplemental to the 10-meter-long Tianhe arm. The two arms can also join together.

Wentian will also come with 30-meter-long solar arrays, boosting the power available to Tiangong. Wentian will host a new round of live science lectures, following on from those presented by the Shenzhou-13 crew aboard Tianhe.

“Wentian is a critical stage in the building of China’s space station,” says Brian Harvey, author of China in Space: The Great Leap Forward. “The Tianhe crew has overseen numerous undockings and redockings, so such maneuvers are well practiced, but nothing can be taken for granted, especially for the first time.”

The Shenzhou-14 astronauts aboard Tianhe have been undergoing a training program including rendezvous and docking operations and using Tianhe’s mechanical arm in preparation for the arrival of Wentian.

Tianzhou-2, a cargo craft initially charged to deliver supplies to Tianhe for the first crew, Shenzhou-12, was used early this year for a transposition test to verify procedures for moving a module from the forward docking port and towards a lateral port.

Tianhe has so far been visited by three separate three-person crews. The most recent, Shenzhou-14, arrived on June 5 and will oversee the arrival of Wentian and Mengtian, another 22-ton experiment module scheduled for launch in October.

The arrival of the latter will complete the planned T-shaped Tiangong space station, though China has suggested it could later expand the complex to six modules.

“The real work of the station, which we can expect to fly into the 2040s, will begin,” Harvey says, once Mengtian is docked in position.

The Chinese space station was first envisioned in 1992 with the approval of Project 921 which called for the development of human spaceflight capabilities. The project suffered delays due to issues with development and performance of the Long March 5B, but could also be expanded to six modules and most commercial and tourist missions.

The country also plans to launch a co-orbiting optical telescope module, named Xuntian, in late 2023. It will be capable of docking with Tianhe for repairs, maintenance, refueling and upgrades, and aims to survey 40 percent of the sky across a decade.

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Xuntian features a two-meter-diameter aperture and a field of view more than 300 times greater than the 32-year-old Hubble Space Telescope. NASA plans a new survey mission, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, around 2027.
 
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LIVE : China launches lab module to Tiangong Space Station + live pad view

Launch time: 06:18 UTC July 24 2022
Launch site: Wenchang, Hainan island, China
Payload: Wentian laboratory module, the second major element of China’s space station
Destination: China Space Station


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A Long March 2C rocket launched SuperView Neo-3/4 SAR satellites 16 July 2022.
It was China's 24th orbital launch this year.
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A Long March 5B rocket launched the Wentian laboratory module, the second major element of China Space Station 24 July 2022.
It was China's 25th orbital launch this year.
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Coming up next:
A CAS Space Lijian-1 rocket will attempt its first orbital flight 27 July 2022.
A Long March 2D rocket will launch XX satellites 29 July 2022
A Long March 4B rocket will launch XX satellites 4 Aug 2022
A Galactic Energy Ceres-1 rocket will launch Taijing-01/02 satellites 2X July/Aug 2022
A Land Space methane powered Zhuque-2 rocket will attempt its first orbital flight 2X July/Aug 2022.
A Long March 7A rocket will launch XX satellites XX Aug/Sept 2022
A Long March XX rocket will launch TECIS (Terrestrial Ecosystem Carbon Inventory Satellite) XX Aug/Sept 2022
A Long March 2D rocket will launch ASO-S(Advanced Space-borne Solar Observatory) 20 Oct 2022
A Long March 7A rocket will launch Tianzhou-5 cargo resupply spacecraft XX Oct 2022
A Long March 5B rocket will launch Mengtian Space Station Laboratory XX Oct 2022
 
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A Long March 5B rocket launched the Wentian laboratory module, the second major element of China Space Station 24 July 2022.
It was China's 25th orbital launch this year.
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Coming up next:
A CAS Space Lijian-1 rocket will attempt its first orbital flight 27 July 2022.
A Long March 2D rocket will launch XX satellites 29 July 2022
A Long March 4B rocket will launch XX satellites 4 Aug 2022
A Galactic Energy Ceres-1 rocket will launch Taijing-01/02 satellites 2X July/Aug 2022
A Land Space methane powered Zhuque-2 rocket will attempt its first orbital flight 2X July/Aug 2022.
A Long March 7A rocket will launch XX satellites XX Aug/Sept 2022
A Long March XX rocket will launch TECIS (Terrestrial Ecosystem Carbon Inventory Satellite) XX Aug/Sept 2022
A Long March 2D rocket will launch ASO-S(Advanced Space-borne Solar Observatory) 20 Oct 2022
A Long March 7A rocket will launch Tianzhou-5 cargo resupply spacecraft XX Oct 2022
A Long March 5B rocket will launch Mengtian Space Station Laboratory XX Oct 2022
the 23-ton Wentian laboratory module is the second major element of CSS and the heaviest payload ever launched by a Long March rocket.
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A Long March 5B rocket launched the Wentian laboratory module, the second major element of China Space Station 24 July 2022.
It was China's 25th orbital launch this year.
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Coming up next:
A CAS Space Lijian-1 rocket will attempt its first orbital flight 27 July 2022.
A Long March 2D rocket will launch XX satellites 29 July 2022
A Long March 4B rocket will launch XX satellites 4 Aug 2022
A Galactic Energy Ceres-1 rocket will launch Taijing-01/02 satellites 2X July/Aug 2022
A Land Space methane powered Zhuque-2 rocket will attempt its first orbital flight 2X July/Aug 2022.
A Long March 7A rocket will launch XX satellites XX Aug/Sept 2022
A Long March XX rocket will launch TECIS (Terrestrial Ecosystem Carbon Inventory Satellite) XX Aug/Sept 2022
A Long March 2D rocket will launch ASO-S(Advanced Space-borne Solar Observatory) 20 Oct 2022
A Long March 7A rocket will launch Tianzhou-5 cargo resupply spacecraft XX Oct 2022
A Long March 5B rocket will launch Mengtian Space Station Laboratory XX Oct 2022
A CAS Space Lijian-1(or ZK-1A) rocket launched 6 satellites to SSO on its first orbital flight 27 July 2022.
It was China's 26th orbital launch this year.
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CAS Space is a private Chinese space launch startup founded in 2016.
ZK-1A is a solid launcher with a payload capacity of 1.5 tons to SSO.

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A CAS Space Lijian-1(or ZK-1A) rocket launched 6 satellites to SSO on its first orbital flight 27 July 2022.
It was China's 26th orbital launch this year.
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CAS Space is a private Chinese space launch startup founded in 2016.
ZK-1A is a solid launcher with a payload capacity of 1.5 tons to SSO.

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A Long March 2D rocket launched Yaogan-35C satellites 29 July 2022.
It was China's 27th orbital launch this year.
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Coming up next:
A Long March 4B rocket will launch XX satellites 4 Aug 2022.
 
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