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China launches Gaofen 11 Earth-observing satellite atop Long March 4B

Gaofen 11 launches atop Long March 4B rocket on July 31, 2018. Photo Credit: Xinhua

A Long March 4B rocket took to the skies on Tuesday, July 31, on a mission to deliver China’s Gaofen 11 high-resolution Earth-observing spacecraft to orbit. (more…)

Long March 4C orbits Gaofen 5 high-resolution Earth-observing satellite

Long March 4C lifts off with Gaofen 5 on May 8, 2018. Photo Credit: Xinhua

One of China’s Long March 4C boosters took to the skies on Tuesday, May 8 to orbit Gaofen 5 – the country’s newest high-resolution Earth-observation satellite. (more…)

Long March 4C orbits trio of Gaofen-1 Earth-observing satellites

Long March 4C launches with the Gaofen-1 trio. Photo Credit: Xu Chuenlei/Xinhua

A Long March 4C rocket took to the skies in an unannounced launch to deliver a triplet of Gaofen-1 Earth-observing satellites for China. Liftoff occurred at 11:22 p.m. EDT March 30 (3:22 GMT March 31), 2018, from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in the country’s Shanxi Province. (more…)

Chinese Long March 3B rocket successfully launches Gaofen-4 Earth observation satellite

A Long March 3B rocket launches Gaofen-4 satellite on Dec. 28, 2015. Photo Credit: CNS

China has closed out the 2015 launch manifest with the flight of its most sophisticated Earth-observation satellite, Gaofen-4. A Chinese Long March 3B rocket was used to deliver the spacecraft to orbit. The booster blasted off at 12:04 p.m. EDT (16:04 GMT) on Monday, Dec. 28 from the Launch Area 2 at the…