China launches satellite for space environment study

08:33, July 05, 2020

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  Beidou's last navigation satellite arrives in orbit 36,000 km above Earth

  The final satellite of the Beidou Navigation Satellite System is launched and sent into orbit by a Long March 3B carrier rocket from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province on Tuesday. [Photo by Yin Gang/For China Daily] .The Xi'an Satellite Control Center in Shaanxi province said in a

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  China launches high-resolution remote-sensing satellite

  Photos: provided to Peoples DailyTAIYUAN, July 3 (Xinhua) -- China successfully sent a high-resolution multi-mode imaging satellite into the planned orbit from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north Chinas Shanxi Province Friday.The satellite was launched by a Long March-4B carrier rocket at 11:10 a.m. (Beijing Time), according to the China National Space Administration.Fridays launch was the 337th by the Long March rocket series.

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  China launches new commercial telecommunication satellite

  Photo: Peoples DailyXICHANG, July 9 (Xinhua) -- China successfully sent a commercial telecommunication satellite, known as APSTAR-6D, into a planned orbit from the southwestern Xichang Satellite Launch Center on Thursday.The APSTAR-6D telecommunication satellite was launched by a Long March-3B carrier rocket at 8:11 p.m. (Beijing Time), according to the center.The satellite was developed by the China Academy of Space Technology, a subsidiary of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.It was purchased by the APT Mobile SatCom Limited to provide satellite broadband telecommunication services for airborne, shipborne, vehicle-borne, and other mobile communication applications.Thursdays launch was the 339th by the Long March rocket series.