China Launches Remote Sensing Satellite For Venezuela

<正>China launched a Venezuelan remote sensing satellite,VRSS-2,into a preset orbit from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 12:13 Beijing time on October 9.The satellite was launched by a LM-2D carrier rocket which was developed by the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology.This is the 33rd launch of the LM-2D launch vehicle     

CASC Issues Commercial Space Program

正During the following 3 years, China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) will implement commercial practices in launch services, in the areas of communications,navigation and remote sensing satellites, as well focusing on promoting commercial launch services and satellite applications for global low orbit satellite mobile communications, space internet systems and SuperView-1 commercial remote sensing satellite constellation consolidating the overall in-depth development of CASC’s commercial space capabilities.     

GF-4 Completed Multiple Tests

<正>Recently,the mechanical test and satellite-launch vehicle matching and separation test for the flight model GF-4satellite was completed,laying a robust foundation for future testing work.GF-4 is China’s first geostationary medium and high-resolution optical imaging remote sensing satellite,as well as the first satellite based on the newly developed high orbit remote sensing satellite platform.The success of these     

长征四号丙运载火箭成功发射高分十二号卫星（英文）

<正>China launched the GF-12 satellite using a LM-4C launch vehicle from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center at 07:52Beijing time on November 28,2019.The satellite entered its preset orbit successfully.The GF-12 satellite,developed by the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology (SAST) under CASC,is a remote sensing satellite in the China High-Resolution Earth Observation Sys-     

CRESDA and CBERS Program

China Centre for Resources Satellite Data and Application (CRESDA) was founded on October 5,1991. According to the country’s strategy of developing land observation satellite, CRESDA has built a large ground system infrastructure for civil remote sensing satellites, providing     

长征四号丙运载火箭成功发射高分十号卫星（英文）

<正>China launched the GF-10 satellite into orbit using a LM-4C launch vehicle from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center at02:5 1 Beijing time on October 5.The satellite entered the preset orbit successfully.Developed by the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology (SAST),GF-10 is a microwave remote sensing satellite in the China High-Resolution Earth Observation System,a national     

HY-1B Ocean Satellite

HY-1 ocean color satellites,the Chinese first generation of ocean satellites,were developed by China Aerospace DongFangHong Satellite Company Ltd. (DFH Satellite Co.Ltd.)under China Academy of Space Technology(CAST). HY-1A satellite,the first of the series launched in May 2002,provided a great deal of ocean remote sensing data and images.It was the beginning of a new era of China's ocean remote sensing and also ended the history of no ocean-satellite in China.The project of HY-1B satellite was approved by China National Space     

A LM-2C Launches HY-1C Satellite

正China launched the Haiyang-1C (HY-1C) satellite into its preset orbit on a LM-2C carrier rocket from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center at 11:15 Beijing time on September 7.HY-1C was developed by the DFH Satellite Co., Ltd under the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST). It is the first launched satellite of China’s marine satellites in the 12th Five-Year of the National Civil Space Infrastructure, as well as the third satellite of China’s water     

VRSS-1 Satellite Delivered to Venezuela

According to CAST,Venezuela and China signed the satellite in-orbit acceptance review meeting minutes in early March 2013,which marks the formal in-orbit delivery of the Venezuelan remote sensing satellite(VRSS-1)to Venezuela.The two parties recognized that the lifetime     

The Yaogan 29 Satellite Launched

<正>At 05:24 Beijing time on November27,China launched a remote sensing satellite onboard a LM-4C launch vehicle from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center.The Yaogan 29 satellite entered its predetermined orbit.Both the satellite and its carrier rocket were developed by the Shanghai     

Super View-1 Launched into Space

正China’s first 0.5 m-level high-resolution commercial remote sensing satellite,Super View-1,was launched by a LM-2D from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center at 11:23 Beijing time on December 28,2016.The first popular science mini satellite of the country,designed and built by middle school students,piggybacked with the carrier rocket.This was the244th flight of the LM series launch vehicle.     

Yaogan 28 Rides Uphill on a LM-4B

<正>The Yaogan 28 satellite was launched to space on top of a LM-4B rocket at15:06 Beijing time on November 8,2015 from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center.The remote sensing satellite entered precisely into its preset sunsynchronous orbit.The satellite was developed by the China Academy of Space Technology to conduct scientific experiments,land resource survey,crop yield estimation and     

China Launches GF-11 Atop a LM-4B

正China launched the GF-11 satellite on a LM-4B carrier rocket from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center at 11:00Beijing time on July 31, 2018.The GF-11 satellite was developed by the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST). It is an optical remote sensing satellite with the ground pixel resolution of sub-meter level, as part of China’s high-resolution Earth observation project. The satellite can be used for land survey, urban planning, road     

CASC Will Develop VRSS-1 Remote Sensing Satellite for Venezuela

China and Venezuela signed a contract for VRSS-1 remote sensing satellite program on May 26, 2011 in Caracas,     

Successful Maiden Flight of LM-3C/Yuanzheng 1 Rocket

The LM-3C/Yuanzheng 1 launch vehicle lifted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center at 21:52 Beijing time on March 30,2015,putting China’s 17th Bei Dou satellite into orbit.At 03:34 on March 31,the satellite detached from the Yuanzheng 1 upper stage and entered its working orbit directly,marking the success of China’s first launch mission in year 2015.The China Academy of Launch Vehicle     

LM-2D Successfully Launched Commercial Satellites

<正>At 12:13 Beijing time on October 7,2015,a LM-2D launch vehicle successfully launched a set of"Jilin 1"commercial satellites into sun-synchronous orbit at 650km.The complete success of the mission marks an important step forward towards commercialization and industrialization in the space remote sensing field.The Jilin 1 satellite is composed of an optical remote sensing satellite,2 video satellites and 1 technology demonstra-     

Yaogan 27 Satellite Launched on a LM-4C

<正>At 10:31 Beijing time on August 27,a LM-4C launch vehicle lifted off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center,putting a remote sensing satellite into orbit.The Yaogan 27 satellite,designed for scientific experiments,home land resources survey,crop estimation and disaster prevention and mitigation,entered its preset orbit.Both the satellite and the launch ve-     

China and European Space Cooperation Deepens

<正>At the 2015 Paris Air Show held from June 15-21 2015,China Great Wall Industry Corporation(CGWIC),one of the principal international trade companies of CASC,attended the event with models of CASC system-level space products including LM-3B,LM-2D,LM-4B,LM-5,and LM-7 launch vehicles,DFH-5 communications satellite platform and some remote sensing satellite platforms.Progress on China’s Manned Space Program,China Lunar Exploration Program,BeiDou Navigation Satellite System and China Highresolution Earth Observation System were also announced.     

China Launches Communications Satellite Alcomsat-1 for Algeria

<正>China launched Algeria’s communications satellite,Alcomsat-1,on a LM-3B carrier rocket into its preset orbit from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center at 00:40 Beijing time on December 11 successfully.Alcomsat-1 is Algeria’s first communications satellite as well as the first cooperative project in the aerospace industry between China and Algeria.China and Algeria are comprehensive     

Chang'e 4 Relay Satellite Queqiao Launched Atop A LM-4C

正China launched a relay satellite named Queqiao on a LM-4C launch vehicle from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center at 05:28 Beijing time on May 21,2018.It is the world’s first communications satellite that operates in the orbit around the second Lagrangian(L2)point of the Earth-moon system,