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Long March 3B/E | Shiyan 10
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | CHNXichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Sept. 27, 2021, 8:20 a.m.
Kuaizhou-1A | Jilin-1-02D
ExPace | CHNJiuquan, People's Republic of China
Sept. 27, 2021, 6:19 a.m.
Long March 7 | Tianzhou-3
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | CHNWenchang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Sept. 20, 2021, 7:10 a.m.
Long March 3B | ChinaSat 9B
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | CHNXichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Sept. 9, 2021, 11:50 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Zhongxing-9B (ChinaSat 9B) is a Chinese communications satellite, that will replace the Zhongxing-9A satellite in orbit. The latter was launched in 2017, but the CZ-3B launch vehicle suffered a partial failure, and the satellite had to burn a large amount of fuel to reach its nominal orbit. ZX-9B will be used to retransmit television to the Chinese, as well as to provide television communications with Chinese islands, and ships sailing near the coast. The satellite will also be used to broadcast the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics in 8K.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Long March 4C | Gaofen-5-02
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | CHNTaiyuan, People's Republic of China
Sept. 7, 2021, 3:01 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Gaofen (GF) is a series of Chinese civilian remote sensing satellites for the state-sponsored program China High-definition Earth Observation System (CHEOS). GF 5 is configured with six types of payloads, including visible and short-wave infra hyper-spectral camera, spectral imager, greenhouse gas detector, atmospheric environment infrared detector at very high spectral resolution, differential absorption spectrometer for atmospheric trace gas, and multi-angle polarization detector, with designed lifespan of 8 years. The satellite is based on the SAST-5000B bus. The instruments are: * Advanced Hyperspectral Imager (AHSI) * Visual and Infrared Multispectral Sensor (VIMS) * Greenhouse-gases Monitoring Instrument (GMI) * Atmospheric Infrared Ultraspectral (AIUS) * Environment Monitoring Instrument (EMI) * Directional Polarization Camera (DPC)
Sun-Synchronous OrbitLong March 3B | TJSW-7
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | CHNXichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Aug. 24, 2021, 3:41 p.m.
Long March 2C / YZ-1S | RSW-01 - 03
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | CHNJiuquan, People's Republic of China
Aug. 24, 2021, 11:15 a.m.
Long March 4B | Tianhui-2-02
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | CHNTaiyuan, People's Republic of China
Aug. 18, 2021, 10:32 p.m.
Long March 3B | Zhongxing 2E (Chinasat 2E)
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | CHNXichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Aug. 5, 2021, 4:30 p.m.
Long March 6 | KL-Beta
China Great Wall Industry Corporation | CHNTaiyuan, People's Republic of China
Aug. 4, 2021, 11:01 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
The KL-Beta A and B, satellites are test satellites for a global multimedia satellite system for the German company KLEO Connect and the Chinese company Shanghai Spacecom Satellite Technology. The satellites were built by CAS Microspace and feature a Ka-band communications payload. The prototype system also includes another satellite “GMS-T” built by OHB System of Germany.
Polar Orbit
