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Long March 3B/E | ZHTW 1-01
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | ChinaXichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
May 9, 2024, 1:43 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Zhihui Tianwang 1-01 are 2 experimental Medium Earth Orbit communication satellites in a collaboration between Tsinghua University, SAST and the Shanghai local government for communication tests, including with Chinese Antarctic research bases and other Low Earth Orbit satellites. They are China's first Medium Earth Orbit communication satellites launched.
Medium Earth Orbit
Long March 6C | Maiden Flight
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | ChinaTaiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
May 7, 2024, 3:21 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Carried 4 Earth observation satellites to orbit: * Haiwangxing-01, 239 kg X-band SAR satellite built by SAST for Zhihui Space Tech * Zhixing-1C, X-band radar sat for Smart Satellite Technology * 2 unidentified optical Earth observation satellites
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Long March 5 | Chang'e 6
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | ChinaWenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
May 3, 2024, 9:27 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Chang'e 6/CE-6 is scheduled to launch in 2024 to return samples from the Far Side of the Moon (near southern edge of the Apollo Basin) for the first time. International science instruments from France, Italy, Sweden and Pakistan will also be on board.
Lunar Orbit
Long March 2F/G | Shenzhou 18
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | ChinaJiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
April 25, 2024, 12:59 p.m.
Long March 2D | Yaogan 42-02
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | ChinaXichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
April 20, 2024, 11:45 p.m.
Long March 2D | SuperView Neo 3-01
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | ChinaJiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
April 15, 2024, 4:12 a.m.
Long March 2D | Yaogan 42-01
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | ChinaXichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
April 2, 2024, 10:56 p.m.
Long March 6A | Yunhai 3-02
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | ChinaTaiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
March 26, 2024, 10:51 p.m.
Long March 2D/YZ-3 | Yunhai-2 Group 02
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | ChinaJiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
March 21, 2024, 5:27 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Yunhai-2 is a constellation of Chinese military meteorological satellites. Reportedly the satellites use Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Radio Occultation (GNSS-RO) to collect atmospheric data for weather prediction and for ionosphere, climate, and gravity research.
Low Earth Orbit
Long March 8 | Queqiao-2
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | ChinaWenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
March 20, 2024, 12:31 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Queqiao-2 is a Chinese artificial satellite to serve as a communications relay for future Chinese lunar far side missions that cannot communicate directly with the Earth, beginning with the Chang'e 6 lunar sample return mission in 2024. It will operate from a Distant Retrograde Orbit (DRO) of the Moon. The launch also carries the Tiandu-1 & 2 small satellites testing cis-lunar space navigation and inter-satellite communication techniques for CNSA’s Deep Space Exploration Laboratory (DSEL).
Lunar Orbit
