Long March 4C Archives - SpaceNews https://spacenews.com/tag/long-march-4c/ Covering the business and politics of space Thu, 03 Jul 2025 22:40:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://spacenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/cropped-SN_forza_star-32x32.png Long March 4C Archives - SpaceNews https://spacenews.com/tag/long-march-4c/ 32 32 80681979 China launches first classified Shiyan-28B experimental satellite https://spacenews.com/china-launches-first-classified-shiyan-28b-experimental-satellite/ https://spacenews.com/china-launches-first-classified-shiyan-28b-experimental-satellite/#respond Thu, 03 Jul 2025 22:40:38 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=524453 A Long March 4C rocket lifts off from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in a forested mountainous region of southwest China, trailing flames and smoke as it carries the Shiyan-28B (01) satellite into orbit on July 3, 2025.

China sent a new satellite into orbit for its experimental Shiyan series Thursday with a launch from the country’s southwest.

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]]> https://spacenews.com/china-launches-first-classified-shiyan-28b-experimental-satellite/feed/ 0 524453 China launches new Gaofen-12 remote sensing satellite https://spacenews.com/china-launches-new-gaofen-12-remote-sensing-satellite/ https://spacenews.com/china-launches-new-gaofen-12-remote-sensing-satellite/#respond Wed, 16 Oct 2024 11:56:55 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=507195

MILAN — China added a fifth Gaofen-12 satellite to its national Earth observation system Tuesday, while providing no details regarding its capabilities. A Long March 4C rocket lifted off at […]

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]]> https://spacenews.com/china-launches-new-gaofen-12-remote-sensing-satellite/feed/ 0 507195 China launches 4 InSAR satellites and new Yaogan reconnaissance sat https://spacenews.com/china-launches-4-insar-satellites-and-new-yaogan-reconnaissance-sat/ https://spacenews.com/china-launches-4-insar-satellites-and-new-yaogan-reconnaissance-sat/#respond Fri, 31 Mar 2023 10:43:23 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=147935

China conducted a pair of launches across Thursday and Friday, sending interferometric synthetic aperture radar and reconnaissance satellites in orbit.

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]]> https://spacenews.com/china-launches-4-insar-satellites-and-new-yaogan-reconnaissance-sat/feed/ 0 147935 China launches second Yaogan-34 reconnaissance satellite https://spacenews.com/china-launches-second-yaogan-34-reconnaissance-satellite/ Thu, 17 Mar 2022 10:01:56 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=125594 Liftoff of a Long March 4C rocket from Jiuquan at 03:109a.m. Eastern (1509 local), March 17, 2022.

A Long March 4C rocket sent a new classified Yaogan satellite into orbit Thursday, marking China’s sixth orbital launch of 2022.

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]]> 125594 China launches second Gaofen-12 Earth observation satellite https://spacenews.com/china-launches-second-gaofen-12-earth-observation-satellite/ Wed, 31 Mar 2021 09:18:08 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=112779 A Long March 4C lifts off carrying the Gaofen-12 (02) satellite from Jiuquan on March 30, 2021.

China launched the Gaofen-12 (02) high resolution satellite Tuesday to boost the country’s Earth observation capabilities.

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