Tuesday, July 7th, 2015
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is slated to launch its heaviest commercial load on July 10, 2015, with a payload of five satellites made up of the DMC3 constellation of optical Earth-observation satellites as well as...
Friday, January 2nd, 2015
China launched the Yaogan-26 remote sensing satellite into the preset orbit at 11:22 a.m. on Saturday Beijing Time from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province.
Monday, November 17th, 2014
China today successfully launched a new remote sensing satellite into scheduled orbit that will help in scientific experiments, natural resource surveys, crop yield estimates and disaster relief measures. The satellite Yaogan-23 was launched earlier today from Taiyuan Satellite...
Monday, October 20th, 2014
The Chinese have launched another new satellite in the military’s Yaogan Weixing series via the use of a Long March-4C (Chang Zheng-4C) rocket. Chinese media is referring to the new satellite as ‘a new remote sensing bird that...
Wednesday, October 15th, 2014
Today, the Indian space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched the IRNSS 1C navigation satellite. IRNSS is an independent regional navigation satellite system being developed by India, and this launch marks the third of seven planned satellites.
Monday, September 8th, 2014
China successfully launched the Yaogan-21 remote sensing satellite into preset orbit at 11:22 a.m. on Monday Beijing Time (0322 GMT) from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center. The carrier rocket, a Long March-4B, is also carrying the Tiantuo-2 satellite,...
Wednesday, August 20th, 2014
Europe on Thursday is slated to launch the first of a new generation of global-positioning satellites as it seeks to divorce itself from reliance on the Pentagon's GPS constellation that has become the backbone of global commerce....
Tuesday, August 19th, 2014
A Long March-4B carrier rocket carrying the Gaofen-2 satellite blasts off from the launch pad at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province, Aug. 19, 2014. China successfully launched Gaofen-2, a high-definition Earth observation...
Saturday, August 9th, 2014
China sent the Yaogan XX remote-sensing satellite into scheduled orbit on Saturday. The satellite blasted off at 1:45 p.m. on the back of a Long March 4C carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the...
