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Intelsat 708. Intelsat 708 was a telecommunications satellite built by the American company Space Systems/Loral for Intelsat. It was destroyed on 15 February 1996 when the Long March 3B launch vehicle failed while being launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China. The launch vehicle veered off course immediately after liftoff and ...
June 30, 2024 at 12:09 PM. From Cover News. A Chinese rocket crashed after being accidentally launched during a ground test Sunday, its company Space Pioneer said in a statement. The crash ...
Suspected debris from a Chinese rocket was seen plummeting to the ground over a village in southwest China on Saturday, leaving a trail of bright yellow smoke and sending villagers running ...
The Long March is China's primary expendable launch system family. The Shenzhou spacecraft and Chang'e lunar orbiters are also launched on the Long March rocket. The maximum payload for LEO is 25,000 kilograms (CZ-5B), the maximum payload for GTO is 14,000 kg (CZ-5). The next generation rocket Long March 5 variants will offer more payload in ...
Kok-ka Thài-khong Tiong-sim. Taiwan Space Agency (short as TASA ), formerly the National Space Organization from 1991 to 2023, is the national civilian space agency of the Republic of China (Taiwan), under the auspices of the National Science and Technology Council. TASA is involved in the development of space technologies and related research.
July 1, 2024 at 8:46 AM. A Chinese space startup accidentally launched a rocket on Sunday, resulting in a massive explosion. Beijing-based Space Pioneer was performing a ground-based test of its ...
Maiden launch. Uncrewed: 19 November 1999 ( Shenzhou 1) Crewed: 15 October 2003 ( Shenzhou 5) Shenzhou ( Chinese: 神舟; pinyin: Shénzhōu, / ˈʃɛnˈdʒoʊ /; [ 2] see § Etymology) is a Chinese spacecraft developed for the nation's crewed space program. It's design was based on Russia's Soyuz, but larger and modernized, Shenzhou is a ...
In April 2023, Space Pioneer launched a kerosene-oxygen rocket, the Tianlong-2, becoming the first private Chinese firm to send a liquid-propellant rocket into space. Chinese commercial space ...