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Test Satellites Emerge From the Mist [Long March 6A Y11]
Six new space monitoring spacecraft were launched earlier today.
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Orbital Surveying Fleet Grows [Long March 6 Y14]
A Long March 6 has launched an additional Tianping-3 satellite
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Qianfan Begins 2025 Deployments [Long March 6A Y6]
The first batch of Qianfan satellites for 2025 was delivered into orbit.
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More Commercial Imaging Constellation Satellites! [Long March 2D Y99]
Four additional PIESAT-02 satellites were delivered to orbit from Taiyuan.
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Mega-constellation in a Winter Wonderland [Long March 6A Y22]
The third group of Qianfan satellites were placed into orbit by a Long March 6A.
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7000 and counting! [Long March 4B Y53]
A Long March 4B has conducted humanity's 7000th space launch!
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New Orbital Surveying Satellites [Long March 6 Y13]
A Long March 6 had an early morning launch carrying three satellites.
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It's space internet time [Long March 6A Y20]
The second group of Qianfan satellites were launched into orbit!
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There's a launch in the fog! [Long March 2D]
Six more Jilin-1 satellties are now in space after blasting off from Taiyuan through foggy weather.
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More satellites for cars! [Long March 6 Y11]
A Long March 6 has carried ten more satellites into orbit from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center.
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China begins mega-constellation construction! [Long March 6A Y21]
China has begun building its first mega-constellation in low Earth orbit.
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Fifth Gaofen 11 remote-sensing satellite reaches orbit [Long March 4B Y58]
A Long March 4B lifted off from Taiyuan carrying the fifth Gaofen 11 satellite to sun-synchronus orbit.
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