Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center

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Name: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center
First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 04 2013 - 3 reports

Long March 2-F rocket reaches launch center

The first and second stage launchers of the Long March 2-F rocket which will carry China's new manned spacecraft Shenzhou-10 are placed at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center for further test in Jiuquan, northwest China's Gansu Province, May 3, 2013. ... [Published China Economic Net - May 04 2013]
First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 1 reports

Rocket readied for launch

Workers prepare the carrier rocket for China's Shenzhou-10 spacecraft at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the northwestern province of Gansu yesterday. Technicians have updated the Long March II-F rocket in terms of safety and reliability over the ... [Published Shanghai Daily - May 03 2013]
First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 2 reports

Rocket at launch center

The Long March 2-F rocket that will carry China's new manned spacecraft Shenzhou-10 was delivered to the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center Thursday, China's manned space program announced.The Long March 2-F carrier rocket is technologically advanced and ... [Published Global Times - May 02 2013]
First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 1 reports

China launches high-definition earth ...

China successfully sent high-definition earth observation satellite "Gaofen-1" into space at 12:13 p.m. Beijing time on Friday. (Photo/Xinhua) China successfully sent high-definition earth observation satellite "Gaofen-1" into space at 12:13 p.m. Beijing ... [Published SINA - May 03 2013]
First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

Recruitment for Young Astronaut Training Camp to start tomorrow

All secondary schools can nominate students to join the Young Astronaut Training Camp 2013 from tomorrow (May 1) until May 31. Jointly presented by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce, the China Astronaut ... [Published Hong Kong Monetary Authority - Apr 30 2013]
First reported Apr 28 2013 - Updated Apr 28 2013 - 1 reports

Video: China launches Hi-Res Gaofen 1 Earth observation satellite

Beijing - China's State Administration for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense (SASTIND), has launched the country's first high-resolution earth observation satellite "Gaofen 1" into space. Reuters reports the satellite, developed by ... [Published Digital Journal - Apr 28 2013]
First reported Apr 26 2013 - Updated Apr 28 2013 - 4 reports

China successfully sends "Gaofen-1" into space

A Long March-2D carrier rocket carrying a high-definition earth observation satellite "Gaofen-1" and other three small satellites made by Ecuador, Argentina and Turkey as well as two satellite splitters from the Netherlands blasts off from the launch ... [Published China Economic Net - Apr 28 2013]
First reported Apr 27 2013 - Updated Apr 27 2013 - 1 reports

Ecuador on list of Space Faring Nations with satellite launch

Beijing, Apr 26 (EFE).- Ecuador entered the space race Friday after putting into orbit its first domestically produced satellite, the Pegasus 01, which was launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China.The launch, which took ... [Published EFE - Apr 27 2013]
First reported Apr 26 2013 - Updated Apr 27 2013 - 1 reports

China Successfully Sends First Gaofen Satellite Into Space

BEIJING, April 26 (RIA Novosti) – China has launched its first Gaofen-1 high-resolution remote sensing satellite into orbit, Xinhua news agency reported on Friday.The satellite was carried by a Long March 2D (Chang Zheng 2D) carrier rocket that blasted ... [Published RIA Novosti - Apr 26 2013]
First reported Mar 08 2013 - Updated Mar 08 2013 - 1 reports

China's fourth space launch center to be in use in two years

The center will be mainly used for launching synchronous satellites, heavy satellites, large space stations, and deep space probe satellites. It is designed to handle up to 10-12 rocket launches a year.China's fourth launch center, located in tropical ... [Published Space Daily - Mar 08 2013]
First reported Dec 18 2012 - Updated Dec 19 2012 - 1 reports

China launches Turkish satellite: state media

BEIJING - China early Wednesday "successfully" launched a Turkish earth observation satellite into orbit aboard a Chinese rocket, according to state media, hailed in Turkey as a "historic moment".A statement from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in ... [Published ASDNews.com: Be the first to know - Dec 18 2012]
First reported Nov 26 2012 - Updated Nov 26 2012 - 1 reports

Roundup

Satellite launchedThe Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center confirmed that China successfully launched the Yaogan XVI remote-sensing satellite at 12:06 am Sunday.The satellite, launched from the center in northwest China's Gansu Province, was carried into orbit ... [Published People.com.cn - Nov 26 2012]

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...service and support for major fields including modern agriculture, disaster prevention and relief, environmental resources and public securities. "As natural disasters like floods, snowstorms and hailstorms usually cover large areas, the satellite will play a big role in remotely anticipating these disasters" said Bai Zhaoguang, another chief designer of the high-resolution system project of CASTC
"A satellite launched from Wenchang will be able to extend its service life by three years as a result of the fuel saved from the shorter manoeuvre from the transit orbit to the geosynchronous orbit" Long said
Beijing, Sept 28 : China is set to launch the nation "s first space laboratory module Tiangong-1 on Thursday night."
The program spokesman said that Tiangong-1 will serve as "a target spacecraft" for rendezvous and docking experiments, and will work as "a platform to test long-term unmanned and short-term manned operations"

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Long March 2-F rocket reaches launch center [Published China Economic Net - May 04 2013]
Rocket readied for launch [Published Shanghai Daily - May 03 2013]
Long March 2-F rocket reaches launch center [Published Xinhua News Agency - May 03 2013]
Long March 2-F rocket reaches launch center [Published CNTV - May 03 2013]
China launches high-definition earth ... [Published SINA - May 03 2013]
Rocket at launch center [Published Global Times - May 02 2013]
Carrier rocket of manned spacecraft reaches lau... [Published Zecco - May 02 2013]
Recruitment for Young Astronaut Training Camp t... [Published Hong Kong Monetary Authority - Apr 30 2013]
Video: China launches Hi-Res Gaofen 1 Earth obs... [Published Digital Journal - Apr 28 2013]
China successfully sends "Gaofen-1" into space [Published China Economic Net - Apr 28 2013]
China launches 1st high-resolution earth-observ... [Published Emirates247 - Apr 28 2013]
Ecuador on list of Space Faring Nations with sa... [Published EFE - Apr 27 2013]
China launches first high-resolution observatio... [Published CNTV - Apr 27 2013]
China puts high-definition Earth observing sate... [Published UPI - Apr 26 2013]
China Successfully Sends First Gaofen Satellite... [Published RIA Novosti - Apr 26 2013]
China's fourth space launch center to be in use... [Published Space Daily - Mar 08 2013]
China launches Turkish satellite: state media [Published ASDNews.com: Be the first to know - Dec 18 2012]
Roundup [Published People.com.cn - Nov 26 2012]
China to launch first space lab Tiangong-1 tomo... [Published Topnews.in - Sep 28 2011]
China to launch unmanned module in space next week [Published Topnews.in - Sep 21 2011]
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