Long March 6A Archives - SpaceNews https://spacenews.com Covering the business and politics of space Thu, 05 Dec 2024 23:20:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://spacenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/cropped-SN_forza_star-32x32.png Long March 6A Archives - SpaceNews https://spacenews.com 32 32 80681979 Long March 6A launches third batch of Thousand Sails constellation satellites https://spacenews.com/long-march-6a-launches-third-batch-of-thousand-sails-constellation-satellites/ https://spacenews.com/long-march-6a-launches-third-batch-of-thousand-sails-constellation-satellites/#respond Thu, 05 Dec 2024 21:28:26 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=509769 A Long March 6A rocket lifts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern China, surrounded by four towering lightning rods, leaving a plume of dense white exhaust against a backdrop of a partly cloudy blue sky. The launch marks the deployment of the third batch of 18 Qianfan (Thousand Sails) satellites, a key step in China's ambitious low Earth orbit megaconstellation project, December 5, 2024.
A Long March 6A rocket lifts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern China, surrounded by four towering lightning rods, leaving a plume of dense white exhaust against a backdrop of a partly cloudy blue sky. The launch marks the deployment of the third batch of 18 Qianfan (Thousand Sails) satellites, a key step in China's ambitious low Earth orbit megaconstellation project, December 5, 2024.

HELSINKI — China launched the third batch of 18 satellites for the Thousand Sails constellation late Tuesday as the firm behind the project aims for global services in 2025. A […]

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]]> https://spacenews.com/long-march-6a-launches-third-batch-of-thousand-sails-constellation-satellites/feed/ 0 509769 Chinese rocket stage breaks up into cloud of more than 700 pieces of space debris https://spacenews.com/chinese-rocket-stage-breaks-up-into-cloud-of-more-than-700-pieces-of-space-debris/ https://spacenews.com/chinese-rocket-stage-breaks-up-into-cloud-of-more-than-700-pieces-of-space-debris/#respond Fri, 09 Aug 2024 12:11:40 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=498436

HELSINKI — A Chinese Long March 6A rocket’s upper stage has fragmented into a cloud of over 700 pieces of space debris, adding to concerns about long-term orbital safety. China […]

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]]> https://spacenews.com/chinese-rocket-stage-breaks-up-into-cloud-of-more-than-700-pieces-of-space-debris/feed/ 0 498436 Chinese megaconstellation launch creates field of space debris https://spacenews.com/chinese-megaconstellation-launch-creates-field-of-space-debris/ https://spacenews.com/chinese-megaconstellation-launch-creates-field-of-space-debris/#respond Thu, 08 Aug 2024 10:32:14 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=498404

HELSINKI — A Chinese launch to deploy a first batch of communications satellites has created more than 50 pieces of debris which could threaten spacecraft in low Earth orbit. The […]

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]]> https://spacenews.com/chinese-megaconstellation-launch-creates-field-of-space-debris/feed/ 0 498404 China launches first satellites for Thousand Sails megaconstellation https://spacenews.com/china-launches-first-satellites-for-thousand-sails-megaconstellation/ https://spacenews.com/china-launches-first-satellites-for-thousand-sails-megaconstellation/#respond Tue, 06 Aug 2024 09:52:31 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=498241

PRESTON, United Kingdom — China successfully launched the first batch of 18 satellites Tuesday for the Thousand Sails low Earth orbit communications megaconstellation. A Long March 6A rocket lifted off […]

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]]> https://spacenews.com/china-launches-first-satellites-for-thousand-sails-megaconstellation/feed/ 0 498241 China’s Long March 6A rocket appears to have an orbital debris problem https://spacenews.com/chinas-long-march-6a-rocket-appears-to-have-an-orbital-debris-problem/ https://spacenews.com/chinas-long-march-6a-rocket-appears-to-have-an-orbital-debris-problem/#respond Fri, 12 Jul 2024 11:47:56 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=466300 A Long March 6A lifts off into a pre-dawn sky above Taiyuan, july 4, 2024, carrying two Tianhui-5 (02) satellites.
A Long March 6A lifts off into a pre-dawn sky above Taiyuan, july 4, 2024, carrying two Tianhui-5 (02) satellites.

The upper stage of China’s Long March 6A rocket appears to be creating numerous pieces of space debris, adding to the growing issue of orbital debris.

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]]> https://spacenews.com/chinas-long-march-6a-rocket-appears-to-have-an-orbital-debris-problem/feed/ 0 466300 China to launch first satellites for megaconstellation in August https://spacenews.com/china-to-launch-first-satellites-for-megaconstellation-in-august/ https://spacenews.com/china-to-launch-first-satellites-for-megaconstellation-in-august/#respond Thu, 27 Jun 2024 10:54:25 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=451208

The first launch for China’s G60 Starlink megaconstellation of over 12,000 satellites is set for early August.

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]]> https://spacenews.com/china-to-launch-first-satellites-for-megaconstellation-in-august/feed/ 0 451208 Long March 6A launches second Yunhai-3 satellite https://spacenews.com/long-march-6a-launches-second-yunhai-3-satellite/ https://spacenews.com/long-march-6a-launches-second-yunhai-3-satellite/#respond Wed, 27 Mar 2024 09:50:19 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=360330

China added to its fleet of secretive meteorological satellites with the launch of Yunhai-3 (02) late Tuesday.

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]]> https://spacenews.com/long-march-6a-launches-second-yunhai-3-satellite/feed/ 0 360330 China launches first Long March rocket with solid boosters https://spacenews.com/china-launches-first-long-march-rocket-with-solid-boosters/ Tue, 29 Mar 2022 12:22:15 +0000 https://dev-spacenews.pantheonsite.io/?p=125951

China launched its first Long March 6A from a new launch complex at Taiyuan Tuesday, successfully sending two satellites into sun-synchronous orbits.

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