Launched on August 31, 2009, at 09:28UTC using the Long March-3B/E (Y8) from the LC2 Launch Complex of the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, a problem – also with the third stage of its launcher ...

On October 15, another Long March-3B/YZ-1 was launched from Xichang’s LC3 Launch Complex orbiting the Beidou-3M15 (Beidou-39) and Beidou-3M16 (Beidou-40) pair. Launch vehicle was (Y52/Y11).

A Long March 3B rocket lifted off into the night sky above Xichang Satellite Launch Center at 6:23 a.m. Eastern (1123 UTC), Nov. 9. The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. ...

Long March 3A, 3B and 3C. A Chinese Long March 3B rocket launches the military space debris mitigation satellite Shijian-21from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center on Oct. 24, 2021.

The Long March 7A was designed to, hopefully, eventually replace the older Long March 3B and reduce the danger of debris. However, the launch suffered an unknown anomaly and the rocket and its ...

A Long March 3B rocket lifts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center at night, carrying the Tianlian-2 (05) data relay satellite into orbit, April 27, 2025.

A Chinese Long March 3B rocket launched the ChinaSat 26 satellite from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center on Feb. 23, 2023. The satellite will "provide high-speed broadband access services for ...

China's Long March 3B rocket launched a land exploration satellite from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center. Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: China Central Television (CCTV) | edited by Steve ...

The Long March 3B Following a launch on Friday local time, a Chinese rocket booster fell near a small town in southwest China, where it exploded and caught fire, GBTimes reports .

A Chinese Long March 3B rocket launches the Shiyan-10 02 satellite on Dec. 29, 2022. After another Long March 3B liftoff, on Jan. 23, 2025, one of the vehicle's four strap-on side boosters fell to ...

A Long March 3B rocket carrying the Beidou-3GEO3 satellite lifts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Xichang in China's southwestern Sichuan province on June 23, 2020.

A piece of a Long March 3B rocket after it fell in a field in China's central Jiangxi province on December 11, 2016 (STR / AFP / Getty Images) January 13, 2018. Share. Save.