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The Bolivarian Agency for Space Activities signed a US$140 million deal with China Great Wall Industries Co. Ltd. to launch the Venezuelan Remote-Sensing Satellite 1 in May 2011 marking China's first export of a reconnaissance satellite. VRSS-1 was based on the design of Jianbing-6 satellites and was launched on 29 September 2012 from JSLC.
It is launched from the Jiuquan, Taiyuan, and Xichang Satellite Launch Centers, and consists of 3 stages. Long March 4C vehicles have been used to launch the Yaogan-1 , Yaogan-3 synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) satellites and the Fengyun-3A polar orbiting meteorological satellite .
Yaogan 35-03A Yaogan 35-03B Yaogan 35-03C LEO: Success 62 Y66 19 August 2022 17:37 LA-3, XSLC None Yaogan 35-04A Yaogan 35-04B Yaogan 35-04C LEO: Success 63 Y75 24 August 2022 03:01 LA-9, TSLC None Beijing-3B SSO: Success 64 Y67 6 September 2022 04:19 LA-3, XSLC None Yaogan 35-05A Yaogan 35-05B Yaogan 35-05C LEO: Success 65 Y76 20 September ...
The main contractor is China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation and the satellite is based on the CAST 2000 bus developed by the China Academy of Space Technology. [2] [5] One source posits that VRSS-1 is based upon the Chinese Yaogan-2 reconnaissance satellite. [6] The satellite contains two different resolution cameras.
China Satcom: Geosynchronous: Communications The satellite will replace ChinaSat 9. Q1 (TBD) [3] [119] Long March 5: Y9 Wenchang LC-1 CASC: Yaogan 44: TBA Geosynchronous: Reconnaissance Q1 (TBD) [120] [121] Pallas-1: Y1 Wenchang Hainan LC-2: Galactic Energy: Low Earth Maiden flight of the Pallas-1 launch vehicle. Q1 (TBD) [122] [123] Qaem 100 ...
China Satellite Network Group Co., Ltd. (China SatNet) [215] Communications First 10 satellites for the "Guowang" broadband communications megaconstellation expected to eventually number about 13,000.
As of March 2010, twenty launches have been made from the complex. The most recent launch from the site was from SLS-2 on 5 March 2010, when the Long March 4C made its first flight from the complex, carrying the Yaogan 9 satellite. [1] Long March 4 launches had previously only been conducted from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center. [6]
Tianyan-2 (天眼二号; Tiānyǎn èr hào), alternatively known as Xingshidai-8 (星时代八号; Xīng Shídài bā hào; 'Star Age 8'), is a commercial Chinese 6U CubeSat reconnaissance satellite bearing both a low-resolution Earth video-imager launched.