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China successfully launches two earth observation satellites

April 30, 2019 at 10:56 am Robert Zimmerman Points of Information

Using its Long March 4B rocket China today successfully placed two earth observation satellites into orbit.

The leaders in the 2019 launch race:

6 China
4 SpaceX
4 Europe (Arianespace)
3 Russia

The U.S. still leads China 8-6 in the national rankings.

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China launches ocean research satellite

October 25, 2018 at 8:42 am Robert Zimmerman Points of Information

Using its Long March 4B rocket China today launched an ocean research satellite.

The leaders in the 2018 launch standings (also including Russia’s launch today):

29 China
17 SpaceX
9 Russia
8 ULA
7 Europe (Arianespace)

China’s lead over the U.S. in the national rankings has now widened to 29 to 26.

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China launches secret remote sensing satellite

July 31, 2018 at 9:07 am Robert Zimmerman Points of Information

China today launched a remote sensing satellite with its Long March 4B rocket.

The satellite is designed to observe the Earth at high resolution, but little else is known about it.

The leaders in the 2018 launch standings:

22 China
14 SpaceX
8 Russia
5 ULA
4 Japan
4 Europe

China now as a 22 to 20 lead over the U.S. in 2018 launches.

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China successfully launches three military satellites

April 10, 2018 at 8:47 am Robert Zimmerman Points of Information

The launch race: China today successfully launched three military satellites, using its Long March 4B rocket.

As is typical of Chinese military launches, no information was released about the satellites, and there was no publicity about the launch prior to liftoff. This launch however puts China ahead of the U.S. in total launches in 2018, 11 to 10. The leaders in the 2018 launch standings are as follows:

11 China
7 SpaceX
3 Japan
3 Russia
3 ULA
3 Europe