China carries out 18 successful launch missions in first half of 2018
By Globaltimes.cn, Published: 2018-07-04 18:28:23
China launches SuperView-1 (03/04), also known as Gaojing-1 (03/04), as its first launch mission in 2018. The pair of 0.5-meter high-resolution remote sensing satellites were launched on the Long March-2D carrier rocket from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in North China's Shanxi Province, on January 9, 2018. The launch mission was completed successfully. Photo: Xinhua
Editor's Note:
In the first half of 2018, China successfully carried out 18 launch missions, including the relay satellite for the Chang'e-4’s lunar probe Queqiao and twin Beidou-3 navigation satellites. Every successful launch indicates the pace of technological advancement in China's aerospace industry. Let’s take a look at the significant space events! (Photos: Xinhua, VCG)
China successfully launches twin BeiDou-3 navigation satellites, which coded the 26th and 27th satellites in the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System, into space on a single carrier rocket, the Long March-3B, from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, Southwest China's Sichuan Province, on January 12, 2018. Photo: Xinhua 
China successfully sends a land resources exploration satellite into orbit via the Long March-2D carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, Northwest China's Gobi Desert, on January 13, 2018. Photo: Xinhua 
Two high-resolution optical remote sensing satellites, Jilin-1 Video 07 and 08 successfully blasted off to its preset orbit via a Long March-11 carrier rocket, from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, Northwest China's Gobi Desert, on January 19, 2018. Photo: Xinhua 
A fourth group of Chinese Yaogan-30 satellites launched successfully on the Long March-2C carrier rocket at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, Southwest China's Sichuan Province, on January 25, 2018. Photo: VCG 
China’s first seismo-electromagnetic satellite, known as Zhangheng-1, successfully launches and enters a sun-synchronous orbit from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, in Northwest China's Gobi Desert, on February 2, 2018. Photo: Xinhua 
China successfully launches twin BeiDou-3 navigation satellites into orbit on a single carrier rocket, the Long March-3B, from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, Southwest China's Sichuan Province, on February 12, 2018. Photo: Xinhua 
China's Long March-2D carrier rocket, carrying a land resources exploration satellite, launches successfully from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, Northwest China's Gobi Desert, on March 17, 2018. Photo: VCG 
China successfully launches twin BeiDou-3 navigation satellites, coded as the 30th and 31st satellites in the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System, into space on the Long March-3B from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, Southwest China's Sichuan Province, on March 30, 2018. Photo: Xinhua 
China successfully launches three high-resolution Gaofen-1 satellites via the Long March-4C carrier rocket at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in North China's Shanxi Province, on March 31, 2018. Photo: Xinhua 
The first group of China's Yaogan-31 remote sensing satellites and a micro nano technology experiment satellite were launched into space successfully via the Long March-4C carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, Northwest China's Gobi Desert, on April 10, 2018. Photo: Xinhua 
The Long March-11 carrier rocket successfully launches with five Zhuhai-1 remote sensing satellites from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China, on April 26, 2018. Photo: Xinhua 
China successfully sends a new APSTAR-6C communication satellite into its designated orbit on the Long March-3B carrier rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, Southwest China's Sichuan Province, on May 4, 2018. Photo: Xinhua 
China successfully launches the Gaofen-5 satellite on the Long March-4C carrier rocket at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in North China's Shanxi Province, on May 9, 2018. Photo: Xinhua 
Queqiao, a relay satellite for the Chang'e-4 lunar probe and is also known as the magpie bridge, was launched successfully on the Long March-4C carrier rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, Southwest China's Sichuan Province, on May 21, 2018. Photo: VCG 
China’s Gaofen-6 satellite is launched successfully on the Long March-2D rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China, on June 2, 2018. Photo: VCG 
China successfully launches a new geostationary meteorological satellite called Fengyun-2H using a Long March-3A carrier rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, Southwest China's Sichuan Province, on June 5, 2018. Photo: Xinhua 
China successfully launches twin new-tech experiment satellites on the Long March-2C rocket from Southwest China's Xichang Satellite Launch Center, on June 27, 2018. Photo: Xinhua