China Continues Rapid Launch Cadence with Long March 2D, Kinetica-1 Missions

China continues rapid launch cadence with Long March 2D, Kinetica-1 missions

China continues rapid launch cadence with Long March 2D, Kinetica-1 missions China launched 13 satellites across two missions over the weekend, including commercial radar satellites and a nine-satellite rideshare featuring on-orbit computing and communications testbeds.

China rapidly expands orbital reconnaissance constellation

Over the past day, Beijing conducted two major launches deploying 13 dual-use satellites for radar, radio-technical, and optical monitoring. On September 19, a Long March-2D from Taiyuan launched four PIESAT-2 radar satellites (13-16)....