CHEOS Archives - SpaceNews https://spacenews.com/tag/cheos/ Covering the business and politics of space Mon, 27 Oct 2025 10:46:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://spacenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/cropped-SN_forza_star-32x32.png CHEOS Archives - SpaceNews https://spacenews.com/tag/cheos/ 32 32 80681979 China launches new Gaofen-14 stereo mapping satellite https://spacenews.com/china-launches-new-gaofen-14-stereo-mapping-satellite/ https://spacenews.com/china-launches-new-gaofen-14-stereo-mapping-satellite/#respond Mon, 27 Oct 2025 10:46:02 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=557794 A Long March 3B rocket lifts off from a mountainous launch site in China, engines blazing with bright orange flames and thick white exhaust clouds billowing outward. The vehicle rises beside a tall blue and red service tower, surrounded by dense green forest and hills.

China added to its Earth observation fleet late Saturday, sending a second Gaofen-14 mapping satellite into sun-synchronous orbit.

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]]> https://spacenews.com/china-launches-new-gaofen-14-stereo-mapping-satellite/feed/ 0 557794 China launches new Gaofen-12 remote sensing satellite https://spacenews.com/china-launches-new-gaofen-12-remote-sensing-satellite/ https://spacenews.com/china-launches-new-gaofen-12-remote-sensing-satellite/#respond Wed, 16 Oct 2024 11:56:55 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=507195

MILAN — China added a fifth Gaofen-12 satellite to its national Earth observation system Tuesday, while providing no details regarding its capabilities. A Long March 4C rocket lifted off at […]

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]]> https://spacenews.com/china-launches-new-gaofen-12-remote-sensing-satellite/feed/ 0 507195 China launches new Gaofen-11 high resolution spy satellite https://spacenews.com/china-launches-new-gaofen-11-high-resolution-spy-satellite/ https://spacenews.com/china-launches-new-gaofen-11-high-resolution-spy-satellite/#respond Fri, 19 Jul 2024 11:04:49 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=497321

China added a fifth Gaofen-11 high resolution satellite to its CHEOS constellation with a launch late Thursday.

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]]> https://spacenews.com/china-launches-new-gaofen-11-high-resolution-spy-satellite/feed/ 0 497321 China launches second classified Gaofen-13 remote sensing satellite https://spacenews.com/china-launches-second-classified-gaofen-13-remote-sensing-satellite/ https://spacenews.com/china-launches-second-classified-gaofen-13-remote-sensing-satellite/#respond Fri, 17 Mar 2023 11:57:52 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=147005 Gaofen-13 (02) heads for GTO atop of a Long March 3B lifting off from Xichang, March 17, 2023.

China added its initially civilian Gaofen Earth observation series Friday with the launch of the classified optical geostationary Gaofen-13 (02) satellite.

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