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PLA2AC

China

Original archive entry. The text, images and links below are kept as they were written.

Di Er Paobing Budui, Zhongguo Renmin Jeifangjun

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Chronology

13 events

1996 March 7

16:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Leping. Launch Vehicle: DF-15.
  • Near Taiwan - . Nation: China. Agency: PLA2AC. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).

1996 March 7

17:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Leping. Launch Vehicle: DF-15.
  • Near Taiwan - . Nation: China. Agency: PLA2AC. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).

1996 March 7

18:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Leping. Launch Vehicle: DF-15.
  • Near Taiwan - . Nation: China. Agency: PLA2AC. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).

1996 March 13

Launch Site: Leping. Launch Vehicle: DF-15.
  • Near Taiwan - . Nation: China. Agency: PLA2AC. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).

2005 June 9

Launch Site: Taiyuan. LV Family: DF-31. Launch Vehicle: KT-1. FAILURE: Reported orbital launch failure.
  • MS-1? - . Nation: China. Agency: PLA2AC. Apogee: 300 km (180 mi).

2012 March 17

Launch Site: Jiuquan. LV Family: DF-21. Launch Vehicle: Kuaizhou.
  • Test payload? - . Nation: China. Agency: PLA2AC. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi). Maybe orbital attempt.

2012 November 30

Launch Site: Taiyuan. Launch Vehicle: DF-31.
  • Nation: China. Agency: PLA2AC. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).

2013 January 27

12:10 GMT - . Launch Site: Jiuquan. LV Family: DF-11. Launch Vehicle: B-611.
  • Target RV - . Nation: China. Agency: PLA2AC. Type: ABM Target. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi). ABM Target.

2013 July 24

Launch Site: Taiyuan. Launch Vehicle: DF-31.
  • Nation: China. Agency: PLA2AC. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).

2014 January 9

Launch Site: Taiyuan. LV Family: CZ. Launch Vehicle: Chang Zheng 2C.
  • Hypersonic RV - . Nation: China. Agency: PLA2AC. Apogee: 40 km (24 mi).

2014 July 23

Launch Site: Urumqi. Launch Vehicle: DF-21.
  • Nation: China. Agency: PLA2AC. Apogee: 250 km (150 mi).

2014 July 23

Launch Site: Jiuquan. LV Family: DF-11. Launch Vehicle: B-611.
  • Nation: China. Agency: PLA2AC. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).

2014 August 7

Launch Site: Taiyuan. LV Family: CZ. Launch Vehicle: Chang Zheng 2C.
  • Hypersonic RV - . Nation: China. Agency: PLA2AC. Apogee: 40 km (24 mi). Claimed to be a test of a hypersonic glide reentry vehicle. Based on images from the impact site of one of the stages, the launch appeared to have used a large liquid fuelled booster, possibly a modified CZ-2C..