Here’s how it works. China launched the latest in its secretive Shiyan satellite series over the weekend. A Long March 4C rocket lifted off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi ...

Chinese state television CCTV published a report on Shiyan, a city in Hubei province, which has earned the nicknames "City of Cars" and "Capital of Trucks" due to its production of military vehicles.

A Long March 11 rocket rises into dark skies over Jiuquan spaceport as it carries Shiyan-19 into orbit on March 15, 2023. Credit: OurSpace/CNSA HELSINKI — China launched a new classified ...

Launch of the Long March 3B rocket carrying Shiyan-10 (02) from Xichang on Dec. 29 (UTC), 2022. Credit: OurSpace HELSINKI — China has conducted its 64th and final launch of the year, sending the ...

It's unclear what the Yaogan 37 and Shiyan 22A and 22B satellites will be doing in orbit. China launched three new satellites last week, providing no details of the work they will do in orbit.

The Shiyan 13 test satellite has a currently unknown ... environment detection and related technology experiments," the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) wrote in a statement.