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Shijian 12 - CZ-2D launch June 15, 2010
« on: 06/14/2010 01:26 pm »
China will launch the SJ-12 Shi Jian-12 satellite on June 14/15, 2010. launch will take place from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.
« Last Edit: 06/15/2010 10:12 am by Satori »

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Re: Shijian 12 - CZ-2D launch June 14, 2010
« Reply #1 on: 06/14/2010 01:33 pm »
Accordingt to some comments posted on the Chinese 9iflt space forum, this launch was delayed from August 2009.

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Re: Shijian 12 - CZ-2D launch June 14/15, 2010
« Reply #2 on: 06/14/2010 01:47 pm »
Here is an official announcement for SJ-12, "soon to be launched" dated to-day at 11:45 UTC; usually this type of announcement is published around one day in advance, so launch will probably occur tomorrow June 15

http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2010-06/14/c_12222253.htm
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Re: Shijian 12 - CZ-2D launch June 14/15, 2010
« Reply #3 on: 06/14/2010 02:06 pm »
China to put research satellite into orbit in near future
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-06/14/c_13350329.htm

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Re: Shijian 12 - CZ-2D launch June 14/15, 2010
« Reply #4 on: 06/14/2010 04:10 pm »
Oh, nice. Thanks for heads-up. Will see what will the orbit looks like.
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Re: Shijian 12 - CZ-2D launch June 14/15, 2010
« Reply #5 on: 06/15/2010 02:53 am »
Successfully launched according to a post of 9ifly.
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Re: Shijian 12 - CZ-2D launch June 14/15, 2010
« Reply #6 on: 06/15/2010 03:30 am »
launch local time:  9:39 (UTC: 1:39) June 15

http://news.xinhuanet.com/2010-06/15/c_12223322.htm

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Re: Shijian 12 - CZ-2D launch June 14/15, 2010
« Reply #7 on: 06/15/2010 03:41 am »
China Sends Research Satellite into Space
http://english.cri.cn/6909/2010/06/15/1821s576844.htm

Looks good. Congrats on another launch.

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Re: Shijian 12 - CZ-2D launch June 14/15, 2010
« Reply #8 on: 06/15/2010 04:49 am »
Orbits from Space-Track
SJ 12 575 x 597 km x 97.7 deg orbit; the CZ-2D final stage ended up in a 559 x 663 km x 97.7 deg orbit.
   
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Re: Shijian 12 - CZ-2D launch June 14/15, 2010
« Reply #9 on: 06/15/2010 09:17 am »
Exact launch time was 0139:04.115UTC.
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Re: Shijian 12 - CZ-2D launch June 14/15, 2010
« Reply #10 on: 06/15/2010 09:23 am »
A video of the launch is available here http://tv.people.com.cn/GB/166419/11883711.html

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Re: Shijian 12 - CZ-2D launch June 14/15, 2010
« Reply #11 on: 06/15/2010 09:41 am »
Heh, the orbit is close to Shiyan weixing 1 (2004). A follow-on?
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Re: Shijian 12 - CZ-2D launch June 14/15, 2010
« Reply #12 on: 06/15/2010 12:37 pm »
Exact launch time was 0939:04.115UTC.

That's about 23 minutes after you posted it. I think you mean local.
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Re: Shijian 12 - CZ-2D launch June 14/15, 2010
« Reply #13 on: 06/15/2010 01:27 pm »
Exact launch time was 0939:04.115UTC.

That's about 23 minutes after you posted it. I think you mean local.

You are obviously right. I have corrected the post. Thanks!

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Re: Shijian 12 - CZ-2D launch June 14/15, 2010
« Reply #14 on: 06/15/2010 08:29 pm »
Heh, the orbit is close to Shiyan weixing 1 (2004). A follow-on?

How is the orbit relativ to Shijian 7?

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Re: Shijian 12 - CZ-2D launch June 14/15, 2010
« Reply #15 on: 06/16/2010 08:39 am »
How is the orbit relativ to Shijian 7?
Different planes. SJ-7 passes descending node at 05:05 or so while SJ-12 passes at 07:58.
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Re: Shijian 12 - CZ-2D launch June 15, 2010
« Reply #16 on: 06/16/2010 11:50 am »
Thank you Liss. At the moment we only know that SJ-12 was built by the Shanghai Academy (SAST), i.e. the same manufacturer as for SJ-7, whereas SY-1 was built by Harbin Insitute of Technology. Both SJ-7 and SY-1 seems to have been used for observation and tracking of the Asat test in January 2007.  There are rumors at 9ifly that SJ-12 could have IR-sensors on board.

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Re: Shijian 12 - CZ-2D launch June 15, 2010
« Reply #17 on: 06/16/2010 02:49 pm »
Yes, if we speak about platform/payload builders SJ-12 looks much more like SJ-7 than SY-1.
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Re: Shijian 12 - CZ-2D launch June 15, 2010
« Reply #18 on: 08/15/2010 02:17 pm »
On August 13, after intentional maneuvering, SJ-12 passed close to SJ-6F (2008-053B).
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Re: Shijian 12 - CZ-2D launch June 15, 2010
« Reply #19 on: 08/16/2010 01:21 pm »
By Aug 13, SJ-12 set to precede SJ-6F by 160 km.
By Aug 15, it took a closer position at 27 km or so.
It is possible that today or tomorrow we'll see final approach.
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