Author Topic: LIVE: Shenzhou 9 (SZ-9), Long March 2F/G (CZ-2F/G) - Jiuquan - June 16, 2012  (Read 695854 times)

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Hi guys and gals,while things are quiet on the update thread,any news as to if the times estimated here will come to pass?
I am hanging around now that I have a bit of spare time.
anyone know if CCTV will cover it live?
UTC time would be the ideal as it does not cause any petty squabbling between Nations. :)

Thank you all so much in advance.
According to this Chinese report:
http://news.china.com.cn/zhuanti/szjh/2012-06/27/content_25745539.htm
the astronauts will return on the morning of June 29, and CCTV will cover it live from Beijing Aerospace Command and Control Center with commentary by Sun Wei, senior engineer of the Beijing Institute of Tracking and Telecommunications Technology. China time is 8 hours ahead of UTC.
Again much appreciated mate,thanks so much. :)
I should ask has undocking taken place or what do posters think,will it be like a Soyuz,that is will they be able to undock and land within hours?
still miss the shuttles,they may have had faults but the crew never had to undock and hard land with almost no margin to check the systems out. ;D
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Latest news: Liu Wang is in the controls as Shenzhou 9 prepares to undock from Tiangong 1. (source: http://www.9ifly.cn/forum.php?mod=redirect&goto=findpost&ptid=9648&pid=207024&fromuid=19646)

Edit: Confirmed separation
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English CCTV News simply said it undocked, no video sadly.
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They aren't landing in a few hours are they? Because they undocked.

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They aren't landing in a few hours are they? Because they undocked.

Nope, they seems to be following the Shenzhou 8 procedures of landing 25 hours after undocking: at around 02:00 UTC tomorrow. See the air space closure notices several posts above.
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English CCTV News simply said it undocked, no video sadly.

Thanks for update Mapperuo, for what it is worth even though China has allowed much live coverage for parts of a mission,they tend to time delay anything on its first test in case of disaster.
not to stray off topic too much but I think NASA also built in a short time delay after Challenger,after all when a crew is lost,the first to know should be their Family.

Really sad that almost every schoolkid were watching Challenger,some of them never recovered,I will leave it there except to say that a time delay is no harm in some circumstances.
cheers
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Video of hatch closure at 22:37 UTC yesterday: http://news.cntv.cn/china/20120628/104467.shtml

Nice one GP,I always think that lovers of spaceflight see beyond borders and politics,rather they see the big picture,thank you for that. :)
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CCTV English just ran a short report with video now, couple screenshots from it.
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Re-entry has been confirmed to be Friday morning 10:00hrs Beijing time !  I am sure it will be covered live on state television being the first female Taikonaut and all !

BEIJING, June 28 (Xinhua) -- Shenzhou-9 manned spacecraft will return to the Earth around 10 a.m. Friday, a spokesperson of China's manned space program announced here Thursday.

Shenzhou-9 spacecraft and Tiangong-1 lab module has been successfully separated by manual operation Thursday morning, according to the Beijing Aerospace Control Center.

It was the first time for China's spacecraft and target module to be disjoined by manual operation.

The three Chinese astronauts returned to Shenzhou-9 spacecraft from Tiangong-1 lab module at 6 a.m. Thursday, to prepare for the manual separation attempt.

Liu Wang conducted the manual operation to separate Shenzhou-9 spacecraft and the orbiting Tiangong-1. He will continue manual operation and steer the spacecraft to a safety distance.

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CCTV English just ran a short report with video now, couple screenshots from it.

And a video in Chinese: http://news.cntv.cn/china/20120628/108872.shtml
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http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2012/06-28/3991797.shtml

according to sources, after the undocking, the crew attempted another manual docking approach, but not docking.

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http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2012/06-28/3991797.shtml

according to sources, after the undocking, the crew attempted another manual docking approach, but not docking.

Specifically, they retreated to the 5 kilometers point, then did a manual approach to within 140 meters of TG-1. Hopefully the Chinese planned a photography session with an astronaut peeking out of the orbital module's front window!  :)
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If you need more pictures, here are some views of some hi-fidelity models I brought back from Beijing in April:

www.jamesoberg.com

If anyone wants to copy them over to here, be my guest.

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http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2012/06-28/3991797.shtml

according to sources, after the undocking, the crew attempted another manual docking approach, but not docking.

Specifically, they retreated to the 5 kilometers point, then did a manual approach to within 140 meters of TG-1. Hopefully the Chinese planned a photography session with an astronaut peeking out of the orbital module's front window!  :)

Google translate's version makes it sound as if this is a story from yesterday saying what was planned, rather than a report confirming it happened - can you clarify?
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CCTV English coverage begins 09:00 Beijing tomorrow, 01:00 UTC.
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Live broadcast will commence on most CCTV stations at 21:00hrs EST

I bet the three Taikonauts can't wait to get out their capsule for some fresh air after spending 24 hours in that cramp capsule !


(Note: Don't embed massive images. That's someone elses work - the (c) was a clue - Chris).
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Better than two weeks in Gemini!
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