Quote from: Galactic Penguin SST on 08/15/2016 06:05 pmLaunch success has just been confirmed.I desperately need some sleep now (2 am ) so someone please check on the co-passengers' identities...According to this (via Google Translator): "The mission is also equipped with Chinese atmospheric science experimental satellite and the Spanish scientific experiments small satellite (satellites?)"
Launch success has just been confirmed.I desperately need some sleep now (2 am ) so someone please check on the co-passengers' identities...
Spanish passenger is a 6U CubeSat "³Cat-2" from the NanoSat lab at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya..."a novel GNSS-R payload for Earth observation"http://nanosatlab.upc.edu/en/missions-and-projects/3cat-2
Launch pictures athttp://news.xinhuanet.com/photo/2016-08/16/c_1119396090.htm
Exact launch time was: 17:40:04.546 UTC from long video on CCTV 13: http://tv.cctv.com/2016/08/16/VIDEKde16nFti2zc78pb6XuW160816.shtml
Quote from: input~2 on 08/15/2016 07:16 pmLaunch pictures athttp://news.xinhuanet.com/photo/2016-08/16/c_1119396090.htmHigher resolution versions:Also the "Thin atmosphere science experiment satellite" flying on board is from the Chinese Academy of Sciences - maybe there's some presentation floating around that we have missed?
Quote from: Galactic Penguin SST on 08/16/2016 02:11 amQuote from: input~2 on 08/15/2016 07:16 pmLaunch pictures athttp://news.xinhuanet.com/photo/2016-08/16/c_1119396090.htmHigher resolution versions:Also the "Thin atmosphere science experiment satellite" flying on board is from the Chinese Academy of Sciences - maybe there's some presentation floating around that we have missed?Found it: the satellite is named Lixing-1 and comes from CAS' Institute of Mechanics. Their press release mentioned that it will move to a grazing orbit of 100-150 km altitude so I guess its mission is related to exosphere and hypersonic flights.
Quote from: Galactic Penguin SST on 08/16/2016 03:22 amQuote from: Galactic Penguin SST on 08/16/2016 02:11 amQuote from: input~2 on 08/15/2016 07:16 pmLaunch pictures athttp://news.xinhuanet.com/photo/2016-08/16/c_1119396090.htmHigher resolution versions:Also the "Thin atmosphere science experiment satellite" flying on board is from the Chinese Academy of Sciences - maybe there's some presentation floating around that we have missed?Found it: the satellite is named Lixing-1 and comes from CAS' Institute of Mechanics. Their press release mentioned that it will move to a grazing orbit of 100-150 km altitude so I guess its mission is related to exosphere and hypersonic flights.I guess it's maybe like Cannonball and San Marco, studying atmospheric density. From the deployment graphic looks to be about 0.3 x 1.7m boxNo sign of orbit change yet.