Quote from: Star One on 09/07/2016 12:54 amHey look we've made the tech news sites.http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/09/06/china_silent_on_loss_of_gaofen_civilian_spy_sat/Is it true that the images of drop zone debris have been removed by Chinese authorities? I still see them on some of the web pages cited in this thread. - Ed Kyle
Hey look we've made the tech news sites.http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/09/06/china_silent_on_loss_of_gaofen_civilian_spy_sat/
Quote from: edkyle99 on 09/07/2016 01:07 amQuote from: Star One on 09/07/2016 12:54 amHey look we've made the tech news sites.http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/09/06/china_silent_on_loss_of_gaofen_civilian_spy_sat/Is it true that the images of drop zone debris have been removed by Chinese authorities? I still see them on some of the web pages cited in this thread. - Ed Kylesome of them appear to have been replaced with other images potentially not from this flight. USSTRATCOM has yet to find anything in orbit so far and others believe that it did not make a return to sender orbit either.
Quote from: Chris Bergin on 09/05/2016 12:57 pmStill nothing from the Chinese media? If anything they probably won't at all now as "announcing" it days later would look even worse.I'm a day late, but there's still nothing at all. Rumors are pointing to yet another 3rd stage problem.
Still nothing from the Chinese media? If anything they probably won't at all now as "announcing" it days later would look even worse.
Quote from: Galactic Penguin SST on 09/06/2016 03:03 pmQuote from: Chris Bergin on 09/05/2016 12:57 pmStill nothing from the Chinese media? If anything they probably won't at all now as "announcing" it days later would look even worse.I'm a day late, but there's still nothing at all. Rumors are pointing to yet another 3rd stage problem.Rumors today points to the 3rd stage failing to re-ignite. Given that the usual MET for a LM-4C launch is as short as <30 minutes, I think it's safe to say the transfer orbit dips below the atmosphere.....
China Great Wall Industry: Long March 4C failure Sept 1 was isolated to stage only used on 4C, so other Long March variants unaffected.
No chance it's a stealth payload, right?
I am not sure if the image shows indeed GF-10.
Quote from: Galactic Penguin SST on 09/07/2016 04:57 pmQuote from: Galactic Penguin SST on 09/06/2016 03:03 pmQuote from: Chris Bergin on 09/05/2016 12:57 pmStill nothing from the Chinese media? If anything they probably won't at all now as "announcing" it days later would look even worse.I'm a day late, but there's still nothing at all. Rumors are pointing to yet another 3rd stage problem.Rumors today points to the 3rd stage failing to re-ignite. Given that the usual MET for a LM-4C launch is as short as <30 minutes, I think it's safe to say the transfer orbit dips below the atmosphere..... I know that LM-4C can restart its 3rd stage, but I thought that was mainly for depletion - do we know the detailedlaunch profile of the 4C with the usual times of the burns?I was under the impression that it mainly followed the old 4B profile with coast to stage 2 apogee and a singleinsertion burn.Oh, and any new news on this failure since October?
The projected times of the different launch phases are visible in this picture (posted on the 9ifly Chinese space forum).
GF-10 SAR卫星的精度验证条带模式无控平面精度优于3米聚束模式无控平面精度优于1.5米可生成干涉图像立体精度满足1:10000测图精度