Beidou-2, "Compass-G5", CZ-3C, XSLC, February 24, 2012

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« Reply #60 on: 02/24/2012 05:31 PM »

Official announcement of launch success (in Chinese)
http://www.calt.com/xwzx/zyxw/20120225010530a550f5.html

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« Reply #61 on: 02/24/2012 05:31 PM »

Rui's article:

http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2012/02/long-march-3c-launches-fifth-compass-g-satellite-orbit/
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« Reply #62 on: 02/24/2012 05:48 PM »

http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2012/02-25/3697574.shtml
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« Reply #63 on: 02/24/2012 06:04 PM »

First object catalogued by USSTRATCOM
2012-008A/38091 in 202.7km x 36011.8km x 20.54°
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« Reply #64 on: 02/24/2012 06:23 PM »

A short launch video here
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« Reply #65 on: 02/24/2012 06:53 PM »

A short launch video here

Thanks for the video! Much appreciated
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« Reply #66 on: 02/24/2012 07:33 PM »

Launch success announcement in English
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/sci/2012-02/25/c_131430446.htm
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« Reply #67 on: 02/24/2012 07:39 PM »

http://news.xinhuanet.com/2012-02/25/c_122752218.htm
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« Reply #68 on: 02/24/2012 08:16 PM »

Exact launch time was 1612:04.289UTC
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« Reply #69 on: 02/24/2012 08:38 PM »

Launch video from CCTV 13
http://news.cntv.cn/china/20120225/103090.shtml
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« Reply #70 on: 02/24/2012 09:21 PM »

Xinhuanet and chinanews call the satellite "11th Beidou navigation satellite"
(di shiyi ke beidou daohang weixing). The CALT announcement call it the
"11th Beidou-2 satellite"   (di shiyi ke beidou er hao weixing) which is a nomenclature
I haven't noticed for recent flights. The COMPASS name seems to be used for English-language stories mostly.

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« Reply #71 on: 02/25/2012 01:53 AM »

Another video:
http://www.beidou.gov.cn/2012/02/25/20120225f90cee3e25794e67aa2f6df5576f24f7.html

And photos of the launch:
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« Reply #72 on: 02/25/2012 02:57 AM »

And more on the Chinese MoD page:
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« Reply #73 on: 02/25/2012 10:27 AM »

USSTRATCOM has catalogued a second object (presumably the CZ-3C third stage) 2012-008B/38092.
First elset indicates an orbit of 152.7km x 35953.1km x 20.68°
(after reverse thrust collision avoidance maneuver)
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« Reply #74 on: 02/25/2012 05:09 PM »

An article in Chinese makes reference to a final G5 orbital location of "about 6°E".
This seems to be a misprint for "about 60°E" which was mentionned before as a Beidou-2 GEO satellite location.
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