Beidou-2, Compass-M5&M6 CZ-3B Xichang September 18 2012 (1910UTC)

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« on: 04/02/2012 08:37 PM »

This launch is current scheduled in August this year.
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« Reply #1 on: 07/16/2012 10:25 AM »

CZ-3B Y15 will be used for the launch, which is expected in late August or early September.
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« Reply #2 on: 08/09/2012 04:54 PM »

According to Zarya.info, the launch is planned on August 15th.
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« Reply #3 on: 08/09/2012 05:23 PM »

According to Zarya.info, the launch is planned on August 15th.

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Date is approximate.

From what I have seen from the Chinese spaceflight forums, the satellites might have arrived on July 18th, so the launch would be in NET mid/late August.

http://www.9ifly.cn/thread-9125-1-1.html
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« Reply #4 on: 08/12/2012 06:48 AM »

According to Zarya.info, the launch is planned on August 15th.

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Entries are revised as updates become available (UK sleeping hours and vacations excluded) and some dates/times listed here differ from what you might find listed elsewhere - accuracy is not guaranteed. After events occur, they are transferred to the Zarya Diaries but the previous four weeks' entries can be found here.

Date is approximate.

From what I have seen from the Chinese spaceflight forums, the satellites might have arrived on July 18th, so the launch would be in NET mid/late August.

http://www.9ifly.cn/thread-9125-1-1.html

Hmm...... all three active Chinese tracking ships have retreated to their home base (Jiangyin, north of Shanghai). This means that the launch might be put off for the remaining part of August... (two ships are required for tracking down-range for a typical Chinese BLEO launch, e.g. in the double Compass-M launch in April) :-\

http://www.9ifly.cn/forum.php?mod=redirect&goto=findpost&ptid=164&pid=215970&fromuid=19646
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« Reply #5 on: 08/12/2012 08:19 PM »

Beidou navigation system test network set for 2015
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« Reply #6 on: 08/13/2012 11:16 AM »

Hmm...... all three active Chinese tracking ships have retreated to their home base (Jiangyin, north of Shanghai). This means that the launch might be put off for the remaining part of August... (two ships are required for tracking down-range for a typical Chinese BLEO launch, e.g. in the double Compass-M launch in April) :-\


Can't they track the launch using the three Tianlian satellites in orbit?
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« Reply #7 on: 08/14/2012 05:13 AM »

Hmm...... all three active Chinese tracking ships have retreated to their home base (Jiangyin, north of Shanghai). This means that the launch might be put off for the remaining part of August... (two ships are required for tracking down-range for a typical Chinese BLEO launch, e.g. in the double Compass-M launch in April) :-\


Can't they track the launch using the three Tianlian satellites in orbit?

Their aren't Tianlian communicate antenna on CZ rocket, so Tianlian can't work before the satellites enter orbit
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« Reply #8 on: 08/14/2012 07:33 AM »

The launch team for this launch is arriving this Saturday, which would make the launch be in mid-September.

http://www.9ifly.cn/forum.php?mod=redirect&goto=findpost&ptid=9125&pid=216216
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« Reply #9 on: 08/19/2012 11:14 PM »

Beidou navigation system test network set for 2015

It seems this has nothing to do with the deployment of Compass satellites.
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« Reply #10 on: 08/21/2012 04:33 AM »

The current launch date is now known as September 15, thanks to Sinopec's lubricant company, which is organizing a free trip for 2 to XSLC for customers.

Source: http://changcheng.tmall.com/view_page-114036212.htm?prt=1345523389249&prc=2
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« Reply #11 on: 08/21/2012 06:39 AM »

The current launch date is now known as September 15, thanks to Sinopec's lubricant company, which is organizing a free trip for 2 to XSLC for customers.

Source: http://changcheng.tmall.com/view_page-114036212.htm?prt=1345523389249&prc=2
The launch date is said to be tentative.
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« Reply #12 on: 08/25/2012 02:39 AM »

The current launch date is now known as September 15, thanks to Sinopec's lubricant company, which is organizing a free trip for 2 to XSLC for customers.

Source: http://changcheng.tmall.com/view_page-114036212.htm?prt=1345523389249&prc=2
The launch date is said to be tentative.

Right, it slipped again (not sure how much, but probably later in the month). Judging from a CALT member's blog (who is frustrated at getting half-day shifts since this weeK), the problem seems to be satellite related.

http://www.9ifly.cn/forum.php?mod=redirect&goto=findpost&ptid=9125&pid=217853&fromuid=19646
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« Reply #13 on: 09/01/2012 12:28 AM »

I have got the time to calculate the launch window, using the launch time of the last MEO launch, and the fact that the MEO 2/5 plane's RAAN is spaced 120 degrees to the east of the MEO 3/4 plane (source: http://www.9ifly.cn/forum.php?mod=redirect&goto=findpost&ptid=9786&pid=86869).

Compass M3/4 was launched at 20:50 UTC on April 29 (4:50 am local on the 30th). Assume that the launch date is September 20 LT, i.e. 143 days after the last launch, the movement in longitude for the orbit plane to cross the launch site (i.e. at the same longitude and mean solar time) is:

143 / 365.25 * 360 = 140.9 degrees

Now we consider the precession of the orbit RAAN. Apparently the movement of the RAAN towards the west for a prograde circular orbit can be approximated by this equation:

d-omega = 9.97 * (Re / a) ^ 3.5 * cos(i), where Re = Earth's radius (6378 km), a = semi-major axis and i = inclination

For the Compass MEO constellation, i = 55 degrees and a = 6378 + 21500 = 27878 km, so we have d-omega = 143 * 9.97 * (6378 / (6378 + 21500)) ^ 3.5 * cos(55) = 4.7 degrees

So if we are launching the satellites to the same plane as MEO 3/4, then the launch time should be earlier by (140.9 + 4.7) / 360 * 23 h 56 min = 9 h 41 min (where the Earth's rotational period is 23 hours and 56 minutes). That corresponds to 11:09 UTC.

Since the actual plane for MEO 2/5 is 120 degrees to the east, the launch time will be later than the time above by 120 / 360 * 23 h 56 min = 7 h 59 min. Therefore the required launch time is 19:08 UTC on the 19th (3:08 am LT on the 20th). The error should be within 10 minutes (I did the same calculation for the GPS IIF-3 launch, and it came out to be 5 minutes later than the window opening time).

For every 1 day delay of the launch, the launch time will move earlier by around 3.2 minutes, and vice versa.

(Source of the calculation method: http://www.9ifly.cn/forum.php?mod=redirect&goto=findpost&ptid=4786&pid=97613)
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« Reply #14 on: 09/03/2012 03:08 PM »

I have in my hands an English introduction video of the Compass Navigation System (source).

It can be downloaded here: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/102519027/BD_intro.wmv
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