CZ-4B - Yaogan 14, Tiantuo 1 - Taiyuan - May 10, 2012

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Launch success!

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Xinhua confirms launch success of YG-14 and a small satellite named "Tiantuo 1" (will ask for details). The launch of the CZ-4B rocket came at 07:06 UTC.

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Xinhua confirms launch success of YG-14 and a small satellite named "Tiantuo 1". The launch of the CZ-4B rocket came at 07:06 UTC.

This is the translation of my previous post...

[Liss]

My online translator says  Tiāntà-1.

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Xinhua confirms launch success of YG-14 and a small satellite named "Tiantuo 1". The launch of the CZ-4B rocket came at 07:06 UTC.

This is the translation of my previous post...

Yup, I was late. 

A longer press release indicates that TT-1 (Tiantuo 1) was built by the National University of Defense Technology (NUDT), and will be used for "scientific purposes".

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Photos:

[Chris Bergin]

Rui's article:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2012/05/china-pace-long-march-4b-spy-satellite-launch/

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NUDT's press release indicates some information on their micro-satellite:

1. The satellite weights just 9.3 kg, with the size being at 425 mm x 410 mm x 80 mm. The project was started 3 years ago.
2. The satellite is the first Chinese nano-satellite that integrates the functions of satellite control, power distribution, data transfer and attitude control onto a single integrated electronic board.
3. The satellite will perform experiments on optical imaging, detection of on-orbit atomic oxygen intensity and receiving signals from the marine Automatic Identification System (AIS).
4. The satellite separated from the LV 13 minutes and 40 seconds after launch.

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[Liss]

Launch azimuth (passing through the center of the NOTAMed zone) is 193°

It's true and spherical triangles give us the inclination is 100 deg.
My opinion - this is analog of YG-8.

As we see another launch vehicle (CZ-4B as with YG-5/12 vs. CZ-4C for YG-8) I now believe we are wrong. Probably launch azimuth should be corrected for rotation of Earth.

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http://news.xinhuanet.com/2012-05/10/c_111926719.htm

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USSTRATCOM has catalogued a new Object A
38257/2012-021A in
470.1 x 473.8 km x 97.24°

[Liss]

A particularly low orbit -- in my version, 97.24° 466x479 km (over 6378 km sphere) 94.10 min.
Local time of descending node = 14:14.

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A particularly low orbit -- in my version, 97.24° 466x479 km (over 6378 km sphere) 94.10 min.
Local time of descending node = 14:14.

My version gives a period of 94.04 min and the same LTDN

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Short launch video at
http://news.cntv.cn/program/C21248/20120510/115220.shtml

Launch time seems to be 0706:04.493UTC

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An illustration of YG-14 on top of the 3rd stage (from the video)

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An illustration of YG-14 on top of the 3rd stage (from the video)

And more clear illustrations of the satellites here:

(video: http://news.cntv.cn/china/20120510/115770.shtml)