Quote from: William Graham on 11/27/2017 08:51 pmQuote from: Satori on 11/24/2017 10:35 pmDecember 11 - CZ-3B/G2 - XSLC, LC2 - Alcomsat-1[..]December November (?) - CZ-3B/YZ-1 - XSLC, LC2 - Beidou-3MEO3; Beidou-3MEO4November 27If the Beidou launch is slipping into December, will Alcomsat be able to hold that date? I seem to recall the minimum pad turnaround at Xichang is 2-3 weeks, unless that has decreased in the last few years.The rumors that I have seen put the BDS launch in late December, after Alcomsat.
Quote from: Satori on 11/24/2017 10:35 pmDecember 11 - CZ-3B/G2 - XSLC, LC2 - Alcomsat-1[..]December November (?) - CZ-3B/YZ-1 - XSLC, LC2 - Beidou-3MEO3; Beidou-3MEO4November 27If the Beidou launch is slipping into December, will Alcomsat be able to hold that date? I seem to recall the minimum pad turnaround at Xichang is 2-3 weeks, unless that has decreased in the last few years.
December 11 - CZ-3B/G2 - XSLC, LC2 - Alcomsat-1[..]December November (?) - CZ-3B/YZ-1 - XSLC, LC2 - Beidou-3MEO3; Beidou-3MEO4November 27
Cross-post:Quote from: Galactic Penguin SST on 11/27/2017 09:39 pmQuote from: William Graham on 11/27/2017 08:51 pmQuote from: Satori on 11/24/2017 10:35 pmDecember 11 - CZ-3B/G2 - XSLC, LC2 - Alcomsat-1[..]December November (?) - CZ-3B/YZ-1 - XSLC, LC2 - Beidou-3MEO3; Beidou-3MEO4November 27If the Beidou launch is slipping into December, will Alcomsat be able to hold that date? I seem to recall the minimum pad turnaround at Xichang is 2-3 weeks, unless that has decreased in the last few years.The rumors that I have seen put the BDS launch in late December, after Alcomsat.
China launches in 2017 (times in UTC)<several snips>09 - September 29 (04:21:05.318) - CZ-2C (Y29) - XSLC, LC3 - YG-30-01 Yaogan Weixing-30-01A, B, C (CX-5 Changxin-5 (1A, 1B, 1C))11 - November 5 (11:45:04.244) - CZ-3B/YZ-1 (Y46/Y4) - XSLC, LC2 - Beidou-3MEO1 (Beidou-24); Beidou-3MEO2 (Beidou-25)14 - November 24 (18:10:05.130) - CZ-2C (Y33) - XSLC, LC3 - Yaogan 30-02A, B, C (CX-5 Changxin-5 (2A, 2B, 2C))16 - December 10 (16:40:04.230) - CZ-3B/G2 (Y40) - XSLC, LC2 - AlComSat-1China launch schedule2017December 23 (04:03) (?) - CZ-2D - JSLC, LC43/603 - LKW-1 Ludikancha Weixing-2 (?)December 25 / 28 - CZ-2D - TSLC, LC9 JSLC, LC43/603 - GJ-3 GaoJing-3, GJ-4 Gaojing-4December - CZ-3B/YZ-1 - XSLC, LC2 - Beidou-3MEO3; Beidou-3MEO4December 8December 9December 10
I doubt that this launch will take place this year.
Quote from: Galactic Penguin SST on 12/24/2017 02:32 amThere are reports that the launch yesterday is SAST's last in 2017. This essentially confirms that the GJ-1 launch has (as expected) slipped into 2018 and (barring extreme low probabilities of a CZ-2C slipping into the queue at TSLC) leaves just the Xichang launch next week for 2017.And it has been officially confirmed that the YG-30-03 launch is China's last one of 2017.
There are reports that the launch yesterday is SAST's last in 2017. This essentially confirms that the GJ-1 launch has (as expected) slipped into 2018 and (barring extreme low probabilities of a CZ-2C slipping into the queue at TSLC) leaves just the Xichang launch next week for 2017.
China launches in 2017 (times in UTC)<several snip>09 - September 29 (04:21:05.318) - CZ-2C (Y29) - XSLC, LC3 - YG-30-01 Yaogan Weixing-30-01A, B, C (CX-5 Changxin-5 (1A, 1B, 1C)) 11 - November 5 (11:45:04.244) - CZ-3B/YZ-1 (Y46/Y4) - XSLC, LC2 - Beidou-3MEO1 (Beidou-24); Beidou-3MEO2 (Beidou-25)14 - November 24 (18:10:05.130) - CZ-2C (Y33) - XSLC, LC3 - Yaogan 30-02A, B, C (CX-5 Changxin-5 (2A, 2B, 2C))16 - December 10 (16:40:04.230) - CZ-3B/G2 (Y40) - XSLC, LC2 - AlComSat-118 - December 25 (19:42:05.269) - CZ-2C - XSLC, LC3 - YG-30-03 Yaogan Weixing-30-03A, B, C (CX-5 Changxin-5 (3A, 3B, 3C))China launch schedule2017No more launches schedule for 2017!2018<snip>January - CZ-3B/YZ-1 - XSLC, LC2 - Beidou-3MEO3; Beidou-3MEO4<snip>December 25
BTW, these two CAS built satellites might not be called "M3 & M4" - there's a TV news report after last November's BDS launch interviewing the satellite production facility in Shanghai, and the two satellites about to be shipped back then was marked as "M7 & M8". Perhaps the satellite numbers were issued in blocks.... (come on BDS office, tell us which is which! )
Scanning for updates about this launch!!
Looks like launch will take place at 23:18UTC.