The thread for the first of these satellites has indicated that an alternative name for that is Qiánshào-3: numbers 1 and 2 were satellites in the Shiyan Weixing series, the first of which looked very much like the Shijian-11 series.Has anyone seen if TJSW 2 has been tagged Qianshao-4 or maybe the second Qianshao-3?
Quote from: Phillip Clark on 01/14/2017 12:50 pmThe thread for the first of these satellites has indicated that an alternative name for that is Qiánshào-3: numbers 1 and 2 were satellites in the Shiyan Weixing series, the first of which looked very much like the Shijian-11 series.Has anyone seen if TJSW 2 has been tagged Qianshao-4 or maybe the second Qianshao-3?TJS-2 has been tagged Huoyan-1 ("Fire cam" in Chinese), indicating possibly an early warning missionTJS-1/Qianshao-3/"Outpost-3" is thought to have an ELINT/SIGINT mission as SJ-11/QS-2
TJS-2 or TJSW-2, what shall be the correct name?
Quote from: hvdh on 01/17/2017 09:51 pmTJS-2 or TJSW-2, what shall be the correct name?W stands for Wèixīng which means "satellite". IMHO it can be omitted.USSTRATCOM uses TJS-2
Quote from: input~2 on 01/18/2017 05:55 amQuote from: hvdh on 01/17/2017 09:51 pmTJS-2 or TJSW-2, what shall be the correct name?W stands for Wèixīng which means "satellite". IMHO it can be omitted.USSTRATCOM uses TJS-2What is the designation the Chinese use?
Look what's turned up in a news report on the Xian Satellite Control Centre! (0:19 mark) I don't see much comsat equipment there....... (https://twitter.com/cnspaceflight/status/843084318817710081)