Author Topic: FAILURE: Jilin-1 Gaofen-02C - KZ-1A - Jiuquan - September 12, 2020 (05:02 UTC) (Read 14916 times)

Satori · « **on:** 07/13/2020 10:15 am »

The high resolution remote sensing satellite for the Jilin-1 constellation, Jilin-1 Gaofen-02C, will be launched by a Kuaizhou-1A launch vehicle from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in August 2020.

zubenelgenubi · « **Reply #1 on:** 09/01/2020 09:11 pm »

https://twitter.com/Cosmic_Penguin/status/1298170508232364033

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(CONFIRMED) An additional 3 sats for the Jilin-1 EO constellation was sent out on Aug. 24 (HR-02C/D/F, the previous 9 are 03x). They will fly on 3 separate launches, apparently KZ-1As out of Taiyuan in quick succession.

Cross-post:

Quote from: Alter Sachse on 08/31/2020 03:48 pm

Planned launches in September

September, Long March 11 Sea Launch, Jilin 1 High Score 03 series nine satellites of Changguang Satellite Company
September Ceres 1 solid rocket Jiuquan (review completed on July 3, 2019, and confirmed the first flight time)
September Kuaizhou-1A Jiuquan Changguang Satellite Jilin-1 High Score 02C
September Kuaizhou-1A Jiuquan Changguang Satellite Jilin-1 High Score 02D
September Kuaizhou-1A Jiuquan Changguang Satellite Jilin-1 High Score 02F
Late September Long March No. 4B Taiyuan Ocean No. 3 Star (HY-2C)
(automatic translation)

*High Score = Gaofen

http://www.spaceflightfans.cn/china-launch-schedule

EDIT Launch threads for:
Jilin-1 Gaofen-02D
Jilin-1 Gaofen-02F

Liss · « **Reply #2 on:** 09/10/2020 10:25 pm »

It seems a KZ-1A may be launched on Sep 11 at approx 0330 UTC from Jiuquan:

A3487/20 - FLW SEGMENT OF ATS RTE CLSD:
1. A596: YABRAI VOR 'YBL'-DENGKOU VOR 'DKO'.
2. V67: N393931E1003646-YABRAI VOR 'YBL'. 11 SEP 03:10 2020 UNTIL 11 SEP 04:30 2020. CREATED: 10 SEP 13:19 2020

A3490/20 - FLW SEGMENT OF ATS RTE CLSD:
1. V67: YABRAI VOR 'YBL'-JIAYUGUAN VOR 'CHW'.
2. W191: TOSAP-MULRU.
3. W112: BILDA-TUSLI.
4. B215: OMGUP-NIXUK. 11 SEP 03:06 2020 UNTIL 11 SEP 04:36 2020. CREATED: 10 SEP 15:14 2020

zubenelgenubi · « **Reply #3 on:** 09/11/2020 03:36 am »

Launch could be happening now.

zubenelgenubi · « **Reply #4 on:** 09/11/2020 04:54 am »

Quote from: zubenelgenubi on 09/11/2020 03:36 am

Launch could be happening now.

Nothing?

Liss · « **Reply #5 on:** 09/11/2020 07:08 am »

At 9ifly, they said it could be a missile launch.

Liss · « **Reply #6 on:** 09/11/2020 03:30 pm »

Well, this time there are NOTAMs for three launches with five days intervals.

A3505/20 - A TEMPORARY RESTRICTED AREA ESTABLISHED BOUNDED BY: N394156E1000354-N394301E0995704-N395613E1000032-N395508E1000726 BACK TO START. VERTICAL LIMITS: GND-UNL. ALL ACFT SHALL BE FORBIDDEN TO FLY INTO THE RESTRICTED AREA. SFC - UNL, 0453-0529 12, 0611-0647 17, 22, 12 SEP 04:53 2020 UNTIL 22 SEP 06:47 2020. CREATED: 11 SEP 09:28 2020

A3506/20 - A TEMPORARY RESTRICTED AREA ESTABLISHED BOUNDED BY: N304059E0974550-N304323E0973336-N312020E0974316-N311756E0975534 BACK TO START. VERTICAL LIMITS: GND-UNL. ALL ACFT SHALL BE FORBIDDEN TO FLY INTO THE RESTRICTED AREA. GND - UNL, 0454-0534 12, 0612-0652 17 22, 12 SEP 04:54 2020 UNTIL 22 SEP 06:52 2020. CREATED: 11 SEP 09:34 2020

Alter Sachse · « **Reply #7 on:** 09/11/2020 03:30 pm »

2020年9月12日 @ 13:02

=05:02 UTC

http://www.spaceflightfans.cn/event/china-kz-1a-rocket-launch-jilin-1-gaofen-02c-satellites?instance_id=3662

zubenelgenubi · « **Reply #8 on:** 09/12/2020 03:40 am »

Unfortunately, the Astra launch from Kodiak, a few minutes ago, failed.
This launch is the second orbital launch scheduled today (UTC).

zubenelgenubi · « **Reply #9 on:** 09/12/2020 05:19 am »

Any news?

otter · « **Reply #10 on:** 09/12/2020 05:20 am »

Launched ~13:05 local time

https://weibo.com/5616492130/Jkh4YhHvY

Satori · « **Reply #11 on:** 09/12/2020 05:47 am »

No news of launch success until now...

Satori · « **Reply #12 on:** 09/12/2020 05:50 am »

There is a launch photo posted on 9ifly Chinese space forum, but I'm not sure that it is from this launch...

otter · « **Reply #13 on:** 09/12/2020 06:23 am »

Looks like a launch success

https://weibo.com/5616492130/JkhtQqTSW

Liftoff - 13:02 local time

Galactic Penguin SST · « **Reply #14 on:** 09/12/2020 06:29 am »

It took quite some more time than usual, but launch success has finally been confirmed with T-0 at 05:02 UTC.

And yes it's Jilin-1 HR-02C, this time with the sponsored name of "Inner Mongolia 1" as CASIC marked their cooperation with their regional government.

Galactic Penguin SST · « **Reply #15 on:** 09/12/2020 06:55 am »

Hmm, then lack of news has persisted for some time and now there are reports that the launch did fail... $:-\$

otter · « **Reply #16 on:** 09/12/2020 07:06 am »

And the weibo post from China Aerospace about the launch success was deleted

Kryten · « **Reply #17 on:** 09/12/2020 07:23 am »

If this is a failure then that brings us to 8 complete launch failures: numbers like that haven't been seen since the early 80s, this really is a bloodbath of a year. I put '5-8 complete failures' in my 2020 prediction post and thought that was pessimistic, now it's hanging by a thread.

Svetoslav · « **Reply #18 on:** 09/12/2020 07:29 am »

Quote from: Kryten on 09/12/2020 07:23 am

If this is a failure then that brings us to 8 complete launch failures: numbers like that haven't been seen since the early 80s, this really is a bloodbath of a year. I put '5-8 complete failures' in my 2020 prediction post and thought that was pessimistic, now it's hanging by a thread.

But we had the launch of three brand new rockets - LauncherOne, KZ-11 and Astra.

Plus, problems with some rockets like Electron are just starting to show up.

Quite normal.

Nordren · « **Reply #19 on:** 09/12/2020 07:47 am »

Long March 7A was a new launcher too.