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Re: ? - CZ-7A - Wenchang - May 20, 2025 (~12:00 UTC)
« Reply #1 on: 04/29/2025 01:21 pm »
This is likely the CZ-7 series (obvious by # of boosters) rocket that was brought to Wenchang on April 23rd. To give an idea of the duration of the launch campaign.


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Re: ? - CZ-7A - Wenchang - May 20, 2025 (~12:00 UTC)
« Reply #2 on: 05/12/2025 01:11 am »
Text on the side of the vehicle has this launch as Y15, from rednote: http://xhslink.com/a/ya5rlHpoq1jcb,复制本条信息,打开【小红书】App查看精彩内容!

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Re: ? - CZ-7A - Wenchang - May 20, 2025 (~12:00 UTC)
« Reply #3 on: 05/15/2025 08:07 am »
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Re: ? - CZ-7A - Wenchang - May 20, 2025 (~11:50 UTC)
« Reply #5 on: 05/15/2025 11:05 am »
Unofficial webcast:
bit.ly/SpaceLaunchCalendar ☆ bit.ly/SpaceEventCalendar

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Re: ? - CZ-7A - Wenchang - May 20, 2025 (~11:50 UTC)
« Reply #7 on: 05/18/2025 02:10 pm »
CZ7A Y15 was transfered to WSLC LC-201 this morning (image  追箭部落), this transfer also gave us a comparison for the LC301 tower (CZ-10 pad), which was topped out yesterday.

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Re: ? - CZ-7A - Wenchang - May 20, 2025 (~11:50 UTC)
« Reply #8 on: 05/20/2025 11:29 am »
Screenshot from one of the YouTube feeds for this launch.

Any clues which series the Flight 10 indicates? NextSpaceFlight has other numbers.

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Re: ? - CZ-7A - Wenchang - May 20, 2025 (~11:50 UTC)
« Reply #9 on: 05/20/2025 11:40 am »

Any clues which series the Flight 10 indicates? NextSpaceFlight has other numbers.


10th flight of CZ-7A https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_lau_det/cz-7a.htm
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Re: ? - CZ-7A - Wenchang - May 20, 2025 (~11:50 UTC)
« Reply #10 on: 05/20/2025 11:46 am »
thank you.

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Re: ? - CZ-7A - Wenchang - May 20, 2025 (11:50 UTC)
« Reply #11 on: 05/20/2025 12:08 pm »
Launched!

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Re: Zhongxing-3B - CZ-7A - Wenchang - May 20, 2025 (11:50 UTC)
« Reply #12 on: 05/20/2025 12:51 pm »
http://www.news.cn/tech/20250520/29028a52b624478cbfdf2b21f5c926f6/c.html

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Wenchang, Hainan, May 20 (Xinhua) (Li Guoli, Cui Wanying) At 19:50 on May 20, my country successfully launched the ChinaSat 3B satellite using the Long March 7 modified carrier rocket at the Wenchang Space Launch Center. The satellite successfully entered the predetermined orbit and the launch mission was a complete success.

ChinaSat 3B satellite is mainly used to provide users with voice, data, radio and television transmission services.

This mission is the 577th flight of the Long March series of carrier rockets.

https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/QbqxqA7L4KbGzmLq8fFtsQ

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The Long March 7A carrier rocket was developed by the First Academy of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. This is the second launch of the Long March 7A carrier rocket in 2025. The rocket adopts the basic configuration of a 4.2-meter diameter fairing. This year, the Long March 7A carrier rocket will also carry out multiple (additional) launch missions. In the future, the rocket team will continue to strengthen the quality control of the production process, optimize the test process and control the rocket's technical status to further improve the overall performance of the rocket.

Considering Tianzhou-9, we may expect at least 5 CZ-7 series launches this year.
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Re: Zhongxing-3B - CZ-7A - Wenchang - May 20, 2025 (11:50 UTC)
« Reply #15 on: 05/20/2025 01:33 pm »
Hi! Do you know where to find more information about this satellite? i could not find any, and I am not sure if this uses the DFH-4 bus. Thanks!
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Hi! Do you know where to find more information about this satellite? i could not find any, and I am not sure if this uses the DFH-4 bus. Thanks!

No idea, this is evidently a classified satellite (just like all of the ChinaSat-1/2/3/4 series), but you may assume this to be DFH-4 based.
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Re: Zhongxing-3B - CZ-7A - Wenchang - May 20, 2025 (11:50 UTC)
« Reply #17 on: 05/20/2025 03:42 pm »
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Re: Zhongxing-3B - CZ-7A - Wenchang - May 20, 2025 (11:50 UTC)
« Reply #18 on: 05/20/2025 04:45 pm »
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Re: Zhongxing-3B - CZ-7A - Wenchang - May 20, 2025 (11:50 UTC)
« Reply #19 on: 05/20/2025 06:48 pm »
Hi! Do you know where to find more information about this satellite? i could not find any, and I am not sure if this uses the DFH-4 bus. Thanks!
No idea, this is evidently a classified satellite (just like all of the ChinaSat-1/2/3/4 series), but you may assume this to be DFH-4 based.
See Gunter's page:

https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/fh-2.htm

https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/st-2_china.htm

https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/zx-3a.htm

https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/zx-4a.htm

https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sat/ch__dfh-4.htm
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