The five launches in 2014 and 2015 do correlate perfectly with five WU-14 but do not include two known DF-5A in 2012 and 2014.
Quote from: Liss on 10/07/2015 11:25 amThe five launches in 2014 and 2015 do correlate perfectly with five WU-14 but do not include two known DF-5A in 2012 and 2014.The DF-5As might have been launched from a Silo, not from LC-7
It worth also remembering that the 45th launch of CZ-2/CZ-2C in November 2014 was officially announced as 50th CZ-2C launch since 1974. The larger number (50) obviously include the first two WU-14 vehicles and three other unknown suborbital launches.
Quote from: Liss on 10/07/2015 07:36 pmIt worth also remembering that the 45th launch of CZ-2/CZ-2C in November 2014 was officially announced as 50th CZ-2C launch since 1974. The larger number (50) obviously include the first two WU-14 vehicles and three other unknown suborbital launches.The first four CZ-2 launches were the CZ-2A variant: 1974 - fail, then Jianbing/FSW-0 launches in 1975, 1976 and 1978.
Here are some very recent photos of the launch facilities at TSLC: http://www.chinaspaceflight.com/launch-center/TSLC/TSLC-2015.htmlThe most interesting photo of them all is apparently a plaque on the bottom of the service tower of the old launch area 7 (see below), which shows all the launches that used that pad every year. The white rockets corresponds perfectly with the 26 satellite launches with Long March rockets from 1988 to 2009. However the brown rockets is probably what we all are interested in - for they should show how many missile/"suborbital launches" have used that pad per year!If I'm not mistaken, the number of brown rockets are:1982 - 21989 - 11995 - 21997 - 22002 - 32003 - 12004 - 12014 - 32015 - 2I wonder if it is possible to correlate these numbers with the DF-5/CZ-1D/"WU-14" flight tests we know of?
WorldView-3 photo of Taiyuan facilities made on October 27, 2015.
Can we really see anything from this picture? I guess probably not much...