Author Topic: YaoGan Weixing-11 launch - September 22, 2010 (Read 12273 times)

jcm · « **Reply #20 on:** 09/22/2010 12:15 pm »

Quote from: enix on 09/22/2010 07:49 am

Quote from: input~2 on 09/22/2010 06:13 am
Quote from: Chris Bergin on 09/22/2010 05:57 am
How long does it usually take for the Chinese media to catch up with confirmation?
Usually a couple of hours. Today's official confirmation is longer than usual.
However the successful launch was already announced on 1pm (LT) TV newscast (with still images of the launch)
http://video.sina.com.cn/v/b/38661372-1290078633.html#1757503

also here at 12pm (LT)
http://space.tv.cctv.com/video/VIDE1285132938533882
According to the reporter in the video, this launch also send two small satellites "ZDPS" (Zhe Da Pi Sing, it means Zhejiang University Pico Sat) into the orbit. There are rumors on Chinese wesite that this sat weight 3.5 kilogram with dimension 150mm x 150mm x 150mm and life span for 3 months. Maybe they are too small so that there are no TLEs for them.

There are now three objects cataloged. Since the CZ final stage is often
not cataloged on Yaogan launches, B and C may be the picosats.

input~2 · « **Reply #21 on:** 09/22/2010 12:23 pm »

Official launch success announcement in English (notice that there is no mention of the picosats)
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-09/22/c_13525154.htm

Satori · « **Reply #22 on:** 09/23/2010 05:55 pm »

Other launch images... From http://www.chinanews.com/

Liss · « **Reply #23 on:** 09/23/2010 06:07 pm »

Quote from: input~2 on 09/22/2010 12:23 pm

Official launch success announcement in English (notice that there is no mention of the picosats)
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-09/22/c_13525154.htm

Russian announcement at http://russian.news.cn/science/2010-09/22/c_13525120.htm did contain the picosats part.