This prediction has been confirmed by one Weibo account (whose owner has provided good info on the final ramp up of LM-6's first flight last week), though he said there will be 4, not 3 satellites on board.
Quote from: Galactic Penguin SST on 09/24/2015 07:04 amThis prediction has been confirmed by one Weibo account (whose owner has provided good info on the final ramp up of LM-6's first flight last week), though he said there will be 4, not 3 satellites on board. The fourth payload is not really unexpected, as the rocket reportedly has a performance of ~1000 kg to LEO and the three cubesats would use only a tiny fraction of this. So at least a larger dummy payload should be on board.
Should have launched by now, but trying to confirm this on Chinese social media is difficult with all the previous "false alarm" tweets still floating around.
Really could use launch photos otherwise Rui's article will be text only, and that's no good.
Here's the confirmation from Xinhua: http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2015-09/25/c_1116676523.htm3 satellites from the Shanghai Engineering Center for Microsatellites (the TW 1A/B/C previously mentioned) and a fourth from SAST themselves named Pujian-1.Quote from: Chris Bergin on 09/25/2015 02:25 amReally could use launch photos otherwise Rui's article will be text only, and that's no good.Still looking but haven't seen one yet.
Quote from: Galactic Penguin SST on 09/25/2015 02:28 amHere's the confirmation from Xinhua: http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2015-09/25/c_1116676523.htm3 satellites from the Shanghai Engineering Center for Microsatellites (the TW 1A/B/C previously mentioned) and a fourth from SAST themselves named Pujian-1.Quote from: Chris Bergin on 09/25/2015 02:25 amReally could use launch photos otherwise Rui's article will be text only, and that's no good.Still looking but haven't seen one yet. My attempt at understanding this article, mostly via google translate, suggests 6 satellites:浦江一号卫星 Pujian 1, from SAST上科大二号卫星 Shangkeda 2 from Shanghai Chinese Academy of Engineering (??)"and four other small satellites" (TW-1ABC plus one other I imagine?)
Quote from: jcm on 09/25/2015 02:59 amQuote from: Galactic Penguin SST on 09/25/2015 02:28 amHere's the confirmation from Xinhua: http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2015-09/25/c_1116676523.htm3 satellites from the Shanghai Engineering Center for Microsatellites (the TW 1A/B/C previously mentioned) and a fourth from SAST themselves named Pujian-1.Quote from: Chris Bergin on 09/25/2015 02:25 amReally could use launch photos otherwise Rui's article will be text only, and that's no good.Still looking but haven't seen one yet. My attempt at understanding this article, mostly via google translate, suggests 6 satellites:浦江一号卫星 Pujian 1, from SAST上科大二号卫星 Shangkeda 2 from Shanghai Chinese Academy of Engineering (??)"and four other small satellites" (TW-1ABC plus one other I imagine?)Nah, it's "4 satellites including PJ-1 and SKD-2". I think SKD-2 = NJUST-2 = TW-1B, but I need more confirmation of that.
Here are some screen captures fromhttp://tv.cntv.cn/video/C10601/0ce9d9c6698140eca259f761d50843c1Looks like its carrying a big dummy payload, with the cubesats on top of the final stage around the payload adaptor.