Author Topic: BeiDou-3 MEO1&MEO2 - CZ-3B/YZ-1 - XSLC - November 5, 2017 (11:45 UTC) (Read 46699 times)

GELORD · « **Reply #40 on:** 11/05/2017 11:10 am »

the launch took place?

GELORD · « **Reply #41 on:** 11/05/2017 11:19 am »

Alter Sachse · « **Reply #42 on:** 11/05/2017 12:15 pm »

Rui's article:
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2017/11/long-march-3b-returns-dual-beidou-3-mission/

(Thanks! I thought I had posted it but my browser must have timed out - Chris)

SmallKing · « **Reply #43 on:** 11/05/2017 12:20 pm »

The debris zone notice confirmed the launchcode 07-80

SmallKing · « **Reply #44 on:** 11/05/2017 12:21 pm »

A better launch video taken by a guy risking his life...
https://weibo.com/tv/v/FtInxCFjB?fid=1034:5faaefd9196acf944d85362af1594bfd

Alter Sachse · « **Reply #45 on:** 11/05/2017 12:42 pm »

https://gbtimes.com/china-launches-two-beidou-satellites-in-return-to-flight-for-long-march-3b-rocket

Nordren · « **Reply #46 on:** 11/05/2017 03:20 pm »

The results are in: http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2017-11/06/c_1121908691.htm

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #47 on:** 11/05/2017 03:21 pm »

Good news! Thanks for keeping an eye on the Chinese media

Rui's article updated to successful launch:
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2017/11/long-march-3b-returns-dual-beidou-3-mission/

Alter Sachse · « **Reply #48 on:** 11/05/2017 03:31 pm »

Quote from: Nordren on 11/05/2017 03:20 pm

The results are in: http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2017-11/06/c_1121908691.htm

launch time 11:45 UTC

jcm · « **Reply #49 on:** 11/05/2017 03:59 pm »

I'm confused by the nomenclature here. Beidou-3 M1-S and M2-S were launched in Jul 2015. Now these are Beidou-3 M1 and M2? What was the significance of the -S on the previous Beidou-3 launches (and do we have a Chinese source for the M1 and M2 designations?)

Galactic Penguin SST · « **Reply #50 on:** 11/05/2017 04:10 pm »

Quote from: jcm on 11/05/2017 03:59 pm

I'm confused by the nomenclature here. Beidou-3 M1-S and M2-S were launched in Jul 2015. Now these are Beidou-3 M1 and M2? What was the significance of the -S on the previous Beidou-3 launches (and do we have a Chinese source for the M1 and M2 designations?)

(1) Some earlier sources indicates that -S stands for shiyan (Experimental in Chinese)
(2) Haven't seen an official name for these two yet - in fact I wish the Chinese can stick with a consistent naming conventions for their BDS satellites! I mean, you have GPS SVN XX, GLONASS-M #7XX and Galileo GSAT0XXX, but for BeiDou the only "reliable" way to call the individual satellites is by calling them the "nth satellite".

Also a small rant - apparently the only one-stop place I have seen of getting the status and almanac of the BeiDou satellites is from.....the official GLONASS website! I am also waiting for public BeiDou status messages to appear (I mean, I'm about to get a new smart phone tomorrow that can use all "Big 4" navsat constellations, yet it's harder to get info on 1 of these 4). $:-\$