Yaogan-30 Group 06 - CZ-2C - XSLC - March 24, 2020 (03:43 UTC)

[gosnold]

It seems that 45462 (2020-021C) has not stabilized in its expected orbital position.

Looks like it has recovered now.

[Liss]

It seems that 45462 (2020-021C) has not stabilized in its expected orbital position.

Looks like it has recovered now.

As of today, it is near the correct orbital position, but still in wrong height.

[gosnold]

It seems that 45462 (2020-021C) has not stabilized in its expected orbital position.

Looks like it has recovered now.

As of today, it is near the correct orbital position, but still in wrong height.

Its propulsion (and maybe the whole satellite) is dead, it has not maneuvered at all since reaching orbit:


In a functional trio all three satellites maneuver:

[russianhalo117]

It seems that 45462 (2020-021C) has not stabilized in its expected orbital position.

Looks like it has recovered now.

As of today, it is near the correct orbital position, but still in wrong height.

Its propulsion (and maybe the whole satellite) is dead, it has not maneuvered at all since reaching orbit:


In a functional trio all three satellites maneuver:

that is likely why group 7 was launched which was thought to be ground spares at the time.

[gosnold]

that is likely why group 7 was launched which was thought to be ground spares at the time.

That is unlikely, group 07 went into a different orbital plane from 06, and it formed a 6th regularly-spaced plane, so that was planned from the beginning.