Tianhui-2 Group 01 (A & B) - CZ-4B - Taiyuan - April 29, 2019 (22:52 UTC)

[Galactic Penguin SST]

Oof, everyone missed this secret Chinese launch!

There are 2 satellites on this flight, positioned in series in the fairing.

https://m.weibo.cn/status/HrYKld7WT?jumpfrom=weibocom

[tehwkd]

(Yeah the satellite name is wrong in first tweet but I correct it in the thread later on)

https://twitter.com/LaunchStuff/status/1123057794985463809

[zandr]

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-04/30/c_138023575.htm

China launches two satellites for scientific experiments
TAIYUAN, April 30 (Xinhua) -- China successfully sent two Tianhui II-01 satellites into orbit at 6:52 a.m., Beijing Time, Tuesday from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province.
The satellites were launched by a Long March 4B carrier rocket, which was the 303rd mission of the Long March series carrier rockets.
The satellites will be used for scientific experiments, land resource survey, geographic survey and mapping.

[whiztech]

4 objects

2019-024A / 44207 - 518 km x 505 km, 97.44º
2019-024B / 44208 - 518 km x 504 km, 97.44º
2019-024C / 44209 - 517 km x 501 km, 97.45º
2019-024D / 44210 - 509 km x 276 km, 97.53º

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4 objects

2019-024A / 44207 - 518 km x 505 km, 97.44º
2019-024B / 44208 - 518 km x 504 km, 97.44º
2019-024C / 44209 - 517 km x 501 km, 97.45º
2019-024D / 44210 - 509 km x 276 km, 97.53º

A, B and C: 2 spacecraft and intersatellite adapter
D:  CZ-4B 3rd stage

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http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2019-04/30/c_1124435284.htm

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Short launch video: http://tv.cctv.com/2019/04/30/VIDEWfoKNKjkD9cmz1Jzk5WM190430.shtml

Launch time: 22:52:00 UTC

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Launch code is presumably 05-63

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Rocket debris (1st stage) fell on Fuyin expressway in Shaanxi province...
http://china.huanqiu.com/article/2019-04/14818086.html
https://news.sina.com.cn/c/2019-04-30/doc-ihvhiqax5944954.shtml

[FutureSpaceTourist]

Videos of first stage crashing:

https://twitter.com/AJ_FI/status/1123150067123335168

https://twitter.com/AJ_FI/status/1123164550545723392

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Close-up on first stage debris

http://flv.bn.netease.com/videolib1/1904/30/25z586bd1/SD/25z586bd1-mobile.mp4
http://videoclips.chinanews.com/oss/onair/zxw/szuser/7e04d08532b54c6da9b2fb503cc24e38_37.mp4

[GELORD]

纪念封。 长四乙是遥36  Y36

[GELORD]

Launch time: 22:52:05.017 UTC
Launch code: 05-63   

[Lewis007]

Launch video