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Gaojing-1&2 (SuperView-1&2) - CZ-2D - TSLC, LC9 - December 26, 2016
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Some English brochures on the imaging satellites can be found at http://www.siweidg.com/brochure/SuperView-1.zip.

The countdown clock on the company's website is counting down to 03:30 UTC on December 26; also the ham radio operators in charge of the BY70-1 cubesat reports the same launch date.
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BY70-1 - Bayi Kepu Weixing-1

BY70-1 - Bayi Kepu Weixing-1

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 Gaojing-1&2 (SuperView-1&2)
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As reported from the ham radio community.....  ;)

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Good work and great thanks! And a update about the launch, it was delayed because of bad weather.
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As reported from the ham radio community.....  ;)

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Good work and great thanks! And a update about the launch, it was delayed because of bad weather.

24 hour delay?

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SuperView-1 01/02 launch now no earlier than December. 28 due to weather conditions.
https://twitter.com/bjspaceview/status/813038472382382080

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Do we have a rough time of day for the launch on the 28th?
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Do we have a rough time of day for the launch on the 28th?

Same launch time, 03:30UTC.

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Well, it looks it now obvious that in fact this launch will be from Taiyuan as the two satellites were today delivered there.

I doubt it's CZ-2D though - there's no orbit that can fly from Taiyuan that can't be flown from Jiuquan, while the opposite is not true.

If it really is (no obvious hints from SAST that they are bringing the 2D to Taiyuan), there must be some compelling reason that we don't know to do so.  :-X

It seems that the best explanation is simply that the CZ-2D launch frequency is growing beyond the capability of using a single pad - it will log 6 launches this year and SAST claims up to 8~10 launches next year (taking away most of those used to fly with CZ-2C?). With other rockets sharing the Jiuquan pad as well it would make sense to use Taiyuan as an alternative launch site.

This article written 3 days ago explicitly wrote that the CZ-2D now shares a completely same 1st stage with that of the CZ-4 series (in terms of structure, engine and propellant volume), which means that CZ-2D launches from Taiyuan can share the existing CZ-4 1st stage drop zone too.  ;)
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Well, it looks it now obvious that in fact this launch will be from Taiyuan as the two satellites were today delivered there.

I doubt it's CZ-2D though - there's no orbit that can fly from Taiyuan that can't be flown from Jiuquan, while the opposite is not true.

If it really is (no obvious hints from SAST that they are bringing the 2D to Taiyuan), there must be some compelling reason that we don't know to do so.  :-X

It seems that the best explanation is simply that the CZ-2D launch frequency is growing beyond the capability of using a single pad - it will log 6 launches this year and SAST claims up to 8~10 launches next year (taking away most of those used to fly with CZ-2C?). With other rockets sharing the Jiuquan pad as well it would make sense to use Taiyuan as an alternative launch site.

This article written 3 days ago explicitly wrote that the CZ-2D now shares a completely same 1st stage with that of the CZ-4 series (in terms of structure, engine and propellant volume), which means that CZ-2D launches from Taiyuan can share the existing CZ-4 1st stage drop zone too.  ;)
I would't be surprised if more standardization and consolidation of versions in the CZ-2 and CZ-4 series occurs resulting a single standardized series like what has been done with CZ-3 series.
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Why not make a Long March 4D rocket and retire the Long March 2D altogether?

The Long March 4D would be a combination of the Long March 2D and the Long March 4 family since both have some sort of commonality. It's more of a fanmade idea rather than official.
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Why not make a Long March 4D rocket and retire the Long March 2D altogether?

The Long March 4D, would be a combination of the Long March 2D and the Long March 4 family since both have some sort of commonality. It's more of a fanmade idea rather than official.
Might as well retire CZ-2C with CZ-2D and fully standardize all versions in the CZ-4 series as that would give greater capability and launch rate thus reducing cost and increasing competitiveness.

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The Chinese company Space View, which will operate the SuperView satellites, has confirmed that the launch is on schedule for tomorrow:

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To be launched tommorrow!
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SuperView-1 01/02 launch now no earlier than December. 28 due to weather conditions.
https://twitter.com/bjspaceview/status/813038472382382080
What weather conditions forced the delay of the launch 48 hours?
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No locals complaining about rattling windows yet? ;)
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No locals complaining about rattling windows yet? ;)

There are only mountains to rattle next to TSLC.  ;)

Can't find anything yet - I suspect the original conjectured launch time might be wrong so....  :-X
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