BY70-1 - Bayi Kepu Weixing-1
As reported from the ham radio community..... BG2BHC@bg2bhcGood work and great thanks! And a update about the launch, it was delayed because of bad weather.
SuperView-1 01/02 launch now no earlier than December. 28 due to weather conditions.
Do we have a rough time of day for the launch on the 28th?
Quote from: Satori on 11/25/2016 05:25 pmWell, 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.
Well, it looks it now obvious that in fact this launch will be from Taiyuan as the two satellites were today delivered there.
Quote from: Galactic Penguin SST on 11/25/2016 11:04 pmQuote from: Satori on 11/25/2016 05:25 pmWell, 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. 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.
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.
QuoteSuperView-1 01/02 launch now no earlier than December. 28 due to weather conditions.https://twitter.com/bjspaceview/status/813038472382382080
No locals complaining about rattling windows yet?