Shiyan-16A/B & 17 - CZ-6 - Taiyuan - September 26, 2022 (23:50 UTC)

[mikezang]

A2686/22 NOTAMN
Q) ZHWH/QRDCA/IV/BO/W/000/999/3007N10944E022
A) ZHWH B) 2209262343 C) 2209270015
E) A TEMPORARY DANGER AREA ESTABLISHED BOUNDED BY:
N3025E10958-N2947E10951-N2949E10931-N3028E10938 BACK TO START.
VERTICAL LIMITS:SFC-UNL.
F) SFC G) UNL

This might be CZ-2D from drop zone.

[mikezang]

The payload might be Zhongzi-03 (钟子号03) or Huanjing Jianzai-2 05 (环境减灾二号05).

[Satori]

The payload might be Zhongzi-03 (钟子号03) or Huanjing Jianzai-2 05 (环境减灾二号05).

Is there any source for this? Please, if you don't have any source or if you cannot say what it is for any reason, just refer that. Otherwise it will be considered speculation.

[mikezang]

The payload might be Zhongzi-03 (钟子号03) or Huanjing Jianzai-2 05 (环境减灾二号05).

Is there any source for this? Please, if you don't have any source or if you cannot say what it is for any reason, just refer that. Otherwise it will be considered speculation.

Those payloads will be launched this year so I just guess and not updated title.

[lea.bernier]

Could it be a CZ-6 ?
It is similar to this one :

20220810 Chine Taiyuan - CZ-6

A2152/22 NOTAMN
Q) ZHWH/QRDCA/IV/BO/W/000/999/3008N10945E022
A) ZHWH
B) 2208100443
C) 2208100521
E) A TEMPORARY DANGER AREA ESTABLISHED BOUNDED BY: N3026E10958-N2947E10951-N2950E10933-N3028E10939 BACK TO START. VERTICAL LIMITS:SFC-UNL.
F) SFC
G) UNL

[Galactic Penguin SST]

Could it be a CZ-6 ?
It is similar to this one :

20220810 Chine Taiyuan - CZ-6

A2152/22 NOTAMN
Q) ZHWH/QRDCA/IV/BO/W/000/999/3008N10945E022
A) ZHWH
B) 2208100443
C) 2208100521
E) A TEMPORARY DANGER AREA ESTABLISHED BOUNDED BY: N3026E10958-N2947E10951-N2950E10933-N3028E10939 BACK TO START. VERTICAL LIMITS:SFC-UNL.
F) SFC
G) UNL

It’s possible, but that CZ-6 launch also had a drop zone west of Australia and I could not find one for this so far.

[mikezang]

F2736/22 NOTAMN
Q) YMMM/QWMLW/IV/BO/W/000/999/3930S09439E100
A) YMMM
B) 2209242200 C) 2209300400
D) 2209242200 TO 2209250400
   2209252200 TO 2209260400
   2209262200 TO 2209270400
   2209272200 TO 2209280400
   2209282200 TO 2209290400
   2209292200 TO 2209300400
E) CHINESE AEROSPACE FLIGHT ACTIVITIES WILL TAKE PLACE
FLW RECEIVED FROM CIVIL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION OF CHINA:
DUE TO AEROSPACE FLIGHT ACTIVITIES, THE FLIGHT SAFETY OF THE AIRCRAFT
IN THE FOLLOWING AREA MAY BE AFFECTED:
401100S 0945500E
400100S 0940000E
385000S 0942300E
390000S 0951700E
FOUR POINT CONNECTION RANGE.
F) SFC G) UNL

This NOTAM is still active, this drop zone with A2686/22 looks like CZ-6, and it is said the payloads might be Shiyan-16A/B and Shiyan-17, but I am not sure.

[Galactic Penguin SST]

https://twitter.com/CNSpaceflight/status/1574419733356564481

Well this is a rare blunder and I'll take the identification!

[mikezang]

Successful Launched!

[Galactic Penguin SST]

SY-16 A/B is by SAST 509 institute, SY-17 is by CAST DFH. Official descriptions of them match generic description of remote-sensing satellites.

https://twitter.com/cosmic_penguin/status/1574556288801214464?s=46&t=OclwOQ__xnbVaRJcXgm01Q

https://twitter.com/cosmic_penguin/status/1574559785546285056?s=46&t=OclwOQ__xnbVaRJcXgm01Q

[Rondaz]

…and here you go, LM-6 successfully lifting more Chinese thingys called Shiyan 16 A/B & Shiyan 17 to orbit at 23:50 UTC:

https://twitter.com/Cosmic_Penguin/status/1574555049782808576

[Rondaz]

A closer view of the Long March 6 launch today.

8 (successful) launches in a single month. That is a new record.

https://twitter.com/CNSpaceflight/status/1574562976660475904

[Rondaz]

You may have noticed some gas ejected sideways in this launch video. That's the preburner exhaust diverted for roll control.

https://twitter.com/CNSpaceflight/status/1574564241486422016

[Rondaz]

Liftoff at ~23:50 UTC, a Long March 6 successfully launched Shiyan 16 A & B and Shiyan 17 from Taiyuan. This is the 440th launch of Long March.

https://twitter.com/CNSpaceflight/status/1574554454463959042

[otter]

https://english.news.cn/20220927/fccf584b1748415e859c3d6958285b6b/c.html

China launches three new satellites into space

TAIYUAN, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- China on Tuesday launched a Long March-6 rocket carrying three satellites into space.

The rocket blasted off at 7:50 a.m. (Beijing Time) from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in the northern province of Shanxi and sent the Shiyan-16A, Shiyan-16B and Shiyan-17 satellites into the preset orbit.

Shiyan means "experiment" in Chinese. The Shiyan satellite trio will provide data for land survey, urban planning, and disaster prevention and mitigation.

It was the 440th flight mission of the Long March series rockets, according to the launch center.

[Rondaz]

CelesTrak has GP data for 3 objects from the launch (2022-121) of Shiyan-16A, -16B, & -17 atop a Long March-6 rocket from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center on Sep 26 at 2350 UTC:

https://twitter.com/TSKelso/status/1574613145238192128

[Steven Pietrobon]

SciNews video.

[jcm]

Did anyone happen to find a stage 3 reentry zone warning for this mission?