I think the thread title should be CBERS-4B, not CBERS-4A.
ETRSS-1 is a 70 kg spacecraftEthiopia to launch first-ever satellite in December with China's help
Quote from: input~2 on 10/20/2019 02:25 pmETRSS-1 is a 70 kg spacecraftEthiopia to launch first-ever satellite in December with China's help Could ETRSS-1 be a/the secondary payload of this launch, with the more massive primary payload TBA?
Launch schedule by MinoSpace until 2021. The Dec 2019 CZ-4B launch is very likely from JSLC.
A further hypothesis:Could ETRSS-1 and these three MinoSpace satellites, MN50-01, MN10-03, and MN10-04, be four secondary payloads on a December 2019 CZ-4B launch from JSLC, with the primary, more massive payload TBA?Cross-post, including slide image:Quote from: limen4 on 10/21/2019 05:27 pmLaunch schedule by MinoSpace until 2021. The Dec 2019 CZ-4B launch is very likely from JSLC.
ETRSS-1 (and possibly MN50-01, MN10-03, MN10-04) to be launched as secundary payloads of the CBERS-4A launch on December 17.
Well, Taiyuan CZ-4B launches are usually prime examples of launching without warnings....but we do have NOTAMs for this one!A6339/19 (Issued for ZLHW ZHWH) - A TEMPORARY RESTRICTED AREA ESTABLISHED BOUNDED BY:N332024E1100629-N331623E1103152-N325328E1102010-N325628E1100116BACK TO START.VERTICAL LIMITS:GND-UNL. ALL ACFT SHALL BE FORBIDDENTO FLY INTO THE RESTRICTED AREA. GND - UNL, 20 DEC 03:13 2019 UNTIL 20 DEC 03:412019. CREATED: 16 DEC 01:23 2019A6340/19 - A TEMPORARY RESTRICTED AREA ESTABLISHED BOUNDED BY:N315404E1094630-N315107E1100513-N311352E1095707-N311648E1093831BACK TO START.VERTICAL LIMITS:GND-UNL. ALL ACFT SHALL BE FORBIDDENTO FLY INTO THE RESTRICTED AREA. GND - UNL, 20 DEC 03:13 2019 UNTIL 20 DEC 03:472019. CREATED: 16 DEC 01:24 2019
Quote from: Galactic Penguin SST on 12/16/2019 02:02 amWell, Taiyuan CZ-4B launches are usually prime examples of launching without warnings....but we do have NOTAMs for this one!A6339/19 (Issued for ZLHW ZHWH) - A TEMPORARY RESTRICTED AREA ESTABLISHED BOUNDED BY:N332024E1100629-N331623E1103152-N325328E1102010-N325628E1100116BACK TO START.VERTICAL LIMITS:GND-UNL. ALL ACFT SHALL BE FORBIDDENTO FLY INTO THE RESTRICTED AREA. GND - UNL, 20 DEC 03:13 2019 UNTIL 20 DEC 03:412019. CREATED: 16 DEC 01:23 2019A6340/19 - A TEMPORARY RESTRICTED AREA ESTABLISHED BOUNDED BY:N315404E1094630-N315107E1100513-N311352E1095707-N311648E1093831BACK TO START.VERTICAL LIMITS:GND-UNL. ALL ACFT SHALL BE FORBIDDENTO FLY INTO THE RESTRICTED AREA. GND - UNL, 20 DEC 03:13 2019 UNTIL 20 DEC 03:472019. CREATED: 16 DEC 01:24 2019
Any chance of some kind of live coverage from e.g. the Brazilian side? I remember that 5 years ago we got some very poor quality audio from the MCC, but just enough to hear the call-outs in real time.....
CAS-6/Tianqin-1 to be onboard.
Another microsatellite.
Quote from: Satori on 12/19/2019 05:07 pmCAS-6/Tianqin-1 to be onboard.According to https://amsat-uk.org/2019/12/19/camsat-cas-6-satellite/ Tianqin-1 is a technology test satellite and CAS-6 is an amateur radio payload piggybacked on that satellite.
Quote from: GELORD on 12/19/2019 07:29 pmAnother microsatellite. "Guozhiheng Good New Year"? (via Google translation)
Quote from: zubenelgenubi on 12/19/2019 08:10 pmQuote from: GELORD on 12/19/2019 07:29 pmAnother microsatellite. "Guozhiheng Good New Year"? (via Google translation)Transliteration is "Guozhi Henghao Nianjing 1".
Found this article, with pictures!
The INPE CBERS page has a countdown clock.http://www.cbers.inpe.br/
“国智恒好年景一号” (Nianjing 1) ?国智恒好年景与西安中科天塔签署遥感卫星星座合作协议2019年3月6日，国智恒好年景总经理徐博和西安中科天塔总经理曾伟刚共同签署了国智恒好年景遥感卫星星座设计研发及星座首颗星“国智恒好年景一号”卫星的研制、发射、运营等一揽子合同和协议。“国智恒好年景一号”卫星将预计于2019年12月采用某运载火箭发射某型号卫星时搭载发射。据悉该卫星为河南首颗卫星。http://www.bdsagr.com/new_details.html?newsid=1201209Foto: 图左为西安中科天塔总经理曾伟刚，图右为国智恒好年景总经理徐博
I think Brazil were using a prerecorded live action/animation to show something to the crowd. I don't think it was a livestream from China.
A launch timeline is shown in the 9ifly thread, but as I don't have an account there, the resolution is not readable.http://www.9ifly.cn/forum.php?mod=redirect&goto=findpost&ptid=14865&pid=700737
Confirmation of launch success! Launch was at 3:22 UTC. Payloads wereCBERS 4A (China-Brazil Earth Resources Satellite)ETRSS 1 (Ethiopian Remote Sensing Satellite)Tianqin 1/CAS 6YuhengShuntianTianyan 01Tianyan 02Weilai 1RFloripaSathttp://www.9ifly.cn/forum.php?mod=redirect&goto=findpost&ptid=14865&pid=700728"Turn it around! Congratulate! China's successful launch of an arrow nine stars ( Weiwu) today at 11:22, China in Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center with the Long March IV B carrier rocket, the successful launch of the China-Pakistan Earth Resources Satellite 04A star. The satellite successfully entered the scheduled orbit, and the mission was a complete success! The China-Pakistan Earth Resources Satellite 04A is the sixth satellite developed by China and Brazil in cooperation. The mission also carried the launch of the Ethiopian microsatellite, Tianqin 1 technology test satellite, YuHeng satellite, Shuntian satellite, Tiantou 01 satellite, Tianqi 02 satellite, futural -1R satellite, Brazil 1U small satellite and other 8 satellites! "
The [ETRSS-1]satellite was designed by Chinese and Ethiopian engineers and the Chinese government paid about $6 million of the more than $7 million manufacturing costs
Tкп = 11:22:29.171 BJT 2019-12-20 (03:22:29.171 UTC 2019-12-20)
New commercial satellite launched in north ChinaXI'AN, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- A new commercial satellite was successfully launched from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province Friday.The "BDSAGR-1" satellite has entered its scheduled orbit and is expected to provide accurate remote sensing data on crops in the river basins in north China and help modernize and digitalize China's agricultural industry.The satellite belongs to the first phase of the "Guozhiheng Agricultural Remote Sensing Satellite Constellation" project jointly engineered by GasTianta and GZH-HNJ BDS AGR Co., Ltd.Zeng Weigang, general manager of GasTianta, said the satellite was designed to operate in a sun-synchronous orbit with an orbit period of 96 minutes.Zeng added that the project will eventually form a remote sensing satellite constellation consisting of 40 satellites covering the whole country."As a traditional agricultural country, there is still much room for improvement in the application of remote sensing satellites in China's agricultural field," said Zeng."We will continue to deepen the R&D and marketing of commercial aerospace technology and explore the application of remote sensing satellite technology in areas such as agricultural resources investigation, crop monitoring, disaster monitoring and food safety traceability," he added.Source: Xinhua| 2019-12-20 17:00:46|Editor: mingmeihttp://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-12/20/c_138646340.htm
Quote from: Steven Pietrobon on 12/20/2019 03:42 amA launch timeline is shown in the 9ifly thread, but as I don't have an account there, the resolution is not readable.http://www.9ifly.cn/forum.php?mod=redirect&goto=findpost&ptid=14865&pid=700737See below. CZ-4B s/n Y44 was used for this launch.I can translate the whole brochure at others' request.
Quote from: Galactic Penguin SST on 12/20/2019 03:49 amQuote from: Steven Pietrobon on 12/20/2019 03:42 amA launch timeline is shown in the 9ifly thread, but as I don't have an account there, the resolution is not readable.http://www.9ifly.cn/forum.php?mod=redirect&goto=findpost&ptid=14865&pid=700737See below. CZ-4B s/n Y44 was used for this launch.I can translate the whole brochure at others' request.What is the first word/phrase on step 13 of the launch sequence? (ideally pasting the Kanji, I can't copy from the image to google translate).I assume it refers to the two NUDT satellites but I can't make it out.
Quote from: jcm on 12/20/2019 11:52 pmQuote from: Galactic Penguin SST on 12/20/2019 03:49 amQuote from: Steven Pietrobon on 12/20/2019 03:42 amA launch timeline is shown in the 9ifly thread, but as I don't have an account there, the resolution is not readable.http://www.9ifly.cn/forum.php?mod=redirect&goto=findpost&ptid=14865&pid=700737See below. CZ-4B s/n Y44 was used for this launch.I can translate the whole brochure at others' request.What is the first word/phrase on step 13 of the launch sequence? (ideally pasting the Kanji, I can't copy from the image to google translate).I assume it refers to the two NUDT satellites but I can't make it out.I'm having trouble matching the brochure to the sats. It looks like the sequence is:T+798 CBERS 4A sepT+833 Upper adapter sepT+868 medium-large payload Tianqin 1 sepT+905 medium-small payloads NUDT sats? and Tianyan-02 sepT+947 small payloads Ethiopia, Floripa, Tianyan-01, and Guozhi.. (Weilai1R) sepBut this doesn't seem consistent with the rest of the discussion about the payloads which shouldbe medium size: ETRSS, Guozhi/Weilai-1R, Yizheng/Tianyan-01medium-small: Tianqin-1small : Floripa, Tianyan-02unknown but probably small: NUDT sats Yuheng and ShuntianClarification sought :-)
Quote from: jcm on 12/21/2019 12:02 amQuote from: jcm on 12/20/2019 11:52 pmQuote from: Galactic Penguin SST on 12/20/2019 03:49 amQuote from: Steven Pietrobon on 12/20/2019 03:42 amA launch timeline is shown in the 9ifly thread, but as I don't have an account there, the resolution is not readable.http://www.9ifly.cn/forum.php?mod=redirect&goto=findpost&ptid=14865&pid=700737See below. CZ-4B s/n Y44 was used for this launch.I can translate the whole brochure at others' request.What is the first word/phrase on step 13 of the launch sequence? (ideally pasting the Kanji, I can't copy from the image to google translate).I assume it refers to the two NUDT satellites but I can't make it out.I'm having trouble matching the brochure to the sats. It looks like the sequence is:T+798 CBERS 4A sepT+833 Upper adapter sepT+868 medium-large payload Tianqin 1 sepT+905 medium-small payloads NUDT sats? and Tianyan-02 sepT+947 small payloads Ethiopia, Floripa, Tianyan-01, and Guozhi.. (Weilai1R) sepBut this doesn't seem consistent with the rest of the discussion about the payloads which shouldbe medium size: ETRSS, Guozhi/Weilai-1R, Yizheng/Tianyan-01medium-small: Tianqin-1small : Floripa, Tianyan-02unknown but probably small: NUDT sats Yuheng and ShuntianClarification sought :-)Your satellite separation is correct. I won't trust the size of the satellite models used other than the number of satellites....
Xinhua on Tianqin-1: http://www.xinhuanet.com/science/2019-12/31/c_138669115.htm
