I just read a rumor that there might be 5-6 launches for the Chinese this month, including 2 "bachelor-swords". Could this be a hint of......2 new rockets flying for the first time? (since they would be "bachelors" with zero flight experience ) Maybe even both the LM-6 and LM-11 flying within this month?If so, I don't know what to say, except for "Wow.". At least we don't need to care about any launch from Jiuquan until late this month (the same source indicates that it would be a launch of the LM-2D and it would be "after Mid-Autumn Festival", which for this year is on September 28; also claims that the payload might not be YG-28 as some guessed)
Quote from: Galactic Penguin SST on 09/01/2015 02:08 pmI just read a rumor that there might be 5-6 launches for the Chinese this month, including 2 "bachelor-swords". Could this be a hint of......2 new rockets flying for the first time? (since they would be "bachelors" with zero flight experience ) Maybe even both the LM-6 and LM-11 flying within this month?If so, I don't know what to say, except for "Wow.". At least we don't need to care about any launch from Jiuquan until late this month (the same source indicates that it would be a launch of the LM-2D and it would be "after Mid-Autumn Festival", which for this year is on September 28; also claims that the payload might not be YG-28 as some guessed)Well CCTV said a while back that CZ-11 had completed ground testing and was already manufacturing for the flying suborbital and orbital tests.
Quote from: russianhalo117 on 09/01/2015 05:19 pmQuote from: Galactic Penguin SST on 09/01/2015 02:08 pmI just read a rumor that there might be 5-6 launches for the Chinese this month, including 2 "bachelor-swords". Could this be a hint of......2 new rockets flying for the first time? (since they would be "bachelors" with zero flight experience ) Maybe even both the LM-6 and LM-11 flying within this month?If so, I don't know what to say, except for "Wow.". At least we don't need to care about any launch from Jiuquan until late this month (the same source indicates that it would be a launch of the LM-2D and it would be "after Mid-Autumn Festival", which for this year is on September 28; also claims that the payload might not be YG-28 as some guessed)Well CCTV said a while back that CZ-11 had completed ground testing and was already manufacturing for the flying suborbital and orbital tests.But wasn't CZ-11 delayed for 2016?
Quote from: Galactic Penguin SST on 09/01/2015 02:08 pmI just read a rumor that there might be 5-6 launches for the Chinese this month, including 2 "bachelor-swords". Could this be a hint of......2 new rockets flying for the first time? (since they would be "bachelors" with zero flight experience ) Maybe even both the LM-6 and LM-11 flying within this month?If so, I don't know what to say, except for "Wow.". At least we don't need to care about any launch from Jiuquan until late this month (the same source indicates that it would be a launch of the LM-2D and it would be "after Mid-Autumn Festival", which for this year is on September 28; also claims that the payload might not be YG-28 as some guessed)And oh my word....ham radio operators has confirmed parts of this rumor!- The CZ-6 first flight is now planned on September 19. 20 satellites are on board with 8 of them being amateur ham radio mini-sats.- The CZ-11 first flight is apparently on September 25 - payload will be 3 amateur ham radio mini-sats.- The launch of the Jilin-1 EO constellation is planned on October 5, where 1 other amateur ham radio mini-sat will be launched as a secondary payload. (which reminds me that I still need to translate info about Jilin-1 to NSF.....)Also I retract my previous statement on the status at Jiuquan as I have mis-understood the hint given - while the original wording is "after the mooncake" which lead me to believe that member is referring to the Mid-Autumn Festival, I suddenly realize that this word actually rhymes with "military parade" in Mandarin. That means that the next launch out of there might happen within a few days from now, after tomorrow's WWII anniversary military parade in Beijing.Add to that at least one launch from Xichang (and maybe even 2 if they could get LC-3 into use), and maybe another one from Taiyuan this month, and we can now understand the "5-6 launches" quote.Looks like my Chinese spaceflight info gatherer job might be getting a lot more complex this month....
Some rumors on our friends 9ifly Chinese space forum of a launch on September 12 using a CZ-3B.
So there were 45 orbital and 5 suborbital CZ-2/CZ-2C launches. Two suborbital CZ-2C launches in 2014 for now. When were other three suborbital CZ-2C launches?
Two possible CZ-2 launches. Igor Lissov has found serial numbers of four orbital CZ-2 launches: 01Y3 (701403) for November 5, 1974; 01Y4 (701504) for November 26, 1975; 01Y5 for December 7, 1976; 01Y6 for January 26, 1978. So we should have two missing CZ-2 rockets - 01Y1 and 01Y2. And, obviously, their launches were suborbital.
Quote from: anik on 11/19/2014 08:28 amSo there were 45 orbital and 5 suborbital CZ-2/CZ-2C launches. Two suborbital CZ-2C launches in 2014 for now. When were other three suborbital CZ-2C launches?One possible CZ-2C launch on July 24, 2012: http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=22808.msg933640#msg933640
The TSLC launch July 24, 2012 is attributed to the first flight of a DF-41 missile (see http://freebeacon.com/manchu-missile-launch/)
China launches in 2015 (times in UTC)01 - March 30 (1352:30.598) - CZ-3C/YZ-1 (Y11/Y1) - XSLC, LC2 (?) - Beidou-3-I1S - 07-6302 - June 26 (0622:04.731) - CZ-4B (Y30) - TSLC, LC9 - GF-8 Gaofen-803 - July 25 (1229:04.411) - CZ-3B /YZ-1 (Y26/Y2) - XSLC, LC2 - Beidou-3M-1S; Beidou-3M-2S04 - August 27 (0231:34.989) - CZ-4C (Y18) - TSLC, LC9 - Yaogan Weixing-2705 - September 12 (1542:04.418) - CZ-3B/G2 (Y32) - XSLC, LC2 - TJSSW-1 Tongxun Jishu Shiyan Weixing-106 - September 14 (0442) - CZ-2D (Y21) - JSLC, LC43/603 - GF-9 Gaofen-907 - September 19 (2301:14.331) - CZ-6 (Y1?) - TSLC, LC16 - Zheda Pixing-2A; Zheda Pixing-2B; Naxing-2; Zijing-1; Kongjian Shiyan-1; Xiwang-2A (CAS-3A); Xiwang-2B (CAS-3B); Xiwang-2C (CAS-3C); Xiwang-2D (CAS-3D); Xiwang-2E (CAS-3E); Xiwang-2F (CAS-3F); DCBB (CAS-3G); Xinjishu Yanzheng-2 (Kaituo-1A); Zidingxiang-2 'LilacSat-2' (CAS-3H); Luliang-1 (TT-3 Tiantuo-3); Xingchen-1; Xingchen-2; Xingchen-3; Xingchen-4; Zhineng hao (NUDT-Phone-Sat / CAS-3I)08 - September 25 (0141:40) - CZ-11 - JSLC - PJ-1 Pujiang-1; TW-1A Tianwang-1A ('Shangkeda-2' SECM-1); TW-1B Tianwang-1B (NJUST-2); TW-1C Tianwang-1C (NJFA-1)09 - September 29 (~2313) - CZ-3B/G2 (Y33) - Xichang - Beidou-3-I2S
Quote from: Satori on 09/29/2015 11:52 pmChina launches in 2015 (times in UTC)01 - March 30 (1352:30.598) - CZ-3C/YZ-1 (Y11/Y1) - XSLC, LC2 (?) - Beidou-3-I1S - 07-6302 - June 26 (0622:04.731) - CZ-4B (Y30) - TSLC, LC9 - GF-8 Gaofen-803 - July 25 (1229:04.411) - CZ-3B /YZ-1 (Y26/Y2) - XSLC, LC2 - Beidou-3M-1S; Beidou-3M-2S04 - August 27 (0231:34.989) - CZ-4C (Y18) - TSLC, LC9 - Yaogan Weixing-2705 - September 12 (1542:04.418) - CZ-3B/G2 (Y32) - XSLC, LC2 - TJSSW-1 Tongxun Jishu Shiyan Weixing-106 - September 14 (0442) - CZ-2D (Y21) - JSLC, LC43/603 - GF-9 Gaofen-907 - September 19 (2301:14.331) - CZ-6 (Y1?) - TSLC, LC16 - Zheda Pixing-2A; Zheda Pixing-2B; Naxing-2; Zijing-1; Kongjian Shiyan-1; Xiwang-2A (CAS-3A); Xiwang-2B (CAS-3B); Xiwang-2C (CAS-3C); Xiwang-2D (CAS-3D); Xiwang-2E (CAS-3E); Xiwang-2F (CAS-3F); DCBB (CAS-3G); Xinjishu Yanzheng-2 (Kaituo-1A); Zidingxiang-2 'LilacSat-2' (CAS-3H); Luliang-1 (TT-3 Tiantuo-3); Xingchen-1; Xingchen-2; Xingchen-3; Xingchen-4; Zhineng hao (NUDT-Phone-Sat / CAS-3I)08 - September 25 (0141:40) - CZ-11 - JSLC - PJ-1 Pujiang-1; TW-1A Tianwang-1A ('Shangkeda-2' SECM-1); TW-1B Tianwang-1B (NJUST-2); TW-1C Tianwang-1C (NJFA-1)09 - September 29 (~2313) - CZ-3B/G2 (Y33) - Xichang - Beidou-3-I2SDo we know which pad was used for latest XSLC launch?? Both LC2 and 3 are now universal and can accept both CZ-3B and C rockets
Quote from: russianhalo117 on 09/29/2015 11:56 pmQuote from: Satori on 09/29/2015 11:52 pmChina launches in 2015 (times in UTC)01 - March 30 (1352:30.598) - CZ-3C/YZ-1 (Y11/Y1) - XSLC, LC2 (?) - Beidou-3-I1S - 07-6302 - June 26 (0622:04.731) - CZ-4B (Y30) - TSLC, LC9 - GF-8 Gaofen-803 - July 25 (1229:04.411) - CZ-3B /YZ-1 (Y26/Y2) - XSLC, LC2 - Beidou-3M-1S; Beidou-3M-2S04 - August 27 (0231:34.989) - CZ-4C (Y18) - TSLC, LC9 - Yaogan Weixing-2705 - September 12 (1542:04.418) - CZ-3B/G2 (Y32) - XSLC, LC2 - TJSSW-1 Tongxun Jishu Shiyan Weixing-106 - September 14 (0442) - CZ-2D (Y21) - JSLC, LC43/603 - GF-9 Gaofen-907 - September 19 (2301:14.331) - CZ-6 (Y1?) - TSLC, LC16 - Zheda Pixing-2A; Zheda Pixing-2B; Naxing-2; Zijing-1; Kongjian Shiyan-1; Xiwang-2A (CAS-3A); Xiwang-2B (CAS-3B); Xiwang-2C (CAS-3C); Xiwang-2D (CAS-3D); Xiwang-2E (CAS-3E); Xiwang-2F (CAS-3F); DCBB (CAS-3G); Xinjishu Yanzheng-2 (Kaituo-1A); Zidingxiang-2 'LilacSat-2' (CAS-3H); Luliang-1 (TT-3 Tiantuo-3); Xingchen-1; Xingchen-2; Xingchen-3; Xingchen-4; Zhineng hao (NUDT-Phone-Sat / CAS-3I)08 - September 25 (0141:40) - CZ-11 - JSLC - PJ-1 Pujiang-1; TW-1A Tianwang-1A ('Shangkeda-2' SECM-1); TW-1B Tianwang-1B (NJUST-2); TW-1C Tianwang-1C (NJFA-1)09 - September 29 (~2313) - CZ-3B/G2 (Y33) - Xichang - Beidou-3-I2SDo we know which pad was used for latest XSLC launch?? Both LC2 and 3 are now universal and can accept both CZ-3B and C rocketsNot yet. Waiting for photos from the launch.