Author Topic: LIVE: QZS-4 - H-2A 202 - October 9, 2017 (22:01 UTC)  (Read 39013 times)

Offline beidou

  • Full Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 763
  • Mars
  • Liked: 48
  • Likes Given: 3
Latest presentation from QZSS authority shows QZS-4 will be launched in 2017.
« Last Edit: 10/09/2017 04:51 am by Galactic Penguin SST »

Offline beidou

  • Full Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 763
  • Mars
  • Liked: 48
  • Likes Given: 3
Re: QZS-4 - H-2A, 2017
« Reply #1 on: 06/11/2017 09:55 pm »
This is still targeted for 2017.

Online Stan Black

  • Senior Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 3135
  • Liked: 377
  • Likes Given: 228

Offline Fuji

  • Full Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 1231
  • Japan
  • Liked: 234
  • Likes Given: 14
Re: QZS-4 - H-2A, Oct. 2017
« Reply #3 on: 08/09/2017 01:33 pm »

Offline yoichi

  • Full Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 1106
  • Liked: 678
  • Likes Given: 1
Re: QZS-4 - H-2A, October 09, 2017(22:00 UTC)
« Reply #4 on: 08/29/2017 04:36 am »
http://global.jaxa.jp/press/2017/08/20170829_h2af36.html

Launch Schedule of MICHIBIKI No. 4 Aboard H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 36

August 29, 2017 (JST)

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
National Research and Development Agency
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. and JAXA announce the schedule of MICHIBIKI No. 4 launch, Quasi-Zenith Satellite System aboard H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 36 as follows;

Launch Date                  : October 10, 2017
Launch Time                  : Approximately 7:00 a.m. (Japan Standard Time) *
Reserved Launch Period : October 11 through November 30, 2017
Location                        : Yoshinobu Launch Complex, JAXA's Tanegashima Space Center

* Launch time during the reserved launch period will vary.
« Last Edit: 08/29/2017 04:38 am by yoichi »

Online catdlr

  • Member
  • Senior Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 11167
  • Enthusiast since the Redstones
  • Marina del Rey, California, USA
  • Liked: 8779
  • Likes Given: 7815
Re: QZS-4 - H-2A 202 - October 9, 2017 (~22:00 UTC)
« Reply #5 on: 10/01/2017 07:48 pm »
H-2A Launch Vehicle No. 36 Briefing before launch

NVS
Scheduled for Oct 8, 2017

We will relay the pre-launch briefing of H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 36 Michibiki Unit 4 scheduled for October 10, 2017 (Tuesday). At this press conference, rocket preparation situation, weather condition, final launch time etc. will be announced. We will inform you of the latest information and change of delivery schedule etc. on NVS's website.



Tony De La Rosa, ...I'm no Feline Dealer!! I move mountains.  but I'm better known for "I think it's highly sexual." Japanese to English Translation.

Online catdlr

  • Member
  • Senior Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 11167
  • Enthusiast since the Redstones
  • Marina del Rey, California, USA
  • Liked: 8779
  • Likes Given: 7815
Re: QZS-4 - H-2A 202 - October 9, 2017 (~22:00 UTC)
« Reply #6 on: 10/01/2017 07:49 pm »
H-2A Launch Vehicle No. 36 Rollout



Tony De La Rosa, ...I'm no Feline Dealer!! I move mountains.  but I'm better known for "I think it's highly sexual." Japanese to English Translation.

Online catdlr

  • Member
  • Senior Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 11167
  • Enthusiast since the Redstones
  • Marina del Rey, California, USA
  • Liked: 8779
  • Likes Given: 7815
Re: QZS-4 - H-2A 202 - October 9, 2017 (~22:00 UTC)
« Reply #7 on: 10/01/2017 07:51 pm »
H-2A Launch Vehicle No. 36 Launch coverage



Tony De La Rosa, ...I'm no Feline Dealer!! I move mountains.  but I'm better known for "I think it's highly sexual." Japanese to English Translation.

Offline yoichi

  • Full Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 1106
  • Liked: 678
  • Likes Given: 1
Re: QZS-4 - H-2A 202 - October 9, 2017 (~22:00 UTC)
« Reply #8 on: 10/06/2017 08:35 am »
JAXA Official



The live broadcast of the MICHIBIKI No. 4/H-IIA F36 launch
Launch Date: Oct. 10, 2017(JST)
Launch Time: about 7:00 a.m.

Offline Galactic Penguin SST

Re: QZS-4 - H-2A 202 - October 9, 2017 (~22:00 UTC)
« Reply #9 on: 10/08/2017 05:03 am »
The pre-launch press conference is undergoing right now.
T-0 is set for 22:01:37 UTC.
Weather forecasts are good (overturning previous predictions a few days ago).
Astronomy & spaceflight geek penguin. In a relationship w/ Space Shuttle Discovery. Current Priority: Chasing the Chinese Spaceflight Wonder Egg & A Certain Chinese Mars Rover

Offline Galactic Penguin SST

Re: QZS-4 - H-2A, October 09, 2017(22:00 UTC)
« Reply #10 on: 10/08/2017 07:57 am »
http://global.jaxa.jp/press/2017/10/20171008_h2af36.html

Launch Time of H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 36
Encapsulating MICHIBIKI No. 4


October 8, 2017 (JST)

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
National Research and Development Agency
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. and JAXA set the time of launch of H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 36 (H-IIA F36) which encapsulates MICHIBIKI No. 4, Quasi-Zenith Satellite System. The details are as follows:

Launch Date                  : October 10, 2017
Launch Time                   : 7:01:37 a.m. (JST)
Reserved Launch Period : October 11 through November 30, 2017(*)

(*) Launch time during the reserved launch period will vary.
« Last Edit: 10/08/2017 07:57 am by Galactic Penguin SST »
Astronomy & spaceflight geek penguin. In a relationship w/ Space Shuttle Discovery. Current Priority: Chasing the Chinese Spaceflight Wonder Egg & A Certain Chinese Mars Rover

Offline William Graham

  • Senior Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 4183
  • Liked: 236
  • Likes Given: 109
Re: QZS-4 - H-2A 202 - October 9, 2017 (22:01 UTC)
« Reply #11 on: 10/08/2017 08:48 am »
Flight events from the press kit:


Event                      Time  Alt.  Speed

Liftoff                    0:00     0    0.4
SRB Burnout*               1:31    40    1.5
SRB Separation             1:48    54    1.5
Fairing separation         4:10   151    2.6
Stage 1 cutoff (MECO)      6:38   234    5.2
Stage separation           6:46   239    5.2
Stage 2 ignition (SEIG-1)  6:52   242    5.2
Stage 2 cutoff (SECO-1)   12:34   292    7.7
Stage 2 restart (SEIG-2)  24:34   256    7.7
Stage 2 cutoff (SECO-2)   27:34   254   10.2
Spacecraft separation     28:24   274   10.2


* < 10% of maximum chamber pressure
(altitudes in km, speeds in km/s)

Offline input~2

  • Moderator
  • Global Moderator
  • Senior Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 6810
  • Liked: 1540
  • Likes Given: 567
Re: QZS-4 - H-2A 202 - October 9, 2017 (22:01 UTC)
« Reply #12 on: 10/08/2017 12:44 pm »
WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC.
PHILIPPINE SEA.
JAPAN.
DNC 12.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING:
A. 092200Z TO 092214Z OCT IN AREA BOUND BY
30-20-10N 132-43-16E, 30-26-10N 132-51-56E,
30-20-00N 133-50-00E, 29-52-00N 133-47-00E,
29-59-00N 132-41-00E.
B. 092206Z TO 092231Z OCT IN AREA BOUND BY
30-17-00N 137-44-00E, 29-57-44N 140-16-16E,
29-52-12N 140-21-25E, 29-00-00N 140-15-00E,
29-20-00N 137-37-00E.
C. 092209Z TO 092236Z OCT IN AREA BOUND BY
28-06-00N 154-29-00E, 25-59-00N 162-01-00E,
24-15-00N 161-32-00E, 26-22-00N 154-00-00E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 092336Z OCT 17.//

Authority: NAVAREA XI 648/17 051146Z OCT 17.

Date: 051321Z OCT 17
Cancel: 09233600 Oct 17

Offline zubenelgenubi

  • Global Moderator
  • Senior Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 11159
  • Arc to Arcturus, then Spike to Spica
  • Sometimes it feels like Trantor in the time of Hari Seldon
  • Liked: 7392
  • Likes Given: 72392
Re: QZS-4 - H-2A 202 - October 9, 2017 (22:01 UTC)
« Reply #13 on: 10/08/2017 08:19 pm »
The pre-launch press conference is undergoing right now.
T-0 is set for 22:01:37 UTC.
Weather forecasts are good (overturning previous predictions a few days ago).

Weather forecast for Tanegashima:
http://space.jaxa.jp/tnsc/tn-weather/data/weekly.gif

JST = UTC + 9 hours
« Last Edit: 10/08/2017 08:21 pm by zubenelgenubi »
Support your local planetarium! (COVID-panic and forward: Now more than ever.) My current avatar is saying "i wants to go uppies!" Yes, there are God-given rights. Do you wish to gainsay the Declaration of Independence?

Offline beidou

  • Full Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 763
  • Mars
  • Liked: 48
  • Likes Given: 3
Re: QZS-4 - H-2A 202 - October 9, 2017 (22:01 UTC)
« Reply #14 on: 10/08/2017 11:13 pm »
Will we have a launch brochure?

Offline Galactic Penguin SST

Re: QZS-4 - H-2A 202 - October 9, 2017 (22:01 UTC)
« Reply #15 on: 10/09/2017 04:52 am »
Will we have a launch brochure?

It's in post #4.
Astronomy & spaceflight geek penguin. In a relationship w/ Space Shuttle Discovery. Current Priority: Chasing the Chinese Spaceflight Wonder Egg & A Certain Chinese Mars Rover

Offline Galactic Penguin SST

Moved for live coverage.
Rollout will be at around 08:00 UTC.
Astronomy & spaceflight geek penguin. In a relationship w/ Space Shuttle Discovery. Current Priority: Chasing the Chinese Spaceflight Wonder Egg & A Certain Chinese Mars Rover

Offline yoichi

  • Full Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 1106
  • Liked: 678
  • Likes Given: 1
Re: LIVE: QZS-4 - H-2A 202 - October 9, 2017 (22:01 UTC)
« Reply #17 on: 10/09/2017 05:16 am »
http://h2a.mhi.co.jp/en/mission/countdown/h2a_f36.html

October 09, 2017 13:32 JST
First Go/No Go Decision -'Go'
This is an updated launch countdown report on the "MICHIBIKI No. 4"(Quasi-Zenith Satellite System) , which will be launched using the H-IIA No. 36 Launch Vehicle (H-IIA F36). After the weather conditions checked out, the green light has been given for H-IIA F36 carrying "MICHIBIKI No. 4" to leave the Vehicle Assembly Building for the launch pad. The scheduled launch time is Oct. 10, 2017 7:01:37 a.m. JST.

Offline Galactic Penguin SST

Moved for live coverage.
Rollout will be at around 08:00 UTC.

The rollout has been delayed; no idea if there will be any impact to the launch date just yet.
Astronomy & spaceflight geek penguin. In a relationship w/ Space Shuttle Discovery. Current Priority: Chasing the Chinese Spaceflight Wonder Egg & A Certain Chinese Mars Rover

Offline yoichi

  • Full Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 1106
  • Liked: 678
  • Likes Given: 1
Re: LIVE: QZS-4 - H-2A 202 - October 9, 2017 (22:01 UTC)
« Reply #19 on: 10/09/2017 08:38 am »
rollout will start 19:00(JST)

Tags:
 

Advertisement NovaTech
Advertisement Northrop Grumman
Advertisement
Advertisement Margaritaville Beach Resort South Padre Island
Advertisement Brady Kenniston
Advertisement NextSpaceflight
Advertisement Nathan Barker Photography
0