Author Topic: 'Mozi' Quantum Science Sat - CZ-2D - Jiuquan - August 15, 2016 (17:40 UTC)  (Read 38045 times)

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Is there a webcast for this launch?
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Apparently CCTV's news channel (channel 13) might be carrying this one live! Can someone who can use their online streaming check and see if that's true?

Also there is apparently a third satellite - in fact a Spanish one! Does anyone know which one is it?
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Pictures on the web shows that the platforms on the launch tower have fully swung open.
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This is all I'm getting on CCTV 13:
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This is all I'm getting on CCTV 13:

It seems that the coverage was of the sporadic type....

T-0 seems to be exactly 17:40 UTC.
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This is all I'm getting on CCTV 13:

It seems that the coverage was of the sporadic type....

T-0 seems to be exactly 17:40 UTC.

Will keep it on in case they go to the launch.
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Using Stream 3 on this:
http://www.zoptv.com/live/cctv-13

Seems a five min lag on the stream, however.
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Liftoff has apparently occurred.
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Liftoff has apparently occurred.

41 mins past on CCTV 13. No coverage.
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Launch success has just been confirmed.

I desperately need some sleep now (2 am ;)) so someone please check on the co-passengers' identities...
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Bystander video posted on weibo: http://t.cn/RtHyz6n

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Exact launch time was: 17:40:04.546 UTC from long video on CCTV 13: http://tv.cctv.com/2016/08/16/VIDEKde16nFti2zc78pb6XuW160816.shtml  ;)
« Last Edit: 08/15/2016 09:53 pm by SMS »
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Launch success has just been confirmed.

I desperately need some sleep now (2 am ;)) so someone please check on the co-passengers' identities...

According to this (via Google Translator): "The mission is also equipped with Chinese atmospheric science experimental satellite and the Spanish scientific experiments small satellite (satellites?)"

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An observation:

Yesterday evening, while channel-surfing through some of the foreign-sourced cable channels carried as part of our cable package, I stumbled across, in progress, a few minutes of coverage about this satellite on a CCTV news program.

Explaining the quantum concepts, in English, was causing some of the news team to "fluff" more than usual for professionals!

I don't remember which CCTV channel this was originating from.

The explanations appeared ok, and they showed what appeared to be satellite construction and processing video footage.

The producers threw in some space/star field footage, including Voyager, that appeared to have little or nothing to do with the story at hand.
« Last Edit: 08/15/2016 06:53 pm by zubenelgenubi »
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World's first quantum communication satellite "Micius".

The name "Micius" is likely a translation artifact. "Micius" is the latinized form of "Mozi" and it is unlikely, that the Chinese use the latin form of the name of the Chinese philosopher.
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World's first quantum communication satellite "Micius".

The name "Micius" is likely a translation artifact. "Micius" is the latinized form of "Mozi" and it is unlikely, that the Chinese use the latin form of the name of the Chinese philosopher.

So, Mozi it is!

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Spanish passenger is a 6U CubeSat "³Cat-2" from the NanoSat lab at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya..."a novel GNSS-R payload for Earth observation"

http://nanosatlab.upc.edu/en/missions-and-projects/3cat-2

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