A reminder that in China today, in addition to a satellite launch from Taiyuan, the company OneSpace is also flying a sub-orbital flight today from Jiuquan, just 2 days after some other company flew theirs first:Quote from: Galactic Penguin SST on 09/05/2018 12:55 amQuote from: Olaf on 08/31/2018 12:07 pmhttps://twitter.com/AJ_FI/status/1035420528494956544QuotePrivate Chinese launch company OneSpace will launch its second OS-X suborbital rocket (aka Chongqing Liangjiang Star) in September, this time from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the Gobi Desert. IIRC they are going for max. velocity of Mach 4.5 this time. According to reports the flight will be on September 7.Quote from: GELORD on 09/04/2018 06:03 pmOneSpace. Private Chinese launch company OneSpace will launch its second OS-X suborbital rocket (aka Chongqing Liangjiang Star) 5 September. Tianfu Junrong No.1 - SQX-1Z. This is not a OneSpace flight, but is from another competitor who (at least by name - more on that in another post elsewhere ) is trying to beat them to the punch!
Quote from: Olaf on 08/31/2018 12:07 pmhttps://twitter.com/AJ_FI/status/1035420528494956544QuotePrivate Chinese launch company OneSpace will launch its second OS-X suborbital rocket (aka Chongqing Liangjiang Star) in September, this time from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the Gobi Desert. IIRC they are going for max. velocity of Mach 4.5 this time. According to reports the flight will be on September 7.Quote from: GELORD on 09/04/2018 06:03 pmOneSpace. Private Chinese launch company OneSpace will launch its second OS-X suborbital rocket (aka Chongqing Liangjiang Star) 5 September. Tianfu Junrong No.1 - SQX-1Z. This is not a OneSpace flight, but is from another competitor who (at least by name - more on that in another post elsewhere ) is trying to beat them to the punch!
https://twitter.com/AJ_FI/status/1035420528494956544QuotePrivate Chinese launch company OneSpace will launch its second OS-X suborbital rocket (aka Chongqing Liangjiang Star) in September, this time from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the Gobi Desert.
Private Chinese launch company OneSpace will launch its second OS-X suborbital rocket (aka Chongqing Liangjiang Star) in September, this time from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the Gobi Desert.
OneSpace. Private Chinese launch company OneSpace will launch its second OS-X suborbital rocket (aka Chongqing Liangjiang Star) 5 September. Tianfu Junrong No.1 - SQX-1Z.
Quote from: Galactic Penguin SST on 09/07/2018 03:13 amA reminder that in China today, in addition to a satellite launch from Taiyuan, the company OneSpace is also flying a sub-orbital flight today from Jiuquan, just 2 days after some other company flew theirs first:Quote from: Galactic Penguin SST on 09/05/2018 12:55 amQuote from: Olaf on 08/31/2018 12:07 pmhttps://twitter.com/AJ_FI/status/1035420528494956544QuotePrivate Chinese launch company OneSpace will launch its second OS-X suborbital rocket (aka Chongqing Liangjiang Star) in September, this time from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the Gobi Desert. IIRC they are going for max. velocity of Mach 4.5 this time. According to reports the flight will be on September 7.Quote from: GELORD on 09/04/2018 06:03 pmOneSpace. Private Chinese launch company OneSpace will launch its second OS-X suborbital rocket (aka Chongqing Liangjiang Star) 5 September. Tianfu Junrong No.1 - SQX-1Z. This is not a OneSpace flight, but is from another competitor who (at least by name - more on that in another post elsewhere ) is trying to beat them to the punch!Update: launched successfully at 04:10 UTC.
A perhaps silly question.... payloads designed to do astronomical observations (or solar)... how useful are these, really?
On October 11, 2018 the Russian strategic forces conducted an annual exercise that involved launches of SLBMs and launches of weapons carried by long-range bombers.The SLBM launches were conducted from one of the Project 667BDRM submarines of the Northern Fleet from the Barents Sea to the Kura test range and one of the submarines of the Pacific Fleet, probably Project 667BDR class Ryazan, from the Sea of Okhotsk to the Chizha test range. It appears that in both cases it was a salvo launch, but there is no official information about the number of missiles that were involved.
Something from Kodiak:!CARF 10/073 (KZAK A3966/18) ZAK AIRSPACE DCC PSCA MISSION P124 BACKUP STNR ALT RESERVATION WI AN AREA DEFINED AS 5045N15605W TO 5033N15500W TO 5730N15142W TO 5739N15245W TO 5045N15605W TO POINT OF ORIGIN SFC-UNL 1810132000-1810132359!CARF 10/081 (KZAK A3976/18) ZAK AIRSPACE DCC PSCA MISSION P124 BACKUP STNR ALT RESERVATION WI AN AREA DEFINED AS 5045N15605W TO 5033N15500W TO 5730N15142W TO 5739N15245W TO 5045N15605W TO POINT OF ORIGIN SFC-UNL 1810142000-1810142359!CARF 10/084 (KZAK A3992/18) ZAK AIRSPACE DCC PSCA MISSION P124 BACKUP STNR ALT RESERVATION WI AN AREA DEFINED AS 5045N15605W TO 5033N15500W TO 5730N15142W TO 5739N15245W TO 5045N15605W TO POINT OF ORIGIN SFC-UNL 1810152000-1810152359
http://russianforces.org/blog/2018/10/annual_exercise_of_the_strateg.shtmlQuoteOn October 11, 2018 the Russian strategic forces conducted an annual exercise that involved launches of SLBMs and launches of weapons carried by long-range bombers.The SLBM launches were conducted from one of the Project 667BDRM submarines of the Northern Fleet from the Barents Sea to the Kura test range and one of the submarines of the Pacific Fleet, probably Project 667BDR class Ryazan, from the Sea of Okhotsk to the Chizha test range. It appears that in both cases it was a salvo launch, but there is no official information about the number of missiles that were involved.
Woomera airspace has been closed since 1 October and will remain so until 10 November. Can anyone help find out if there are any public sources of any launches that have have or will take place? Amber Zone 2 (corridor) airspace is closed, which indicates a sounding rocket launch could be planned.