Thanks for the alert Liss!!!Any idea of what kind of satellite this new remote sensing bird could be?
SAST is announced as the spacecraft producer.
Has the upper stage been catalogued or not?
Quote from: GW_Simulations on 04/22/2009 02:57 pmHas the upper stage been catalogued or not?Here are the objects catalogued to date:Catalogue Orbital Orbital Orbital Perigee Apogee Arg of Number Epoch Inclination Period Perigee deg min km km deg--------------------------------------------------------------------------34839 2009 Apr 22.16 97.65 94.63 485 517 31234839 2009 Apr 22.24 97.64 94.69 487 520 32334839 2009 Apr 22.39 97.64 94.70 487 521 32234839 2009 Apr 22.52 97.63 94.69 486 521 32134840 2009 Apr 22.16 97.61 94.71 430 580 32034840 2009 Apr 22.30 97.61 94.77 434 582 32134840 2009 Apr 22.30 97.61 94.77 434 582 32134840 2009 Apr 22.49 97.61 94.77 431 584 32134841 2009 Apr 22.16 97.83 96.00 488 646 22134841 2009 Apr 22.30 97.82 96.03 491 646 21934841 2009 Apr 22.37 97.84 96.04 491 646 22134841 2009 Apr 22.50 97.84 96.03 491 646 22134842 2009 Apr 22.23 97.43 93.39 343 538 31534842 2009 Apr 22.43 97.41 93.39 342 538 31434842 2009 Apr 22.58 97.40 93.39 343 538 31334843 2009 Apr 22.23 97.91 93.31 329 543 31834843 2009 Apr 22.31 97.87 93.32 332 542 31834843 2009 Apr 22.42 97.83 93.30 337 535 31634843 2009 Apr 22.51 97.83 93.31 336 538 315
Yaogan-6 Launch Videohttp://vod.cctv.com/html/media/worldwidewatch/2009/04/worldwidewatch_300_20090422_18.shtml
Quote from: jan_carlo_bascu on 04/22/2009 05:23 pmYaogan-6 Launch Videohttp://vod.cctv.com/html/media/worldwidewatch/2009/04/worldwidewatch_300_20090422_18.shtmlThis one is probably better, having animation of solar panels deployment: http://space.tv.cctv.com/video/VIDE1240408837000110Is the launch time 10:55:04.562 or so?
Images show launch from Pad 1
Is the launch time 10:55:04.562 or so?
According to a congratulatory letter from Chinese academy of science, it is a radar satellite--JB-7.