Author Topic: SaudiSAT-5A/B & others - CZ-2D - Jiuquan - December 7, 2018 (04:12 UTC)  (Read 19262 times)

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Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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12 satellites on board.

http://www.9ifly.cn/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=68540&page=12&authorid=128

"Just, Jiuquan! One arrow, 12 stars! "#点火!# December 7, 2018 12 o'clock, our country at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center with the Long March second butyl launch vehicle, the successful launch of the Saudi -5A/5B satellite launched, carrying the launch of 10 small satellites, satellites are in the intended orbit. 2 Saudi satellites are low-orbit remote sensing satellites developed by the country's King's Science and Technology city, each with a quality of 425 kilograms and a design life of 5 years, and a payload of 1 panchromatic/multispectral spectrum High-resolution cameras, mainly for the acquisition of ground images. The 10 small satellites on board were developed by Hunan Changsha Tian Miriam Research Institute, Beijing Nine-day MSI Technology Development Co., Ltd. and other units. The mission was the No. 293 flight of the Long March series of launch vehicles. (Photo Hao Wei)"

Apparently this confirms the launch was successful; however whoever wrote this forgot to put the launch time back in! 🤔
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12 satellites on board.

http://www.9ifly.cn/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=68540&page=12&authorid=128

"Just, Jiuquan! One arrow, 12 stars! "#点火!# December 7, 2018 12 o'clock, our country at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center with the Long March second butyl launch vehicle, the successful launch of the Saudi -5A/5B satellite launched, carrying the launch of 10 small satellites, satellites are in the intended orbit. 2 Saudi satellites are low-orbit remote sensing satellites developed by the country's King's Science and Technology city, each with a quality of 425 kilograms and a design life of 5 years, and a payload of 1 panchromatic/multispectral spectrum High-resolution cameras, mainly for the acquisition of ground images. The 10 small satellites on board were developed by Hunan Changsha Tian Miriam Research Institute, Beijing Nine-day MSI Technology Development Co., Ltd. and other units. The mission was the No. 293 flight of the Long March series of launch vehicles. (Photo Hao Wei)"

Apparently this confirms the launch was successful; however whoever wrote this forgot to put the launch time back in! 🤔

T-0 was indeed at 04:12 UTC.
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From the SaudiTV "livestream".
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Better late then never!
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We're finally getting the launch video.
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Should be able to get the launch time from this.
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First stage and fairing separation.
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Back to to the control room.
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Main engine cutoff. Continuing on verniers.
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This is a fairly long burn.
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In the control room.
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Separation!
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Looks like separation of Saudisat 5A and 5B.
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There was also what looked like a microsat or cubesat separation at these points:
« Last Edit: 12/07/2018 04:17 am by eeergo »
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Looks like there is a 40 to 42 minute delay to the SaudiTV broadcast.
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Looks like launch time was 04:12:05.223 UTC.
« Last Edit: 12/07/2018 04:37 am by Steven Pietrobon »
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« Last Edit: 12/07/2018 04:38 am by Steven Pietrobon »
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