Object B (38108/2012-013B) presumably CZ-3B/E 3rd stage in:
230.7km x 49985.5km x 27.38° (elset#3)
A booster fell near the village of Dadi (Guizhou province) N272118E1081246 within the A0222/12 NOTAMed zone (picture #16 below)
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Another booster fell near 271930N1081900E (pictures #12 & #13 below)
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One half of the fairing fell not far from a house in Wangyue village, Jianxi province N260647E1141353, the other half fell in the woods near Shiwo village, Jianxi province, N260555E1141529, both within the A0223/12 NOTAMed zone. No casualties reported.
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Debris of the first stage were found near 2 villages in Hunan province, one near Niulanchong (N265436E1102222), breaking some roof tiles, another near Ziran (N265430E1102441). No casualties reported.
(As usual, AFAICT, no NOTAM was published for the first stage drop zone)
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Good to see Ariane 4 is still being flown
Isn't it a bit dangerous to have people walk up to all that wreckage? There must be leftover hydrazine there, right?
Good to see Ariane 4 is still being flown
Isn't it a bit dangerous to have people walk up to all that wreckage? There must be leftover hydrazine there, right?
Not only the Chinese A-4 continues to be flown, the flight rate is quicky approaching the heydays of the Ariane 4 dynasty (12 launches of the CZ-3 series were done in 356 days between April 2011 and March 2012, all successful)!
As for the booster wreckage, not only there's hydrazine inside the boosters, they would be released through the burning of the wreckage, often very close to villages (which would always be evacuated before launch nowadays). For example, the boosters for this very launch has caused quite a panic when the dropped boosters emit thick yellow smoke (and obviously poisonous) in a deep valley in Guizhou province!
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Here's a special report by CCTV on this launch (unfortunately in Chinese, but at least you guys could enjoy the video
). The in-depth report on the launch campaign during the last 50 hours is rarely seen before.
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Here's a special report by CCTV on this launch (unfortunately in Chinese, but at least you guys could enjoy the video ). The in-depth report on the launch campaign during the last 50 hours is rarely seen before.
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And here's part two of the programme:
http://jingji.cntv.cn/20120423/120577.shtml
While searching on the web for info about the Huanjing-1C satellite, I came across with the 'Yatai' (亞太) satellite designation for some communications satellites.
This is an abbreviation for 'Asia-Pacific' and apparently was given to Zhongxing-5A (Xinnuo-3), to Apstar-6 and to Apstar-7.
Can anyone comment on this?
Thanks!
While searching on the web for info about the Huanjing-1C satellite, I came across with the 'Yatai' (亞太) satellite designation for some communications satellites.
This is an abbreviation for 'Asia-Pacific' and apparently was given to Zhongxing-5A (Xinnuo-3), to Apstar-6 and to Apstar-7.
Can anyone comment on this?
Thanks!
Yes, I've seen this for Apstar 7. I think they are just translating 'Asia Pacific'.
I hadn't seen this for ZX-5A though
While searching on the web for info about the Huanjing-1C satellite, I came across with the 'Yatai' (亞太) satellite designation for some communications satellites.
This is an abbreviation for 'Asia-Pacific' and apparently was given to Zhongxing-5A (Xinnuo-3), to Apstar-6 and to Apstar-7.
Can anyone comment on this?
Thanks!
Yes, I've seen this for Apstar 7. I think they are just translating 'Asia Pacific'.
I hadn't seen this for ZX-5A though
Yes, the Yatai-designation is in use since the beginning of the ApStar series in 1994. ZX-5A does not belong to the ApStar seriies and is not Xinnuo 3, but Chinastar-1 (Zhongwei-1).
). The in-depth report on the launch campaign during the last 50 hours is rarely seen before.