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#20 by Galactic Penguin SST on 16 Oct, 2015 16:21
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I can confirm liftoff has occurred per local reports of windows shaking.
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#21 by input~2 on 16 Oct, 2015 16:28
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yes local bloggers compare shaking due to launch to earthquake
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#22 by input~2 on 16 Oct, 2015 16:30
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#23 by input~2 on 16 Oct, 2015 16:38
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#24 by input~2 on 16 Oct, 2015 16:58
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#25 by input~2 on 16 Oct, 2015 17:33
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There are tweets about launch success..Quote
热烈祝贺亚太九号卫星发射圆满成功！
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#26 by Galactic Penguin SST on 16 Oct, 2015 18:00
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Launch success officially confirmed. (the launch time reported earlier was right on the mark)
The GTO reached was reported to be 212 x 41965 km. (no inclination unfortunately) -
#27 by input~2 on 16 Oct, 2015 18:33
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#28 by Galactic Penguin SST on 16 Oct, 2015 21:01
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Orbits from NORAD:
40982/2015-059A: 192 x 41780 km x 27.18 deg. (satellite)
40983/2015-059B: 169 x 40112 km x 27.11 deg. (rocket) -
#29 by Galactic Penguin SST on 17 Oct, 2015 03:24
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Some big photos of the launch:
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#30 by input~2 on 17 Oct, 2015 05:10
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Launch videos:
http://tv.cntv.cn/video/C10336/188242bdbf274787bd5765605a55d7e0
http://news.cntv.cn/2015/10/17/VIDE1445051884229737.shtml
Exact launch time seems to be 16:16:04.272 -
#31 by input~2 on 17 Oct, 2015 19:46
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Potential launch codename could be 867-29
Seems to be confirmed
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#32 by input~2 on 18 Oct, 2015 11:39
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Fairing debris were recovered near Yuanxi village (260311N114115E), Jiangxi province within the NOTAMed area
http://news.hangzhou.com.cn/shxw/content/2015-10/18/content_5950220.htm
http://jx.ifeng.com/news/tk/detail_2015_10/18/4456399_0.shtml
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#33 by Galactic Penguin SST on 19 Oct, 2015 07:27
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