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Yaogan Weixing-22, Long March 4C (CZ-4C), TSLC - October 20, 2014
by
beidou
on 08 Sep, 2014 18:30
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#1
by
beidou
on 08 Sep, 2014 18:38
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#2
by
beidou
on 24 Sep, 2014 17:43
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Likely, this launch will be from Taiyuan.
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#3
by
Galactic Penguin SST
on 17 Oct, 2014 12:52
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#4
by
Satori
on 17 Oct, 2014 14:08
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#5
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Chris Bergin
on 18 Oct, 2014 00:31
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Someone PM me if there's a launch T-0 confirmed or if it occurs please!
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#6
by
Galactic Penguin SST
on 19 Oct, 2014 04:41
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Chances are that this thing is launching today....
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#7
by
Galactic Penguin SST
on 20 Oct, 2014 07:14
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Chances are that this thing is launching today....
Nope, but I have just saw reports that it has been launched. Let me wait for the details....
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#8
by
Galactic Penguin SST
on 20 Oct, 2014 07:24
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#9
by
Galactic Penguin SST
on 20 Oct, 2014 07:47
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The launch time is coherent with YG-22 being the 4th member of the YG-8 series (again lifting off at 31 minutes past the hour). Let's see what orbit NORAD is tracking...
EDIT: Right on the money - 40275/2014-063A found in 1196 x 1209 km x 100.32 deg. orbit.
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#10
by
Galactic Penguin SST
on 20 Oct, 2014 08:26
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#11
by
Skyrocket
on 20 Oct, 2014 08:40
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The launch time is coherent with YG-22 being the 4th member of the YG-8 series (again lifting off at 31 minutes past the hour). Let's see what orbit NORAD is tracking...
EDIT: Right on the money - 40275/2014-063A found in 1196 x 1209 km x 100.32 deg. orbit.
The payload fairing is also the right one for an YG-8 class payload.
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#12
by
Galactic Penguin SST
on 20 Oct, 2014 08:43
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The launch time is coherent with YG-22 being the 4th member of the YG-8 series (again lifting off at 31 minutes past the hour). Let's see what orbit NORAD is tracking...
EDIT: Right on the money - 40275/2014-063A found in 1196 x 1209 km x 100.32 deg. orbit.
The payload fairing is also the right one for an YG-8 class payload.
Yup. No secondary payloads as far as I could tell...
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#13
by
Phillip Clark
on 20 Oct, 2014 08:46
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The launch time is coherent with YG-22 being the 4th member of the YG-8 series (again lifting off at 31 minutes past the hour). Let's see what orbit NORAD is tracking...
EDIT: Right on the money - 40275/2014-063A found in 1196 x 1209 km x 100.32 deg. orbit.
I thought that the JB-8 series comprised the triple ocean ELINT satellite launches in the Yaogan programme? And that the YG 22 series was JB-9?
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#14
by
Skyrocket
on 20 Oct, 2014 08:49
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The launch time is coherent with YG-22 being the 4th member of the YG-8 series (again lifting off at 31 minutes past the hour). Let's see what orbit NORAD is tracking...
EDIT: Right on the money - 40275/2014-063A found in 1196 x 1209 km x 100.32 deg. orbit.
I thought that the JB-8 series comprised the triple ocean ELINT satellite launches in the Yaogan programme? And that the YG 22 series was JB-9?
The YG-8 series is not JB-8. I am not sure, if the JB designation for the YG-8 series has been become known.
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#15
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Liss
on 20 Oct, 2014 09:14
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Orbit as expected -- 100.32°, 1190x1216 km (over 6378 km), 109.5 min.
Yes, I believe it's JB-9.
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#16
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Chris Bergin
on 20 Oct, 2014 09:28
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#17
by
Satori
on 20 Oct, 2014 11:26
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#18
by
Satori
on 20 Oct, 2014 11:27
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#19
by
Satori
on 20 Oct, 2014 17:18
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Exact launch time... 0631:04.803UTC.
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#20
by
input~2
on 20 Oct, 2014 19:22
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A second object has been catalogued:
2014-063B/40276 in 995 x 1202 km x 100.27°
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#21
by
input~2
on 20 Oct, 2014 19:25
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#22
by
input~2
on 20 Oct, 2014 19:36
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#23
by
Lewis007
on 22 Oct, 2014 08:04
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#24
by
limen4
on 06 Nov, 2014 06:16
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For statistics - the launcher was Y16.
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#25
by
Skyrocket
on 10 Jan, 2015 20:35
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Attached some images of the radar birds YG-8,15 and 19. YG-22 is very likely similar in appearance. All images are from souvenir envelopes issued by a Taiyuan based philatelic club, who is known for his very exact satellite illustrations.
Interesting. I had always thought of the YG-8 series as electro-optical satellites.
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#26
by
russianhalo117
on 11 Jan, 2015 16:06
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Attached some images of the radar birds YG-8,15 and 19. YG-22 is very likely similar in appearance. All images are from souvenir envelopes issued by a Taiyuan based philatelic club, who is known for his very exact satellite illustrations.
Interesting. I had always thought of the YG-8 series as electro-optical satellites.
I always thought the opposite.
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#27
by
Liss
on 11 Jan, 2015 19:40
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Attached some images of the radar birds YG-8,15 and 19. YG-22 is very likely similar in appearance. All images are from souvenir envelopes issued by a Taiyuan based philatelic club, who is known for his very exact satellite illustrations.
limen4, is the attribution exact? Not YG-6/13/18 but YG-8/15/19?
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#28
by
input~2
on 11 Jan, 2015 20:39
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Here is apparently a view of YG-19 after separation, I failed to see a stowed SAR antenna...
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#29
by
input~2
on 11 Jan, 2015 21:08
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and a representation of YG-22 extracted from video clip, doesn't look like carrying a SAR antenna
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#30
by
Steven Pietrobon
on 12 Jan, 2015 06:01
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If the stamp covers are correct. the antennas are launched stowed on the opposite side of the circular launch mount. That means you won't see the antenna in the launch video during separation. For the animation shot, there does seem to be something below the spacecraft, perhaps the antenna partially deployed.
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#31
by
limen4
on 12 Jan, 2015 07:02
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Sorry, I am a victim of my numbering system. The Radar sats are of course YG-6, 13, 18 and 23 (and not 8, 15, 19 and 22). Therefor the attributes of the Images have to be exchanged. Thanks to Liss for his remark.
I will move the images to the YG-23 thread.
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#32
by
limen4
on 12 Jan, 2015 16:47
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Here now the correct attributed images of YG-8, 15 and 19 (and 22 similar) which run very likely under the codename JB-9 (source: TSLC philatelic assoc.)
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#33
by
limen4
on 17 Jan, 2015 12:23
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One of the best available images of a JB-9 type satellite (Source: YG-22 SAST philatelists commemorative envelope)
