Yaogan Weixing-22, Long March 4C (CZ-4C), TSLC - October 20, 2014

• #20 by input~2 on 20 Oct, 2014 19:22
• A second object has been catalogued:
  2014-063B/40276 in 995 x 1202 km x 100.27°
• #21 by input~2 on 20 Oct, 2014 19:25
• Xinhua related article in English:
  China launches remote sensing satellite
• #22 by input~2 on 20 Oct, 2014 19:36
• Short launch video
  http://news.cntv.cn/2014/10/20/VIDE1413804004395695.shtml

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• #23 by Lewis007 on 22 Oct, 2014 08:04
• The link does not work for me.
  
  I did some searching and found two other videos; one is attached, the other can be found here:
  http://v.ifeng.com/mil/worldwide/201410/0105e12f-a123-449f-9bd4-fbfdbd806de9.shtml
  

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  Yaogan-22_launch-video.mp4
• #24 by limen4 on 06 Nov, 2014 06:16
• For statistics - the launcher was Y16.
• #25 by Skyrocket on 10 Jan, 2015 20:35
• Quote from: limen4 on 10 Jan, 2015 20:17

  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.
• #26 by russianhalo117 on 11 Jan, 2015 16:06
• Quote from: Skyrocket on 10 Jan, 2015 20:35

  Quote from: limen4 on 10 Jan, 2015 20:17

  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.
• #27 by Liss on 11 Jan, 2015 19:40
• Quote from: limen4 on 10 Jan, 2015 20:17

  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?
• #28 by input~2 on 11 Jan, 2015 20:39
• 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
• 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
• 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.
• #31 by limen4 on 12 Jan, 2015 07:02
• 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.
• #32 by limen4 on 12 Jan, 2015 16:47
• 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
• One of the best available images of a JB-9 type satellite (Source: YG-22 SAST philatelists commemorative envelope)

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