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FY-2G (Fengyun-2-08) - Long March-3A - XSLC - December 31, 2014 (0102UTC)
by
beidou
on 29 Sep, 2014 20:32
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#1
by
Galactic Penguin SST
on 06 Nov, 2014 10:16
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#2
by
Satori
on 16 Nov, 2014 20:02
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#3
by
William Graham
on 17 Nov, 2014 17:59
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According to http://www.wmo-sat.info/oscar/satellites/view/111 launch of FY-2G is schedule for December 31, 2014.
A small matter of statistical interest with that date. 31 December is the only day of the year on which an orbital launch has never been conducted. (This is based on UTC; there was a Commercial Titan III launch from Canaveral on 1 January 1990 UTC which occurred on 31 December the previous year in EST)
Assuming it does go on 31 December, I would say it would be a fair assumption that the launch would be on that date in both UTC and local time - the last four FY-2 launches have occurred between 00:50 and 01:30 UTC (08:50-09:30 local). The other two were around 12:00 UTC (20:00 local) but used the earlier CZ-3 rocket.
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#4
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Satori
on 23 Nov, 2014 17:50
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At the 2014 launch schedule of the 9ifly Chinese space forum, the launch of FG-2G is listed as taking place on December 7. I suppose this is a mistake?
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#5
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Galactic Penguin SST
on 24 Nov, 2014 02:00
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At the 2014 launch schedule of the 9ifly Chinese space forum, the launch of FG-2G is listed as taking place on December 7. I suppose this is a mistake?
Yup. Not sure if the rocket and satellite got delivered yet (should be within these few days).
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#6
by
Satori
on 10 Dec, 2014 08:48
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Info on 9ifly Chinese space forum points to a launch date of December 23 for FY-2G.
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#7
by
Galactic Penguin SST
on 24 Dec, 2014 04:37
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Info on 9ifly Chinese space forum points to a launch date of December 23 for FY-2G.
Well this date has passed without anything happening....
Recent photos from the launch site shows that LC-3, mainly used for CZ-3A launches since Chang'e 1, is still under renovation for preparing it to host CZ-3B/C launches, and LC-2 seems to be used right now. So it looks like we will see a CZ-3A from LC-2 for the 1st time since early 2007.
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#8
by
Satori
on 24 Dec, 2014 14:43
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#9
by
Phillip Clark
on 24 Dec, 2014 15:10
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#10
by
Galactic Penguin SST
on 25 Dec, 2014 09:27
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My word! They really left this launch till the last day of the year!
A2627/14 - A TEMPORARY RESTRICTED AREA ESTABLISHED CENTERED AT N2815E10202 WITH RADIUS OF 15KM.VERTICAL LIMITS:SFC-UNL. SFC - UNL, 31 DEC 00:55 2014 UNTIL 31 DEC 01:25 2014. CREATED: 25 DEC 09:25 2014A2628/14 - A TEMPORARY RESTRICTED AREA ESTABLISHED BOUNDED BY:N243642E1145423-N245353E1140424-N243839E1135811-N242130E1144804 BACK TO START.VERTICAL LIMITS:GND-UNL. GND - UNL, 31 DEC 01:01 2014 UNTIL 31 DEC 01:48 2014. CREATED: 25 DEC 09:28 2014Liftoff at ~01:00 UTC on December 31.
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#11
by
input~2
on 25 Dec, 2014 14:45
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A2628/14 seems to be for the fairing sections drop zone
As in most previous cases, no NOTAMs for 1st and 2nd stage drop zones
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#12
by
Chris Bergin
on 31 Dec, 2014 00:13
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Any sign of news on this one? It's past 1am UTC.
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#13
by
max_schmurz
on 31 Dec, 2014 00:21
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There is neither live coverage nor any news from XSLC
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#14
by
Galactic Penguin SST
on 31 Dec, 2014 00:25
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Any sign of news on this one? It's past 1am UTC.
Seems to have launched on time. Spacecraft sep. should be up very soon.
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#15
by
Chris Bergin
on 31 Dec, 2014 00:29
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#16
by
Galactic Penguin SST
on 31 Dec, 2014 00:29
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Liftoff time seems to be 01:02 UTC. Here's the Max-Q contrail posted on Weibo:
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#17
by
Galactic Penguin SST
on 31 Dec, 2014 00:47
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Confirmed launch success per reports on-site.
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#18
by
max_schmurz
on 31 Dec, 2014 00:53
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#19
by
Galactic Penguin SST
on 31 Dec, 2014 01:56
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