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Gaofen 9, Long March 2D, JSLC - September 14, 2015 (04:42 UTC)
by
beidou
on 19 Dec, 2014 19:57
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First Yaogan satellite launch in 2015.
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#1
by
beidou
on 05 Jul, 2015 14:24
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Bump up, probably this will be the first launch from JSLC in 2015.
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#2
by
russianhalo117
on 05 Jul, 2015 18:29
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Bump up, probably this will be the first launch from JSLC in 2015.
I am told today that some launchers are either en route/now at XSLC, JSLC, and TSLC. Launcher type and numbers are currently unknown. The main reason for the shipping was to make more room at the factories.
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#3
by
Satori
on 18 Jul, 2015 14:09
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According to GP, this can be a triplet launch.
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#4
by
Chris Bergin
on 29 Jul, 2015 14:24
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Is this one still potentially this month (as in the coming days), as per the launch schedule?
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#5
by
Galactic Penguin SST
on 29 Jul, 2015 14:32
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Is this one still potentially this month (as in the coming days), as per the launch schedule?
Unlikely at this stage. I do wonder if the Chinese will launch again before the next known launch worldwide (HTV-5, August 16th) though.
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#6
by
beidou
on 27 Aug, 2015 18:50
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This thread was originally for the Yaogan-27 launch, however someone has changed everything in the thread.
Now it has been changed for the Yaogan-28 mission.
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#7
by
beidou
on 04 Sep, 2015 18:17
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#8
by
Liss
on 09 Sep, 2015 08:41
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Ummm...
A2538/15 - THE FLW SEGMENTS OF ATS RTE CLSD AT 9500M AND ABOVE: 1.B330: YABRAI VOR 'YBL' - GOBIN . 2.A596: YABRAI VOR 'YBL'- DENGKOU VOR 'DKO'. FL311 - FL999, 09 SEP 05:00 2015 UNTIL 09 SEP 09:45 2015. CREATED: 08 SEP 13:47 2015
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#9
by
input~2
on 09 Sep, 2015 14:10
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Ummm...
A2538/15 - THE FLW SEGMENTS OF ATS RTE CLSD AT 9500M AND ABOVE: 1.B330: YABRAI VOR 'YBL' - GOBIN . 2.A596: YABRAI VOR 'YBL'- DENGKOU VOR 'DKO'. FL311 - FL999, 09 SEP 05:00 2015 UNTIL 09 SEP 09:45 2015. CREATED: 08 SEP 13:47 2015
Well, AFAIU, the route closure above FL311 seems to rule out rocket debris...
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#10
by
Satori
on 09 Sep, 2015 18:13
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Some rumors on 9ifly Chinese Space Forum, that this launch can take place tomorrow.
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#11
by
Liss
on 09 Sep, 2015 22:37
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Some rumors on 9ifly Chinese Space Forum, that this launch can take place tomorrow.
They even tried to predict launch time at 12:42 Beijing Time = 04:42 UTC.
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#12
by
Galactic Penguin SST
on 11 Sep, 2015 10:20
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Some rumors on 9ifly Chinese Space Forum, that this launch can take place tomorrow.
They even tried to predict launch time at 12:42 Beijing Time = 04:42 UTC.
Well that turned out to be a false alarm.....but at least we got prior notice about this one!
A2591/15 - A TEMPORARY RESTRICTED AREA ESTABLISHED BOUNDED BY: N350835E0984113-N351211E0982201-N354113E0983025-N353629E0985613 BACK TO START. VERTICAL LIMITS:GND-UNL. GND - UNL, 15 SEP 04:35 2015 UNTIL 15 SEP 04:57 2015. CREATED: 11 SEP 07:45 2015Launch time is around 04:45 UTC on September 15.
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#13
by
input~2
on 11 Sep, 2015 10:23
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A2591/15 - A TEMPORARY RESTRICTED AREA ESTABLISHED BOUNDED BY: N350835E0984113-N351211E0982201-N354113E0983025-N353629E0985613 BACK TO START. VERTICAL LIMITS:GND-UNL. GND - UNL, 15 SEP 04:35 2015 UNTIL 15 SEP 04:57 2015. CREATED: 11 SEP 07:45 2015
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#14
by
input~2
on 11 Sep, 2015 11:42
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The NOTAMed area is very close to that for Gaofen-1 launch with CZ-2D on April 24, 2013.
So that would be a CZ-2D launch...
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#15
by
Skyrocket
on 11 Sep, 2015 12:03
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The NOTAMed area is very close to that for Gaofen-1 launch with CZ-2D on April 24, 2013.
So that would be a CZ-2D launch...
Likely a Yaogan-2 class satellite
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#16
by
Galactic Penguin SST
on 13 Sep, 2015 10:37
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Looks like the Great Chinese Spaceflight Mystery Month is continuing with this launch moving up by one day to tomorrow!
A2609/15 - A TEMPORARY RESTRICTED AREA ESTABLISHED BOUNDED BY: N350835E0984113-N351211E0982201-N354113E0983025-N353629E0985613 BACK TO START. VERTICAL LIMITS:GND-UNL. GND - UNL, 14 SEP 04:35 2015 UNTIL 14 SEP 04:57 2015. CREATED: 13 SEP 09:24 2015
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#17
by
Galactic Penguin SST
on 14 Sep, 2015 04:42
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Launch time should be around right now. Stand by for news on this one...
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#18
by
input~2
on 14 Sep, 2015 05:07
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We had also this one:
A2611/15 - THE FLW SEGMENTS OF ATS RTE CLSD: 1.L888: MUMAN-SANLI. 2.Y1: MEPEP-N3507.6E10005.6. 3.Y2: MEPEP-N3356.9E09829.3. 14 SEP 04:30 2015 UNTIL 14 SEP 05:10 2015. CREATED: 13 SEP 14:51 2015
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#19
by
Chris Bergin
on 14 Sep, 2015 05:18
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Launch time should be around right now. Stand by for news on this one...
30 mins past T-0....someone would have visually seen a launch?
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#20
by
Galactic Penguin SST
on 14 Sep, 2015 05:22
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Launch time should be around right now. Stand by for news on this one...
30 mins past T-0....someone would have visually seen a launch?
Indeed someone has seen it (see the photos below)!
I suggest that we wait for the official announcement though...
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#21
by
Galactic Penguin SST
on 14 Sep, 2015 05:35
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It looks like the state television news channel has confirmed launch success with liftoff at 04:42 UTC......right rocket, but wrong name for the payload! In this latest episode of the
Great Chinese Spaceflight Mystery, the passenger is called....."Gaofen 9".
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#22
by
Galactic Penguin SST
on 14 Sep, 2015 05:45
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Here's an official news article:
http://m.news.cntv.cn/2015/09/14/ARTI1442208216619883.shtmlSounds like it might be another similar case like GF-8 with ex-spysat models turned over to a semi-civilian role, as it mentioned that GF-9 will "provide sub-meter class resolution optical images for city planning, road network design, land ownership determination etc. purposes".
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#23
by
Nordren
on 14 Sep, 2015 06:44
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Photo published on CASC's weibo account:
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#24
by
Chris Bergin
on 14 Sep, 2015 07:06
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#25
by
input~2
on 14 Sep, 2015 08:13
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Catalogued by USSTRATCOM as object 2015-047A/40894
in 617 x 664 km x 98.01°
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#26
by
input~2
on 14 Sep, 2015 08:28
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#27
by
input~2
on 14 Sep, 2015 12:41
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#28
by
Satori
on 14 Sep, 2015 12:48
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#29
by
Satori
on 14 Sep, 2015 12:49
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#30
by
Galactic Penguin SST
on 14 Sep, 2015 14:59
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Larger versions of some of the photos above:
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#31
by
limen4
on 14 Sep, 2015 19:27
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Could GF-9 be an replacement for YG-4?
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#32
by
jcm
on 14 Sep, 2015 20:19
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Could GF-9 be an replacement for YG-4?
Orbit and orbital plane very similar to GF-1
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#33
by
limen4
on 15 Sep, 2015 19:15
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Could GF-9 be an replacement for YG-4?
Orbit and orbital plane very similar to GF-1
AFAIN GF-1 is still working and was designed for a 5-8 year lifetime. Some recent images by GF-1 have been released under
http://www.cnqiang.com/junshi/junbai/201508/01247648.html. A replacement of GF-1 seems unlikely but yes the same orbit and orbital plane indicates a jointly work. What triggered me to think about a replacement of YG-4 is the same launch time as GF-9.
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#34
by
limen4
on 17 Sep, 2015 19:42
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#35
by
Liss
on 14 Oct, 2015 12:30
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What triggered me to think about a replacement of YG-4 is the same launch time as GF-9.
True if the former would keep its orbital plane which is not the case. In almost seven years, YG-4 LTDN drifted from 11:00 to 07:12. Neither of YG-2 type satellites would keep their LTDN nor did regular altitude maneuvers.
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#36
by
beidou
on 09 Nov, 2015 19:45
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