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Yaogan 30 (YG-30) - CZ-2D - JSLC - May 15, 2016 (02:43 UTC)
by
beidou
on 08 Nov, 2015 12:21
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#1
by
beidou
on 27 Nov, 2015 17:36
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According to
this post, all CZ-4 launches in 2015 have been successfully carried out. So no chance to expect another launch from TSLC in 2015.
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#2
by
Satori
on 28 Nov, 2015 18:57
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What is the source of the information about the launcher and launch site?
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#3
by
beidou
on 28 Nov, 2015 19:17
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What is the source of the information about the launcher and launch site?
This is just a guess work, as someone disclosed some information
here.
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#4
by
limen4
on 19 Dec, 2015 19:23
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#5
by
Satori
on 20 Dec, 2015 16:40
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#6
by
limen4
on 20 Dec, 2015 20:37
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According to China Spaceflight (http://www.chinaspaceflight.com/yuanwang/yuanwang3.html) Yuanwang-3 space tracking ship will arrive at a position in the Bay of Bengal arround December 22.
So, limen4, should we expect a launch after December 22?
Maybe, but not sure. In the past YW-3 has supported some launches within the YG and the SJ series and also FY-3 launches from a position in the Bay of Bengale. But neither a launch from JSLC pad 603 nor a CZ-4 from TSLC is likely. What remains - a CZ-2C or another CZ-6 from TSLC or a CZ-11 from JSLC? Or simply a training mission? Let's see what will happen.
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#7
by
Liss
on 21 Dec, 2015 22:43
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Any connection?
A3706/15 - THE FLW SEGMENTS OF ATS RTE CLSD ABOVE 10100M(INCLUSIVE): 1.B330: YABRAI VOR 'YBL'-MORIT. 2.W66: NUKTI- EJINAQI VOR'JNQ'. FL331 - FL999, 22 DEC 07:30 2015 UNTIL 22 DEC 09:30 2015. CREATED: 21 DEC 14:05 2015
A3705/15 - THE SEGMENT NUKTI-N4027.9E9724.1 OF ATS RTE B215 CLSD. 22 DEC 08:20 2015 UNTIL 22 DEC 09:10 2015. CREATED: 21 DEC 14:03 2015
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#8
by
Galactic Penguin SST
on 22 Dec, 2015 08:53
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According to China Spaceflight (http://www.chinaspaceflight.com/yuanwang/yuanwang3.html) Yuanwang-3 space tracking ship will arrive at a position in the Bay of Bengal arround December 22.
So, limen4, should we expect a launch after December 22?
Maybe, but not sure. In the past YW-3 has supported some launches within the YG and the SJ series and also FY-3 launches from a position in the Bay of Bengale. But neither a launch from JSLC pad 603 nor a CZ-4 from TSLC is likely. What remains - a CZ-2C or another CZ-6 from TSLC or a CZ-11 from JSLC? Or simply a training mission? Let's see what will happen.
The report turns out to be bogus since it actually went though the Strait of Malacca and passed through the Singapore Strait on Dec. 20, with its AIS message showing it going back to Shanghai by the 27th.
This matches earlier rumors that TSLC has saw its last satellite launch of 2015 last month, and official reports post-DAMPE launch that it was the last launch of the year from JSLC.
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#9
by
limen4
on 24 Dec, 2015 10:39
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According to China Spaceflight (http://www.chinaspaceflight.com/yuanwang/yuanwang3.html) Yuanwang-3 space tracking ship will arrive at a position in the Bay of Bengal arround December 22.
So, limen4, should we expect a launch after December 22?
Maybe, but not sure. In the past YW-3 has supported some launches within the YG and the SJ series and also FY-3 launches from a position in the Bay of Bengale. But neither a launch from JSLC pad 603 nor a CZ-4 from TSLC is likely. What remains - a CZ-2C or another CZ-6 from TSLC or a CZ-11 from JSLC? Or simply a training mission? Let's see what will happen.
The solution is simple - YW-3 supported some days earlier the launch of DAMPE from this area and is now on the way home (see the DAMPE thread
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=37717.40)
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#10
by
beidou
on 18 Jan, 2016 18:22
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#11
by
beidou
on 08 May, 2016 10:14
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#12
by
input~2
on 11 May, 2016 08:06
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and here are the corresponding NOTAMS; launch time around 02:40 UTC on May 15
A1057/16 - A TEMPORARY RESTRICTED AREA ESTABLISHED BOUNDED BY: N321431E0975447-N321923E0973000-N331204E0974402-N330708E0980904 BACK TO START. VERTICAL LIMITS:GND-UNL. GND - UNL, 15 MAY 02:36 2016 UNTIL 15 MAY 03:03 2016. CREATED: 11 MAY 01:54 2016
A1056/16 - A TEMPORARY RESTRICTED AREA ESTABLISHED BOUNDED BY: N350734E0984110-N351110E0982150-N354008E0982956-N353517E0985552 BACK TO START. VERTICAL LIMITS:GND-UNL. GND - UNL, 15 MAY 02:35 2016 UNTIL 15 MAY 02:57 2016. CREATED: 11 MAY 01:52 2016
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#13
by
Nordren
on 11 May, 2016 08:25
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Chinaspaceflight on
Twitter reckons this will be Yaogan-30, not Gaofen-10.
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#14
by
linxiaoyi
on 11 May, 2016 09:07
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Chinaspaceflight on Twitter reckons this will be Yaogan-30, not Gaofen-10.
In fact, Chinaspaceflight reckons that will be Yaogan-30,
or Gaofen-10.
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#15
by
Nordren
on 11 May, 2016 09:23
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Chinaspaceflight on Twitter reckons this will be Yaogan-30, not Gaofen-10.
In fact, Chinaspaceflight reckons that will be Yaogan-30, or Gaofen-10.
Ah, cheers for the clarification!
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#16
by
input~2
on 14 May, 2016 17:05
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One more NOTAM confirming tonight's launch
A1082/16 - THE FLW SEGMENTS OF ATS RTE CLSD: 1. Y1: MEPEP-N3507.6E10005.6. 2. Y2: MEPEP-LUVAR. 3. L888: MUMAN-LUVAR. 15 MAY 02:33 2016 UNTIL 15 MAY 03:08 2016. CREATED: 14 MAY 12:55 2016
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#17
by
Chris Bergin
on 14 May, 2016 23:09
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Well I've got Rui's article ready if it's Gaofen-10....so it better be
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#18
by
Satori
on 15 May, 2016 02:22
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We passed the expected launch time, so waiting for news from Jiuquan!
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#19
by
Grandpa to Two
on 15 May, 2016 02:28
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Any idea if it's being broadcasted and if so where?
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#20
by
Chris Bergin
on 15 May, 2016 02:29
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Any idea if it's being broadcasted and if so where?
They are rarely shown live....and you can be safe in the assumption someone would have posted a link.
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#21
by
Galactic Penguin SST
on 15 May, 2016 02:50
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Apparently liftoff has occurred per people on site.
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#22
by
Galactic Penguin SST
on 15 May, 2016 03:20
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Launch sucess has been confirmed....and it's Yaogan-30.
Liftoff was at 02:43 UTC on a CZ-2D.
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#23
by
Steven Pietrobon
on 15 May, 2016 03:44
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Here's confirmation of the launch.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-05/15/c_135360215.htmJIUQUAN, Gansu, May 15 (Xinhua) -- China's Yaogan-30 remote sensing satellite was sent into space on Sunday at 10:43 a.m. from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China's gobi desert.
The satellite will be used for experiments, land surveys, crop yield estimates and disaster relief.
Yaogan-30 was carried by a Long March-2D rocket, the 227th mission for the Long March rocket family.
China launched the first "Yaogan" series satellite, Yaogan-1, in 2006.
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#24
by
input~2
on 15 May, 2016 04:43
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#25
by
input~2
on 15 May, 2016 05:44
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1st object cataloged by USSTRATCOM
2016-029A/41473 in 690 x 704 km x 98.23°
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#26
by
Galactic Penguin SST
on 15 May, 2016 06:48
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#27
by
input~2
on 15 May, 2016 07:00
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#28
by
input~2
on 15 May, 2016 07:25
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1st object cataloged by USSTRATCOM
2016-029A/41473 in 690 x 704 km x 98.23°
A 2nd TLE shows now an orbit of
626 x 655 km x 98.07° (epoch 04:13UTC)
This is very similar to the orbit of Yaogan-2 (626 x 654 km x 98.02°)
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#29
by
input~2
on 15 May, 2016 08:01
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#30
by
input~2
on 15 May, 2016 08:06
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Expected launch mission codename is "01-74"
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#31
by
Chris Bergin
on 15 May, 2016 11:14
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#32
by
input~2
on 15 May, 2016 18:31
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A 2nd TLE shows now an orbit of
626 x 655 km x 98.07° (epoch 04:13UTC)
This is very similar to the orbit of Yaogan-2 (626 x 654 km x 98.02°)
RAAN-wise, YG30 orbit is closer to that for YG-11 among all JianBing-6 in orbit: 188.7° vs 178.7°
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#33
by
input~2
on 15 May, 2016 18:42
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#34
by
input~2
on 15 May, 2016 19:04
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#35
by
limen4
on 14 Jul, 2016 19:12
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A wrong text on a YG-30 souvenir envelope issued by Shanghai Philatelists seems to indicate that originally the launch of another bird from TSLC using a CZ-4C was on the agenda but was postponed or deleted due to a unknown reason.
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#36
by
zubenelgenubi
on 18 Jul, 2016 03:55
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A wrong text on a YG-30 souvenir envelope issued by Shanghai Philatelists seems to indicate that originally the launch of another bird from TSLC using a CZ-4C was on the agenda but was postponed or deleted due to a unknown reason.
A thought about the "original" YG-30
Recent YG launches from TSLC, using the CZ-4C include:
YG-29 on Nov. 26, 2015, hypothesized to be a radar reconnaissance satellite of a successor version to JB-5 (YG-1, 3, and 10).
Five JB-9 optical reconnaissance satellites (YG-8, 15, 19, 22, 27), including most recently YG-27 on August 27, 2015.
If the originally intended launch was not for new model of payload, perhaps it would have been another of one of the two types above?
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#37
by
limen4
on 17 Feb, 2018 14:21
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On some commemorating items for YG-30(03) a strange spacecraft image was shown. It is definitly not YG-30(03), because known images for this latter series are showing a very different appearance. But the spacecraft design shown at the former items is similar to the Jianbing-6 series. Maybe the items designer got accidently a photo of YG-30 instead of YG-30(03).
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#38
by
Phillip Clark
on 19 Feb, 2018 18:08
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The answer is probably "no" but has the issue of the Yaogan Weixing launch from Taiyuan on a CZ-4C been resolved?
No advance warning of the Taiyuan launch so this would seem to preclude a launch failure and there are no missing launch codes for Taiyuan. Maybe it was due further into the future than May 2016 and it was cancelled before a launch code was issued: and it is still on the ground.
