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#40 by GELORD on 05 Nov, 2017 11:10
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the launch took place?
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#41 by GELORD on 05 Nov, 2017 11:19
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#42 by Alter Sachse on 05 Nov, 2017 12:15
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Rui's article:
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2017/11/long-march-3b-returns-dual-beidou-3-mission/
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#43 by SmallKing on 05 Nov, 2017 12:20
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The debris zone notice confirmed the launchcode 07-80
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#44 by SmallKing on 05 Nov, 2017 12:21
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A better launch video taken by a guy risking his life...
https://weibo.com/tv/v/FtInxCFjB?fid=1034:5faaefd9196acf944d85362af1594bfd -
#45 by Alter Sachse on 05 Nov, 2017 12:42
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#46 by Nordren on 05 Nov, 2017 15:20
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The results are in: http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2017-11/06/c_1121908691.htm
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#47 by Chris Bergin on 05 Nov, 2017 15:21
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Good news! Thanks for keeping an eye on the Chinese media
Rui's article updated to successful launch:
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2017/11/long-march-3b-returns-dual-beidou-3-mission/ -
#48 by Alter Sachse on 05 Nov, 2017 15:31
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The results are in: http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2017-11/06/c_1121908691.htm
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#49 by jcm on 05 Nov, 2017 15:59
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I'm confused by the nomenclature here. Beidou-3 M1-S and M2-S were launched in Jul 2015. Now these are Beidou-3 M1 and M2? What was the significance of the -S on the previous Beidou-3 launches (and do we have a Chinese source for the M1 and M2 designations?)
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#50 by Galactic Penguin SST on 05 Nov, 2017 16:10
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I'm confused by the nomenclature here. Beidou-3 M1-S and M2-S were launched in Jul 2015. Now these are Beidou-3 M1 and M2? What was the significance of the -S on the previous Beidou-3 launches (and do we have a Chinese source for the M1 and M2 designations?)
(1) Some earlier sources indicates that -S stands for shiyan (Experimental in Chinese)
(2) Haven't seen an official name for these two yet - in fact I wish the Chinese can stick with a consistent naming conventions for their BDS satellites! I mean, you have GPS SVN XX, GLONASS-M #7XX and Galileo GSAT0XXX, but for BeiDou the only "reliable" way to call the individual satellites is by calling them the "nth satellite".
Also a small rant - apparently the only one-stop place I have seen of getting the status and almanac of the BeiDou satellites is from.....the official GLONASS website! I am also waiting for public BeiDou status messages to appear (I mean, I'm about to get a new smart phone tomorrow that can use all "Big 4" navsat constellations, yet it's harder to get info on 1 of these 4).
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#51 by input~2 on 05 Nov, 2017 16:53
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#52 by input~2 on 05 Nov, 2017 18:17
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18 Beidou-3 satellites to be launched in 2018
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#53 by input~2 on 05 Nov, 2017 18:56
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These are the first and second Beidou-3 satellites after the launch in 2015/2016 of 5 test satellites
http://www.beidou.gov.cn/2017/11/06/201711060795927914fb4b328b4b1e3550acb6e7.html -
#54 by SmallKing on 06 Nov, 2017 00:16
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CZ3B Y46/YZ1 Y4
http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/0u_V8-tGUi8gGSOJ6iisBA -
#55 by Galactic Penguin SST on 06 Nov, 2017 01:41
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HR photos:
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#56 by SmallKing on 06 Nov, 2017 03:02
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Scary, the debris were failing down..
https://weibo.com/tv/v/FtJ99Ar5I?fid=1034:ed70c6b9a72e060d42abd07b645b9391 -
#57 by SmallKing on 06 Nov, 2017 03:09
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#58 by SmallKing on 06 Nov, 2017 03:20
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Launch time: 19:45:04.244(UTC+8)
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#59 by Galactic Penguin SST on 06 Nov, 2017 04:14
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You can see that the two satellites are marked as "MEO-1" & "MEO-2" on the display screen of the LCC.
