BeiDou-3 MEO1&MEO2 - CZ-3B/YZ-1 - XSLC - November 5, 2017 (11:45 UTC)

• #60 by SciNews on 06 Nov, 2017 04:42
• Long March-3B launches two BeiDou-3 satellites
  
  Two BeiDou-3 satellites were launched by a Long March-3B launch vehicle from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, Sichuan province, on 5 November 2017, at 11:45 UTC (19:45 local time). To expand the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System, China plans to launch 18 BeiDou-3 satellites by the end of 2018.
• #61 by Moon Rabbit on 06 Nov, 2017 04:47
• Quote from: Galactic Penguin SST on 06 Nov, 2017 04:14

  You can see that the two satellites are marked as "MEO-1" & "MEO-2" on the display screen of the LCC. 
  

  
  The last two photos...where is that building? XSLC?
• #62 by input~2 on 06 Nov, 2017 05:07
• Short launch videos
  http://tv.cctv.com/2017/11/06/VIDEQXcSEW4VYElkSCAtXgar171106.shtml
  http://tv.cctv.com/2017/11/06/VIDEexVWooJmwWp0Y2rs2ZYv171106.shtml
  http://tv.cctv.com/2017/11/06/VIDEMJEHNR0Vq8LRmkSxoVhp171106.shtml

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• #63 by input~2 on 06 Nov, 2017 09:28
• Warning for 1st stage debris from "07-80" in Debao county, Guangxi province

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• #64 by input~2 on 06 Nov, 2017 12:34
• Interesting rocket debris museum in nearby Tiandeng
  (debris shown on picture below  apparently come from M1-S/M2-S launch)

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• #65 by GELORD on 06 Nov, 2017 18:14
• CZ-3B / YZ-1
  PLA Television 
• #66 by input~2 on 06 Nov, 2017 18:17
• 4 objects have been cataloged by USSTRATCOM:
  
  2017-069A/43001 in 21507 x 22189 km x 55.00°  (M1?)
  2017-069B/43002 in 21551 x 22193 km x 55.01° (M2?)
  2017-069C/43003 in 22190 x 22447 km x 54.84° (YZ-1?)
  2017-069D/43004 in  175 x 18212 km x 55.02° (3rd stage?)
• #67 by GELORD on 06 Nov, 2017 23:04
• Two Line Element Set (TLE)
  
  OBJECT A
  1 43001U 17069A   17309.73377646 +.00000073 +00000-0 +00000-0 0  9994
  2 43001 055.0046 168.2883 0120778 179.0437 239.4708 01.83069821000025
  
  OBJECT B
  1 43002U 17069B   17310.68697418  .00000062  00000-0  00000+0 0  9990
  2 43002  55.0037 168.2625 0115424 176.5584 149.5171  1.82882938    34
  
  YZ-1 R/B
  1 43003U 17069C   17309.69964912 +.00000065 +00000-0 +00000-0 0  9990
  2 43003 054.8392 168.2900 0044837 353.2473 041.7800 01.78591692000011
  
  CZ-3B R/B
  1 43004U 17069D   17309.85191961 +.00008451 -82148-6 +10000-3 0  9996
  2 43004 055.0166 168.1600 5791425 170.0555 210.2104 04.46790571000029
  
• #68 by GELORD on 06 Nov, 2017 23:45
• 2017.11.05  Well seen in the photo  CZ-3B Y46/YZ-1 Y4

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• #69 by Lewis007 on 07 Nov, 2017 07:05
• A few additional launch pics.
  source: http://www.chinanews.com/tp/hd2011/2017/11-06/781451.shtml
  

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• #70 by GELORD on 07 Nov, 2017 17:57
• #71 by GELORD on 07 Nov, 2017 19:57

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