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Tiantong-1 (01) - CZ-3B/G2- XSLC, LC3 - August 5, 2016 (16:22 UTC)
by
Satori
on 21 Jul, 2016 12:06
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Tiantong-1 (01) mobile communications satellite to be launched from Xichang in early August.
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#1
by
Galactic Penguin SST
on 21 Jul, 2016 12:20
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This is a (civillian?) mobile comsat operated by China SatCom so I guess it's the same satellite as the "S-band mobile communication satellite" that has been floating around for some time and might be a descendant of the CMMB project.
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#2
by
russianhalo117
on 21 Jul, 2016 17:08
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This is a (civillian?) mobile comsat operated by China SatCom so I guess it's the same satellite as the "S-band mobile communication satellite" that has been floating around for some time and might be a descendant of the CMMB project.
I thinking that Tiantong-1 might be first operational one with previous being experimental.
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#3
by
Satori
on 01 Aug, 2016 19:04
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Preparations for the launch of Tiantong-1 (01) at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center.
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#4
by
russianhalo117
on 01 Aug, 2016 19:19
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Preparations for the launch of Tiantong-1 (01) at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center.
Based on pad shown this is LC3 in the picture
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#5
by
Galactic Penguin SST
on 02 Aug, 2016 03:15
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Preparations for the launch of Tiantong-1 (01) at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center.
Based on pad shown this is LC3 in the picture
Yes and rumors are pointing to the launch date being on August 5.
I also retract my previous guess that this is a civilian satellite - the lack of info clearly points to it being of military nature.
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#6
by
starbase
on 02 Aug, 2016 12:52
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Yes and rumors are pointing to the launch date being on August 5.
I also retract my previous guess that this is a civilian satellite - the lack of info clearly points to it being of military nature.
Launch date source:
https://twitter.com/AJ_FI/status/760140714072215552
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#7
by
Satori
on 04 Aug, 2016 10:15
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Still no NOTAMs for this launch?
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#8
by
Galactic Penguin SST
on 04 Aug, 2016 14:53
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Still no NOTAMs for this launch?
Nope.....but
rumors point to launch being on tomorrow at 15:00 - 15:30 UTC.
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#9
by
Satori
on 04 Aug, 2016 16:10
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Still no NOTAMs for this launch?
Nope.....but rumors point to launch being on tomorrow at 15:00 - 15:30 UTC.
And no other information available about the satellite?
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#10
by
input~2
on 04 Aug, 2016 16:48
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I also retract my previous guess that this is a civilian satellite - the lack of info clearly points to it being of military nature.
So presumably launch codename will be "07-73"
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#11
by
Galactic Penguin SST
on 05 Aug, 2016 02:59
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A1981/16 (Issued for ZGZU ZSHA) - A TEMPORARY RESTRICTED AREA ESTABLISHED WI THE AREA:
N260808E1142921-N261444E1140013-N255857E1135553-N255223E1142456
BACK TO START.
VERTICAL LIMITS:GND-UNL. GND - UNL, 05 AUG 16:16 2016 UNTIL 05 AUG 17:02 2016.
CREATED: 05 AUG 01:48 2016
A1980/16 - A TEMPORARY RESTRICTED AREA ESTABLISHED WI THE AREA:
N272159E1083650-N273125E1074313-N271528E1073946-N270603E1083315
BACK TO START.
VERTICAL LIMITS:GND-UNL. GND - UNL, 05 AUG 16:15 2016 UNTIL 05 AUG 16:51 2016.
CREATED: 05 AUG 01:41 2016
Seems like the launch time is closer to 16:20 UTC.
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#12
by
Galactic Penguin SST
on 05 Aug, 2016 03:03
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#13
by
input~2
on 05 Aug, 2016 06:49
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A1981/16 (Issued for ZGZU ZSHA) - A TEMPORARY RESTRICTED AREA ....
As usual for CZ-3B NOTAMed drop zones correspond to boosters and fairing debris only
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#14
by
Galactic Penguin SST
on 05 Aug, 2016 11:33
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A1981/16 (Issued for ZGZU ZSHA) - A TEMPORARY RESTRICTED AREA ESTABLISHED WI THE AREA:
N260808E1142921-N261444E1140013-N255857E1135553-N255223E1142456
BACK TO START.
VERTICAL LIMITS:GND-UNL. GND - UNL, 05 AUG 16:16 2016 UNTIL 05 AUG 17:02 2016.
CREATED: 05 AUG 01:48 2016
A1980/16 - A TEMPORARY RESTRICTED AREA ESTABLISHED WI THE AREA:
N272159E1083650-N273125E1074313-N271528E1073946-N270603E1083315
BACK TO START.
VERTICAL LIMITS:GND-UNL. GND - UNL, 05 AUG 16:15 2016 UNTIL 05 AUG 16:51 2016.
CREATED: 05 AUG 01:41 2016
Seems like the launch time is closer to 16:20 UTC.
16:22 UTC per
https://twitter.com/cnspaceflight/status/761462433760186369.
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#15
by
Galactic Penguin SST
on 05 Aug, 2016 16:26
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Liftoff confirmed.
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#16
by
russianhalo117
on 05 Aug, 2016 16:29
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Liftoff confirmed.
now the waiting game for the pictures and needed info.
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#17
by
input~2
on 05 Aug, 2016 16:31
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Lift off confirmed.. via shaking windows
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#18
by
Satori
on 05 Aug, 2016 16:37
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长征三号乙运载火箭的发射时间是8月6日00:22，将是西昌卫星发射中心的第99次卫星发射任务。任务代号应该是07-73
Automatic translation: Long March 3B launch time is at 00:22 on August 6, it will be the 99th satellite launch mission Xichang Satellite Launch Center. Task code should be 07-73
I only have 98 launches on my tables. Can someone please verify this?
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#19
by
input~2
on 05 Aug, 2016 16:39
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From Chinese microblogging (approximate translation from Chinese):
"Just now there's been a satellite launch; I thought it was an earthquake; on this point Xichang is not good!"
