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#20
by
Steven Pietrobon
on 12 Feb, 2018 06:04
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#21
by
FutureSpaceTourist
on 12 Feb, 2018 06:47
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#22
by
SmallKing
on 12 Feb, 2018 08:08
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#23
by
SmallKing
on 12 Feb, 2018 08:12
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#24
by
SmallKing
on 12 Feb, 2018 08:14
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#25
by
Galactic Penguin SST
on 12 Feb, 2018 08:32
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A lucky house
Considering that Chinese New Year is only 4 days away, that should count as good luck for the next year.
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#26
by
SmallKing
on 12 Feb, 2018 08:33
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#27
by
Galactic Penguin SST
on 12 Feb, 2018 08:34
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Oh and launch success has just been officially confirmed. T-0 was at 05:03 UTC.
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#28
by
Avengers
on 12 Feb, 2018 08:54
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#29
by
FutureSpaceTourist
on 12 Feb, 2018 10:57
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So, launch delayed by 24 hours.
The reason for the delay was Xi Jinping visited XSLC the day before yesterday
Picture attached, from tweet:
Ah, so the reason the Long March 3B/YZ-1 launch was pushed back to today was a visit by Xi Jinping to Xichang Satellite Launch Centre on the 10th.
https://twitter.com/aj_fi/status/963018008611389441
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#30
by
input~2
on 12 Feb, 2018 11:12
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#31
by
input~2
on 12 Feb, 2018 11:15
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A first object has been cataloged by USSTRATCOM
2018-018A/43207 in 160 x 22158 km x 54.85°
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#32
by
chewi
on 12 Feb, 2018 11:18
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From Xinhua
China sent twin BeiDou-3 navigation satellites into orbithttp://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-02/12/c_136970281.htmXICHANG, Sichuan, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- China sent two satellites into orbit on a single carrier rocket for its domestic BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) Monday.
The twin satellites, which form a network with four previously launched BeiDou-3 satellites, were the fifth and sixth satellites in the BeiDou-3 family. They entered orbit more than three hours after the launch from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province.
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#33
by
SciNews
on 12 Feb, 2018 11:33
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Beidou-3 navigation satellites launched by Long March-3B
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#34
by
Phillip Clark
on 12 Feb, 2018 11:37
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Can anyone with better eyesight than mine (99% of the population!) see the launch vehicle serial number on any of the photos please?
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#35
by
Satori
on 12 Feb, 2018 11:37
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Launch time 05:03:04.218UTC
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#36
by
SciNews
on 12 Feb, 2018 11:47
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Images from the control center
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#37
by
Galactic Penguin SST
on 12 Feb, 2018 13:15
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#38
by
input~2
on 12 Feb, 2018 16:02
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A first object has been cataloged by USSTRATCOM
2018-018A/43207 in 160 x 22158 km x 54.85°
3 more Objects and old Object A seems to have become new Object C (CZ-3B 3rd stage?)
2018-018A/43207 in 21465 x 22170 km x 55.0° (S/C?)
2018-018B/43208 in 21539 x 22191 km x 54.99° (S/C?)
2018-018C/43209 in 164 x 18630 km x 54.93° (3rd stage?)
2018-018D/43210 in 22184 x 22285 km x 54.80° (YZ-1?)
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#39
by
zubenelgenubi
on 12 Feb, 2018 16:36
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So, launch delayed by 24 hours.
The reason for the delay was Xi Jinping visited XSLC the day before yesterday
Picture attached, from tweet:
Ah, so the reason the Long March 3B/YZ-1 launch was pushed back to today was a visit by Xi Jinping to Xichang Satellite Launch Centre on the 10th.
https://twitter.com/aj_fi/status/963018008611389441
Hmm...Why not visit, AND view a launch? It was a mid-day LT, and he IS head of government and head of state.
Did he (or his political advisers) not want to be on-site in case of the slight chance that the launch would less than nominal?
Or security concerns about launch hazards?
