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Yaogan-30-group 04 & Weina-1A - CZ-2C - XSLC - January 25, 2018 (05:39 UTC)
by
beidou
on 28 Dec, 2017 21:27
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According to 9ifly Yaogan-30 group-04 is planned for launch with CZ-2C from XSLC in late January before Chinese Spring Festival
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#1
by
Avengers
on 29 Dec, 2017 03:05
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#2
by
Satori
on 12 Jan, 2018 17:50
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According to Spaceflightfans.cn, launch is now schedule for January 26.
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#3
by
zubenelgenubi
on 12 Jan, 2018 23:12
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Given:
China launches in 2017 (times in UTC)
<several snips>
09 - September 29 (04:21:05.318) - CZ-2C (Y29) - XSLC, LC3 - YG-30-01 Yaogan Weixing-30-01A, B, C (CX-5 Changxin-5 (1A, 1B, 1C))
11 - November 5 (11:45:04.244) - CZ-3B/YZ-1 (Y46/Y4) - XSLC, LC2 - Beidou-3MEO1 (Beidou-24); Beidou-3MEO2 (Beidou-25)
14 - November 24 (18:10:05.130) - CZ-2C (Y33) - XSLC, LC3 - Yaogan 30-02A, B, C (CX-5 Changxin-5 (2A, 2B, 2C))
16 - December 10 (16:40:04.230) - CZ-3B/G2 (Y40) - XSLC, LC2 - AlComSat-1
18 - December 25 (19:42:05.269) - CZ-2C (Y34) - XSLC, LC3 - YG-30-03 Yaogan Weixing-30-03A, B, C (CX-5 Changxin-5 (3A, 3B, 3C))
December 25
And:
China launches in 2018 (times in UTC)
<snip>
02 - January 11 (23:18:04.616) - CZ-3B/YZ-1 (Y45/Y5) - XSLC (07-82), LC2 - Beidou-3MEO7 'Beidou-26'; Beidou-3MEO8 'Beidou-27'
China launch schedule
2018
<snip>
January 26 29 - CZ-2C - XSLC, LC3 - YG-30-04 Yaogan Weixing-30-04A, B, C (CX-5 Changxin-5 (4A, 4B, 4C))
January 12
And given that successive orbital launches from Xichang can happen as quickly as a 2-3 week interval;
It tracks that, given no other information, such as a satellite or launch vehicle processing delay, this launch can happen on January 26.
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#4
by
Satori
on 22 Jan, 2018 13:36
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Spaceflightfans.cn has a photo of a CZ-2C at the launch pad in Xichang. Not sure if this refer to the YG-30-04 mission, though.
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#5
by
Avengers
on 22 Jan, 2018 14:29
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A0262/18 - A TEMPORARY RESTRICTED AREA ESTABLISHED BOUNDED BY:
N263510E1072251-N264300E1065708-N265820E1070259-N265028E1072844
BACK TO START.VERTICAL LIMITS:GND-UNL. ALL ACFT SHALL BE FORBIDDEN
TO FLY INTO THE RESTRICTED AREA. GND - UNL,
25 JAN 05:31 2018 UNTIL 25 JAN 05:51
2018. CREATED: 22 JAN 14:21 2018
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#6
by
Liss
on 22 Jan, 2018 17:59
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This launch seems to go to the December plane #3.
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#7
by
gosnold
on 23 Jan, 2018 19:22
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This launch seems to go to the December plane #3.
Curious, if the CCTV pictures are to be trusted, the satellites are small so the rocket should have a lot of spare capacity. So one launch per plane looked reasonable. Maybe it's an optical/radar component whereas the others were allegedly SIGINT?
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#8
by
jcm
on 25 Jan, 2018 03:48
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Per the thread title, launch expected in under an hour. Any updates?
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#9
by
Galactic Penguin SST
on 25 Jan, 2018 04:19
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Per the thread title, launch expected in under an hour. Any updates?
People seems to be waiting for the launch as of 2 hours ago.
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#10
by
Steven Pietrobon
on 25 Jan, 2018 04:34
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#11
by
Steven Pietrobon
on 25 Jan, 2018 04:36
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The clock on the page is counting down. About 1.5 minutes to launch according to them.
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#12
by
Steven Pietrobon
on 25 Jan, 2018 04:38
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Launch should be happening about now.
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#13
by
Galactic Penguin SST
on 25 Jan, 2018 04:42
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#14
by
Chris Bergin
on 25 Jan, 2018 04:45
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#15
by
chewi
on 25 Jan, 2018 05:00
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#16
by
Steven Pietrobon
on 25 Jan, 2018 05:15
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#17
by
Steven Pietrobon
on 25 Jan, 2018 05:15
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#18
by
Galactic Penguin SST
on 25 Jan, 2018 05:21
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Launch success has been officially confirmed. T-0 was at 05:39 UTC.
Source
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#19
by
Steven Pietrobon
on 25 Jan, 2018 05:27
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Launch success has been officially confirmed. T-0 was at 05:39 UTC.
Source
Thanks! Here's a Bing translation and photos.
"January 25 13:39, the Long march of the second-C launch vehicle in China's Xichang Satellite Launch Center, with one arrow Samsung successfully launched the remote sensing 30th 04 Group of satellites, the satellite then entered a predetermined orbit."
