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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
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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
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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."
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#20
by
chewi
on 25 Jan, 2018 05:35
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#21
by
Steven Pietrobon
on 25 Jan, 2018 05:50
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#22
by
input~2
on 25 Jan, 2018 06:07
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Let's see if Launch code is "07-84"
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#23
by
chewi
on 25 Jan, 2018 06:26
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China launches remote sensing satelliteshttp://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-01/25/c_136924069.htmXICHANG, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- China launched remote sensing satellites at 1:39 p.m.(Beijing Time) Thursday on a Long March-2C carrier rocket from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province.
The satellites have entered their preset orbit and the launch was proclaimed a success.
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#24
by
Galactic Penguin SST
on 25 Jan, 2018 07:04
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#25
by
Galactic Penguin SST
on 25 Jan, 2018 07:43
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#26
by
FutureSpaceTourist
on 25 Jan, 2018 08:20
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#27
by
input~2
on 25 Jan, 2018 09:56
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4 objects have been cataloged by USSTRATCOM
2018-011A/43169 in 585 x 613 km x 34.95°
2018-011B/43170 in 599 x 606 km x 35.00°
2018-011C/43171 in 588 x 603km x 35.00°
2018-011D/43172 in 535 x 607 km x 35.00°
The 3 satellites (objects A, B and C) appear to be in the same plane (RAAN of 184° this morning) as group#3 as Liss predicted
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#28
by
Phillip Clark
on 25 Jan, 2018 10:03
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4 objects have been cataloged by USSTRATCOM
2018-011A/43169 in 585 x 613 km x 34.95°
2018-011B/43170 in 599 x 606 km x 35.00°
2018-011C/43171 in 588 x 603km x 35.00°
2018-011D/43172 in 535 x 607 km x 35.00°
The 3 satellites (objects A, B and C) appear to be in the same plane (RAAN of 184° this morning) as group#3 as Liss predicted
I would guess that D is the rocket stage, but when Weina 1A is spotted in orbit I would expect that to become D and the rocket stage get a new international designator E and fresh catalogue number.
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#29
by
input~2
on 25 Jan, 2018 10:06
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#30
by
Phillip Clark
on 25 Jan, 2018 10:15
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The way that the Chinese are, I am not even taking the "07" part of the launch code for granted!!
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#31
by
input~2
on 25 Jan, 2018 10:18
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A better control room view (via 9ifly) confirming launch code as "07-84" and lift-off at 05:39:04.986 UTC
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#32
by
input~2
on 25 Jan, 2018 11:23
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#33
by
input~2
on 25 Jan, 2018 11:43
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AFAIU "Wēinà-1A Wèixīng" (微纳-1A”卫星) translates as "micro-nano-1A satellite"
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#34
by
Alter Sachse
on 25 Jan, 2018 13:04
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Anyone found the rocket serial number ??
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#35
by
limen4
on 25 Jan, 2018 19:04
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AFAIU "Wēinà-1A Wèixīng" (微纳-1A”卫星) translates as "micro-nano-1A satellite"
In August 2017 a company named Beijing Micro-Nano Star Technology Co., Ltd. was established. In an interview the general manager anounced the launch of 6 satellites in 2018 (
http://tech.ifeng.com/a/20171229/44825398_0.shtml).
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#36
by
input~2
on 25 Jan, 2018 19:18
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4 objects have been cataloged by USSTRATCOM
2018-011A/43169 in 585 x 613 km x 34.95°
2018-011B/43170 in 599 x 606 km x 35.00°
2018-011C/43171 in 588 x 603km x 35.00°
2018-011D/43172 in 535 x 607 km x 35.00°
The 3 satellites (objects A, B and C) appear to be in the same plane (RAAN of 184° this morning) as group#3 as Liss predicted
I would guess that D is the rocket stage, but when Weina 1A is spotted in orbit I would expect that to become D and the rocket stage get a new international designator E and fresh catalogue number.
Well, here is Object E:
2018-011E/43173 in 396 x 603 x 34.96°
which looks like the rocket stage, so D could be Weina-1A
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#37
by
input~2
on 27 Jan, 2018 07:33
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Reshuffled classification in the Catalog:
2018-011A 43169 PAYLOAD WEINA 1A 96.64min 35.00° 601km 595km
2018-011B 43170 PAYLOAD YAOGAN-30 K 96.62min 34.99° 602km 592km
2018-011C 43171 PAYLOAD YAOGAN-30 L 96.62min 34.99° 602km 591km
2018-011D 43172 PAYLOAD YAOGAN-30 M 96.61min 34.99° 602km 591km
2018-011E 43173 ROCKET BODY CZ-2C R/B 94.60min 34.97° 603km 395km
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#38
by
GELORD
on 29 Jan, 2018 19:57
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#39
by
Liss
on 03 Feb, 2018 20:30
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#40
by
limen4
on 04 Feb, 2018 14:46
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AFAIU "Wēinà-1A Wèixīng" (微纳-1A”卫星) translates as "micro-nano-1A satellite"
In August 2017 a company named Beijing Micro-Nano Star Technology Co., Ltd. was established. In an interview the general manager anounced the launch of 6 satellites in 2018 (http://tech.ifeng.com/a/20171229/44825398_0.shtml).
My post is obsolete. It is now clear that the mentioned company is not the producer of the satellite. It is a bird of the Shanghai Micro Satellite Engineering Center
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#41
by
Liss
on 04 Feb, 2018 15:02
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The three satellites have already finished their in-plane separation yielding a paradoxal structure -- all the three are located between the two CX-5 birds from the December launch.
I'm at a loss at seeing this. The Chinese have nine such gaps -- three in each of the three planes -- and eight of the nine are empty as of today. Would the Shanghai team add eight more triplets?
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#42
by
input~2
on 04 Feb, 2018 15:36
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The three satellites have already finished their in-plane separation yielding a paradoxal structure -- all the three are located between the two CX-5 birds from the December launch.
I'm at a loss at seeing this. The Chinese have nine such gaps -- three in each of the three planes -- and eight of the nine are empty as of today. Would the Shanghai team add eight more triplets?
What's the vertical scale?
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#43
by
gwiz
on 04 Feb, 2018 15:47
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I'm at a loss at seeing this. The Chinese have nine such gaps -- three in each of the three planes -- and eight of the nine are empty as of today. Would the Shanghai team add eight more triplets?
In-orbit spares?
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#44
by
Liss
on 04 Feb, 2018 17:04
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The three satellites have already finished their in-plane separation yielding a paradoxal structure -- all the three are located between the two CX-5 birds from the December launch.
I'm at a loss at seeing this. The Chinese have nine such gaps -- three in each of the three planes -- and eight of the nine are empty as of today. Would the Shanghai team add eight more triplets?
What's the vertical scale?
Time in minutes in orbit.
More precisely, fractional part of [time from 01 Jan 2017 00:00 UTC / orbital period in stable orbit].
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#45
by
gosnold
on 04 Feb, 2018 17:22
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The three satellites have already finished their in-plane separation yielding a paradoxal structure -- all the three are located between the two CX-5 birds from the December launch.
I'm at a loss at seeing this. The Chinese have nine such gaps -- three in each of the three planes -- and eight of the nine are empty as of today. Would the Shanghai team add eight more triplets?
Maybe they want/can afford truly continuous coverage only at certain times? Or it's different sensors with a smaller swath? But I agree that's weird.
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#46
by
jcm
on 05 Feb, 2018 21:48
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AFAIU "Wēinà-1A Wèixīng" (微纳-1A”卫星) translates as "micro-nano-1A satellite"
In August 2017 a company named Beijing Micro-Nano Star Technology Co., Ltd. was established. In an interview the general manager anounced the launch of 6 satellites in 2018 (http://tech.ifeng.com/a/20171229/44825398_0.shtml).
My post is obsolete. It is now clear that the mentioned company is not the producer of the satellite. It is a bird of the Shanghai Micro Satellite Engineering Center
It's clear it's not the producer but could it be the owner? Just like QTT are the owner of the center's TY-6?
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#47
by
limen4
on 06 Feb, 2018 18:52
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AFAIU "Wēinà-1A Wèixīng" (微纳-1A”卫星) translates as "micro-nano-1A satellite"
In August 2017 a company named Beijing Micro-Nano Star Technology Co., Ltd. was established. In an interview the general manager anounced the launch of 6 satellites in 2018 (http://tech.ifeng.com/a/20171229/44825398_0.shtml).
My post is obsolete. It is now clear that the mentioned company is not the producer of the satellite. It is a bird of the Shanghai Micro Satellite Engineering Center
It's clear it's not the producer but could it be the owner? Just like QTT are the owner of the center's TY-6?
A translation of the quoted article rather signals that Micro Nano Star is actually a developer and manufacturer of small satellites.
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