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#40 by edkyle99 on 27 Jun, 2018 17:59
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DF-5 based CZ family have 16 launches so far this year with no failures, and the year not quite half done. The record for CZ/DF-5 is 19 successful orbital launches in 2012. Looks like that record will soon be surpassed.
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#41 by limen4 on 27 Jun, 2018 19:25
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Y44 - is that confirmed ?This launch could be for PRSS 1.
http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/prss-1.htm
The information we have says PRSS-1 will be launched from Taiyuan.
I was actually wondering about this one - after all, I haven't seen any public info that PRSS-1 is going into a polar orbit, and some countries near the equator sometimes prefer low inclination LEO for these satellites (e.g. RazakSat for Malaysia and TELEOS-1 for Singapore). Should Pakistan want this, then it would have to be launched from Xichang.
Some guy posted another claim that it is CZ-2C s/n Y44 w/ 2 satellites of the XY-x series though. Dunno of its accuracy.
Confirmed!
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#42 by Chris Bergin on 28 Jun, 2018 20:05
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#43 by limen4 on 01 Jul, 2018 19:22
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Found this spacecraft related designation on a souvenir item from XSLC:
SX is likely for shuāngxīng (=double star). But YSYZ?
