CZ-5 - Tianwen-1 TW-1 Mars mission - Wenchang - July 23, 2020 (04:41 UTC)

• #120 by Steven Pietrobon on 23 Jul, 2020 04:40
• Stand by for lift-off!

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• #121 by otter on 23 Jul, 2020 04:41
• Launched
• #122 by Steven Pietrobon on 23 Jul, 2020 04:42
• Liftoff!

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• #123 by Steven Pietrobon on 23 Jul, 2020 04:43
• T+1 minute.

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• #124 by otter on 23 Jul, 2020 04:43

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• #125 by Steven Pietrobon on 23 Jul, 2020 04:44
• T+2 minutes.

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• #126 by Steven Pietrobon on 23 Jul, 2020 04:44
• T+3 minutes.
  
  https://weibo.com/u/7302431001?refer_flag=1005055013_&is_hot=1

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• #127 by Chris Bergin on 23 Jul, 2020 04:44
• https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1286160315944783872
• #128 by Steven Pietrobon on 23 Jul, 2020 04:45
• T+4 minutes.

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• #129 by Steven Pietrobon on 23 Jul, 2020 04:46
• T+5 minutes.

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• #130 by Steven Pietrobon on 23 Jul, 2020 04:48
• Launch replay.

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• #131 by Steven Pietrobon on 23 Jul, 2020 04:52
• View from the beach. Great audio!

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• #132 by otter on 23 Jul, 2020 04:52
• 12:41 local time
  
  http://www.xinhuanet.com/tech/2020-07/23/c_1126275601.htm
• #133 by Liss on 23 Jul, 2020 04:52
• http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-07/23/c_139234251.htm
  China launches first Mars mission
  Source: Xinhua| 2020-07-23 12:43:56|Editor: huaxia
  WENCHANG, Hainan, July 23 (Xinhua) -- China Thursday launched a Mars probe on a Long March-5 rocket from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site on the coast of southern China's island province of Hainan. Enditem
  
• #134 by Steven Pietrobon on 23 Jul, 2020 04:54
• Another view from the beach.

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• #135 by Steven Pietrobon on 23 Jul, 2020 05:03
• http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-07/23/c_139234266.htm
  
  "Photo taken on July 17, 2020 shows the Long March-5 rocket at the Wenchang Space Launch Center in south China's Hainan Province. The Long March-5 rocket, to be used to launch China's first Mars exploration mission, was vertically transported to the launching area at the Wenchang Space Launch Center in south China's Hainan Province on Friday. (Photo by Zhang Gaoxiang/Xinhua)"

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• #136 by Galactic Penguin SST on 23 Jul, 2020 05:07
• https://twitter.com/Cosmic_Penguin/status/1286164013219377152?s=19
  
  SEI-2 should be about now.
• #137 by Galactic Penguin SST on 23 Jul, 2020 05:13
• https://twitter.com/Cosmic_Penguin/status/1286166899881938944?s=19
  
  The 2nd burn of the second stage should be underway at this moment.
• #138 by Steven Pietrobon on 23 Jul, 2020 05:18
• Separation should be happening about now.
• #139 by otter on 23 Jul, 2020 05:22
• http://slide.tech.sina.com.cn/d/slide_5_453_136028.html

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