https://twitter.com/ShuttleAlmanac/status/1164537103528554497
<snip>Offical, up-to-date (but ambitious) schedule stands at early 2020:http://english.cas.cn/newsroom/news/201907/t20190718_213194.shtmlQuoteCLEP's next mission is set to launch in early 2020. Dubbed Chang'E 5...
CLEP's next mission is set to launch in early 2020. Dubbed Chang'E 5...
China launch schedule2019August 29 (?) - KZ-1A (Y10) - JSLC - KX-09August 6August 19
China launch schedule2019September - CZ-4B (Y39) - TSLC, LC9 - ZY-2D Ziyuan-2D, Tianyi MV-1, BNU-1August 30
From Xinhua,China to launch polar-observing microsat.
China will send ["Ice Pathfinder" (Code: BNU-1)] into orbit for polar climate and environment observation in September, according to its developers.
spaceflightfans.cn today has published a launch date of Septeber 24, 2019.http://www.spaceflightfans.cn/china-launch-schedule
The sequence of the next 9 Kuaizhou 1A flights are listed in the comic below. All of them are claimed to be planned before the end of 2019 (!!!!).Y2-Y5 are apparently the ones reserved for the "4 launches in 1 week" program that is apparently planned for this December according to CCTV post last launch.https://twitter.com/Cosmic_Penguin/status/1168573348055437315
Launch to take place on September 12.ZY-2D Ziyuan-2DJingshi-1 (BNU-1)Naxing-3
According to https://amsat-dl.org/en/satelliten-geplant/ CAS-6 and CAS-7A will be launched in October 2019.
Quote from: Satori on 09/14/2019 09:41 amAccording to https://amsat-dl.org/en/satelliten-geplant/ CAS-6 and CAS-7A will be launched in October 2019.I have some doubts on the CAS-6 launch being from the sea (especially given its SSO planned orbit). Where does that part come from?
Quote from: Galactic Penguin SST on 09/14/2019 10:18 amQuote from: Satori on 09/14/2019 09:41 amAccording to https://amsat-dl.org/en/satelliten-geplant/ CAS-6 and CAS-7A will be launched in October 2019.I have some doubts on the CAS-6 launch being from the sea (especially given its SSO planned orbit). Where does that part come from?From http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=622 "Planning a Sea Launch Pad from the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology in September 2018 into a 579 x 579 km 45 degree orbit."
9ifly now indicates the launch to be on September 22 at 20:35 UTC.CZ-3B s/n Y65 will be used for this launch.
<snip>Seems like the launch time will be closer to 21:00 UTC (the previous report, based on local tour operators, has the time as 20:30 - 21:30 UTC).
This air space closure notice has just cropped up showing yet another satellite launch out of Jiuquan early on the 25th:<snip>According to spaceflightfans.cn the launch is for Yunhai-1-02 on a CZ-2D.