FAILURE: Jilin-1 Gaofen-02C - KZ-1A - Jiuquan - September 12, 2020 (05:02 UTC)

• FAILURE: Jilin-1 Gaofen-02C - KZ-1A - Jiuquan - September 12, 2020 (05:02 UTC) by Satori on 13 Jul, 2020 10:15
• The high resolution remote sensing satellite for the Jilin-1 constellation, Jilin-1 Gaofen-02C, will be launched by a Kuaizhou-1A launch vehicle from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in August 2020.
• #1 by zubenelgenubi on 01 Sep, 2020 21:11
• https://twitter.com/Cosmic_Penguin/status/1298170508232364033
  

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  (CONFIRMED) An additional 3 sats for the Jilin-1 EO constellation was sent out on Aug. 24 (HR-02C/D/F, the previous 9 are 03x). They will fly on 3 separate launches, apparently KZ-1As out of Taiyuan in quick succession.

  
  Cross-post:
  

  Quote from: Alter Sachse on 31 Aug, 2020 15:48

  Planned launches in September
  
  September, Long March 11 Sea Launch, Jilin 1 High Score 03 series nine satellites of Changguang Satellite Company
  September Ceres 1 solid rocket Jiuquan (review completed on July 3, 2019, and confirmed the first flight time)
  September Kuaizhou-1A Jiuquan Changguang Satellite Jilin-1 High Score 02C
  September Kuaizhou-1A Jiuquan Changguang Satellite Jilin-1 High Score 02D
  September Kuaizhou-1A Jiuquan Changguang Satellite Jilin-1 High Score 02F
  Late September Long March No. 4B Taiyuan Ocean No. 3 Star (HY-2C)
  (automatic translation)
  
  *High Score = Gaofen
  
  http://www.spaceflightfans.cn/china-launch-schedule
  

  
  EDIT Launch threads for:
  Jilin-1 Gaofen-02D
  Jilin-1 Gaofen-02F
• #2 by Liss on 10 Sep, 2020 22:25
• It seems a KZ-1A may be launched on Sep 11 at approx 0330 UTC from Jiuquan:
  
  A3487/20 - FLW SEGMENT OF ATS RTE CLSD:
  1. A596: YABRAI VOR 'YBL'-DENGKOU VOR 'DKO'.
  2. V67:  N393931E1003646-YABRAI VOR 'YBL'. 11 SEP 03:10 2020 UNTIL 11 SEP 04:30 2020. CREATED: 10 SEP 13:19 2020
  
  A3490/20 - FLW SEGMENT OF ATS RTE CLSD:
  1. V67:  YABRAI VOR 'YBL'-JIAYUGUAN VOR 'CHW'.
  2. W191: TOSAP-MULRU.
  3. W112: BILDA-TUSLI.
  4. B215: OMGUP-NIXUK. 11 SEP 03:06 2020 UNTIL 11 SEP 04:36 2020. CREATED: 10 SEP 15:14 2020
• #3 by zubenelgenubi on 11 Sep, 2020 03:36
• Launch could be happening now.
• #4 by zubenelgenubi on 11 Sep, 2020 04:54
• Quote from: zubenelgenubi on 11 Sep, 2020 03:36

  Launch could be happening now.
  

  Nothing?
• #5 by Liss on 11 Sep, 2020 07:08
• At 9ifly, they said it could be a missile launch.
• #6 by Liss on 11 Sep, 2020 15:30
• Well, this time there are NOTAMs for three launches with five days intervals.
  
  A3505/20 - A TEMPORARY RESTRICTED AREA ESTABLISHED BOUNDED BY: N394156E1000354-N394301E0995704-N395613E1000032-N395508E1000726 BACK TO START. VERTICAL LIMITS: GND-UNL. ALL ACFT SHALL BE FORBIDDEN TO FLY INTO THE RESTRICTED AREA. SFC - UNL, 0453-0529 12, 0611-0647 17, 22, 12 SEP 04:53 2020 UNTIL 22 SEP 06:47 2020. CREATED: 11 SEP 09:28 2020
  
  A3506/20 - A TEMPORARY RESTRICTED AREA ESTABLISHED BOUNDED BY: N304059E0974550-N304323E0973336-N312020E0974316-N311756E0975534 BACK TO START. VERTICAL LIMITS: GND-UNL. ALL ACFT SHALL BE FORBIDDEN TO FLY INTO THE RESTRICTED AREA. GND - UNL, 0454-0534 12, 0612-0652 17 22, 12 SEP 04:54 2020 UNTIL 22 SEP 06:52 2020. CREATED: 11 SEP 09:34 2020
• #7 by Alter Sachse on 11 Sep, 2020 15:30
• 2020年9月12日 @ 13:02
  
  =05:02 UTC
  
  http://www.spaceflightfans.cn/event/china-kz-1a-rocket-launch-jilin-1-gaofen-02c-satellites?instance_id=3662

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• #8 by zubenelgenubi on 12 Sep, 2020 03:40
• Unfortunately, the Astra launch from Kodiak, a few minutes ago, failed.
  This launch is the second orbital launch scheduled today (UTC).
• #9 by zubenelgenubi on 12 Sep, 2020 05:19
• Any news?
• #10 by otter on 12 Sep, 2020 05:20
• Launched ~13:05 local time
  
  https://weibo.com/5616492130/Jkh4YhHvY
• #11 by Satori on 12 Sep, 2020 05:47
• No news of launch success until now...
• #12 by Satori on 12 Sep, 2020 05:50
• There is a launch photo posted on 9ifly Chinese space forum, but I'm not sure that it is from this launch...

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• #13 by otter on 12 Sep, 2020 06:23
• Looks like a launch success
  
  https://weibo.com/5616492130/JkhtQqTSW
  
  Liftoff - 13:02 local time
• #14 by Galactic Penguin SST on 12 Sep, 2020 06:29
• It took quite some more time than usual, but launch success has finally been confirmed with T-0 at 05:02 UTC.
  
  And yes it's Jilin-1 HR-02C, this time with the sponsored name of "Inner Mongolia 1" as CASIC marked their cooperation with their regional government.
• #15 by Galactic Penguin SST on 12 Sep, 2020 06:55
• Hmm, then lack of news has persisted for some time and now there are reports that the launch did fail...
• #16 by otter on 12 Sep, 2020 07:06
• And the weibo post from China Aerospace about the launch success was deleted
• #17 by Kryten on 12 Sep, 2020 07:23
•  If this is a failure then that brings us to 8 complete launch failures: numbers like that haven't been seen since the early 80s, this really is a bloodbath of a year. I put '5-8 complete failures' in my 2020 prediction post and thought that was pessimistic, now it's hanging by a thread.
• #18 by Svetoslav on 12 Sep, 2020 07:29
• Quote from: Kryten on 12 Sep, 2020 07:23

  If this is a failure then that brings us to 8 complete launch failures: numbers like that haven't been seen since the early 80s, this really is a bloodbath of a year. I put '5-8 complete failures' in my 2020 prediction post and thought that was pessimistic, now it's hanging by a thread.
  

  
  But we had the launch of three brand new rockets - LauncherOne, KZ-11 and Astra.
  
  Plus, problems with some rockets like Electron are just starting to show up.
  
  Quite normal.
• #19 by Nordren on 12 Sep, 2020 07:47
• Long March 7A was a new launcher too.