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Gaofen-3-02 - CZ-4C - Jiuquan - November 22, 2021 (23:45 UTC)
by
zubenelgenubi
on 01 Sep, 2020 20:20
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Gaofen-3https://twitter.com/Cosmic_Penguin/status/1297393927142572032(PROBABLE) The Yuan Wang 3 tracking ship was found crossing through the Sunda Strait of Indonesia 2 days ago into the Indian Ocean, consistent w/ an upcoming SSO launch from Taiyuan soon w/ the LM-4C rocket. A follow-on to the GF-3 C-band radar sat is there & this might be it.
https://twitter.com/Cosmic_Penguin/status/1298170509515866113(RUMOR) After entering the Indian Ocean the Yuan Wang 3 tracking ship went W instead of SW as expected, which lessen the chance of a LM-4C launch soon & aligns more with the LM-2F (s/n T3 according to a Chinese guidance control paper)/spaceplane thingy flying soon!
https://twitter.com/Cosmic_Penguin/status/1298494233855193088(CONFIRMED) A 1 m resolution C-band SAR sat follow-on to GF-3 (may probably be called “GF-3-02”) is in the works and may launch later this year, maybe within the next month, from Jiuquan on LM-4C to a 755 km high SSO, a first for the LM-4 series to polar orbits.
Previous launch thread:
Gaofen-3 (01) launched August 9, 2016.
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#1
by
zubenelgenubi
on 18 Oct, 2020 21:23
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#2
by
zubenelgenubi
on 27 Jan, 2021 17:45
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#3
by
Satori
on 11 Feb, 2021 13:38
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Yuanwang-6 departed port possibly to support this mission. Launch can be expected on the second half of February.
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#4
by
Liss
on 12 Feb, 2021 06:01
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Well, AFAIK the two successors to GF-3 would be named Haiyang-3.
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#5
by
zubenelgenubi
on 30 Jun, 2021 06:18
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Cross-post:
Spaceflightfans.cn is giving July 6 (TBC) as the launch date for Tianlian-1 (05).
Also listed is CZ-2D Y59 with Jilin-1 Kuanfu-01B on July 5th and CZ-4C Y28 with Gaofen-3 02 on July 7th.
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#6
by
Josh_from_Canada
on 30 Jun, 2021 20:53
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Spaceflightfans.cn now lists this launch on July 5th
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#7
by
Galactic Penguin SST
on 01 Jul, 2021 07:43
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A1413/21 NOTAMN
Q) ZLHW/QRTCA/IV/BO/W/000/999/3527N09816E012
A) ZLHW B) 2107042308 C) 2107042354
E) A TEMPORARY RESTRICTED AREA ESTABLISHED BOUNDED
BY:N351605E0981919-N351858E0980640-N353950E0981341-N353654E0982628
BACK TO START. ALL ACFT SHALL BE FORBIDDEN TO FLY INTO THE
RESTRICTED AREA. VERTICAL LIMITS:GND-UNL.
F) GND G) UNL
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#8
by
Galactic Penguin SST
on 01 Jul, 2021 17:44
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Correction: the above NOTAM is apparently for the FY-3E launch instead.
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#9
by
Vahe231991
on 08 Jul, 2021 22:17
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#10
by
zubenelgenubi
on 09 Jul, 2021 00:48
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#11
by
zubenelgenubi
on 23 Jul, 2021 23:10
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Cross-post:
Spaceflightfans.cn lists Gaofen-3 02 on August 17th and Gaofen-3 03 on September 4th.
More particularly, the listing gives a launch window 06:00-08:00 August 17 BST.
BST - 8 hours = UTC
= 2200-2400 August 16 UTC.
spaceflightfans.cn links
Gaofen-3 (02)Gaofen-3 (03)Edit: belated month correction
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#12
by
zubenelgenubi
on 07 Aug, 2021 19:00
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Cross-post:
Cross-post:
Spaceflightfans.cn lists Gaofen-3 02 on August 17th and Gaofen-3 03 on September 4th.
More particularly, the listing gives a launch window 06:00-08:00 August 17 BST.
BST - 8 hours = UTC
= 2200-2400 August 16 UTC.
spaceflightfans.cn links
Gaofen-3 (02)
Gaofen-3 (03)
Edit: belated month correction
Now that website has those two launches scheduled for September (TBD) and 2021 (TBD) respectively.
Edit August 22, same source:
Gaofen-3 (03) launch is now TBD 2022.
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#13
by
zubenelgenubi
on 30 Aug, 2021 17:02
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spaceflightfans.cn link
Gaofen-3 (02)Now that website...for September (TBD)...
Now October TBD
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#14
by
zubenelgenubi
on 01 Oct, 2021 03:39
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For completeness: This didn't launch in September; no new news.
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#15
by
zubenelgenubi
on 26 Oct, 2021 19:20
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No further news, as of this post.
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#16
by
input~2
on 17 Nov, 2021 23:12
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NOTAM pointing to a launch out of JSLC between November 22 and 25
F3484/21 - AEROSPACE FLIGHT ACTIVITY FROM CHINA WILL TAKE PLACE
FLW RECEIVED FROM CAAC: DUE TO AN AEROSPACE FLIGHT ACTIVITY, THE
FLIGHT SAFETY OF AIRCRAFT IN THE FOLLOWING AREA MAY BE AFFECTED.
CHARACTERISTICS OF IMPACT AREA:
S243343 E0861428
S252617 E0860011
S253130 E0862320
S243853 E0863726. SFC - UNL, DAILY 2230/0100,
22 NOV 22:30 2021 UNTIL 26 NOV
01:00 2021. CREATED: 16 NOV 00:01 2021
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#17
by
Galactic Penguin SST
on 18 Nov, 2021 00:19
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A2950/21 NOTAMN
Q) ZLHW/QRTCA/IV/BO/W/000/999/3532N09821E012
A) ZLHW B) 2111222337 C) 2111230004
E) A TEMPORARY RESTRICTED AREA ESTABLISHED BOUNDED BY:
N352013E0982450-N352302E0981204-N354359E0981858-N354106E0983144
BACK TO START. ALL ACFT ARE FORBIDDEN TO FLY INTO THE TEMPORARY
RESTRICTED AREA. VERTICAL LIMITS:GND-UNL.
F) GND G) UNL
Does anyone know how close this zone is to other drop zones out of Jiuquan?
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#18
by
Josh_from_Canada
on 18 Nov, 2021 01:36
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Does anyone know how close this zone is to other drop zones out of Jiuquan?
It looks close to previous first stage drop zones from that base. The NOTAM in the Southern Indian Ocean would be for the second stage of a CZ-2C or CZ-2D rocket. Perhaps this launch is using a CZ-2C with a SMA or YZ-1S upper stage or a CZ-2D with a YZ-3 upper stage.
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#19
by
input~2
on 18 Nov, 2021 10:05
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Does anyone know how close this zone is to other drop zones out of Jiuquan?
Plenty of previous drop zones from JSLC launches around here
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#20
by
Liss
on 19 Nov, 2021 06:10
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A third one:
A0217/21 NOTAMN
Q) VYYF/QWMLW/IV/NBO/W/000/999/2044N09531E010
A) VYYF B) 2111222348 C) 2111230010
D) 2348-0010
E) OWING TO CHINA AEROSPACE FLIGHT ACTIVITIES:DUE TO AEROSPACE
FLIGHT ACTIVITIES,THE FLIGHT SAFETY OF THE AIRCRAFT IN FOLLOWING
AREAS MAY BE AFFECTED
ON 22-23 NOV 2021 FROM 2348UTC -0010UTC.
AREA:N165049E0933636-N170029E0925241-N181149E0930936-
N180206E0935346
FOUR-POINT CONNECTION RANGE.VERTICAL ALTITUDE:SFC-UNL.
NO OVF ACTTIVITY IS PERMISSIBLE WITHIN ABV MENTIONED ARE DURING
HOURS OF SPACEFLIGHT ACTIVITIES(CHINA) THE FOLLOWING ATS ROUTES
ARE REROUTED/NOT AVBL IN YANGON FIR
1)P646-NOT AVBL BTN PTN VOR AND IBITA(BIDIRECTIONAL)
2)N895/G472-NOT AVBL BTN PTN VOR AND SAGOD(BIDIRECTIONAL)
F) GND G) UNL
CREATED: 19 Nov 2021 04:52:00
SOURCE: VYYYYNYX
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#21
by
input~2
on 19 Nov, 2021 10:56
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A third one:
Presumably for 2nd stage debris off Myanmar
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#22
by
mikezang
on 21 Nov, 2021 02:07
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It is said this time is CZ-2D with Daqi 1, not CZ-2C.
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#23
by
Liss
on 22 Nov, 2021 07:37
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There is a revised NOTAM for Indian ocean but I think it's an error -- Nov 24 is the date for another launch from Jiuquan.
F3561/21 NOTAMR F3484/21
Q) YMMM/QWMLW/IV/BO/W/000/999/2501S08618E035
A) YMMM
B) 2111242230 C) 2111260100
D) DAILY 2230/0100
E) AEROSPACE FLIGHT ACTIVITY FROM CHINA WILL TAKE PLACE
FLW RECEIVED FROM CAAC: DUE TO AN AEROSPACE FLIGHT ACTIVITY, THE
FLIGHT SAFETY OF AIRCRAFT IN THE FOLLOWING AREA MAY BE AFFECTED.
CHARACTERISTICS OF IMPACT AREA:
S243343 E0861428
S252617 E0860011
S253130 E0862320
S243853 E0863726
F) SFC G) UNL
CREATED: 22 Nov 2021 06:30:00
SOURCE: YBBBZEZX
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#24
by
input~2
on 22 Nov, 2021 21:41
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A2950 is still up, so we can expect this launch at around 23:44 UTC tonight
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#25
by
mikezang
on 22 Nov, 2021 22:58
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Launched？
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#26
by
mikezang
on 22 Nov, 2021 23:15
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neither 2D nor 2C.
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#27
by
mikezang
on 22 Nov, 2021 23:25
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It was CZ-4C with Gaofen-3-02。
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#28
by
Galactic Penguin SST
on 23 Nov, 2021 00:07
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According to reports GF-3-02 will be paired with the original GF-3 launched in August 2016 providing 1 m resolution radar images in C-band on 700km altitude SSO. As one could see from the logo below, this is tailored for ocean observations & it was apparently originally planned as HY-3 in the past.
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#29
by
Galactic Penguin SST
on 23 Nov, 2021 00:12
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#30
by
SciNews
on 23 Nov, 2021 04:09
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#31
by
input~2
on 23 Nov, 2021 15:25
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2021-109A/49495 in 737 x 746 km x 98.41° (S/C)
2021-109B/49496 in 567 x 742 km x 98.39° (upper stage)
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#32
by
input~2
on 23 Nov, 2021 17:04
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