Can someone check the inclination of this path and whether its plane matches any Chinese satellites in the Beidou system or in the 63.4 deg. orbits?
Quote from: Galactic Penguin SST on 09/23/2021 04:07 amCan someone check the inclination of this path and whether its plane matches any Chinese satellites in the Beidou system or in the 63.4 deg. orbits?The NOTAM over Mainland China lines up with previous Beidou launches in location but not time, the one over the South China Sea is further southeast then what the Beidou missions used.
Quote from: Josh_from_Canada on 09/23/2021 04:33 amQuote from: Galactic Penguin SST on 09/23/2021 04:07 amCan someone check the inclination of this path and whether its plane matches any Chinese satellites in the Beidou system or in the 63.4 deg. orbits?The NOTAM over Mainland China lines up with previous Beidou launches in location but not time, the one over the South China Sea is further southeast then what the Beidou missions used.Have you checked the BDS-3 IGSO launches?
Would have to verify further but lines up roughly with a BDS-2 bird at quick glance.
Could this correspond to a launch into Molniya orbit?Just a hypothesis, the Chinese could do like the Soviets did with their US-K satellites, and send early warning satellites not only in geostationary orbit, but also in Molniya orbit to cover the northern areas.
Someone said it might be BDS-4s.
Quote from: tweetSomeone said it might be BDS-4s.
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