Shiyan 12-01 & 02 - CZ-7A - WSLC - 23 Dec 2021 (10:12 UTC)

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T0 around 10:10 UTC

A3236/21 - A TEMPORARY RESTRICTED AREA ESTABLISHED CENTERED AT N1937E11057
WITH RADIUS OF 10KM. VERTICAL LIMITS:GND-UNL. ALL ACFT ARE
FORBIDDEN TO FLY INTO THE TEMPORARY RESTRICTED AREA. GND - UNL, 23 DEC 10:02
2021 UNTIL 23 DEC 12:37 2021. CREATED: 21 DEC 09:01 2021

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Launcher debris expected over Philippines sea (see also Igor's previous post)

B3416/21 - AEROSPACE FLT ACT WILL TAKE PLACE WI:
18 45 36N 123 46 12E -
19 18 00N 123 49 12E -
19 24 00N 122 34 48E -
18 51 36N 122 32 24E -
18 45 36N 123 46 12E. SFC - UNL, 0930-1130, 22 DEC 09:30 2021 UNTIL 27 DEC 11:30
2021. CREATED: 15 NOV 08:50 2021

B3415/21 - AEROSPACE FLT ACT WILL TAKE PLACE WI:
19 00 00N 120 00 00E -
19 37 48N 120 02 24E -
19 42 36N 118 36 36E -
19 04 48N 118 34 12E -
19 00 00N 120 00 00E. SFC - UNL, 0930-1130, 22 DEC 09:30 2021 UNTIL 27 DEC 11:30
2021. CREATED: 15 NOV 08:44 2021

[mikezang]

2021中国航天年末重磅发射在即！有必要了解长七甲的现在和未来

At the end of 2021, China Aerospace will launch its blockbuster soon! It is necessary to understand the present and future of CZ-7A
News from the Wenchang Science Base of Aerospace Science on November 1, my country’s new generation of high-orbit medium-sized carrier rocket "Long March VIIA" Yaosan carrier rocket will be launched on the afternoon of December 23 at the Wenchang Space Launch Site, and it will be executed again. Heavyweight high-orbit launch mission.

[Satori]

2021中国航天年末重磅发射在即！有必要了解长七甲的现在和未来

The pictures are of the Y3 launch vehicle?

[mikezang]

2021中国航天年末重磅发射在即！有必要了解长七甲的现在和未来

The pictures are of the Y3 launch vehicle?

Just found in article.

[mikezang]

https://weibo.com/6884222611/L76Y5Fb6t

According to information from users of the Douyin Hainan Wenchang Satellite Launch Base; the Long March VIIA "Yaosan" carrier rocket has been vertically transferred to the launch area (station 201) at the vertical assembly test plant of the Wenchang Space Launch Site today! [Thinking], will be Launched recently! (tentatively scheduled for December 24!)

[MangoRua]

2021中国航天年末重磅发射在即！有必要了解长七甲的现在和未来

The pictures are of the Y3 launch vehicle?

thay are not Y3

[Closer to Space]

New fairing for CZ-7A on this one !

Or, well, "new", this one looks like a classic CZ-2F/T / CZ-7 fairing.

(The last picture is from the second CZ-7A flight)

[Closer to Space]

I quickly measured with my ruler, it seems to be a 3,35 meter fairing (like the 1st/2nd stage), not a 4,2 meter fairing like the previous CZ-7A fairing, and the CZ-7 / CZ-2F/T fairings. It's not the same fairing as the 3.35m one used on CZ-3A, the tip is not straight, but curved all the way, and it's longer.

Apparently, another new type to add in the long list of Chinese fairings...

(Here is a comparison with the type 3350 of the CZ-3A : )

[Liss]

The Philippines NOTAMs have been adjusted:

B3761/21 NOTAMN
Q) RPHI/QRALW/IV/NBO/W /000/999/1921N11923E046
A) RPHI B) 2112231012 C) 2112231246
E) AEROSPACE FLT ACT WILL TAKE PLACE WI:
19 00 00N 120 04 47E -
19 37 47N 120 07 12E -
19 41 59N 118 41 23E -
19 04 47N 118 39 02E -
19 00 00N 120 04 47E.
F) SFC G) UNL
CREATED: 22 Dec 2021 07:01:00
SOURCE: EUECYIYN

B3762/21 NOTAMN
Q) RPHI/QRALW/IV/NBO/W /000/999/1905N12310E046
A) RPHI B) 2112231015 C) 2112231256
E) AEROSPACE FLT ACT WILL TAKE PLACE WI:
18 45 00N 123 52 47E -
19 17 23N 123 55 48E -
19 24 36N 122 27 35E -
18 52 12N 122 25 12E -
18 45 00N 123 52 47E.
F) SFC G) UNL
CREATED: 22 Dec 2021 07:05:00
SOURCE: EUECYIYN

B3763/21 NOTAMN
Q) RPHI/QANLC/I /NBO/E /000/999/1925N12304E108
A) RPHI B) 2112231015 C) 2112231256
E) RNAV RTE N884 (DADNU-LEBIX) CLSD DUE AEROSPACE FLT ACT.
ALTN RTE FOR TFC TRANSISTING MANILA FIR VIA N884:
NORTHEAST BOUND VIA CAB B462 LAO DCT LEBIX.
CREATED: 22 Dec 2021 07:12:00
SOURCE: EUECYIYN

A5186/21 NOTAMR A5055/21
Q) KZAK/QWMLW////000/999/
A) KZAK
B) 2112231018
C) 2112271314
D) DLY 1018-1314
E) THE CHINA NATIONAL SPACE ADMINISTRATION HAS PLANNED A ROCKET
LAUNCH. DEBRIS FM THIS LAUNCH WILL FALL WI AN AREA DEFINED AS
1610N14116E TO 1658N14125E TO 1725N13844E TO 1638N13835E TO POINT OF
ORIGIN. IN THE INTEREST OF SAFETY ALL NON-PARTICIPATING AIR TFC ARE
ADZD TO AVOID THE NOTAMED AREA. IFR ACFT UNDER ATC JURISDICTION
SHOULD ANTICIPATE CLR AROUND THE NOTAMED AREA.
F) SFC
G) UNL
CREATED: 21 Dec 2021 14:34:00
SOURCE: KZAK

[Satori]

Does someone have the slightest idea of what this bird is going to do up there, or what of kind of payload it might be?

[mikezang]

Video of CZ-7A Y3 vertical transfer to the launch area!

[Galactic Penguin SST]

https://twitter.com/shiki_kuroha/status/1473895139206909953?s=21

Service platforms gradually being rotated back

[Galactic Penguin SST]

Rocket fully out in the open:

https://twitter.com/cosmic_penguin/status/1473949038097494017?s=21

[Steven Pietrobon]

Livestream.

[Steven Pietrobon]

T-15 minutes.

[Galactic Penguin SST]

Via https://m.weibo.cn/detail/4717611469767448 :

[Steven Pietrobon]

T-5 minutes.

[Satori]

What? Two payloads?

[Steven Pietrobon]

T-2 minutes.