Shiyan-11 - Kuaizhou-1A - Jiuquan - November 24, 2021 (23:41 UTC)

[Galactic Penguin SST]

A2974/21 NOTAMN
Q) ZLHW/QRTCA/IV/BO/W/000/999/3951N10003E008
A) ZLHW B) 2111242330 C) 2111250017
E) A TEMPORARY RESTRICTED AREA ESTABLISHED BOUNDED
BY:N394323E1000520-N394424E0995830-N395940E1000148-N395638E1000842
BACK TO START.
ALL ACFT SHALL BE FORBIDDEN TO FLY INTO THE RESTRICTED AREA.
VERTICAL LIMITS:GND-UNL
F) GND G) UNL

A2975/21 NOTAMN
Q) ZPKM/QRTCA/IV/BO/W/000/999/3100N09744E020
A) ZPKM B) 2111242332 C) 2111250022
E) A TEMPORARY RESTRICTED AREA ESTABLISHED BOUNDED
BY:N304106E0974554-N304330E0973340-N312024E0974323-N311804E0975541
BACK TO START.
ALL ACFT SHALL BE FORBIDDEN TO FLY INTO THE RESTRICTED AREA.
VERTICAL LIMITS:GND-UNL
F) GND G) UNL

Seems like it? The closed zones seems right for SRM-based rockets out of Jiuquan (similar to Ceres-1 1st flight and the last 2 KZ-1A launches), I’m unaware of an imminent CZ-11 launch or KZ-1A launch (there would have been clues for the later had the launch team continue to stay at launch base), but this one was reported by Galactic Energy to be at JSLC since October.

[mikezang]

Is this any new information?

[Satori]

Can someone check if the NOTAM's are still active?

[Galactic Penguin SST]

Can someone check if the NOTAM's are still active?

Yes, both of them.

[Satori]

Can someone check if the NOTAM's are still active?

Yes, both of them.

Thank you!

[Steven Pietrobon]

Launch should be happening about now.

[mikezang]

it is Kuaizhou！

[mikezang]

it is Kuaizhou！

and Y13.

[Galactic Penguin SST]

[Bubbinski]

it is Kuaizhou！

So did Kuaizhou launch today instead of Ceres? I’m confused.

[Satori]

Lets wait for the official launch success confirmation.

[Conexion Espacial]

At 23:41 UTC, China successfully launched the Shiyan 11 using the Kuaizhou-1A rocket at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. The satellite successfully entered the scheduled orbit and the launch mission was a complete success. This mission is the 13th flight of the Kuaizhou-1A carrier rocket.

[Conexion Espacial]

https://twitter.com/conexionspacial/status/1463663786968109056

[Conexion Espacial]

Red Screen!

[Closer to Space]

Note the blue stripes on Kuaizhou. The last time they were used was on the two KZ-1 flights, which were the only non-commercial flights of Expace until then. Blue for government flights, gray for commercial?

[Josh_from_Canada]

it is Kuaizhou！

and Y13.

Do you have a source for this?

[mikezang]

it is Kuaizhou！

and Y13.

Do you have a source for this?

From internal source:)

[Conexion Espacial]

This third KZ-1A was never announced, was it? I remember the company said they had two KZ-1A ready to be shipped from Wuhan to Jiuquan, which were launched in September and the second one in October, but I never heard anything about this third KZ-1A, I thought the ExPace launch campaign was already over to come back the other year.

[Closer to Space]

This third KZ-1A was never announced, was it? I remember the company said they had two KZ-1A ready to be shipped from Wuhan to Jiuquan, which were launched in September and the second one in October, but I never heard anything about this third KZ-1A, I thought the ExPace launch campaign was already over to come back the other year.

And apparently, Expace has other flights planned soon...

https://twitter.com/raz_liu/status/1461603250872872967

[zubenelgenubi]

Third successful orbital launch November 24 UTC!