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

• #20 by mikezang on 25 Nov, 2021 00:29
• Quote from: Conexion Espacial on 24 Nov, 2021 23:52

  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.
  

  There are Y16 and Y17.
• #21 by otter on 25 Nov, 2021 03:24
• http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/list/china-science.htm
  
  China's Kuaizhou-1A rocket launches new satellite
  Source: Xinhua| 2021-11-25 08:45:50
  
  JIUQUAN, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- China on Thursday sent a new satellite into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China.
  
  The Shiyan-11 satellite was launched by a Kuaizhou-1A carrier rocket at 7:41 a.m. (Beijing Time) and entered the planned orbit.
  
  It was the 13th flight mission of the Kuaizhou-1A rockets, according to the launch center.
• #22 by SciNews on 25 Nov, 2021 04:47
• Image of the satellite in orbit
  
• #23 by Steven Pietrobon on 25 Nov, 2021 05:14
• Quote from: SciNews on 25 Nov, 2021 04:47

  Image of the satellite in orbit
  youtube.com/watch?v=DIKKrGS8Ric
  

  
  Thanks for posting your videos, but could you please delete the scrolling comments along the bottom? It makes me dizzy to read them and covers up part of the picture. I think it would be better to just add the comments to the YouTube description, for people who want to read more about the launch.
• #24 by mikezang on 25 Nov, 2021 06:08
• There will have Y14/15/16/17 to be launched this year from my source.
• #25 by Liss on 25 Nov, 2021 06:25
• Object 49501 / 2021-112A found at 97.45° 489x502 km 94.53 min.
  
  
• #26 by zubenelgenubi on 25 Nov, 2021 07:58
• Any news or deductions about the satellite's purpose?
  
  

  Quote from: Liss on 25 Nov, 2021 06:25

  Object 49501 / 2021-112A found at 97.45° 489x502 km 94.53 min.
  
• #27 by Liss on 25 Nov, 2021 08:01
• Quote from: zubenelgenubi on 25 Nov, 2021 07:58

  Any news or deductions about the satellite's purpose?
  

  Most probably a lightweight radar satellite, kind of Chinese ICEYE.
• #28 by Closer to Space on 25 Nov, 2021 12:39
• Quote from: mikezang on 25 Nov, 2021 06:08

  There will have Y14/15/16/17 to be launched this year from my source.
  

  
  Chinese year, or 2021 ?
• #29 by mikezang on 25 Nov, 2021 13:24
• Quote from: Closer to Space on 25 Nov, 2021 12:39

  Quote from: mikezang on 25 Nov, 2021 06:08

  There will have Y14/15/16/17 to be launched this year from my source.
  

  
  Chinese year, or 2021 ?
  

  Y16 and Y17 will be launched this year, five others will be before February 2022.
• #30 by gosnold on 25 Nov, 2021 21:30
• Quote from: Liss on 25 Nov, 2021 08:01

  Quote from: zubenelgenubi on 25 Nov, 2021 07:58

  Any news or deductions about the satellite's purpose?
  

  Most probably a lightweight radar satellite, kind of Chinese ICEYE.
  

  
  I agree, it's on a dawn-dusk SSO orbit, so definitely SAR. Plus no optics are visible in the CGI.
• #31 by SPKirsch on 25 Nov, 2021 23:46
• NSF article:
  https://twitter.com/TGMetsFan98/status/1463914650135842821
  

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  This morning Beijing time, ExPace launched a Kuaizhou-1A rocket from Jiuquan with an experimental Shiyan-11 satellite.
  
  Article by Justin Davenport (@Bubbinski):
  https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2021/11/kuaizhou-1a-launches-shiyan-11-technology-development-satellite/
• #32 by input~2 on 26 Nov, 2021 10:30
• Short launch video:
  https://tv.cctv.com/2021/11/25/VIDEMzg3DjPsF1qAPRlr8YDe211125.shtml

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