Author Topic: Gaofen-13 02 - CZ-3B - Xichang - March 17, 2023 (08:33 UTC)  (Read 4779 times)

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« Last Edit: 03/17/2023 08:11 am by mikezang »

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The route and drop zone are the same as Zhongxing-16 on February 23, The luanch time might be similar.

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New NOTAMs issued, the luanch time might be around 8:41 UTC.

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https://twitter.com/cnspaceflight/status/1636473983385370634

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🚀 The next Long March 3B is ready at Xichang LC#2 for GTO launch on March 17 at ~08:35UTC.
🛰️ ChinaSat-6E?

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Saw rumors that the thing on top might not be ChinaSat 6E after all. Let's see what that is...
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Saw rumors that the thing on top might not be ChinaSat 6E after all. Let's see what that is...
I also heard that might be Beidou-4s.

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Successfully Luanched!

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中国航天科技集团
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#高分十三号02星发射成功#【长三乙火箭成功发射高分十三号02星】3月17日16时33分,长征三号乙运载火箭在西昌卫星发射中心点火升空,将高分十三号02星顺利送入预定轨道,发射任务取得圆满成功。高分十三号02星为高轨光学遥感卫星,主要用于应急减灾、国土普查、海洋观测、环境治理、气象观测等领域,可为国民经济建设提供信息服务。长三乙火箭属于“金牌火箭”长三甲系列,采用了长三甲系列火箭统一构型设计思路。此次发射所使用的火箭、卫星均由我航研制,这是长征系列火箭第468次发射。#看着微博看发射# (任长胜 摄)
# Gaofen 13th 02 Star Launch Successful #【CZ-3B rocket successfully launched Gaofen 13 02】At 16:33 on March 17, the Long March 3B carrier rocket ignited and blasted off at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center. The Gaofen 13-02 satellite was successfully sent into the predetermined orbit, and the launch mission was a complete success. The Gaofen 13-02 satellite is a high-orbit optical remote sensing satellite, which is mainly used in emergency disaster reduction, land census, ocean observation, environmental governance, meteorological observation and other fields, and can provide information services for national economic construction. The CZ-3B rocket belongs to the "gold medal rocket" CZ-3A series, and adopts the unified configuration design idea of the CZ-3A series rockets. The rockets and satellites used in this launch were all developed by CASC. This is the 468th launch of the Long March series of rockets. # Looking at Weibo to see launch# (Photographed by Ren Changsheng)
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Re: Gaofen-13 02 - CZ-3B - Xichang - March 17, 2023 (08:33 UTC)
« Reply #11 on: 03/17/2023 12:10 pm »
Two objects at expected orbits:

55912 / 2023-036A: 28.51° 197 x 35805 km, 631.4 min
55913 / 2023-036B: 28.49° 149 x 34387 km, 603.1 min
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Re: Gaofen-13 02 - CZ-3B - Xichang - March 17, 2023 (08:33 UTC)
« Reply #12 on: 03/17/2023 12:43 pm »

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Re: Gaofen-13 02 - CZ-3B - Xichang - March 17, 2023 (08:33 UTC)
« Reply #13 on: 03/17/2023 01:37 pm »
China launches new Earth observation satellite

https://english.news.cn/20230317/cd3a58c5371b4b06a3c4d2260e10a786/c.html

XICHANG, March 17 (Xinhua) -- China on Friday sent a new Earth observation satellite into space from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province.

The satellite, Gaofen-13 02, was launched at 16:33 p.m. (Beijing Time) by a Long March-3B carrier rocket, and entered its planned orbit successfully.

The satellite will be mainly used in land surveys, crop yield estimation, environmental governance, meteorological early warning and forecasting, as well as comprehensive disaster prevention and mitigation.

It was the 468th flight mission of the Long March carrier rocket series.

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Re: Gaofen-13 02 - CZ-3B - Xichang - March 17, 2023 (08:33 UTC)
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