Yaogan-39 04A~C - CZ-2D - Xichang - October 23, 2023 (20:03 UTC)

• Yaogan-39 04A~C - CZ-2D - Xichang - October 23, 2023 (20:03 UTC) by mikezang on 18 Oct, 2023 06:34
• The NOTAM for CZ-2D from Xichang, The drop zones ra esame as Yaogan-39 03 on October 5, these might be Yaogan-39 04A~C, and the number might Y85.

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• #1 by Liss on 18 Oct, 2023 06:53
• YG-39 04, Plane 2, launch at approx. 20:03 UTC.
• #2 by Galactic Penguin SST on 23 Oct, 2023 20:46
• Launch success has been officially confirmed with T-0 = 20:03 UTC, and it was indeed yet another Yaogan 39 trio.
  
  This is the 200th Long March launch done by SAST. (83 x CZ-2D, 103 x CZ-4 series, 14 x CZ-6 series)
  
  https://twitter.com/cosmic_penguin/status/1716554542459015219

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• #3 by FutureSpaceTourist on 23 Oct, 2023 20:50
• https://twitter.com/cnspaceflight/status/1716556703649730972
  
  

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  🚀 Long March 2D Y85 launched another group of Yaogan-39 satellites from Xichang at ~20:04UTC on October 23

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• #4 by Galactic Penguin SST on 24 Oct, 2023 03:08
• https://twitter.com/Cosmic_Penguin/status/1716652568544416167
  
  More videos - this launch also came half a day from the 16th anniversary of Chang'e 1's launch from the very same pad.
• #5 by catdlr on 24 Oct, 2023 03:39
• #6 by otter on 24 Oct, 2023 05:35
• China launches new remote sensing satellite
  
  https://english.news.cn/20231024/4243727dc19a4c2281f14173219bb2da/c.html
  
  XICHANG, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) -- China on Tuesday successfully launched a new remote sensing satellite into space from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province.
  
  A Long March-2D carrier rocket carrying the satellite Yaogan-39 lifted off at 4:03 a.m. (Beijing Time).
  
  The launch was the 492nd mission undertaken by the Long March rocket series
• #7 by Alter Sachse on 24 Oct, 2023 07:52
• Number 4

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• #8 by FutureSpaceTourist on 24 Oct, 2023 11:11
• https://twitter.com/tskelso/status/1716729635281703167
  
  

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  CelesTrak has GP data for 5 objects from the launch (2023-163) of a Yaogan-39 triplet atop a Long March-2D rocket from Xichang Satellite Launch Center on Oct 23 at 2003 UTC: english.news.cn/20231024/42437…. Data for the launch can be found at: https://celestrak.org/NORAD/elements/table.php?INTDES=2023-163

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• #9 by Liss on 24 Oct, 2023 11:42
• Object E is the lead satellite, object C is probably the tail satellite and object A is the third satellite with a low-thrust engine.