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12:11 BJT, CZ-2D launch Land survey-1 satellite from Jiuquan.

▲ 长征二号丁运载火箭整装待发（吴佳栋 摄）

长征二号丁运载火箭点火发射。王明艳 摄

https://twitter.com/x/status/937189957784834048

 

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Object cataloged:

2017-077A/43034 in 489 x 502 km x 97.46°



This launch used CZ-2D s/n Y47.
Exact launch time was 04:11:14.524 UTC.

 

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Long March-2D launches remote sensing satellite

 

[name]

These foolish Indians never understand: every country have corruption because the dark nature of human being. You can see China arrested tens of thousands of officials, not because China is more corrupter than India or USA, just because China take this issue very serious. In fact ,India is much more corrupter than us. When talking about courage? it is so ridiculous to hear the word "courage" from a country getting their independence from begging. I have to say again, the more you know about India, you will find India will never become powerful, they always overestimated themselves and barging.

exactly

 

[onebyone]

China launch schedule

2017

December 11 - CZ-3B/G2 - XSLC, LC2 - Alcomsat-1
December 25 / 28 - CZ-2D - JSLC, LC43/603 - GJ-3 GaoJing-3, GJ-4 Gaojing-4
December - CZ-3B/YZ-1 - XSLC, LC2 - Beidou-3MEO3; Beidou-3MEO4
December - CZ-2C - XSLC, LC3 - YG-30-03 Yaogan Weixing-30-03A, B, C (CX-5 Changxin-5 (3A, 3B, 3C)) (or beginning 2018)

2018

January 17 - CZ-11 - JSLC - Dequing-1 (Jilin 1-07), Jilin 1-08, Huaian, Xiaoxiang-2 / 5 (TY-2 Tianyi-2; TY-3 Tianyi-3; TY-4 Tianyi-4; TY-5 Tianyi-5), Quantutong-1 (QTT-1), Kepler (CubeSat-3U)
February 1 - CZ-2D - JSLC, LC43/603 - ZH-1 Zhangheng-1 (ESEM Experimental Satellite on Electromagnetism Monitoring); Fengmaniu-1 (CubeSat-3U); Shaonian Xing (MiniStar); ÑuSat-4; ÑuSat-5; GomX-4A (Ulloriaq); GomX-4B and others
February 20 - ?? - JSLC - Taurus-1
March 15 - CZ-3B/G2 - XSLC - APStar-6C
March - CZ-2C/SMA - JSLC, LC43/603 (or TSLC, LC9) - Pakistan Remote Sensing Satellite (PRSS-1)
March - LS-1 (?) - WSLC - GomSpace
Early - KZ-1A - JSLC (?) - ??
Early - KZ-1A - JSLC (?) - ??
Early - KZ-1A - JSLC (?) - ??
Early - KZ-1A - JSLC (?) - ??
Early / Mid - CZ-3B/G2 - XSLC - SupremeSAT-II
June - CZ-4C - XSLC - Chang'e-4 relay sat; DSLWP-A1/A2
June - ?? - ?? - Tianzhi-1
August - CZ-2C - JSLC - CFOSAT (China-France Oceanography SATellite)
August - CZ-11 - JSLC (?) - OKW-2
December - CZ-4B - TSLC, LC9 - CBERS-4A
December - CZ-3B/G2 - XSLC - Chang'e-4 lunar probe and rover
End - CZ-2D - JSLC, LC43/603 - GF-7 Gaofen-7
End - CZ-3B - XSLC - Apstar-6D (or first quarter of 2019)
End - CZ-8 - WSLC (?) - ??
End - CZ-5 (Y3) - WSLC, LC101 - Shijian-18 (2)
?? - CZ-11 - JSLC (?) - LOVEcho
?? - CZ-11 - JSLC - Fengtai Shaonian-02
?? - KZ-11 - JSLC - Xiaoxiang-4 (?), OKW-1, Yinhe, Xianrikui-1A/B
?? - KZ-11 - JSLC - Yijian Duoxing
?? - CZ-2D - JSLC, LC43/603 - GF-6 Gaofen-6
?? - CZ-2D - JSLC, LC43/603 - SaudiSAT-5B
?? - CZ-3C - XSLC - TL-2 Tianlian-2
?? - CZ-3B - XSLC - FY-4B Fengyun-4B
?? - CZ-3B/YZ-1 - XSLC - Beidou-3M5; Beidou-3M6
?? - CZ-3B/YZ-1 - XSLC - Beidou-3M7; Beidou-3M8
?? - CZ-3B/YZ-1 - XSLC - Beidou-3M9; Beidou-3M10
?? - CZ-3B/YZ-1 - XSLC - Beidou-3M11; Beidou-3M12
?? - CZ-3B/YZ-1 - XSLC - Beidou-3M13; Beidou-3M14
?? - CZ-3B/YZ-1 - XSLC - Beidou-3M15; Beidou-3M16
?? - CZ-3B/YZ-1 - XSLC - Beidou-3M17; Beidou-3M18
?? - CZ-3C - XSLC - Beidou-2G8
?? - CZ-3B/G2 - XSLC - Beidou-3G1Q
?? - CZ-3A - XSLC - Beidou-2I7
?? - CZ-3B/G2 - XSLC - ZX-6C Zhongxing-6C
?? - CZ-3A - XSLC, LC3 - FY-2H Fengyun-2H
?? - CZ-4B - TSLC, LC9 - ZY-3 Ziyuan-3 (3)
?? - CZ-4C - TSLC - FY-3E Fengyun-3E
?? - CZ-4B - TSLC, LC9 - HY-1C Haiyang-1C
?? - CZ-4B - TSLC, LC9 - HY-1D Haiyang-1D
?? - CZ-4B - TSLC, LC9 - HY-2B Haiyang-2B
?? - CZ-5B - WSLC, LC101 - New generation manned spacecraft test ship
?? - ?? - ?? - Deep Space Solar Observatory
?? - ?? - ?? - EgyptSat 2
?? - ?? - ?? - Shenzhen-1
?? - ?? - ?? - Hainan-1
?? - ?? - ?? - LJ-1 Luojia-1
?? - CZ-2D - JSLC, LC43/603 - JL-2 Jilin-2
?? - CZ-2D - JSLC, LC43/603 - JL-3 Jilin-3
?? - CZ-6A - TSLC, LC16 - ?? (or JSLC - 2017 to 2020)
?? - CZ-4B - TSLC, LC9 - GF-5 Gaofen-5
?? - LS-1 - ?? - LandSpace-1
?? - CZ-6 - ?? - HY-3A Haiyang-3A
?? - ?? - ?? - ZDPS-3 Zheda Pixing-3
?? - ?? - ?? - YG-31 Yaogan Weixing-31
?? - ?? - ?? - YG-32 Yaogan Weixing-32
?? - ?? - ?? - Huaizong-1

 

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China launches Algeria's first communication satellite

 

[Akasa]

The Chinese will test a 4-meter-diameter solid rocket booster during the Spring Festival in 2018, in preparation for the KZ-21 and KZ-31 rockets (pictured below). Note that a 4-meter-diameter booster will be larger than the Space Shuttle's SRBs, the Ariane-5's boosters, as well as India's S200, making it the largest rocket booster ever built and a great candidate for the CZ-9 rocket program.

Also, KZ-21 will have a max (LEO?) payload of 20 tons while the KZ-31 a payload of 70 tons.

 

[JSCh]

12:11 BJT, CZ-2D launch Land survey-1 satellite from Jiuquan.

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China launches land exploration satellite
Source: Xinhua| 2017-12-23 12:48:51|Editor: Lifang

China launches a land exploration satellite into a preset orbit from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi desert, northwest China's Gansu Province, Dec. 23, 2017. The satellite is mainly used for remote sensing exploration of land resources. A Long March-2D rocket carried the satellite into space. (Xinhua/Zhen Zhe)

JIUQUAN, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- China launched a land exploration satellite into a preset orbit from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi desert at 12:14 p.m. Saturday Beijing Time.

The satellite is mainly used for remote sensing exploration of land resources.

A Long March-2D rocket carried the satellite into space.

The launch was the 259th mission of the Long March rocket series.

 

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Long March-2D launches land exploration satellite

 

[JSCh]

China launches remote sensing satellites
Source: Xinhua| 2017-12-26 08:24:48|Editor: huaxia



XICHANG, Sichuan, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- China launched remote sensing satellites at 3:44 a.m.(Beijing Time) Tuesday on a Long March-2C carrier rocket from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province.

The satellites have entered its preset orbit and the launch was proclaimed a success.

As the third batch of the Yaogan-30 project, the satellites will conduct electromagnetic environmental probes and other experiments.

The launch is the 260th mission of the Long March rocket family.

 

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China launches remote sensing satellites
Source: Xinhua| 2017-12-26 08:24:48|Editor: huaxia



XICHANG, Sichuan, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- China launched remote sensing satellites at 3:44 a.m.(Beijing Time) Tuesday on a Long March-2C carrier rocket from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province.

The satellites have entered its preset orbit and the launch was proclaimed a success.

As the third batch of the Yaogan-30 project, the satellites will conduct electromagnetic environmental probes and other experiments.

The launch is the 260th mission of the Long March rocket family.

A good end of 2017.

 

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China sells 50 million BeiDou chips in five years: spokesperson
Source: Xinhua| 2017-12-27 15:15:29|Editor: liuxin



BEIJING, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- China has sold over 50 million domestically manufactured chips connected to the BeiDou navigation and positioning system in the past five years.

The chips have been downsized to their smallest size at 28 nanometers, down from the previous 0.35 micrometers, and the cheapest are priced at only 6 yuan (0.9 U.S. dollars) each, said Ran Chengqi, a BeiDou spokesperson, at a press conference Wednesday.

He said the performances of the China-made chips were as good as or better than similar products made in other countries.

Ran said China could not manufacture a single chip connected to the BeiDou system five years ago, but now China-made chips have realized scale application in the country.

"High-accuracy OEM boards and receiver antenna made in China now account for 30 and 90 percent of the domestic market, respectively," Ran said.

 

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Satellite network marks 5 years as guide
By Zhao Lei | China Daily | Updated: 2017-12-28 06:58

In the five years since its launch, China's domestically developed Beidou Navigation Satellite System has become a vital resource for public and commercial services nationwide, a senior official said.

The network is used to guide more than 4.8 million taxis, buses and trucks, as well as 40,000 fishing vessels, Ran Chengqi, director of the China Satellite Navigation Office, said on Wednesday.

He said in a news conference marking the fifth anniversary of the satellite system's launch that Beidou's accurate positioning and navigation services also have helped authorities respond to emergencies faster, including natural disasters.

More than 10,000 fishermen have been rescued or received assistance after using Beidou-enabled devices to send distress signals, he said at the Beijing news conference, organized by the State Council Information Office.

Beidou also has had an impact on everyday services. Ran said most shared bikes are connected to the network, while about 40 percent of smartphones on the Chinese market can access its services.

"In Beijing alone, 1,500 trucks, 33,500 taxis and 21,000 buses have end-user devices that can access real-time positioning and navigation," Ran said.

"Beidou has become a large industry－it has created more than 450,000 jobs in China and involves 14,000 domestic companies," he said. "Last year, the system had at least a 70 percent share of China's 211 billion yuan ($32.3 billion) space-based positioning and navigation market."

Beidou is the world's fourth navigation satellite system, following the United States-developed GPS, Russia's GLONASS and the European Union's Galileo.

Twenty-nine satellites have been launched to form the Chinese network, the first in 2000 and the most recent in early November. The system began providing positioning, navigation, timing and message services for civilian use in China and parts of the Asia-Pacific region in December 2012.

Next year, 16 third-generation Beidou satellites will be sent into orbit to cover all nations involved in the Belt and Road Initiative, a far-reaching development plan proposed by President Xi Jinping in 2013 that includes the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road.

According to plans from the China Satellite Navigation Office, the Beidou network will be made up of more than 30 satellites by the end of 2020－several now in orbit will be decommissioned by then－to give the system global coverage.

 

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All key parts of BeiDou satellites made in China: chief designer
Source: Xinhua| 2018-01-02 23:08:44|Editor: Yamei



BEIJING, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- All the key components of China's BeiDou navigation satellites are made in China, ending reliance on imports, Xie Jun, chief designer of the Beidou system, said on Tuesday.

Key components such as traveling-wave tube amplifiers, microwave switches, and high-power current source controllers are now all made in China instead of being imported, Xie said.

Xie also said his team has mastered all the core technologies for the global BeiDou network of satellites, aiming to make it as good as the Global Positioning System (GPS).

China plans to make BeiDou a global positioning and navigation system by around 2020, making it the third country after the United States and Russia with its own navigation system.

In 2018, China plans to launch 18 BeiDou-3 satellites to expand navigation services to countries along the Belt and Road routes.

 

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All key parts of BeiDou satellites made in China: chief designer
Source: Xinhua| 2018-01-02 23:08:44|Editor: Yamei



BEIJING, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- All the key components of China's BeiDou navigation satellites are made in China, ending reliance on imports, Xie Jun, chief designer of the Beidou system, said on Tuesday.

Key components such as traveling-wave tube amplifiers, microwave switches, and high-power current source controllers are now all made in China instead of being imported, Xie said.

Xie also said his team has mastered all the core technologies for the global BeiDou network of satellites, aiming to make it as good as the Global Positioning System (GPS).

China plans to make BeiDou a global positioning and navigation system by around 2020, making it the third country after the United States and Russia with its own navigation system.

In 2018, China plans to launch 18 BeiDou-3 satellites to expand navigation services to countries along the Belt and Road routes.

Hey do you know anything about the atomic clock on the Beidou 3? And how does it compare with the current generation clocks on GPS and Galileo?