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ЦитироватьThe second launch of the Long March 6, a small space launch vehicle developed by the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology (SAST) and based on the boosters for the heavy-lift Long March 5, is also expected later in November

ЦитироватьThree new JILIN-1 Agile Video Satellites produced by the Chang Guang Satellite Technology Co Ltd left the factory on Friday in Changchun, Northeast China's Jilin province, according to the company. The company plans to send them into space in November from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, which will bring the number of satellites manufactured and launched by the company to eight.

Researchers greatly improved the temporal resolution of the new satellites, reducing the visiting time (the length of time it takes for the orbiting satellite to fly by a certain point) from three days to one day, which will greatly upgrade service ability and promote marketing in sensing satellites.

According to the company, it will have 10 satellites operational by the end of 2017, and 60 satellites in service by 2020, which will ultimately make it possible to offer a 10-minute revisit capability of satellites anywhere in the world.

The first group of the JILIN-1 satellite networking project, China's first self-made, high-resolution remote-sensing satellite for commercial use was launched and put into service in October 2015. It is China's first self R&D high-resolution commercial satellite, China's first self R&D integral satellite and China's first R&D high definition video satellite. It is also the first satellite to be named after a province.

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【吉林一号】长光市场部的李贝贝。11月21日，长征六号运载火箭将在太原卫星发射中心一箭3星发射视频04-06星。

гуглоперевод: 21 ноября ракета-носитель Long March 6 запуск видеоспутников 04-06 из Тайюань.

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【吉林一号视频04-06星】2017年11月21日12时50分。CZ-6太原卫星发射中心
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2017年11月21日12时50分，我国在太原卫星发射中心用长征六号运载火箭，成功将吉林一号视频4、5、6三颗卫星送入预定轨道。
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ЦитироватьВ 12:50 21 ноября 2017 года Китай успешно запустил из Космического центра Тайюань три спутника Цзилинь № 4, № 5 и № 5 на орбиту с использованием ракеты-носителя Long March 6.

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ЦитироватьLong March 6 launch of Jilin-1 satellites offers glimpse of future Chinese space trends
by Andrew Jones (https://gbtimes.com/authors/658) | Nov 21, 2017 08:48 | SHANGHAI (https://gbtimes.com/tag/Shanghai) TIANGONG-2 (https://gbtimes.com/tag/tiangong-2) MOON (https://gbtimes.com/tag/moon)

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The second Long March 6 rocket carrying three Jilin-1 satellites lifts off from Taiyuan at 12:50 local time on November 21, 2017. CASC

China on Tuesday launched a Long March 6 light-lift rocket carrying three Jilin-1 commercial Earth observation satellites, marking a step in large constellation plans and launch vehicle reusability.
Launch took place at 04:50 UTC (12:50 local time) at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre, sending the three video satellites - Lingqiao 04, 05 and 06 - to Sun-synchronous orbit (SSO).

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The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) confirmed launch success more than an hour later, making it China's 13th orbital launch of 2017 and the 255th Long March launch overall.

The launch was the second for the Long March 6, which had its maiden flight (https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2015/10/china-launches-jilin-1-mission-long-march-2d/) in September 2015, and was developed alongside the medium and heavy-lift Long March 7 and 5 launch vehicles.

The 29.3 metre-high Long March 6 uses cryogenic kerosene and liquid oxygen propellant and was developed from the boosters for the Long March 5. It is capable of carrying a payload of 1,080 kg to a 700 km SSO.
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Jilin-1 satellite constellation

The three satellites launched today add to five Jilin-1 series imaging and video satellites already launched in 2015 and earlier this year (https://gbtimes.com/china-launches-small-satellites-commercial-kuaizhou-1a-rocket).

The satellites are developed by Chinese commercial satellite maker Chang Guang Satellite (CGST), an offshoot of Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics (CIOMP), based in the northeastern province of Jilin, for which the satellites are named.

The large constellation of satellites is designed to offer high-resolution imaging, video, multispectral and wide swath coverage of the ground from low Earth orbit, providing remote-sensing data support to areas including land resources monitoring, land surveying and mapping, mineral resources development, smart city construction, agriculture yield estimation, environmental monitoring, disaster prevention and other areas.

Clients so far including public customers, particularly those involved in areas of forestry, agriculture and security, according to CGST.

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Ferrari World in Abu Dhabi, imaged by the Jilin-1A optical satellite over 600km above the Earth. Courtesy of Chang Guang ST Co.

This aim is to both fill a gap (https://gbtimes.com/jilin-1-chinas-first-commercial-remote-sensing-satellites-aim-fill-void) in remote sensing domestically and provide a boost to the struggling, formerly heavy industry-based economy in Northeast China.

Zhong Xing, chief designer of the Jilin-1 satellites, told CCTV that as well as sending five more satellites into orbit by the end of 2017, Chang Guang Satellite satellites in orbit will "total 60 by 2020 and finally 138."

This would facilitate 30-minute revisit capability anywhere around the globe by 2020, with temporal resolution down to ten minute revisits by 2030.

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CGWIC successfully conducts a dedicated commercial launch for the domestic customer for the first time.
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【吉林一号视频04-06星】CCTV现场视频

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ЦитироватьTAIYUAN, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- China launched three remote sensing satellites at 12:50 p.m. Tuesday from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province.

The three satellites -- Jilin-1 04, Jilin-1 05 and Jilin-1 06 -- carried cameras designed to improve observation capability to promote commercial use for the remote sensing industry.

It was the third launch of the Jilin-1 satellite family, a remote sensing system of more than 60 satellites developed by Chang Guang Satellite Technology Co., Ltd.

The system will be used for wide imaging, video imaging and multispectral imaging. Remote sensing data will serve administrations and commercial customers.

Tuesday's satellites were carried by a Long March-6 rocket, a new generation of China's liquid-fueled carrier rocket developed by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.

The launch is the second mission of the Long March-6 and the 255th flight carried out with the Long-March series of carrier rockets.

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Some more pics from this morning's launch of China's 2nd Long March 6 light-lift rocket, carrying 3 Jilin-1 hi-res video satellites https://goo.gl/1UWrMB  (https://t.co/HDlAmM8ShY)
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ЦитироватьКитай успешно вывел на орбиту три спутника
Космос (http://tass.ru/kosmos)  | 21 ноября, 10:00 UTC+3

Запуск ракеты-носителя был осуществлен с космодрома в провинции Шаньси

ПЕКИН, 21 ноября. /ТАСС/. Центр космических запусков Тайюань в Китае (провинция Шаньси) во вторник осуществил успешный запуск ракеты-носителя "Чанчжэн-6", при помощи которой на орбиту были выведены три телевизионных спутника.

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Об этом сообщил информационный портал Sina (http://www.sina.com.cn/).

Китай активно развивает национальную космическую программу. Помимо метеорологических спутников и специальной аппаратуры, в КНР разрабатываются технологии для исследования астероидов и Марса, к интенсивному изучению поверхности которого китайские ученые намерены приступить в 2020-2025 годах.

В декабре 2016 года Китайское национальное космическое управление опубликовало доклад, в котором сообщалось, что с 2017 по 2021 год КНР планирует начать реализацию программы по созданию технологий, позволяющих изучить Юпитер.

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ЦитироватьКитай вывел на орбиту три спутника с помощью ракеты нового поколения
10:29 21.11.2017

ПЕКИН, 21 ноя – РИА Новости. Китай провел успешный запуск ракеты-носителя нового поколения "Чанчжэн-6" с тремя спутниками "Цзилинь" на борту с космодрома Тайюань в провинции Шаньси, этот пуск стал первым коммерческим пуском для ракеты "Чанчжэн-6", сообщается в официальном аккаунте корпорации аэрокосмической науки и техники КНР (CASC) в соцсети WeChat (http://www.wechat.com/).

По данным CASC, пуск ракеты был осуществлен во вторник в 12.50 по местному времени (7.50 мск), все спутники вышли на заданную орбиту, в связи с чем миссия считается успешной.

Этот пуск стал вторым для ракеты-носителя "Чанчжэн-6", первый был осуществлен в 2015 году. А для всего семейства ракет-носителей "Великий поход" это уже 255-я миссия.

Цитировать (https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186040.jpg) Chris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight) 34 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/932911300027457536)

LAUNCH! Long March 6 launches Jilin-1 trio - https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2017/11/long-march-6-launches-jilin-1-trio/ ... (https://t.co/1l2sragYF9) - by Rui C. Barbosa (@rmcsbarbosa (https://twitter.com/rmcsbarbosa))
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Long March 6 launches Jilin-1 trio (https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2017/11/long-march-6-launches-jilin-1-trio/)

November 21, 2017 by Rui C. Barbosa

ЦитироватьТайюань, 21 ноября /Синьхуа/ -- Во вторник в 12:50 с космодрома Тайюань /Северный Китай/ с помощью ракеты-носителя "Чанчжэн-6" /серия "Великий поход"/ на орбиту были успешно выведены три спутника для видеосъемки 04, 05 и 06 в рамках спутникового проекта "Цзилинь-1".

Нынешний запуск - третий по счету запуск в рамках инновационного проекта коммерческих спутников дистанционного зондирования "Цзилинь-1", самостоятельно разработанного китайской компанией спутниковых технологий "Чангуан". Этот проект состоит из более 60 спутников, которые применяются в основном для предоставления данных дистанционного зондирования и услуг правительственным службам и отраслевым абонентам.

Разработчиком ракеты-носителя "Чанчжэн-6" является Китайское объединение космических технологий. Это второй полет ракеты-носителя "Чанчжэн-6", а также 255-й полет ракеты-носителя серии "Чанчжэн".

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В Китае успешно запущены три спутника в рамках проекта "Цзилинь-1"
2017-11-21 17:07:22丨Russian.News.Cn

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В Китае успешно запущены три спутника в рамках проекта "Цзилинь-1". (Синьхуа)

Тайюань, 21 ноября /Синьхуа/ -- Во вторник в 12:50 с космодрома Тайюань /Северный Китай/ с помощью ракеты-носителя "Чанчжэн-6" /серия "Великий поход"/ на орбиту были успешно выведены три спутника для видеосъемки 04, 05 и 06 в рамках спутникового проекта "Цзилинь-1".

Нынешний запуск - третий по счету запуск в рамках инновационного проекта коммерческих спутников дистанционного зондирования "Цзилинь-1", самостоятельно разработанного китайской компанией спутниковых технологий "Чангуан". Этот проект состоит из более 60 спутников, которые применяются в основном для предоставления данных дистанционного зондирования и услуг правительственным службам и отраслевым абонентам.

Разработчиком ракеты-носителя "Чанчжэн-6" является Китайское объединение космических технологий. Это второй полет ракеты-носителя "Чанчжэн-6", а также 255-й полет ракеты-носителя серии "Чанчжэн".

ЦитироватьSecond Long March 6 Launches Jilin-1 Video Satellite Trio               
November 21, 2017 (http://spaceflight101.com/second-long-march-6-launches-jilin-1-video-satellite-trio/)

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China's Long March 6 rocket carried out its second flight on Tuesday to lift a trio of Jilin-1 high-resolution video satellites into orbit to join a growing constellation of commercial Earth observation satellites.

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The 29-meter tall Long March 6 rocket lifted off from Launch Complex 16 at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center at 4:50 UTC on Tuesday, 12:50 p.m. local time and Chinese state media reported the launch was a success, confirmed by orbital data for four objects related to this mission.

A number of satellites flying under the Jilin designation have launched in recent years as part of a self-developed remote sensing satellite project of Chang Guang SatelliteTechnology Ltd. with funding from the Jilin province to accelerate a local satellite production capability. Also involved in the project are the China Academy of Sciences, the Harbin Institute of Technology and a number of contractors delivering satellite components. The goal is to establish a powerful Earth observation constellation combining different types of satellites including high-resolution video and imaging satellites as well as technology demonstration missions using different satellite buses to demonstrate a range of capabilities.

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Jilin 1-04, 1-05 & 1-06 – Image via 9ifly.com

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The first Jilin launch occurred in October 2015 when a Long March 2D lofted the 450-Kilogram Jilin 1A high-resolution imaging satellite, two Jilin-1 video satellites and the LQSat experimental remote sensing satellite. Jilin 1-03 launched in January atop the inaugural Kuaizhou-1A rocket and the three satellites launched on Tuesday are designated Jilin 1-04, 1-05 and 1-06 or Lingqiao 1-04, 1-05 and 1-06.

The Jilin-A series comprises larger satellites in the 450kg range employing a telescopic imaging payload capable of achieving a ground resolution of 0.72 meters for panchromatic imagery and four meters for multi-spectral imagery including color and near-infrared image products across a ground swath of 11.6 Kilometers. Jilin-2A, the second in the series, is expected to launch in 2018 on a Kuaizhou-11 rocket – highlighting Jilin's ability to launch on a broad range of launch vehicles to ensure new satellites can reach orbit even if one particular launcher is unavailable.

The Jilin-1 video constellation satellites each weigh around 95 Kilograms and measure 1.2 by 1.1 meters in size, hosting a camera system capable of achieving a ground resolution of 1.13 meters, covering a frame of 4.3 by 2.4 Kilometers. Imagery from the Jilin-1 constellation is offered on the commercial satellite market and is hoped to find application in a number of areas such as forecasting and mitigation of natural disasters, resource exploration and various monitoring tasks.

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Photo of Beijing's Olympic Stadium captured by a Jilin-1 satellite – Credit: Chang Guang ST Co.

The Jilin-1 small satellite project has outlined an ambitious plan for the operation of a large constellation that could image any spot on the globe within minutes.

The next two Jilin-1 satellites are targeting launch in January on a Long March 11 rocket and the project hopes to have 16 satellites in operation in 2018 and 2019 to be able to support a revisit time of four hours for any given ground target. From 2020, the constellation will be boosted to sixty operational satellites for a refresh time of 30 minutes for any target and the ultimate goal is a 138-satellite constellation around 2030 to achieve an all-day, all-weather imaging system with a revisit capability of ten minutes. This would make Jilin 1 the world's most powerful space-based imaging system for the combination of time and spatial resolution of information products.

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Tuesday's launch took place at precisely 4:50:13.723 UTC and delivered the three Jilin satellites into an orbit of 530 by 542 Kilometers at an inclination of 97.5 degrees; the Long March 6 upper stage has been detected in a 390 by 530-Kilometer orbit.

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Long March 6 is the smallest member in China's new line of liquid-fueled launch vehicles, operating alongside the medium-lift Long March 7 that is sized for Low Earth Orbit logistics as well as Geotransfer missions and the heavy-lift Long March 5 for Space Station module launches, heavy Geostationary deliveries and interplanetary missions.

>> Long March 6 Launch Vehicle Overview (http://spaceflight101.com/spacerockets/long-march-6/)

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To streamline production, reduce cost and decrease overall complexity, all three of these rockets have a number of common components like engines and they share tank diameters to allow the same tooling to be used in production.

Long March 6 flew for the first time on September 19, 2015 with a series of small satellites, marking a critical demonstration mission for the CZ-5/6/7 series that paved the way toward test flights of the larger family members in 2016. Long March 6 stands 29.24 meters tall and has a first stage diameter of 3.35 meters with an empty mass of 9,020 Kilograms and a fueled launch mass of 103,200 Kilograms. The rocket is capable of lofting 1,080 Kilograms into a Sun Synchronous Orbit.

Long March 6 blasted off from Taiyuan under the loud thunder of its first stage, powered by a single YF-100 engine delivering a thrust of 120,300 Kilogram-force, burning 410 Kilograms of Kerosene and supercold Liquid Oxygen each second of flight. YF-100 is a high-pressure staged combustion engine using an oxygen-rich preburner that delivers the high-pressure gas needed to drive the engine turbopump which feeds propellants to the combustion chamber of the engine, normally operating at 180 bar. The engine can throttle from 65% to 100% to allow the launch vehicle to fly flexible mission profiles.

CZ-6 employs two-axis gimbaling of the engine for stabilization in the yaw and pitch axes while roll control is provided by four 1-Kilonewton thrusters burning a combination of Hydrogen Peroxide and Kerosene.

The first stage of the Long March 6 was to burn for about three minutes, consuming 76 metric tons of propellants in the process. The second stage of the vehicle has a length of around 7.3 meters and a reduced diameter of 2.25 meters, enabling it to hold 15,150kg of propellants for consumption by a single YF-115 engine that has the ability of performing more than one burn for injections into a variety of orbits.

YF-115 is a turbopump-fed engine delivering a total vacuum thrust of 17,850 Kilograms. Control on the second stage also uses engine gimbaling for pitch/yaw and a group of four 25-Newton thrusters for roll.

Sitting atop the second stage is the optional Long March 6 Trim Stage that measures around 1.8 meters in length and 2.25 in diameter featuring a set of four main thrusters, providing a total thrust of 410 Kilogram-force by burning Hydrogen Peroxide and Kerosene along with eight 100 Newton thrusters for attitude control. This stage is capable of making multiple burns over a long mission duration to target a variety of orbits with precise insertion capability.

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The three Jilin-1 sats launched on CZ-6 last night now cataloged in 530 x 545 km x 97.5 deg sun-sync orbit with 12:00 LT descending node

ЦитироватьLong March-6 launches Jilin satellites

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Опубликовано: 21 нояб. 2017 г.

A Long March-6 carrier rocker launched three remote sensing satellites, Jilin-1 04, Jilin-1 05 and Jilin-1 06, from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, Shanxi Province, on 21 November 2017, at 04:50 UTC (12:50 local time). The launch was the second mission of the Long March-6 launch vehicle.

Цитировать (https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29906.jpg) Andrew Jones‏ @AJ_FI (https://twitter.com/AJ_FI) 17 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/AJ_FI/status/933070251390062592)

And these are the video sats, manufactured by Chang Guang Satellite Technology co. ltd, ahead of launch
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ЦитироватьChina launches 3 commercial remote sensing satellites

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Опубликовано: 21 нояб. 2017 г.

The satellites will be used for wide imaging, video imaging and multispectral imaging. They will improve observation capability and promote commercial use for the remote sensing industry. Come to the scene and have a look!

ЦитироватьThree video imaging satellites launched from China
November 21, 2017 (https://spaceflightnow.com/2017/11/) Stephen Clark (https://spaceflightnow.com/author/stephen-clark/)

A Long March 6 booster took off Tuesday from China with three Earth observation satellites designed to record high-definition video and color imagery from a perch more than 300 miles above the planet.

The trio of commercial satellites launched from pad 16 at the Taiyuan space center in northeastern China's Shanxi province at 0450 GMT Tuesday (11:50 p.m. EST Monday). A three-stage Long March 6 rocket delivered the three spacecraft to a polar orbit around 335 miles (540 kilometers) above Earth, according to tracking data released by the U.S. military.

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Chinese state media declared the launch successful, giving the light-class Long March 6 rocket a two-for-two record since its inaugural flight in September 2015.

The three Jilin Earth-imaging satellites launched Tuesday — named Jilin 1-04, Jilin 1-05 and Jilin 1-06 — are owned by Chang Guang Satellite Technology Co. Ltd., a commercial spinoff of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

The company has built and launched eight satellites, including six in the Jilin 1 video imaging constellation. It aims to have 60 satellites in orbit by 2020, providing global coverage and capturing a view of any location in the world as often as every 10 minutes.

Chang Guang's current customers are largely in the Chinese government and military sector, but officials hope to branch out to corporate and mass market clients, according to a report in January published by the state-run China Daily newspaper.

The addition of three new satellites with Tuesday's launch is expected to reduce the Jilin network's revisit time from three days to one day, China Daily reported.

The 95-foot-tall (29-meter) Long March 6 rocket is one of three new Long March-series satellite launchers debuted since 2015. The Long March 6 is a lightweight rocket, capable of hauling up to 1,100 pounds — 500 kilograms — of payload into a sun-synchronous orbit a few hundred miles in altitude, a popular destination for many Earth observation satellites, according to China Daily.

The Long March 6's first stage is powered by a kerosene-fueled YF-100 main engine, a staged combustion powerplant Chinese engineers have worked on since 2000. The engine generates approximately 120 metric tons, or 264,000 pounds, of thrust. A YF-115 engine provides propulsion for the Long March 6 second stage.

The YF-100 and YF-115 engines are the same new-generation powerplants used on China's bigger Long March 5 and Long March 7 rockets.

Liquid-fueled thrusters on the Long March 6's third stage guided the Jilin satellites into their near-circular orbit for deployment.

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Three Jilin-1 satellites, launched on Tuesday in north China's Shanxi Province, sent back the first image nine hours after the launch. The satellites carried cameras designed to improve observation capability to promote commercial use for the remote sensing industry.