Beidou-3 M3 (№28), Beidou-3 M4 (№29) – CZ-3B – Сичан (XSLC)– 12.02.2018 05:05 UT

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Пуск планируется 11-15 февраля, как полагают на китайских форумах.

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Cosmic Penguin‏ @Cosmic_Penguin 3h ago

Continuing their extreme rushed pace of deploying their satellite navigation system, the Chinese will launch their next pair of Beidou navigation sats on February 11 ~05:10 UTC from Xichang, per air space closure notices.

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A0431/18 - A TEMPORARY RESTRICTED AREA ESTABLISHED BOUNDED BY: N180540E1115053-N184350E1111900-N181640E1104331-N173836E1111528 BACK TO START.
VERTICAL LIMITS:GND-UNL. ALL ACFT SHALL BE FORBIDDEN TO FLY INTO THE RESTRICTED AREA. GND - UNL, 11 FEB 05:03 2018 UNTIL 11 FEB 05:32 2018. CREATED: 07 FEB 02:42 2018

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China to loft Beidou satellite pair on Sunday with seventh space launch of 2018

China will launch a pair of satellites for its Beidou navigation system on Sunday, with a Long March 3B rocket being readied to carry the duo from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre to medium Earth orbit.

Launch from the site in the hills of the southwestern province of Sichuan is expected to take place on February 11, with airspace closures indicating that liftoff will take place around 13:10 local time (05:10 UTC, 00:10 ET).

The satellites will be the 28th and 29th for the Beidou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) which is China's own version of the Global Positioning System (GPS) developed by the United States.

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The launch will also already be China's seventh of 2018, with the country potentially set to attempt around 40 missions, including government and commercial launches, with the return-to-flight of the Long March 5 and the Chang'e-4 lunar far side mission as highlights.

This will also be the second launch of Beidou satellites in 2018, with a previous duo of satellites launched to medium Earth orbit on January 11.

That mission was noted for a booster from the Long March 3B launch vehicle falling close to a village in Guangxi, with startling footage being captured by locals, and some even approaching the toxic and flaming wreckage.

The China Aerospace Science and Technology Group (CASC), the main contractor for the space programme, says it will aim to launch up to 18 Beidou satellites by the end of 2018, most of them in pairs.

China's Beidou navigation system
Beidou is China's own Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), designed to remove reliance on and rival America's GPS, as well as Russia's GLONASS and Europe's Galileo constellations.

As well as civilian applications such as navigation for shipping and road traffic, and mapping and surveying, Beidou will provide the People's Liberation Army assistance from space in targeting, positioning and locating, and synchronising operations.

The system is also being touted as an important part of the Belt and Road initiative, providing coverage to countries involved in the signature project of Chinese president Xi Jinping.

The satellites to be launched are part of the third phase of deployment of Beidou satellites, which will allow the system - which currently offers regional coverage - to provide services globally by 2020.

The satellites are based on a new satellite bus that features a phased array antenna for navigation signals and a laser retroreflector, with a launch mass 1,014 kg, according to Nasaspaceflight.com.

The accuracy, stability and signal strength of the Beidou-3 satellites is improved over previous versions by developments in atomic clocks, laser communications and inter-satellite links.

Lei Fanpei, chairman of CASC, said late last year that the construction of the 35-satellite navigation system – with five in geosynchronous orbit, three in inclined geosynchronous orbits, and 27 in lower, medium Earth orbits - is to be completed by 2020.

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NOTAM

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Ещё NOTAM, ПМСМ, на 2-ю ст РН

RPHI

B0588/18 - DUE TO SPACEFLIGHT ACT OF ATM BUREAU OF CAAC WI THE AIRSPACE
BOUNDED BY
12 10 19N 116 31 00E - 12 53 32N 115 57 34E -
12 27 11N 115 22 24E - 11 44 02N 115 55 52E,

THE FLW ATS RTE SEGMENTS WILL BE CLSD
1. M754 BTN GUKUM AND LULBU
 ALTN RTE: GUKUM DCT REKEL DCT LULBU AND VICE-VERSA

2. M765 BTN PANDI AND NOBEN
 ALTN RTE: PANDI W17 LULBU DCT REKEL AND VICE-VERSA. 11 FEB 04:55 2018 UNTIL
11 FEB 05:45 2018. CREATED: 07 FEB 06:41 2018

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NOTAM на 2-ю ст

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Носитель на СК

https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/234447.jpg

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Новый нотам: те же зоны и время, что и в A0431/18, но дата уже — 12 февраля.

A0455/18 (ZJSA SANYA ACC) - A TEMPORARY RESTRICTED AREA ESTABLISHED BOUNDED BY: N180540E1115053-N184350E1111900-N181640E1104331-N173836E1111528 BACK TO START.
VERTICAL LIMITS:GND-UNL. ALL ACFT SHALL BE FORBIDDEN TO FLY INTO THE RESTRICTED AREA. GND - UNL, 12 FEB 05:03 2018 UNTIL 12 FEB 05:32 2018. CREATED: 10 FEB 08:17 2018

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che wi пишет:
Новый нотам: те же зоны и время

Филиппины подтверждают. Действие нотамов A0431/18 и B0588/18 прекращены досрочно. Взамен введены новые - A0455/18 и B0654/18(приводится ниже).

RPHI

B0654/18 - DUE TO SPACEFLIGHT ACT OF ATM BUREAU OF CAAC WI THE AIRSPACE
BOUNDED BY
12 10 19N 116 31 00E - 12 53 32N 115 57 34E -
12 27 11N 115 22 24E - 11 44 02N 115 55 52E,
 
THE FLW ATS RTE SEGMENTS WILL BE CLSD
1. M754 BTN GUKUM AND LULBU
   ALTN RTE: GUKUM DCT REKEL DCT LULBU AND VICE-VERSA
 
2. M765 BTN PANDI AND NOBEN
   ALTN RTE: PANDI W17 LULBU DCT REKEL AND VICE-VERSA. 12 FEB 04:55 2018 UNTIL
12 FEB 05:45 2018. CREATED: 10 FEB 13:19 2018

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Cosmic Penguin‏ @Cosmic_Penguin 41s ago

Liftoff confirmed. We won't get an official confirmation until after the satellites reach their planned Medium Earth Orbits in about 4 hours' time.

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Космические полёты Китая - ChinaSpaceFlight
сегодня в 8:30

12.02.2018 ~ 05:05 UTC (~13:05 BJT) — Xichang Satellite Launch Center (XSLC), LC2 — CZ-3B (YZ-1) / Chang Zheng-3B (YZ-1) — BeiDou-3 M3 & M4 (BD-3 M3 / BD-3 M4) 

Миссия Beidou-3 M3 & Beidou-3 M4 
Liftoff confirmed!!! 
Пуск подтверждён! Сообщает инсайдер из Китая!

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Видео пуска


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Andrew Jones‏ @AJ_FI 27m ago

An image.

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[Andrew Jones‏ @AJ_FI 26m ago

Long March 3B launch footage, lifting off around 05:05 UTC today from Xichang, carrying 2 Beidou satellites towards medium Earth orbit. Angle: Desolation of Xichang.


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Cosmic Penguin‏ @Cosmic_Penguin 1m ago

Not surprisingly today's Chinese sat launch is again dropping rocket boosters around somebody's back yard (this time in Tianlin county, Guangxi):

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Andrew Jones‏ @AJ_FI 1h ago

Some booster wreckage footage, following Long March 3B launch from Xichang today. Not sure if this is from today's Beidou launch.


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http://bbs.9ifly.cn/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=90567&page=9#pid582873

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Andrew Jones‏ @AJ_FI 1h ago

The smell of hydrazine in the afternoon    Footage of fallen booster posted on Chinese social media following launch of 2 Beidou satellites on a Long March 3B from Xichang today at ~05:05 UTC/13:05 local (not sure if this is from today's launch or older).


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