threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.workscakeM to Spaceflight@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 21 days agoChina launches classified comms satellite, conducts commercial sea launchspacenews.comexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up111arrow-down10
arrow-up111arrow-down1external-linkChina launches classified comms satellite, conducts commercial sea launchspacenews.comthreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.workscakeM to Spaceflight@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 21 days agomessage-square1fedilink
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.workscakeOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·20 days agoAdditional info from Jonathan McDowell: https://bsky.app/profile/planet4589.bsky.social/post/3lpm6infl7c23 LAUNCH at 1150 UTC May 20 of the Zhongxing-3B military communications sat on a Chang Zheng 7A from Wenchang https://bsky.app/profile/planet4589.bsky.social/post/3lpndzza6m22g Zhongxing-3B has been cataloged in a 206 x 35799 km x 15.5 deg geotransfer orbit. https://bsky.app/profile/planet4589.bsky.social/post/3lpnsvt6lnk2j LAUNCH at 0405 UTC May 21 of a Lijian-1 from Jiuquan with six sats: Taijing 3-04, Taijing 4-02A, Xingrui-11, Xiguang-1 02, and Cube-108 001 https://bsky.app/profile/planet4589.bsky.social/post/3lpnv4wzz6s2a and (I should have added) Xingjiyuan-1
Additional info from Jonathan McDowell:
https://bsky.app/profile/planet4589.bsky.social/post/3lpm6infl7c23
https://bsky.app/profile/planet4589.bsky.social/post/3lpndzza6m22g
https://bsky.app/profile/planet4589.bsky.social/post/3lpnsvt6lnk2j
https://bsky.app/profile/planet4589.bsky.social/post/3lpnv4wzz6s2a