Jeszcze dwa Beidou 15.10. o 04:23:04,381 z Xichang wystrzelona została RN CZ-3B/YZ-1, która wyniosła na orbitę o parametrach:
hp=21507 km, ha=22189 km, i=55,00° satelity nawigacyjne Beidou-3 M15 i 3M16.
http://lk.astronautilus.pl/n181001.htm#07https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=v--Bo5xtkccUdany start CZ-3B z dwoma satelitami BeiDou BY KRZYSZTOF KANAWKA ON 18 PAŹDZIERNIKA 2018
Piętnastego października rakieta CZ-3B wyniosła dwa satelity nawigacyjne BeiDou. Był to już 28 chiński start rakiety orbitalnej w 2018 roku.
Do startu rakiety CZ-3B doszło 15 października o godzinie 06:23 CEST z kosmodromu Xichang. Na pokładzie rakiety znalazły się dwa satelity konstelacji nawigacyjnej (GNSS) BeiDou o oznaczeniach BeiDou-3M15 oraz BeiDou-3M16. Lot rakiety CZ-3B przebiegł prawidłowo i satelity znalazły się na wstępnej orbicie o parametrach ok. 21530 km x 22190 km i nachyleniu 55 stopni.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9Dw3Zezvw4
Film niedostępny
Start CZ-3B – 15.10.2018 / Credits – CCTV
Tradycyjnie po starcie szczątki pierwszego stopnia tej rakiety spadły na zamieszkały teren. Elementy pierwszego stopnia spadły m.in. na dom. Zdjęcia szczątków można zobaczyć
w wątku na Polskim Forum Astronautycznym.
Był to już 28 start chińskiej rakiety orbitalnej w 2018 roku. W tym roku zarówno Chiny jak i USA przodują w ilości startów, zaś Rosja (dotychczasowy lider) przeprowadził znacznie mniej lotów. W listopadzie Chiny przeprowadzą kolejny start dwóch satelitów konstelacji BeiDou.
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https://kosmonauta.net/2018/10/udany-start-cz-3b-z-dwoma-satelitami-beidou/China launches twin BeiDou-3 satellitesSource: Xinhua| 2018-10-15 18:04:30|Editor: Liangyu
China sends twin BeiDou-3 navigation satellites into space on a Long March-3B carrier rocket from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Xichang, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Oct. 15, 2018. The satellites are the 39th and 40th of the BeiDou navigation system, and the 15th and 16th of the BeiDou-3 family. The launch was the 287th mission of the Long March carrier rocket series.(Xinhua/Liang Keyan)XICHANG, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) -- China sent twin BeiDou-3 navigation satellites into space on a Long March-3B carrier rocket from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province at 12:23 p.m. Monday.
The satellites entered their planned orbit after flying more than three hours, and will work with the 14 BeiDou-3 satellites already in orbit. The satellites are the 39th and 40th of the BeiDou navigation system, and the 15th and 16th of the BeiDou-3 family.
The satellites and the rocket for Monday's launch were developed by the Innovation Academy for Microsatellites of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology, respectively. The launch was the 287th mission of the Long March rocket series.
This year has seen an intensive launch of BeiDou satellites. China plans to send another three BeiDou-3 satellites into space to form a basic system to provide services for countries participating in the Belt and Road Initiative, by the end of the year.
Named after the Chinese term for the Big Dipper, the BeiDou system started serving China in 2000 and the Asia-Pacific region in 2012.
Over the past five years, the system has helped rescue more than 10,000 fishermen. More than 40,000 fishing vessels and around 4.8 million commercial vehicles in China are equipped with BeiDou.
The system is also helping monitor the structural integrity of highways, pipelines, dams and bridges.
More than 300 million mobile phones, 40 percent of all smartphones in China, can connect to BeiDou.
The system now covers more than 50 countries with a total population of more than 3 billion. By 2020, BeiDou will provide first-class services around the globe.
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-10/15/c_137534131.htmLong March 3B launch conducts China’s 28th launch of the yearwritten by Rui C. Barbosa October 14, 2018
(...) Also designated Beidou-39 and Beidou-40, the MEO satellites are the Medium Earth Orbit component of the third phase of the Chinese Beidou (Compass) satellite navigation system. The satellites are part of a fleet that will expand the system to a global navigation coverage.
The satellites are using a bus that features a phased array antenna for navigation signals and a laser retroreflector, with a launch mass 1,014 kg. Spacecraft dimensions are noted to be 2.25 by 1.0 by 1.22 meters. Usually, the satellites reside in a 21,500 – 21,400 km nominal orbit at 55.5 degrees. (...)
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/10/long-march-3b-chinas-28th-launch-year/China launches two more Beidou navigation satellitesOctober 15, 2018 Stephen Clark
(...) China’s state-run Xinhua news agency reported three more Beidou satellites are scheduled for launch — likely on two Long March rocket flights — later this year. The Beidou network has provided regional navigation services over the Asia-Pacific since the end of 2012, and China plans to roll out a wider coverage zone stretching over Asia, Europe and most of Africa at the end of this year.
“The system now covers more than 50 countries with a total population of more than 3 billion,” Xinhua said. “By 2020, Beidou will provide first-class services around the globe.”
https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/10/15/china-launches-two-more-beidou-navigation-satellites/https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/bd-3m-2.htm