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Orbital Focus (@OrbitalFocus) profile pictureOrbital Focus@OrbitalFocus24 Oct 2022
Mission Update Chinese Space Station Another small upwards nudge prior to Mengtian Launch - expected Oct 31, ~07:37 UTC #China #space #CSS #Mengtian #launch #Wenchang #CZ5 #satellite #news
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Orbital Focus (@OrbitalFocus) profile pictureOrbital Focus@OrbitalFocus14 Sep 2022
Taiyuan Test Flight Sep 15, ~08:00 UTC NOTAM runs 07:49 - 08:22 UTC Flight 12-15 minutes duration, rocket launched to unknown altitude before conducting manoeuvres and setting down somewhere within the large zone Seems insufficient time for it to fly back along the corridor
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Orbital Focus (@OrbitalFocus) profile pictureOrbital Focus@OrbitalFocus23 Aug 2022
China reusable spacecraft OrbitalFocus.uk/2022#093 Still no significant manouevres Next landing opportunity Aug 27 - lighting conditions and ground track will match 2020 mission In current orbit, landing opportunities occur every 12 days, lighting conditions recur every 60 days
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Orbital Focus (@OrbitalFocus) profile pictureOrbital Focus@OrbitalFocus9 Aug 2022
Ceres 1 Launch Aug 9, 04:11 UTC Two most-recent Ceres launches coincided with NOTAMs from Chennai FIR that did not fit the ground track BUT… setting the NOTAM latitudes to SOUTH rather than north creates an area that does fit the track! Major cock-up by CAAC? @CNSpaceflight
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Orbital Focus (@OrbitalFocus) profile pictureOrbital Focus@OrbitalFocus2 Aug 2022
China Launch Aug 4, 16:00 UTC (60-90 min window) CZ-?? Jiuquan This is what the mission may look like, assuming it's a launch to LEO Yuan Wang 6 has been 'loitering' near the position shown for nearly 48 hrs - from there it will have comms opportunities on both rev 0 and rev 1
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Orbital Focus (@OrbitalFocus) profile pictureOrbital Focus@OrbitalFocus30 Jul 2022
Wentian CZ 5B upper stage re-entry Forecast is down to +/-31 min, with a little over one hour to opening of the window @SpaceTrackOrg has moved to the East Indies but it could occur anywhere along the line with lower probability towards the ends Lots of ocean… #CZ5B
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Orbital Focus (@OrbitalFocus) profile pictureOrbital Focus@OrbitalFocus30 Jul 2022
Wentian CZ 5B upper stage re-entry, down to ~140 km Updated Plot #CZ5B
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Orbital Focus (@OrbitalFocus) profile pictureOrbital Focus@OrbitalFocus28 Jul 2022
(Yaogan 35-03)? Launch Jul 29, ~03:26 UTC CZ 2D Xichang SC Stage 1 will follow ground track for 31° inclination Stage 2 will execute right turn to establish 35° incl Yuan Wang 5 on station near 8° north, 130° east to monitor sat separation #China #satellite #launch #news
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Orbital Focus (@OrbitalFocus) profile pictureOrbital Focus@OrbitalFocus27 Jul 2022
Russia Launch?? Aug 2, ~08:00 UTC Soyuz-2 1x? + Fregat? Plesetsk SC More detail available for Russia's Aug 2 - Aug 6 nav warning Shows it does NOT fit anything returning from ISS It is consistent with Plesetsk launch to 65°-66° inclination Anyone able to tell me what it is?
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Orbital Focus (@OrbitalFocus) profile pictureOrbital Focus@OrbitalFocus26 Jul 2022
China Launch Jul 27, ~04:07 UTC (ZK 1A)? Jiuquan SC Aimed at LTDN ~10:20, several satellites already in this slot orbitalfocus.uk/Diaries/Laun… #china #satellite #launch #Jiuquan #orbit #ZK1A #orbit #news
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Orbital Focus (@OrbitalFocus) profile pictureOrbital Focus@OrbitalFocus24 Jul 2022
Tianzhou 3 Minor orbit adjustment means that it is nearly matched to CSS and at a fixed 730 km behind It will definitely get the chance to 'see' Wentian as it passes by on approach to the station #China #Tianhe #Wentian #Tiangong #Tianzhou3 #space #orbit #CZ5B #LongMarch #news
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Orbital Focus (@OrbitalFocus) profile pictureOrbital Focus@OrbitalFocus24 Jul 2022
Tianzhou 3 Since undocking Jul 17, it has been drifting slowly away and as of today at 03:00 UTC it was ~740 km behind the CSS Wentian will pass close to it on its approach to docking with CSS #China #Tianhe #Wentian #Tiangong #Tianzhou3 #space #orbit #CZ5B #LongMarch #news
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Orbital Focus (@OrbitalFocus) profile pictureOrbital Focus@OrbitalFocus24 Jul 2022
Wentian Launch Jul 24, 06:22:32 UTC CZ 5B Wenchang SC Successfully reached orbit, story so far OrbitalFocus.uk/2022#085 #China #Tianhe #Wentian #space #orbit #launch #CZ5B #LongMarch #news
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Orbital Focus (@OrbitalFocus) profile pictureOrbital Focus@OrbitalFocus23 Jul 2022
Wentian Launch Jul 24, ~06:20 UTC CZ 5B Wenchang SC Notes and explanation of the ground track map available: OrbitalFocus.uk/Diaries/blog… #China #Tianhe #Wentian #space #orbit #launch #CZ5B #LongMarch #news
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Chinese Space Station Thrusters of Tianzhou 4 have been used to adjust the orbit of the station in preparation for launch of Wentian on Jul 24, a further small adjustment later today is possible OrbitalFocus.uk/2021#035 #China #space #launch #Tianhe #Wentian #LongMarch #news
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Yuan Wang 5 tracking ship arrived on-station to support Wentian launch, expected Jul 24 YW 3 - in transit from Tianlian 2-03 support location to home port, arriving Jul 23 YW 6 - home port YW 7 - home port #China #Chinese #space #CSS #Wentian #Tianhe #launch #orbit #news #CZ5
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New Chinese launch today, get the detail by following zarya's new account: @OrbitalFocus
LARES 2, 53105/2022-080A Intention to de-orbit the Vega-C upper stage may have been cancelled late in the launch planning Follow our new Twitter feed @OrbitalFocus for updates #LARES2 #VegaC #ESA #Arianespace #Italy #satellite #orbit #news #space
Another example of the child-like nature of the people who run @NASA on the web It would be mildly amusing were it not for the fact that contacting the "NASA Official" @DunbarNASA about a missing page NEVER gets a response and NEVER results in the error getting fixed
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Successful Chinese launch today Follow our new Twitter account @OrbitalFocus for mission and orbit details
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