China Launches CBERS-4 Satellite on Long March Rockets' 200th Mission
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It follows a news published today (12/07), in the website www.chinaview.cn, noting that China launches CBERS-4 Satellite on Long March Rockets' 200th Mission.
Duda Falcão
China Launches CBERS-4 Satellite on
Long March Rockets'
200th Mission
Editor: Xuxin
English.news.cn
2014-12-07
- 13:29:02
TAIYUAN,
Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- China launched the CBERS-4 satellite, jointly developed with
Brazil, on Sunday from the Taiyuan base by Long March-4B rocket, the 200th Long
March rocket family launch.
The
rocket blasted off at 11:26 a.m. and lifted the earth resource satellite into
its scheduled orbit, according to the Taiyuan satellite launch center in north
China's Shanxi province.
CBERS-4
is the fifth satellite of the Chinese-Brazilian Earth Resource Satellite
(CBERS) program which began in 1988. Such satellites are for use in the
monitoring, planning and management of land, forestry, water conservancy,
environmental protection and agriculture.
The
first satellite of the program, CBERS-1, was launched in Oct. 1999 with the
second and third, CBERS-2 and CBERS-2B, launched in 2003 and 2007.
CBERS-3
was launched last December from Taiyuan but failed to enter orbit after the
rocket malfunctioned.
There
is an agreement to build CBERS-5, which is expected to be launched in 2017.
Sunday's
mission was the 200th flight of the Long March carrier rocket family since
April 24, 1970 when a Long March-1 successfully carried China's first
satellite, Dongfanghong-1, into space.
The
199th mission was completed last month by a Long March-2D rocket which took the
Yaogan-24 remote sensing satellite into orbit.
China
started work on carrier rockets in 1956. Long March rockets have since become
the main carriers for satellite and spacecraft launches, taking more than 250
into space, including the Shenzhou unmanned and manned
spaceships, China's first space lab Tiangong-1, and lunar orbiters.
Lei
Fanpei, Chairman of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC),
the main contractor for the space programs, told Xinhua that the Long March
rockets will make at least another 100 launches in the next 7 years. The
rockets were designed and manufactured by the China Academy of Launch Vehicle
Technology, a CASC subsidiary.
The
100th launch of the Long March came on June 1, 2007 when a Long March-3A took a
communications satellite into orbit.
There
were 7 failures in the first 100 launches. In the second 100 launches since
2007, there were just two failures, a safety record that is better than those
of the U.S. and Russia.
Carrying
capacity and safety have a direct impact on satellites and spacecraft, so
China's space program depends a lot on the rockets, said Li Tongyu of the
academy.
Source: Website http://www.chinaview.cn
A «transmissão» do lançamento pelo link proporcionado pelo INPE pode-se dizer que foi no mínimo medíocre!!!
ResponderExcluirOlá Rui!
ExcluirRealmente deixaram a desejar, mas em breve eles devem divulgar o vídeo do lançamento.
Abs
Duda Falcão
(Blog Brazilian Space)
Duda,
ResponderExcluirNem espere por eles...
http://news.cntv.cn/2014/12/07/VIDE1417950717287105.shtml
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XODQzNTkzODA4.html
http://tv.cntv.cn/video/C10616/ad43df74c08440e5af51dd77cc37b449
Valeu Rui pelos links amigo.
ExcluirAbração
Duda Falcão
(Blog Brazilian Space)
Já agora, o meu artigo sobre o lançamento http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2014/12/200th-long-march-launches-cbers-4-brazil/ e http://www.zenite.nu/orbita/cbers-4-colocado-em-orbita-com-sucesso/
ResponderExcluirUm vídeo de tv local http://youtu.be/j2wsZudLq1A
ResponderExcluirLançamento do reportagem chinesa em duas partes CBERS4 youtu.be/11oL4QAVIT8 continua em youtu.be/cZkrGrw0WQ0
Valeu Universo Cativo pelos links amigo.
ExcluirAbs
Duda Falcão
(Blog Brazilian Space)