Chinese media has released that Chang'e 1, China's first moon orbiter, is going to launch on Oct. 24. Launch window opens at around 6 PM (6 AM EDT). <br /><br />At the Xichange launch site, the probe has been mated to the launch vehicle and the fuel has been loaded. Local residents within 2.5 km radius to the launch pad are evacuated. Public is invited to view the launch of the moon probe, at an expense at about 100 USD per ticket.
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Excellent! Thanks for the heads up, will be keeping an eye on this one <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>
This video shows some very good animations of the mission profile including communications with ground stations and orbit transfers.<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqAarZ-Mxnk <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>
This video shows some very good animations of the mission profile<br /><br />ï¼ï¼ï¼ï¼ï¼ï¼ï¼ï¼ï¼ï¼ï¼ï¼ï¼ï¼<br /><br />Sorry to know that youtube is just blocked in China
Pay to watch a launch?<br />You've got to be kidding. <br /><br />=============<br /><br />Definitely not. A local tourist company is selling the tickets. A few viewing sites are built at distances of about 2.5 km to the launch pad, providing 2,500 seats. But there are just dozens of orders so far.
Given that several hundreds have been killed during a past rocket crash, this is surprising Chinese authorities let tourists come close...<br />This being said there are many villages very close to the launch site.
Do you by chance have a link or data on the 100s killed. I know of one accident that killed some people not associated with that particular launch. But I hadn't seen any reliable data on hundreds killed. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><strong>My borrowed quote for the time being:</strong></p><p><em>There are three kinds of people in life. Those who make it happen, those who watch it happen...and those who do not know what happened.</em></p> </div>
Based on the local media, the launch window opens exactly at 6:00 PM. The probe will be injected in 200 km lunar orbit 173 hours after launch. No technical issue so far. Shower is the major concern. Chinese pay great expectation on this mission. Media says it is the start point to realize the country's dream of conquering the space and the turning point of Chinese space program.
Do you by chance have a link or data on the 100s killed.<br /><br />==================<br /><br />Think that is the accident happened on Feb 15 1996. The first CZ-3B went out of control seconds after lift off. No reliable number of casualties is available because that is a secret. But an officlal documentary released that loss is heavy, including several rocket scientists.<br /><br />All CZ-3B launches are successful since that failure.
CZ-3A will lift off from the laucnh pad 3. It is the oldest pad in Xichang indeed, built in 1983 and updated in 2006.<br /><br />http://news.xinhuanet.com/tech/2006-12/31/xin_132120331075853159243.jpg
YouTube video of the Long March catastrophe news story;<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4oAQm4r5sI <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>
Please elaborate.1.When and in which launch.2.source including website.This is very serios matter.Your statement is vague .
1.When and in which launch.<br /><br />==============<br /><br />Time: Oct. 24 6:00 PM( 6:00 AM EDT); <br />Location: Xichang space port, Pad 3;<br />Spacecraft: Chang'e 1;<br />Launch vehicle: CZ-3A;<br /><br />2.source including website<br />===================<br /><br />Sorry, China has no agency like NASA, ESA, or JAXA. There is no website like www.nasa.gov covering space program. The public gets information about space flight from (government owned) news media source. Those statements are released by the official source. They are trying carefully to keep the info as vague as possilbe. In 2006, the program manager said Chang'e 1 was going to launch by the end of 2006. And in 2007, media was told that it was certainly to launch this year. The launch date was a secret until days before.
this was not to belittle Chinese engineers' achievements. One failure out of tens of launches is not much. But just a recall that it is not very safe to live close to launch sites.<br /><br />Let's hope the launch will be successful.
That's one reason why NASA's east coast facility is on the east coast of Florida, and launches to the east <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>
China will launch its first lunar probe this week, an official said Monday — weeks after regional rival Japan put one in high orbit over the moon in a big leap forward in Asia's undeclared space race. <br /> <br />The rivalry is likely to be joined soon by India, which plans to send its own lunar probe into space in April.<br /><br />The launch window for China's Chang'e 1 orbiter has been set for Wednesday through Friday, with the prime time being 6 p.m. (6 a.m. EDT) Wednesday, said Li Guoping, a spokesman for the China National Space Administration.<br /><br />"The orbiting of the moon is a high-tech project of self-innovation," Li told reporters. "It will set the technological foundation for the development of China's space exploration."<br /><br />The Chang'e 1 — named after a http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071022/ap_on_sc/china_lunar_probe<br />
I wonder what their rationalization was for building the original pads in such mountainous / populated areas. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>
Update:<br /><br />Launch window opens at 6:05 PM Oct.24, can also launch on 25 and 26.<br /><br />Start fueling the launch vehicle early this morning.<br /><br />Mission timeline: injected in earth-lunar-transform orbit on Oct. 31; LOI on Nov. 5; targeted lunar orbit period is 127 minutes; going to send back the first image of moon later november.<br /><br />I wonder what their rationalization was for building the original pads in such mountainous / populated areas.<br />===================<br /><br />Chinese space program is running by the military, and the launch sites are built in the Cold War era. They were preparing for a global nuclear war and wanted to hide everything from the outside. Keeping things secret is more important than public safety.
Can I watch live broadcasting of launch?<br /><br />==================<br /><br />Still not sure if there will be live broadcast of the launch. Only chance is on CCTV.<br /><br />http://www.cctv.com/english/20071023/105297.shtml
>>Sorry, China has no agency like NASA, ESA, or JAXA. <br /><br />How about CNSA?<br />http://www.cnsa.gov.cn/<br />Is it space agency of China?
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