Correction on the launch time of BY70-1: it was 03:23 UTC.
On 28-12-16 12:15, Nico Janssen wrote:
All,
Today, 2016-12-28, BY70-1 was launched at 04:23 UTC from Taiyuan launch center with a Long March 2D launch vehicle, together with two GaoJing (SuperView) remote sensing satellites. But unfortunately none of the satellites entered the planned circular orbit at 520 km altitude. All four objects from this launch (41907-41910) are in an low elliptical orbit with a perigee of only around 213 km and an apogee of 524 km. Therefore these objects will decay and burn up in the atmosphere soon.
73, Nico PA0DLO
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