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camera lens for spaceborne IMINT satelite,lens likely for civilian optical imaging satelite.
second picture show Chingqing taken 4096x4096 CCD camera.(from helos?)
 
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Chang'e-3 lunar probe is scheduled to be launched at the end of this year. "Chang'e-3 has officially entered its launch stage, following its research and manufacture period," said a statement released by the administration after Wednesday's meeting on the mission.

"The Chang'e-3 mission makes best use of a plethora of innovative technology. It is an extremely difficult mission, that carries great risk," said Ma Xingrui, head of China's space exploration body and chief commander of the lunar program.

Chang'e-3's carrier rocket has successfully gone through its first test while the launch pad, control and ground application systems are ready for the mission.

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Yaogan XVII Satellite launched


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Xinhua | 2013-9-2 10:26:07

A Long March-4C carrier rocket carrying the Yaogan XVII remote-sensing satellite blasts off from the launch pad at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Jiuquan, northwest China's Gansu Province, Sept. 2, 2013. The satellite will be used to conduct scientific experiments, carry out land surveys, monitor crop yields and aid in reducing and preventing natural disasters. (Xinhua/Li Ziheng)

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A Chinese Long March 4C rocket blasted off from the Jiquan Satellite Launch Center at 19:16 UTC on Sunday to deliver a Yaogan Payload to Orbit. The flight was a complete success and delivered a payload of three spacecraft to their target orbit - further expanding China's reconnaissance satellite fleet.

The Yaogan Weixing Satellite Fleet consists of remote sensing spacecraft that either carry optical, Synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) or electronic intelligence payloads. According to Chinese Officials, the Yaogan Satellite Constellation is used for scientific experiments, land survey, crop yield assessment, and disaster monitoring. However, it is believed that the satellite system serves military purposes. The real purpose of the satellites is likely to locate and track warships by acquiring their optical signatures and radio transmissions.

This launch orbited three Yaogan Satellites, 17A, 17B and 17C. Details on the spacecraft and their respective payloads have not been given. Three Yaogan Spacecraft were also launched by a CZ-4C back in 2009.

The Yaogan 9 satellites entered a highly choreographed, triangular constellation in a 1,080 by 1,100-Kilometer Orbit at an inclination of 63.4 degrees - resembling the US NOSS triplets that were used for ELINT purposes until being replaced by duos of NOSS Satellites (Naval Ocean Surveillance System) starting to be launched in 2001.

The hypothesis of the Yaogan triplets being similar to the NOSS triplets was firmed up in 2012, when three Yaogan 16 satellites were delivered to orbit and entered formation in a second orbital plane west of that of Yaogan 9. The Yaogan 17 launch entered an orbital plane about 75 degrees east of Yaogan 9 - creating an operational system that closely resembles the pattern of NOSS satellites launched in 2007, 2011 and 2012 that show a 74-degree spacing in planes.

US Space Surveillance tracked the three Yaogan 17 spacecraft in a 1,079 by 1,108-Kilometer orbit at an inclination of 63.4 degrees.
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Chang'e-3 is on its way from Beijing to the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in south west Sichuan province. It's expected to be launched at the end of this year to land on the moon.

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