From Post #5027, the last Beidou-3 navigation satellite is scheduled for May. So this CZ-7A (LM-7A) scheduled for March 16 is not a Beidou satellite launch.
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From Post #5027, the last Beidou-3 navigation satellite is scheduled for May. So this CZ-7A (LM-7A) scheduled for March 16 is not a Beidou satellite launch.
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I'm surprised they haven't scrubbed spaceport activities due to COVID-19. Seems like this gaggle of observers and engineers is ripe for a potential outbreak.
can see that they are all wearing masks, and perhaps they have all been tested negative for the virus and thus are cleared to enter the site?
Hmmm first attempt to use CZ-7A for GTO delivery. While it's a newish rocket, only a 2:3 success rate is still not promising and it doesn't seem to be a high performance rocket in any way unlike CZ-5. Failure after 2 hours of flight. Something to do with the payload or payload delivery perhaps? Upper stage separations? It is a modification on the standard CZ-7 though. An oversight somewhere in the newer modifications maybe. Doubt we'll hear much about the nature of the issue.
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