Hendrik_2000
Lieutenant General
Re: Chinese Satellites
Well, well Yaogan 13 is launched today 3 more to go to reach the target
China return Long March 2C to flight with YaoGan Weixing-13 launch
November 29th, 2011 by Rui C. Barbosa
China has launched a new remote sensing satellite on Tuesday, with the YaoGan Weixing-13 satellite lofted into orbit from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center. The launch - which took place at 18:50 UTC - also marks the return to flight of the Long March 2C launch vehicle, following the August 18 launch failure that doomed the SJ-11 ShiJian 11-04 satellite.
Chinese Launch:
This launch comes 18 days after the launch of the previous satellite in the series, the YG-12 YaoGan Weixing-12, which was launched on November 11.
Once again the official Chinese media refer the new satellite as a new remote sensing bird that will be used for “scientific experiments, land survey, crop yield assessment, and disaster monitoring.”
However, as was the case in the last launches of the YaoGan Weixing series, western analysts believe this class of satellites is being used for military purposes.
Analysts also believe that the YG-13 YaoGan Weixing-13 is a new 2nd generation SAR satellite developed by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation Shanghai Academy, and equipped with a new SAR radar capable of 1.5 meter spatial resolution.
The YG-13 will probably substitute the YG-6 satellite launched on April 22, 2009 from Taiyuan by a Chang Zheng-2C (Long March 2C) rocket. Other second generation radar satellites were the YaoGan Weixing-8, launched on launched on December 15, 2009, and the YaoGan Weixing-10, launched on August 9, 2010.
This was the 152nd successful Chinese orbital launch, the 152nd launch of a Chang Zheng launch vehicle, the 35th successful orbital launch from Taiyuan and the 15th successful orbital Chinese launch in 2011, equaling the Chinese annual launch record of 2010, and the 3rd from Taiyuan this year.
The 2010 record is expected to be broken within days, as China ups the pace on their launch campaign.
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This is SAR( synthetic aperture radar) satellite for surveillance and locating ship in open sea as elaborated in this revised Hagt and Durnin report
A revised Hagt & Durnin report on the progress of Chinese satellite from strategic to tactical use AKA Bammer eye and ear.Anyone still doubt that China doesn't have infrastructure in place to target CBG read this report. Along report check it out
The rapid rise in China’s imaging satellites has important implications.The most basic is the distinct improvement in China’s spatialand temporal reconnaissance capabilities. Although China still has a long way to go before it has continuous, real-time tactical coverage,even of a regional maritime environment, it now has frequent and
dependable coverage of stationary targets and at least a basic ability to identify, track, and target vessels at sea.
This is important for specific weapons programs currently under development that would benefit immeasurably from a robust space-based reconnaissance system.
The most immediate and strategically disquieting application is a targeting and tracking capability in support of the anti-ship ballistic missile (ASBM), which could hit US carrier groups. However,such a system goes beyond supporting any single weapon; rather it could be developed to be dynamic, applicable to numerous defense
scenarios, and with numerous points of redundancy.
It could be a force-multiplier in the service of long-range cruise missiles, stand-off precision attacks, stealth technology, damage assessment, joint
Well, well Yaogan 13 is launched today 3 more to go to reach the target
China return Long March 2C to flight with YaoGan Weixing-13 launch
November 29th, 2011 by Rui C. Barbosa
China has launched a new remote sensing satellite on Tuesday, with the YaoGan Weixing-13 satellite lofted into orbit from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center. The launch - which took place at 18:50 UTC - also marks the return to flight of the Long March 2C launch vehicle, following the August 18 launch failure that doomed the SJ-11 ShiJian 11-04 satellite.
Chinese Launch:
This launch comes 18 days after the launch of the previous satellite in the series, the YG-12 YaoGan Weixing-12, which was launched on November 11.
Once again the official Chinese media refer the new satellite as a new remote sensing bird that will be used for “scientific experiments, land survey, crop yield assessment, and disaster monitoring.”
However, as was the case in the last launches of the YaoGan Weixing series, western analysts believe this class of satellites is being used for military purposes.
Analysts also believe that the YG-13 YaoGan Weixing-13 is a new 2nd generation SAR satellite developed by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation Shanghai Academy, and equipped with a new SAR radar capable of 1.5 meter spatial resolution.
The YG-13 will probably substitute the YG-6 satellite launched on April 22, 2009 from Taiyuan by a Chang Zheng-2C (Long March 2C) rocket. Other second generation radar satellites were the YaoGan Weixing-8, launched on launched on December 15, 2009, and the YaoGan Weixing-10, launched on August 9, 2010.
This was the 152nd successful Chinese orbital launch, the 152nd launch of a Chang Zheng launch vehicle, the 35th successful orbital launch from Taiyuan and the 15th successful orbital Chinese launch in 2011, equaling the Chinese annual launch record of 2010, and the 3rd from Taiyuan this year.
The 2010 record is expected to be broken within days, as China ups the pace on their launch campaign.
This is SAR( synthetic aperture radar) satellite for surveillance and locating ship in open sea as elaborated in this revised Hagt and Durnin report
A revised Hagt & Durnin report on the progress of Chinese satellite from strategic to tactical use AKA Bammer eye and ear.Anyone still doubt that China doesn't have infrastructure in place to target CBG read this report. Along report check it out
The rapid rise in China’s imaging satellites has important implications.The most basic is the distinct improvement in China’s spatialand temporal reconnaissance capabilities. Although China still has a long way to go before it has continuous, real-time tactical coverage,even of a regional maritime environment, it now has frequent and
dependable coverage of stationary targets and at least a basic ability to identify, track, and target vessels at sea.
This is important for specific weapons programs currently under development that would benefit immeasurably from a robust space-based reconnaissance system.
The most immediate and strategically disquieting application is a targeting and tracking capability in support of the anti-ship ballistic missile (ASBM), which could hit US carrier groups. However,such a system goes beyond supporting any single weapon; rather it could be developed to be dynamic, applicable to numerous defense
scenarios, and with numerous points of redundancy.
It could be a force-multiplier in the service of long-range cruise missiles, stand-off precision attacks, stealth technology, damage assessment, joint
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