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#CNSA – 国家航天局 – China National Space Administration | #BeiDou3 #LongMarch3B Rocket – twins on the same flight- providing next generation navigational services for the Belt and Road Initiative….

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On very clear winters Monday 12th February 2018 CNSA- China National Space Administration, has successfully launched the one of its hard working iconic Long March 3B Carrier Rocket.. From one of its many launch facilities, one of its facilities is the XCLC- Xichang Satellite Launch Center in which situated in northwest of Xichang, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan….with a previous visit from China’s President Xi Jinping from last Saturday 10th February 2018 in giving them good luck and well wishes on their hard work..

Launching from at launch complex two at 1303 Hours in the afternoon in Beijing standard time, in which in which the twins, pair of the two BeiDou 3 Navigation Satellite System, in turn it’s the third launch of that type of satellite network..  BeiDou satellite network system name was inspired form the seven stars that occupied the big dipper that points towards the star Polaris, the Northern Pole Star… In which northern hemisperers navigate from also in Chinese legend it’s also the Fortress Mouth of the Tortoise gate the only entrance toward the upper domain, the gate of Heaven..

The Carrier Rocket Long March 3B- 3B/3 plus YZ1- YuanZheng one the secondary stage, is one of CNSA’s major unmanned work trucks…Manufactured in China’s ancient capital Xi’an by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation…….Launching, carrying the two payloads BeiDou 3- BDS3-M3/ BDS3-M4 in which are designed as a Navigation Satellite in which both are placed in MEO- Medium Earth Orbit in which are in two thousand Kilometers around the planet Earth.. each launch of the BeiDou Satellite carries a forwarding generation from the previous pairs, in which has greater advancement with greater newer generation of time keeping clocks, that of BeiDou two and three with their Rubidium atomic Clocks..  With a coverage of the Asia Pacific region with a accuracy within ten meters that will get tighter towards as each generation innovates…in providing navigational communicational  services towards the Belt and Road initiative countries within 35 Satellite network by 2020….

The Launching format of the Long March 3B is just as the same as the Space Shuttle launch complexities in which SpaceX Falcon Heavy recently launched form its twenty year leased NASA-KSC iconic Launch Complex 39A…

#SpaceX | #Iridium4Next – Pre Christmas launch of the Falcon nine with those Clustered Merlin engines…

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On the eves of Christmas Eve on 22nd December 2017 West Coast time- California (23rd December 2017- Hong Kong –New Zealand) – is the launch of the SpaceX – Falcon nine in which this launch is a non-traditional Falcon nine launch for Space X due to it would not be landing back on a Drone Ship on either “Just Read the Instructions” that “I Still Love You” … of the west coast.. From Vandenberg Air force Base California… the previously of the used Falcon nine in which was used in the Iridium 4 payload deployment SLC-4E in June 2017…..

The launch window of SpaceX- Iridium4Next sets of ten satellites is set to be launch from Launch Complex 4E in which originally design previously for the Atlas then modified for SpaceX’s requirements.. The window launch is at 1727 Pacific Savings Time in which there’ll be a forwarding back window just in case on following day of the same time…

The Next Generation of Iridium 4 Next Satellites, manufactured by Thales Alenia Space, is set to replace the existing satellite networks with innovative next generation data communications provisionments with eighty one planned to orbit around Planet Earth..  in a constellation formation  in which the communication provisionments is delivering high velocities of Data Communications in services providing for aviation, Marine time, internet Data provisions communications with terrestrial towards non and government organisations.. one of many innovations is the Aviation surveillance tracking  systems that will gives real time air traffic controls of global visibility with ADS-B Equipped Aircraft..

#ULA- United Launch Alliance | Go #ATLASV 421 – Go #NORL52 – Launch Live coverage…

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Within  On 6th October 2017, from Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. Is the Launch of the ULA- United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V 421 in which is seventh launch for the National Reconnaissance Office.. also in that configuration as for the Atlas V is the seventy fourth flight.. …..The launch window for the NORL 52 is 0407 in the morning in Eastern Date time… in which the live commentaries with a limited streaming begins at 0347 in the Eastern Date time morning in which due to nature of the payload, in which live streaming is short wise  …

The NROL 52 is Launched from an Atlas V 421 launch carrier configuration in which the first stage is the Atlas five rocket powered up with a RD -180 Engine with a secondary carrier staging powered by a Areojet Rocketdyne RL10C-1 Engine.. among that its different that to the previous configuration of NROL 42 that was launched from West Coast Californian coast line from Launch Complex three from Vandenberg Air Force Base… with Atlas V 541 instead of four SRB’s Solid Rocket boosters it only for this launch as two SRB’s given its payload must be least smaller in weight than the previous NROL 42…. 

The NROL- 52- is a Data observationally data gathering communications assessment satellite in which one of many purposes is also assessments of weather observation also earth environmental sciences of data analysis natural disasters, earthquakes, tsunamis, flooding’s, and fires… also provides the provisions of communications of supporting peacekeeping and humanitarian relief operations..

 

#RocketLab #MadeInNewZealand | #StillTesting – flight number two – stage one stack static Rutherford engine testing.

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Recently late August 2017 , Auckland Based, Made in New Zealand- Rocket Lab, has recently tested for its second attempt test certification launch for its New Zealand Homemade Electron Carbon fibre Rocket with, it’s innovative 3D printed oxygen/ kerosene Rutherford Engines for its primary components in which clustered to same mirroring pioneering propulsion systems like the Soyuz’s daisy Clustered engines which has a component  print time averagely of twenty four hours..

Previous the first test certification flight nicknamed “it’s a Test” was launched in 25th May 2017.. on the east coast of North Island, at Mahia peninsula in which launch complex one, New Zealand made constructed in the same manner like Space X’s Falcon nine’s also the Roscomos Soyuz’s Launcher carrier transfer pad tractor rocket system to launch pad facilities..

As part of the second static testing was to solve any further issues that resulted from the first flight in findings it was a telemetry data loss issue that lead towards the termination of the “it’s a Test’ first certification flight in which was corrected as part of investigation as Rocket Lab testing out the essentials it’s preparing for its second certification testing flight in which is coming soon..

#ULA UNITED LANUCH ALLIANCE | What goes into Launch operations – Rocket Stars answer some of these questions.. ?

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One of the important” ULA- UNITED LAUNCH ALLIANCE” components when in launching a rocket is the Operations Preparations, also its team of learnt experience…. Also they don’t get paid to launch empty rockets. In many operational roles Launch operations is to receive all the rockets components hardware, then integrated it, then make the final processes in preparation for launch teamwork wise.. also that preparations is to test the hardware, also the software wise to see it the way through, to beyond launch.. From roll day from the vehicle assembly build from stacking… One other role is the integrator, is the liaison officer  in between the various teams, in which the average years of experience from one person is least twenty two years… with a combination of seven hundred thirty Launch Operations Employees from the design to manufacturing process that the rockets are built. Also that goes for the Launch command center… As they go through very strict guidelines in operational in focusing from towards and beyond launch day………