Amid all those confusions to the 2 Starlink launches (I bet SpaceX will refer them as the x-th batch of sats but official documents have them in reverse), the Chinese is throwing something into the confusion too w/ a LM-3B confirmed launching *tomorrow* ~15:45 UTC from Xichang!
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What makes me wonder is while such ideas have been around for decades, why no-one else tried it when all-weather, ~24 hours seeing capability are as hot as it can be today. Why didn’t, say, the US put one over the Middle East? Maybe because the opponents are “pieces of cake”?
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....great, the mystery deepens with launch day mail covers (a traditional memorial collectible) issued lately include a mail cover for the launch of TJSW-6 AND tracking of the launch of Tianhui-3 from the Yuan Wang tracking ships. These usually only pop up days before launch...pic.twitter.com/UqG22sFaaL
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Well, it seems that....more reports coming in noting this “thingy” as TJSW-6, specifically one said it’s the same as no. 2 & 5, previously identified as the “Chinese SBIRS” early warning sats before. Tracking all these things are just like catching cats in buildings...pic.twitter.com/vCj46ipScS
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Launch success has been confirmed with T-0 at 15:36 UTC. And....as later news reported it's named TJSW-6.
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SAST was reported as the sat manufacturer, which most likely rules out the GEO SAR theory for this one (it's apparently by CAST) & matches w/ this being yet another of the TJSW early warning sats built by them.pic.twitter.com/BVivm1MYhx
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According to reports TJSW-6 seems to be yet another sat that was impacted by the Antonov An-124 grounding earlier, w/ it ultimately transported in 2 parts by road and rail respectively after the original planned rail route was down for repairs as well. https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/s6qXNrMIsJSifHnZqDvuwQ …pic.twitter.com/eDhSDV1VUp
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The twin tubes as seen on the LCC screen for this one is a straight confirmation to the early warning satellite theory.pic.twitter.com/0VikNBK8Hl
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Maybe the aim is to track displacements over time rather than topography
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Yup, Big US Navy Fishes (TM) for example.
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