China launches another 2 navigation system satellites

[Hyperion]

Wow, China seems to be on some sort of war footing!

Congrats by the way!

 

[SHAMK9]

China Launches Remote Sensing Satellite -5/29/2012

newbie question: Is that ice falling off the top of the rocket at 0:06 seconds in the video?

 

[shuttler]

newbie question: Is that ice falling off the top of the rocket at 0:06 seconds in the video?

I had the same question raised some time ago but I cant trace back to the thread now .

I thought most likely they were ice flakes that were formed on the temporary protective panels. They fell off during the lift-off. The panels were used to protect the rocket which could be damaged from sharp difference of inside and outside temperature when the rocket was filled with over -30 deg C liquid fuel.

 

[cirr]

4 launch missions within the next 30 days。

a couple of interesting satellites。。。。