Quote from: input~2 on 08/13/2012 05:11 pm"Source: Failure in the pressurized fuel path caused Proton failure"http://www.ria.ru/science/20120813/722713743.html (in Russian)Sounds more like a tank pressurization line that failed, but the result was the same.
"Source: Failure in the pressurized fuel path caused Proton failure"http://www.ria.ru/science/20120813/722713743.html (in Russian)
Sounds more like a tank pressurization line that failed, but the result was the same.
After some shuffling, the 4 objects have now been catalogued as follows by USSTRATCOM:38744 TELKOM 3 2012-044A38745 EXPRESS MD2 2012-044B38746 BREEZE-M R/B 2012-044C38747 BREEZE-M DEB 2012-044D
The head of Khrunichev space center, V. Nesterov, has sent out a letter of resignation...http://www.interfax.ru/news.asp?id=260627 (in Russian) orhttp://www.ria.ru/trend/resignation_chief_Khrunichev_15082012/ (in Russian)
Anatoli Zak sent me this screenshot which shows there should have been five burns, not four as the official scheme showed.
Quote from: Nicolas PILLET on 08/07/2012 04:16 pmAnatoli Zak sent me this screenshot which shows there should have been five burns, not four as the official scheme showed.Anatoli Zak sticks with four planned burns in his webpage about the failure:http://www.russianspaceweb.com/proton_telkom3.htmlAFAIU the screenshot he sent you was for illustration of a five burn sequence (that used for SES-5 launch) not related to this one.
Found today a Space.com write up on the Russian space program might be a good read.http://www.space.com/17155-russia-space-agency-rocket-failures.html
Quote from: Prober on 08/18/2012 06:04 pmFound today a Space.com write up on the Russian space program might be a good read.http://www.space.com/17155-russia-space-agency-rocket-failures.htmlWill the Russian space program survive as little more than a military program for spy sats, with a rare domestic civilian comsat or weather sat launch thrown in now and then?What do the Russian people want from their space program?Do they want the Angara booster developed?Do they want to add hardware to the ISS? Do they want an improved manned spacecraft to haul 4-7 crew to the ISS?Do they want the Luna Glob mission to go ahead, restoring Russian deepspace capability?
Quote from: input~2 on 08/12/2012 06:52 amAfter some shuffling, the 4 objects have now been catalogued as follows by USSTRATCOM:38744 TELKOM 3 2012-044A38745 EXPRESS MD2 2012-044B38746 BREEZE-M R/B 2012-044C38747 BREEZE-M DEB 2012-044D USSTRATCOM has now refined its description of 2012-044D, they call it Briz-M tank38747 BREEZE-M DEB (TANK) 2012-044D
Quote from: input~2 on 08/14/2012 05:43 pmQuote from: input~2 on 08/12/2012 06:52 amAfter some shuffling, the 4 objects have now been catalogued as follows by USSTRATCOM: 38744 TELKOM 3 2012-044A 38745 EXPRESS MD2 2012-044B 38746 BREEZE-M R/B 2012-044C 38747 BREEZE-M DEB 2012-044D USSTRATCOM has now refined its description of 2012-044D, they call it Briz-M tank38747 BREEZE-M DEB (TANK) 2012-044D Do we know when they might reenter?
Quote from: input~2 on 08/12/2012 06:52 amAfter some shuffling, the 4 objects have now been catalogued as follows by USSTRATCOM: 38744 TELKOM 3 2012-044A 38745 EXPRESS MD2 2012-044B 38746 BREEZE-M R/B 2012-044C 38747 BREEZE-M DEB 2012-044D USSTRATCOM has now refined its description of 2012-044D, they call it Briz-M tank38747 BREEZE-M DEB (TANK) 2012-044D
After some shuffling, the 4 objects have now been catalogued as follows by USSTRATCOM: 38744 TELKOM 3 2012-044A 38745 EXPRESS MD2 2012-044B 38746 BREEZE-M R/B 2012-044C 38747 BREEZE-M DEB 2012-044D
The 4 objects radar cross sections as identified by USSTRATCOM are as followsObject A: 8.4m²Object B: 4.2m²Object C: 2.2m²Object D: 4.4m²