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December 28 - GIOVE-A launch
« on: 12/18/2005 06:59 am »
Postponement of GIOVE-A launch
http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMDWY7A9HE_index_0.html
 
16 December 2005
An anomaly has been detected in the ground station network for the satellite GIOVE-A during preparations for launch. The necessary re-configuration and validation are currently predicted to lead to a delay of at least two days for this launch, originally scheduled to take place on 26 December

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RE: December 28 - GIOVE-A launch
« Reply #1 on: 12/22/2005 06:42 pm »
All information and images from ESA website
http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Galileo_Launch/index.html

1. GIOVE-A mated with launcher upper stage; launch set for 28 December
http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Galileo_Launch/SEM6L88A9HE_0.html

20 December 2005
Preparations for the launch of GIOVE-A, the first Galileo satellite, are continuing at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The spacecraft has been mated with the Fregat upper stage of the launch vehicle and a revised launch date of 28 December has been agreed.

2. Baikonur Cosmodrome
http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Galileo_Launch/SEM7D4WLWFE_0.html

22 December 2005
The engineering teams preparing GIOVE-A for launch at Baikonur are now fully engaged in the process of preparing the spacecraft and integrating it with the launch system.

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RE: December 28 - GIOVE-A launch
« Reply #2 on: 12/23/2005 12:23 am »
Thanks again Anik - you're a star.
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RE: December 28 - GIOVE-A launch
« Reply #3 on: 12/24/2005 08:46 am »
GIOVE-A ready to join its Soyuz launcher; launch timeline
http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Galileo_Launch/SEM3BO8A9HE_0.html
 
23 December 2005
With the launch date set for 28 December, work on preparing GIOVE-A for its big day is approaching completion. The satellite and the launcher upper stage that will guide it into its final orbit have now been enclosed in the rocket nose cone. They will soon be moved to the launcher integration facility, where they will be mated with the Soyuz launch vehicle.

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RE: December 28 - GIOVE-A launch
« Reply #4 on: 12/26/2005 08:11 pm »
Soyuz-FG rocket with Fregat upper stage and GIOVE-A satellite was transported on Launch Pad 31 yesterday...

Photos (below) from Russian Federal Space Agency's website...

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RE: December 28 - GIOVE-A launch
« Reply #5 on: 12/26/2005 08:12 pm »
5:19 GMT. 19 mins past midnight Eastern. Literally Dec 27 nighttime.

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RE: December 28 - GIOVE-A launch
« Reply #6 on: 12/27/2005 02:28 pm »
1. GIOVE-A on the launch pad; launch rehearsal completed
http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Galileo_Launch/SEMQ7T8A9HE_0.html
 
27 December 2005
GIOVE-A, now mated with the Soyuz launcher that will carry it into orbit, is in position on launch pad six at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. A successful launch rehearsal for Soyuz, GIOVE and the ground station network has been completed. Lift-off is set for 05:19:08 UTC (06:19:08 CET, 11:19:08 Baikonur local time) on 28 December.

2. Watch the Galileo launch live
http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Galileo_Launch/SEMDVK8A9HE_0.html

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RE: December 28 - GIOVE-A launch
« Reply #7 on: 12/27/2005 05:08 pm »
Love the images. I'll get up early for this launch. Could be 4 for 4 during this busy December period - and than 5 for 5 a day later. That is huge!

Has Russia ever launched this many times before during such a short period of time?
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RE: December 28 - GIOVE-A launch
« Reply #8 on: 12/27/2005 06:37 pm »
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Chris Bergin - 27/12/2005  9:08 PM

Has Russia ever launched this many times before during such a short period of time?

Yes, of course, Chris!...

For example, five launches during eight days in 1992:

1. December 22 - Baikonur - Soyuz-U - Kosmos-2225;
2. December 22 - Plesetsk - Tsiklon-3 - Kosmos-2226;
3. December 25 - Baikonur - Zenit-2 - Kosmos-2227;
4. December 25 - Plesetsk - Tsiklon-3 - Kosmos-2228;
5. December 29 - Plesetsk - Soyuz-U - Kosmos-2229.

Reference:
Jonathan McDowell's master list of satellite orbital launches and launch attempts
http://planet4589.org/space/log/launchlog.txt

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RE: December 28 - GIOVE-A launch
« Reply #9 on: 12/27/2005 09:45 pm »
Impressive, very impressive.
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RE: December 28 - GIOVE-A launch
« Reply #10 on: 12/27/2005 11:11 pm »
Now that is what a Real Rocket Ship should look like...stark, industrial, and devestatingly utilitarian.

Why is December so busy for Russia?

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RE: December 28 - GIOVE-A launch
« Reply #12 on: 12/28/2005 04:27 am »
T-2 mins and counting. Totally relaxed mission control and lots of English people involved in the mission.
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RE: December 28 - GIOVE-A launch
« Reply #13 on: 12/28/2005 04:28 am »
SSTL in Surrey involved in the Sats. This feels a bit like a British launch right now ;)

T-1 minutes.
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RE: December 28 - GIOVE-A launch
« Reply #14 on: 12/28/2005 04:29 am »
Bit of a wobble and launch! :)
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RE: December 28 - GIOVE-A launch
« Reply #15 on: 12/28/2005 04:32 am »
Ah, the control room we saw was the SSTL control room in Surrey.

Booster Sep. Looking like 4 for 4 for Russian launch vehicles during this December series of launches.
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RE: December 28 - GIOVE-A launch
« Reply #16 on: 12/28/2005 04:34 am »
Fairing seperation.
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RE: December 28 - GIOVE-A launch
« Reply #17 on: 12/28/2005 04:34 am »
Third Stage ignition.
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RE: December 28 - GIOVE-A launch
« Reply #18 on: 12/28/2005 04:37 am »
T+8 mins, everything nominal. Fregat upper stage going well as the Sat is being prepared for an orbit for 23,000 km.
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RE: December 28 - GIOVE-A launch
« Reply #19 on: 12/28/2005 04:39 am »
Third Stage MECO.

Fregat Sep from the Soyuz confirmation.

Ignition of first burn. 30 minute cruise stage. 10 minute burn to come then the final burn for four minutes to end the flight before spacecraft pre-cursor sep for final orbit.
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RE: December 28 - GIOVE-A launch
« Reply #20 on: 12/28/2005 04:48 am »
Martin Sweeting of SSTL said: "What we're looking for is confirmation of the orbit, so we can prepare the ground control center. We then send confirmation from the ground control centre to turn the spacecraft on and bring the solar panels to life."

GIOVE-A is heading for an orbit of 23,000 km - taking a total of three hours of flight.

GIOVE-B will be next to launch before the full Galileo system is put into place.

http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/content/?id=4160
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RE: December 28 - GIOVE-A launch
« Reply #21 on: 12/28/2005 05:07 am »
Now we wait. Webcast is down at the moment in the time during cruise modes.

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RE: December 28 - GIOVE-A launch
« Reply #22 on: 12/28/2005 07:37 am »
European satellite navigation test probe launched
MOSCOW (AFP)
Dec 28, 2005
http://www.spacedaily.com/2005/05128065741.gfxdbn6g.html

The first burn (20 seconds) of the Fregat's main engine was at 05:28:57 UTC...

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RE: December 28 - GIOVE-A launch
« Reply #23 on: 12/28/2005 08:46 am »
According to Russian "Novosti kosmonavtiki" website, GIOVE-A satellite was successfully separated from Fregat upper stage at 09:01:38 UTC!... Congratulations!... :)

Test satellite for Europe's Galileo system launched
BY STEPHEN CLARK
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n512/28giovea/

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RE: December 28 - GIOVE-A launch
« Reply #24 on: 12/28/2005 11:16 am »
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/content/?id=4160

SSTL switch on the satellite and it is now operational in its orbit for testing intergration.

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RE: December 28 - GIOVE-A launch
« Reply #25 on: 12/28/2005 10:09 pm »
Here's Sky News' video of the launch and report.
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RE: December 28 - GIOVE-A launch
« Reply #26 on: 12/30/2005 11:42 am »
Jonathan's Space Report No. 559
http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html

"On Dec 28 a Starsem Soyuz-FG rocket with a Fregat upper stage delivered the 602 kg Surrey-built GIOVE-A satellite to orbit. GIOVE-A, the Galileo In-Orbit Validation Element, is Europe's first navigation test satellite and is a precursor to the Galileo system which will be the European equivalent of GPS. GIOVE-A is owned and developed by the European Space Agency, but the  operational GNSS (Galileo Navigation Satellite System) itself is a European Union project. GIOVE-A carries two rubidium atomic clocks and a large L-band phased array antenna.

The Soyuz-FG entered a mildly suborbital trajectory and its upper stage fell in the Pacific. The first Fregat burn reached a roughly 220 km circular orbit, probably at 52 deg inclination; the second burn was to a transfer orbit around 220 x 23200 km; and the third burn put GIOVE-A in its initial 23011 x  23258 km x 56.05 deg orbit. Unfortunately the Starsem press kit does not give details of the Fregat rocket burns, so the details here are guesswork. The quoted target orbit is 23616 km circular, easily within reach of GIOVE-A's butane propulsion system.

The three modern navigation satellite systems are quite similar: the United States GPS satellites are in a 20140 x 20220 km x 55.0 deg orbit, the Russian GLONASS system is in a 19120 x 19140 km x 64.8 deg orbit, and the initial GIOVE planned orbit is 23616 x 23616 x 56.0 deg. All of them transmit at L-band (1.5-1.6 GHz). Contrast this with the first generation navsat systems, which used Doppler beacons instead of atomic clock signals - the now-retired US Navy Transits operated at 1000 x 1200 km x 90.0 deg and the Russian Tsiklon/Parus/Tsikada continue in a 970 x 1010 km x 83.0 deg orbit, both using much lower frequencies around 0.15 MHz. The higher orbits mean fewer satellites, but stronger signals."

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RE: December 28 - GIOVE-A launch
« Reply #27 on: 01/13/2006 04:43 pm »
First Galileo signals transmitted by GIOVE-A
http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMQ36MZCIE_index_0.html

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RE: December 28 - GIOVE-A launch
« Reply #28 on: 01/14/2006 10:10 am »
Contract for in-orbit validation of Galileo system
http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMAOAMZCIE_index_0.html

"On Thursday 19 January, the European Space Agency and Galileo Industries GmbH, the European company steering a consortium of over a hundred firms, will sign a €950 million contract that will pave the way for the operational deployment of Galileo. The signing ceremony will take place at the Federal Ministry of Transport in Berlin in the presence of the German Federal Minister of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs Wolfgang Tiefensee, ESA’s Director General Jean-Jacques Dordain and several top representatives from industries involved in the project (EADS, Alcatel, Finmeccanica, Thales, GSS and Galileo Industries)."

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RE: December 28 - GIOVE-A launch
« Reply #29 on: 01/20/2006 08:07 pm »
ESA, Galileo Industries Seal Deal For First 4 Galileo Sats
http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/ESA_Galileo_Industries_Seal_Deal_For_First_4_Galileo_Sats.html

"The European Space Agency (ESA) and Galileo Industries signed Thursday a 1.5-billion-euro (1.8-billion-dollar) contract for the delivery of four satellites to be used in an ambitious navigation system that Europe hopes will rival the reigning US GPS network. ESA and the Galileo consortium officially signed the contract for delivery of the four satellites, which are to be followed by a further 26 satellites between now and 2010. Europe's Galileo project is estimated to cost a total 3.8 billion euros. The four satellites are to be sent into orbit in 2008."

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RE: December 28 - GIOVE-A launch
« Reply #30 on: 08/20/2006 04:32 pm »
A bit late, but here are my pictures of Giove-A at ESA/ESTEC on 09 November 2005 when it was presented to the media while undergoing final preparations for launch..

http://www.mach25.nl/~jacques/GIOVE/giove.html

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Re: December 28 - GIOVE-A launch
« Reply #31 on: 08/20/2006 05:38 pm »
ah yes, I remember that with the dutch minister.

here are two pictures from the cleanroom in baikonur

First is the ESA team infront of GIOVE-A (yes my ugly mug in on there too....)
Second are two SSTL guys checking the battery levels (yes using simple multimeters) and on the left you see the picture of "Giove's Pizza Kitchen" our "internal logo" ;)

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Re: December 28 - GIOVE-A launch
« Reply #32 on: 01/12/2007 04:28 pm »
One year ago today, GIOVE-A began transmitting Galileo navigation signals. This satellite is the first flight element in ESA's in-orbit validation programme for Galileo.

More at:
http://www.esa.int/esaNA/SEMUGJRMTWE_index_0.html
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Re: December 28 - GIOVE-A launch
« Reply #33 on: 03/02/2007 08:41 pm »
The GIOVE-A Signal-in-Space Interface Control Document, the document that gives the technical details of the signals transmitted by the GIOVE-A satellite, has been released. This will allow receiver manufacturers and research institutions to use a real signal for their research and development.

More at:
http://www.esa.int/esaNA/SEM4EDN0LYE_index_0.html
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Re: December 28 - GIOVE-A launch
« Reply #34 on: 03/03/2007 01:01 pm »
Link to the signal specifications pdf : http://www.giove.esa.int/images/userpage/GIOVEA_SISICD.pdf
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Re: December 28 - GIOVE-A launch
« Reply #35 on: 05/04/2007 09:22 pm »
Earlier this week, GIOVE-A successfully transmitted its first navigation message, containing the information needed by user receivers to calculate their position. Prior to reaching this milestone, the satellite had been broadcasting only the data needed for measuring the receiver-to-satellite distance.

More at:
http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEM0QSU681F_index_0.html
 
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Re: December 28 - GIOVE-A launch
« Reply #36 on: 05/04/2007 09:32 pm »
I had the chance to meet some of the GIOVE-A team at the 2006 Farnborough airshow. I managed to have a very interesting chat to them about their plans going forward and the gap in the launch plans between GIOVE-A and GIOVE-B - They told me that in order to claim certain frequencies that had to have a satelite using those frequencies and so GIOVE-A was launched but never with the intent for it to be used in the same way as the others of the fleet.

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Re: December 28 - GIOVE-A launch
« Reply #37 on: 05/11/2007 08:41 pm »
Travellers have relied on accurate timekeeping for navigation since the development of the marine chronometer in the eighteenth century. Galileo, Europe?s twenty-first century navigation system, also relies on clocks ? but they are millions of times more accurate than those earlier timepieces.

More at:
http://www.esa.int/esaNA/SEMDZUU681F_index_0.html

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RE: December 28 - GIOVE-A launch
« Reply #38 on: 08/19/2007 08:41 am »
GIOVE-A test campaign completed

17 August 2007

The test campaign using the large antenna at Chilbolton Observatory to analyse the navigation signals transmitted by GIOVE-A, the first Galileo satellite, has been successfully completed.

http://www.esa.int/esaNA/SEM4R1VL05F_index_0.html
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Re: December 28 - GIOVE-A launch
« Reply #39 on: 11/24/2021 01:28 pm »
One of the first launches I watched live back when I was getting into spaceflight. What 16 years can do! GIOVE-A, the first Galileo satellite, has just been decommissioned.

https://twitter.com/DutchSpace/status/1463512338263330818
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