Tsyklon-4 maiden flight will be launched August, 2011.Japanese Nano-JASMINE satellite (35kg) will be launched this flight as piggy back payload. Officially confirmed this launch contract.http://www.jasmine-galaxy.org/nano/nano-en.html
Quote from: Fuji on 04/12/2010 08:25 amTsyklon-4 maiden flight will be launched August, 2011.Japanese Nano-JASMINE satellite (35kg) will be launched this flight as piggy back payload. Officially confirmed this launch contract.http://www.jasmine-galaxy.org/nano/nano-en.htmlIt should be noted that this payload is intended for a sun synchronous orbit, whereas Cyclone 4 is designed for GTO missions.
Quote from: Danderman on 04/12/2010 02:28 pmQuote from: Fuji on 04/12/2010 08:25 amTsyklon-4 maiden flight will be launched August, 2011.Japanese Nano-JASMINE satellite (35kg) will be launched this flight as piggy back payload. Officially confirmed this launch contract.http://www.jasmine-galaxy.org/nano/nano-en.htmlIt should be noted that this payload is intended for a sun synchronous orbit, whereas Cyclone 4 is designed for GTO missions.Although Tsiklon-4 can provide a small GTO capacity of only 1600 kg, there is virtually no market for this class. The prime usage of Tsiklon-4 will be for LEO and SSO payloads.
GTO ambition.
Quote from: Salo on 04/12/2010 08:15 pmGTO ambition. If this were really true, there would be no hope for Alcantara, since Cyclone can be launched to SSO from Russia or Kazakhstan. I would suspect that the real reason for the development of Alcantara is launch to GTO, but its not clear if the Ukrainians will be able to afford development of both a new launch site and a heavily modified LV.
Although Tsiklon-4 can provide a small GTO capacity of only 1600 kg, there is virtually no market for this class. The prime usage of Tsiklon-4 will be for LEO and SSO payloads.
Quote from: Skyrocket on 04/12/2010 02:41 pmAlthough Tsiklon-4 can provide a small GTO capacity of only 1600 kg, there is virtually no market for this class. The prime usage of Tsiklon-4 will be for LEO and SSO payloads.Unless the Brazilian government wants to also make some small GTO satellites. Or they want to help their program watching someone else work. There's also the chance that they might open their range to other users. Korou is apparently used by ESA and Russia, so I don't think they will have an Angara or Rus-M launching from Brasil. India is very fine with where they are, ditto for China (which I seriously doubt would send anything abroad. But Ukrania is a very nice partner there.With Argentina there's a lot of satellite development. In fact INVAP (they made the SAC-C and SAC-D and are working on a couple of SAR satellites) have stated that they intend to work towards small and modular satellites that can work in parallel, or even bolt-on in space. Sweden might help here too. So having a less capable launch vehicle (at start) might help them (and us) to develop the technologies to integrate in space. Meanwhile, Argentina is using SpaceX for launches.