GW_Simulations - 5/9/2007 3:44 PMOn 25 October, a Proton-K with a DM-2 upper stage will launch three GLONASS satellites.Is this going to be the last Proton-K? I can't find any more on schedules. Even the launches that have been left to the 'K for the last few years, such as GLONASS (except one launch in 2003), seem to have transferred to the 'M after this launch. Are there any flights left?
Seer - 6/9/2007 12:43 AMQuoteGW_Simulations - 5/9/2007 3:44 PMOn 25 October, a Proton-K with a DM-2 upper stage will launch three GLONASS satellites.Is this going to be the last Proton-K? I can't find any more on schedules. Even the launches that have been left to the 'K for the last few years, such as GLONASS (except one launch in 2003), seem to have transferred to the 'M after this launch. Are there any flights left?Will this flight go ahead now? I.e, is the K version different enough from the M one?
GW_Simulations - 6/9/2007 12:44 AMIs this going to be the last Proton-K?
Stan Black - 8/9/2007 8:47 AMrehttp://www.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=4056&highlight=%EF%F0%EE%F2%EE%ED%EA+41018&sid=37bb8357d43209046d72aca697070326Proton-K 410-13, 410-14 and 410-16 are for military launches (and could remain in storage for many years)410-17 and 410-18 are for GLONASS (planned for October and December 2007)Stan
Stan Black - 8/9/2007 2:47 AMrehttp://www.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=4056Proton-K 410-13, 410-14 and 410-16 are for military launches (and can remain in storage for five years)410-17 and 410-18 are for GLONASS (planned for October and December 2007)Stan
anik - 21/10/2007 6:41 PMAccording to http://www.rian.ru/technology/cosmos/20071021/84847596.html (in Russian), Anatoliy Perminov said today that Roskosmos has not yet received the official permission for this launch from the government of Kazakhstan...
Olaf - 24/10/2007 1:37 AMDid Roskosmos now get the permission from Kazakhstan or are they preparing for the launch in the hope they will get it?
jkrlos - 26/10/2007 2:38 AMWEBCAM FOR THE LAUNCH OF PROTON ROCKETż?
jkrlos - 26/10/2007 2:56 AMyou can posts the rollout pictures in the forum, I can`t see the Roscosmos site
http://www.roscosmos.ru/NewsDoSele.asp?NEWSID=2532
edkyle99 - 26/10/2007 5:47 PMDoes anyone know which launch site/pad was used? - Ed Kyle
hmh33 - 26/10/2007 10:30 AMThanks for the photos!The covers over the upper stage / payload - thermal, or security?
anik - 27/10/2007 3:37 AMAccording to Novosti kosmonavtiki forum, the new fairing (production of NPO Lavochkin) for Zenit-3M/3SLB rocket was tested on Proton-K rocket during yesterday's launch...Image below from Roskosmos website...
According to GLONASS System Control Centre all works with SV GLONASS-M №718 (orbital slot № 17), which was on the Chiefs Designers tests, were stopped on 20.10.2011 at 11:04 MT (UTC+3). The SV was removed from GLONASS constellation.
http://www.glonass-center.ru/en/content/news/?ELEMENT_ID=186QuoteAccording to GLONASS System Control Centre all works with SV GLONASS-M №718 (orbital slot № 17), which was on the Chiefs Designers tests, were stopped on 20.10.2011 at 11:04 MT (UTC+3). The SV was removed from GLONASS constellation.
On 25 October, a Proton-K with a DM-2 upper stage will launch three GLONASS satellites.Is this going to be the last Proton-K? I can't find any more on schedules. Even the launches that have been left to the 'K for the last few years, such as GLONASS (except one launch in 2003), seem to have transferred to the 'M after this launch. Are there any flights left?