A good video looking at the Soyuz rocket's production line. The Samara factory has the feel of an old school rocket mill in your neighborhood (especially when compared with some SoCal bird/dragon breeding facility ):
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Separate toroidal tanks are used for liquid nitrogen (LN2) and hydrogen peroxide (HTP). Not sure whether those tanks are for LN2 or HTP.http://i.imgur.com/nhAd1su.jpg
Quote from: Steven Pietrobon on 02/04/2018 03:05 amSeparate toroidal tanks are used for liquid nitrogen (LN2) and hydrogen peroxide (HTP). Not sure whether those tanks are for LN2 or HTP.http://i.imgur.com/nhAd1su.jpgThanks.Is there a reason not to be spherical tanks?.
How do the Soyuz rocket in 2018 (1955-2018)Dan Beaumont Space MuseumPublished on Feb 4, 2018AUDIO: RUSSIAN LANGUAGE. Roskosmos (February 4, 2018) : For more than half a century, the Soyuz launch vehicle has successfully launched spacecraft and crew ships into orbit. The missile, designed as a formidable weapon, serves peaceful space. The perfection of the design allows you to modernize the filling, leaving intact the general principles laid down by the designer Sergey Korolev. Today, the Soyuz, the most demanded missile in the launch services market, starts from four cosmodromes located on two continents.
Quote from: Stan Black on 05/05/2017 04:25 pmTwo rockets were left without payloads, following the decision to launch the next Meteor-M satellites from Vostochny.In 2016 Roskosmos paid for the service of four rockets waiting launch. («Проведение годовых регламентных работ на РН «Союз-2-1б»…»)http://www.zakupki.gov.ru/epz/contract/contractCard/common-info.html?reestrNumber=4770238802716000029These were:-Soyuz-2-1b №Л15000-020 (32/135) for the launch of Meteor-M №2-2 Soyuz-2-1b №Т15000-025 ( 8/136) for the launch of Progress M-UM Soyuz-2-1b №Г15000-031 (28/136) for the launch of Resurs-P №4 Soyuz-2-1b №Г15000-032 (31/136) for the launch of Arktika-M №1 - The serial numbers were only published at the completion of the contract.Three of those rockets started off allocated to other satellites. Soyuz-2-1b №020 was possibly the rocket intended to launch Spektr-RG.Roskosmos have a new contract for the service of four rockets in 2017.http://www.zakupki.gov.ru/epz/contract/contractCard/common-info.html?reestrNumber=4770238802717000022If these are the same four rockets as in 2016, then it could be Soyuz-2-1b №Л15000-020 (32/135) for Resurs-P №4 and №Г15000-031 (28/136) for the launch of Resurs-P №5?See also:-http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=24942.msg1502258#msg1502258http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=17286.msg1502988#msg1502988http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=17286.msg1563083#msg1563083The 2017 contracts show:-Soyuz-2-1b №Т15000-025 ( 8/136) for the launch of Progress M-UM Soyuz-2-1b №Г15000-031 (28/136) for the launch of Resurs-P №4 Soyuz-2-1b №Р15000-032 (31/136) for the launch of Arktika-M №1 Soyuz-2-1b №Р15000-037 ( 4/137) for the launch of Resurs-P №5 http://www.zakupki.gov.ru/epz/contract/contractCard/common-info.html?reestrNumber=4770238802717000022Soyuz-2-1b №Е15000-024 (28/135) for the launch of Meteor-M №2-1 Soyuz-2-1b №Л15000-020 (32/135) for the launch of Meteor-M №2-2 http://www.zakupki.gov.ru/epz/contract/contractCard/common-info.html?reestrNumber=4770238802717000039
Two rockets were left without payloads, following the decision to launch the next Meteor-M satellites from Vostochny.In 2016 Roskosmos paid for the service of four rockets waiting launch. («Проведение годовых регламентных работ на РН «Союз-2-1б»…»)http://www.zakupki.gov.ru/epz/contract/contractCard/common-info.html?reestrNumber=4770238802716000029These were:-Soyuz-2-1b №Л15000-020 (32/135) for the launch of Meteor-M №2-2 Soyuz-2-1b №Т15000-025 ( 8/136) for the launch of Progress M-UM Soyuz-2-1b №Г15000-031 (28/136) for the launch of Resurs-P №4 Soyuz-2-1b №Г15000-032 (31/136) for the launch of Arktika-M №1 - The serial numbers were only published at the completion of the contract.Three of those rockets started off allocated to other satellites. Soyuz-2-1b №020 was possibly the rocket intended to launch Spektr-RG.Roskosmos have a new contract for the service of four rockets in 2017.http://www.zakupki.gov.ru/epz/contract/contractCard/common-info.html?reestrNumber=4770238802717000022If these are the same four rockets as in 2016, then it could be Soyuz-2-1b №Л15000-020 (32/135) for Resurs-P №4 and №Г15000-031 (28/136) for the launch of Resurs-P №5?See also:-http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=24942.msg1502258#msg1502258http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=17286.msg1502988#msg1502988http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=17286.msg1563083#msg1563083