I sure hope all of these lists are finding their way into an Excel spreadsheet.I should ask why this is in the Russian rocket forum, since its a Ukrainian product.
Development of RD-8 Engine Shutdown at Full propellant depletion from tanks of Zenit-3SL LV Second Stagehttp://propulsion2002.aaaf.asso.fr/papers.html
Zenit-2SB80 rocket for Spektr-R satellite had serial numbers 70181401 and SLB80.3, and RD-171M engines with serial number A159.
So, how exactly did the Spektr-R get a Zenit when the official story was that the Zenit was to be used for the Intelsat launch? Where did the extra Zenit come from?
So both 1992 Feb 5 and 1999 Jul 17 are Zenit-2 No. 17L ??
Quote from: jcm on 10/06/2011 02:01 pmSo both 1992 Feb 5 and 1999 Jul 17 are Zenit-2 No. 17L ??According to NK, july 1999 launch was effectively n°17L...http://www.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/content/numbers/200/13.shtml
http://www.npoenergomash.ru/about/news/news2_304.htmlEnergomash announced the shipment of two RD 171 engines to Yuzhmash - #162 for the Federal program and #163 for Sea Launch. Can anyone track these to the vehicle serials?
Quote from: SIM city on 11/21/2011 08:26 pmhttp://www.npoenergomash.ru/about/news/news2_304.htmlEnergomash announced the shipment of two RD 171 engines to Yuzhmash - #162 for the Federal program and #163 for Sea Launch. Can anyone track these to the vehicle serials?It says RD171M which is the enhanced version
The 5% increase is merely a reference to the engine being tested successfully at 105% of nominal thrust. The big improvement for the RD-171M is that it has a mass of a few hundred kg less than the standard variant, and also a .5 second enhancement in ISP.
Шестнадцатый пуск 27 июля 1991 г. не состоялся из-за незапуска двигателя первой ступени, в результате за несколько секунд до старта система управления прекратила набор готовностей и возвратилась в исходное состояние. Месячный разбор привел к решению вернуть этот экземпляр ракеты на завод-изготовитель - в НПО "Южное".
Maybe I am the last on this forum to discover this fact : on july 27th, 1991, there was a launch attempt of a Zenit-2 launch vehicle. This flight would have been the Return To Flight of the Zenit after the october 1990 dramatic failure.But it was cancelled and the rocket returned to Dnepropetrovsk...QuoteШестнадцатый пуск 27 июля 1991 г. не состоялся из-за незапуска двигателя первой ступени, в результате за несколько секунд до старта система управления прекратила набор готовностей и возвратилась в исходное состояние. Месячный разбор привел к решению вернуть этот экземпляр ракеты на завод-изготовитель - в НПО "Южное".http://www.buran.ru/htm/gubanov3.htm
2. 24.07.1991 за 11 минут до пуска при выполнении операции ОПУСТИТЬ СТРЕЛУ стрела ТУА задела за кабель-мачту, что привело к кратковременной расстыковке электроразъемов «Бутан» между РН и кабель-мачтой и сбою вычислительных машин борта и "наземки". Причина – был разрегулирован механизм сопряжения ТУА и блока разъемов кабель-мачты. Пуск перенесен на август, но и там ракете не повезло: произошла авария двигателя второй ступени.
Does the zenit second stage really have 2 different engines? Rd-120 and RD-8 ?If yes, How are they located physically?RD-120 is about 10 times bigger than RD-8?
Quote from: hkultala on 02/18/2012 07:54 pmDoes the zenit second stage really have 2 different engines? Rd-120 and RD-8 ?If yes, How are they located physically?RD-120 is about 10 times bigger than RD-8? RD-8http://www.yuzhnoye.comRD-120http://www.npoenergomash.ru
does anyone find it odd that energomash website has the buron in their banner? why wouldn't they use something that flew more than 1 time
Quote from: kirghizstan on 02/18/2012 08:26 pmdoes anyone find it odd that energomash website has the buron in their banner? why wouldn't they use something that flew more than 1 timeEnergia flew twice each featuring four RD-0120
Sea Launch planning upgrades to the Zenit-3SL that will increase capacity to 6400 kg and then 6700 kg to GTO. #satellite2012
Jeff Foust just tweeted from Satellite 2012 conference:https://twitter.com/#!/jeff_foust/status/179623695084564481QuoteSea Launch planning upgrades to the Zenit-3SL that will increase capacity to 6400 kg and then 6700 kg to GTO. #satellite2012Any info on how do they plan to do that? Does that involve the Fregat-SB, for example?
use of sintin propellant
Quoteuse of sintin propellantWonder if they would reintroduce Sintin with the Soyuz as well. Should be interesting. I couldn't quite find how large of an improvement it would bring
surprised they are even messing with the Zenit. It works fine, why mess with a good thing?Thought the new line was going to be from the Soyuz?
Изготовление и поставка ракеты-носителя «Зенит-М» («Зенит-2SБ») для запуска КА «Электро-Л» №3
Zenit for Elektro-L №3Quote Изготовление и поставка ракеты-носителя «Зенит-М» («Зенит-2SБ») для запуска КА «Электро-Л» №3http://www.zakupki.gov.ru/pgz/public/action/orders/info/common_info/show?notificationId=5498434
Таблица 1. Распределение лётной матчасти в 2012 году № SL Миссия Зенит-2S РБ ДМ-SL ОПГ РД-171М SL45 «Intelsat-19» 33 32 P1037 A163 SL49 «Intelsat-21» 34 33 P1038 A165 SL50 «Eutelsat W5A» 35 34 S4032 A166 SL48 «Intelsat-27» 36 35 S4036 P1040 A168
РД171МА168Zenit-2S3601.02.2013Intelsat-27
In this video, shot in Baykonur in 1994, we can see an old Zenit launcher laying on the ground ! (6'26")
Stan, I now have all SL numbers for Sea Launch rockets :http://www.kosmonavtika.com/lanceurs/zenit/liste/z2s.html
Wow ! I'm just discovering, in the official Energiya history (1996-2001, page 789), that the RD-170 used at the beginning of Sea Launch program were taken from an unflown Energiya launcher !It means that it s possible to convert a RD-170 into RD-171 !And it means that Antares and Soyuz-2.1v are not the first launchers to fly with old engines !
Bart's book explained that, too.
I believe that Elektro-L #3 will fly on Proton-M, for example.
Yuzhmash still continues to operate, AFAIK.
re: remaining Zenit launchesThere are no more planned Sea Launch launches?There are no more planned Land Launch launches from Baikonur?There are three more Roskosmos launches from Baikonur?Elektro-L #2Lybid'Spektr-RGWhat is happening to the Ukrainian facilities that manufactured Zenit? Are they closing or already closed?Sincerely,Zubenelgenubi
The discussion of the fate of Zenit and its Ukrainian manufacturer, Yuzhmash looks as if it can continue in this new thread?Roskosmos will end use of Zenit rockethttp://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=36698.0
Quote from: zubenelgenubi on 02/02/2015 01:49 amThe discussion of the fate of Zenit and its Ukrainian manufacturer, Yuzhmash looks as if it can continue in this new thread?Roskosmos will end use of Zenit rockethttp://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=36698.0Is Roskosmos the only customer left? How viable is Land Launch?What happens to all the Sea Launch rockets?http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=22561.msg1175057#msg1175057
Quote from: Stan Black on 06/05/2014 07:14 pmSNIP
SNIP
РД171МА138test engineА139Zenit-2S2018.06.2006Galaxy-16А140Zenit-2S1515.02.2006Echostar-10[photo]А141Zenit-2S2112.04.2006JCSAT-9А142Zenit-2S2231.10.2006XM-4А143Zenit-2S2322.08.2006Koresat‑5А144Zenit-2S2430.01.2007NSS-8А145Zenit-2M29.06.2007Kosmos-2428А146Zenit-2S2515.01.2008Thuraya‑D3А147Zenit-2S2619.03.2008Directv-11[source]А148Zenit-2SB6060.128.04.2008Amos-3[photo] [photo]А149Zenit-2S2721.05.2008Galaxy-18А150Zenit-2S2816.07.2008Echostar-11[source]А151Zenit-2S2924.09.2008Galaxy-19А152Zenit-2SB6060.226.02.2009Telstar-11N[source]А153Zenit-2SB8080.120.01.2011Elektro-L № 1А154Zenit-2S3020.04.2009SICRAL-1B[photo]А155Zenit-2SB6060.321.06.2009Measat-3AА156Zenit-2SB6060.430.11.2009Intelsat-15А15725.12.2009damaged during testing[source]А158Zenit-2SB4141.108.11.2011Fobos-Grunt / Yinghuo-1А159Zenit-2SB8080.321.07.2011Spektr-R[source]А160Zenit-2S3124.09.2011Atlantic-Bird-7А161Zenit-2SB60Zenit-2S60.53205.10.2011Intelsat-18[source]А162Zenit-2SB[source]А163Zenit-2S3305.05.2012Intelsat-19[source]А164Zenit[source] [photo]А165Zenit-2S3419.08.2012Intelsat-21[source]А166Zenit-2S3503.12.2012Eutelsat-W5AА167Zenit[source]А168Zenit-2S3601.02.2013Intelsat-27
Quote from: Stan Black on 07/19/2013 04:04 pmРД171МSNIPOn the rollout video for Angosat 1 is to see "A 164".Has anyone recognized the rocket serial number on the pictures?
РД171МSNIP
Zenit-3SLBF No. SLB80.5/Fregat No. 2006
Quote from: Alter Sachse on 12/28/2017 11:10 amQuote from: Stan Black on 07/19/2013 04:04 pmРД171МSNIPOn the rollout video for Angosat 1 is to see "A 164".Has anyone recognized the rocket serial number on the pictures?Per http://russianspaceweb.com/2017.htmlQuoteZenit-3SLBF No. SLB80.5/Fregat No. 2006
Quote from: russianhalo117 on 12/28/2017 07:10 pmQuote from: Alter Sachse on 12/28/2017 11:10 amQuote from: Stan Black on 07/19/2013 04:04 pmРД171МSNIPOn the rollout video for Angosat 1 is to see "A 164".Has anyone recognized the rocket serial number on the pictures?Per http://russianspaceweb.com/2017.htmlQuoteZenit-3SLBF No. SLB80.5/Fregat No. 2006Thank you !I am looking for the long serial number.
Now for something else - does anyone have layout plans/illustrations of how the planned Zenit launch pad at Plesetsk (Site 35, eventually built for Angara) would look like had it been completed? What differences would it have with the Baikonur Zenit launch complex?
History of the facilityThe construction of the Zenit launch complex started at the end of the 1970s on the right flank of Baikonur, where many previous rockets developed by Yuzhnoe Design Bureau were tested in the past. The complex included existing infrastructure, which was refurbished for the new task, as well as newly built facilities.On June 14, 1978, two and a half years after Zenit development officially started, the original team assigned to test Zenit was formed within the 2nd Directorate of NIIP-5 test range. (The 2nd Directorate traditionally tested Yuzhnoe-produced rockets.) On September 7, 1979, a separate department dedicated to work with Zenit was formed within the 2nd Directorate. (67)In 1982, the 5th Scientific and Testing Directorate was created in Baikonur specifically for the operations with the Zenit boosters.
Origin of the facilityIn 1976, Soviet government officially approved the deployment of the next-generation Zenit rocket at the country's northern launch site in Plesetsk. The main contractor for the project, a Moscow-based KBTM design bureau, actively lobbied an immediate start of the construction in Plesetsk, even though its leaders could not anticipate the collapse of the USSR 15 years later. In any case, the Kremlin gave priority to Zenit's pad in Baikonur. Only in 1982, after a series of surveys at the northern site, KBTM developed specifications for adapting Zenit's launch infrastructure for the requirements of the Defense Ministry in Plesetsk.The Plesetsk-based complex was designed to accommodate a two-stage Zenit-2 and its three-stage version -- Zenit-3, which required five new facilities, comparing to the original launch complex in Baikonur. From Plesetsk, Zenit could send newest Soviet military satellites into high-inclination orbits, possibly including heavy reconnaissance spacecraft planned at the time carrying from 16 to 24 reentry capsules with film. The rocket probably could also launch manned Soyuz spacecraft and its successors toward the future space station deployed in the near-polar orbit!The Zenit's launch pad in Plesetsk under designation 11P877 was to be located at Site 35 (also previously known as 41st kilometer) and its processing complex -- 11P577 -- would be built three kilometers away at Site 142 using some refurbished and some new buildings. The construction was scheduled to take place from 1986 to 1992. By the time the Soviet economy began crumbling at the end of the 1980s, up to 95 percent of the equipment for Zenit's launch complex had already been manufactured and delivered to Plesetsk. The collapse of the USSR pushed the completion date for the facility to 1996, however after spending 70 percent of funds originally allocated for the task, the Ministry of Defense froze the construction in 1992 and then gave up on the whole idea of bringing Zenit to Plesetsk. (114)The launch platform for the Zenit rocket was eventually shipped from Plesetsk to Baikonur for a planned restoration of the PU-2 launch pad at the Zenit launch facility, which had been destroyed in a failed launch in 1990. However this effort was also abandoned and the platform made another trip across the country to the port of Vyborg near St. Petersburg, where it was refurbished for the installation on the Sea Launch platform.The formal government decision to discontinue the effort to bring Zenit to Plesetsk was not taken until Feb. 1, 2000. (728)
YUZHMASH also informs the public that the production of the Zenit LV family continues. Right now two products are in active production. Another, under the national telecommunications satellite "Lybid", is waiting for financing.
Unbooked flightsThe Sea Launch flight manifest was posted without much fanfare on the Russian-language version of the corporate web site for the Sea Launch venture, apparently, shortly after the successful campaign to launch the Zenit rocket with the Angosat-1 satellite on Dec. 26, 2017.Although the schedule detailed all the launch dates with accuracy to a month, it listed no customers or their payloads to be carried during any of these missions. It was unclear, whether Sea Launch was in negotiations with any potential riders at the time.The description accompanying the schedule also said that the permanent office of the S7 company had been established at the home port of the Sea Launch vessels in Long Beach, California, to handle the tasks of re-activating the facility and resuming launch operations. Based on estimates from a monitoring group, the complex would be ready for operations in 2018, the S7 Group said.The company also announced that the Russian firms RKK Energia, Roskosmos State Corporation and the Ukraine-based Zenit manufacturer Yuzhmash would be partners in Sea Launch, which would be managed from Moscow by the S7 KTS company, also known as S7 Space.Sea Launch flight manifest as of December 2017:Mission Launch date Payload1 2019 December ?2 2020 April ?3 2020 July ?4 2020 December ?5 2021 March ?6 2021 June ?7 2021 September ?8 2021 December ?9 2022 March ?10 2022 June ?11 2022 September ?12 2022 December ?
http://russianspaceweb.com/sea-launch-2018.htmlQuoteUnbooked flights<snip>The description accompanying the schedule also said that the permanent office of the S7 company had been established at the home port of the Sea Launch vessels in Long Beach, California, to handle the tasks of re-activating the facility and resuming launch operations. Based on estimates from a monitoring group, the complex would be ready for operations in 2018, the S7 Group said.
Unbooked flights<snip>The description accompanying the schedule also said that the permanent office of the S7 company had been established at the home port of the Sea Launch vessels in Long Beach, California, to handle the tasks of re-activating the facility and resuming launch operations. Based on estimates from a monitoring group, the complex would be ready for operations in 2018, the S7 Group said.
Quote from: russianhalo117 on 01/02/2018 05:57 pmhttp://russianspaceweb.com/sea-launch-2018.htmlQuoteUnbooked flights<snip>The description accompanying the schedule also said that the permanent office of the S7 company had been established at the home port of the Sea Launch vessels in Long Beach, California, to handle the tasks of re-activating the facility and resuming launch operations. Based on estimates from a monitoring group, the complex would be ready for operations in 2018, the S7 Group said.Has anyone found this newly-opened office?Any news from our NSF Sea Launch vets?
I wonder how many Zenits are actually left?There are references to one further Sea Launch rocket.https://www.facebook.com/sealaunch/posts/540367662695511In 2008 TsENKI ordered twelve RD171M engines. Only six were completed. The fifth was А174 and the sixth А175.http://sudact.ru/arbitral/doc/PaGVxDA0tHgj/http://sudact.ru/arbitral/doc/om1ekgf0MXd1/In 2015 a DM-SLB was completed by Energia. So was there an associated rocket waiting for it?https://www.energia.ru/en/corporation/adocs/adoc_2015.docBased on serial numbers possibly three further Zenit-3F were planned. One leftover from Elektro-L №3 and one for Lybid?Fregat upper stage Fairing2005 2005222-01 222-01 - assigned to Lybid222-02 2006
One more engine (Yuzhmash, #064)Source: https://hromadske.ua/posts/ukrainski-raketyIs it mock-up ?
Quote from: yaroslav on 01/22/2019 09:51 pmOne more engine (Yuzhmash, #064)Source: https://hromadske.ua/posts/ukrainski-raketyIs it mock-up ?It is not marked as a RD-171 or RD-171M which S/N numbers use format AXXXThe model series in the picture is designated 11D520.7000-064. RD-170's have been refurbished, modified to RD-171/171M configuration and flown and kept the old Energia engine designation.
Quote from: russianhalo117 on 01/22/2019 10:16 pmQuote from: yaroslav on 01/22/2019 09:51 pmOne more engine (Yuzhmash, #064)Source: https://hromadske.ua/posts/ukrainski-raketyIs it mock-up ?It is not marked as a RD-171 or RD-171M which S/N numbers use format AXXXThe model series in the picture is designated 11D520.7000-064. RD-170's have been refurbished, modified to RD-171/171M configuration and flown and kept the old Energia engine designation.Looks like that particular engine stands here for a while. Why so ?
https://ria.ru/20190416/1552722254.htmlGoogle translate:QuoteSource: "Sea Launch" plan to relocate from the United States to the Far EastMOSCOW, Apr 16 - RIA News. Launch platform "Sea Launch" can relocate from California to the Far East, a source in the rocket and space industry told RIA Novosti."The possibility of relocating the Sea Launch platform to the Far East, specifically to Sovetskaya Gavan, for launching the Soyuz-5 light rocket, is being considered," the agency’s source said.According to him, if the launch platform remains in the United States, it will be almost impossible to launch a new Russian rocket from it, since the agreement between Moscow and Washington provides for the launch of the Russian-Ukrainian Zenit rocket, which was discontinued in 2014. Even if in the future it is possible to sign a new intergovernmental agreement, the Russian side will have to disclose the technical documentation on the new rocket to the American supervisory authorities in order to obtain a launch license, which Moscow will not do, the source said.“The only way out is to relocate the Sea Launch to Russian territory,” he stressed.This is not the first time that the idea of relocating the Sea Launch to the Far East is being considered. The issue of changing the port was discussed in 2013 and 2015. Then, Vladivostok, Sovetskaya Gavan, Crimea and Vietnam were considered as the location of the launch platform and command ship. As a result, the project was sold to the S7 group of companies.Get a comment in the S7 group and its space division S7 Space and failed. In "Roskosmos" refrained from commenting.Waiver of "Zenit"At the end of March, it became known that the contract for the production of 12 Zenit rocket launchers for the launch from the Sea Launch launch site would be terminated on the Ukrainian Yuzhmash. The company S7 Sea Launch Limited (part of the S7 group, which owns the floating launch site "Sea Launch") and "Yuzhmash" signed a contract for 12 "Zenit" in April 2017.Earlier, the director general of the state corporation Dmitry Rogozin told RIA Novosti that Roskosmos together with the S7 group plans to create a reusable Soyuz-5 Light commercial launch vehicle based on the Soyuz-5 rocket, the first launch of which from the Baikonur cosmodrome is scheduled in 2022 .Rogozin also said that he had invited co-owner of the S7 group, Vladislav Filev, to participate in late April in negotiations on the prospects for the Baiterek project, which would launch Soyuz-5 (Irtysh) missiles from the Baikonur cosmodrome.
Source: "Sea Launch" plan to relocate from the United States to the Far EastMOSCOW, Apr 16 - RIA News. Launch platform "Sea Launch" can relocate from California to the Far East, a source in the rocket and space industry told RIA Novosti."The possibility of relocating the Sea Launch platform to the Far East, specifically to Sovetskaya Gavan, for launching the Soyuz-5 light rocket, is being considered," the agency’s source said.According to him, if the launch platform remains in the United States, it will be almost impossible to launch a new Russian rocket from it, since the agreement between Moscow and Washington provides for the launch of the Russian-Ukrainian Zenit rocket, which was discontinued in 2014. Even if in the future it is possible to sign a new intergovernmental agreement, the Russian side will have to disclose the technical documentation on the new rocket to the American supervisory authorities in order to obtain a launch license, which Moscow will not do, the source said.“The only way out is to relocate the Sea Launch to Russian territory,” he stressed.This is not the first time that the idea of relocating the Sea Launch to the Far East is being considered. The issue of changing the port was discussed in 2013 and 2015. Then, Vladivostok, Sovetskaya Gavan, Crimea and Vietnam were considered as the location of the launch platform and command ship. As a result, the project was sold to the S7 group of companies.Get a comment in the S7 group and its space division S7 Space and failed. In "Roskosmos" refrained from commenting.Waiver of "Zenit"At the end of March, it became known that the contract for the production of 12 Zenit rocket launchers for the launch from the Sea Launch launch site would be terminated on the Ukrainian Yuzhmash. The company S7 Sea Launch Limited (part of the S7 group, which owns the floating launch site "Sea Launch") and "Yuzhmash" signed a contract for 12 "Zenit" in April 2017.Earlier, the director general of the state corporation Dmitry Rogozin told RIA Novosti that Roskosmos together with the S7 group plans to create a reusable Soyuz-5 Light commercial launch vehicle based on the Soyuz-5 rocket, the first launch of which from the Baikonur cosmodrome is scheduled in 2022 .Rogozin also said that he had invited co-owner of the S7 group, Vladislav Filev, to participate in late April in negotiations on the prospects for the Baiterek project, which would launch Soyuz-5 (Irtysh) missiles from the Baikonur cosmodrome.
Russia returned the production of the RD-120 rocket engine from UkraineMay 15, 17:2440574MOSCOW, May 15 - RIA News. The Scientific Production Association Energomash (part of the Roscosmos State Corporation) reported on Wednesday that it has resumed production of the RD-120 rocket engine, which has been manufactured in Ukraine for more than 30 years.The RD-120 engine was developed by NPO Energomash in 1976-1985 for the second stage of the Zenit launch vehicle manufactured in Ukraine. It was serially manufactured at the Ukrainian Southern Machine-Building Plant.“This engine has not been manufactured (Energomash) for more than 30 years. And now there is a resumption of production, its modernization, improvement of some characteristics for its use as part of new Russian promising missiles,” said Vladomlav Palamarchuk, master of the foundry. in the video posted on the website of the enterprise.NPO Energomash also says that the RD-120K (RD-120U) engine, a modification of the RD-120 with a short nozzle for advanced missiles, is being developed. At the moment, 2 fire tests of one engine have been carried out. It is reported that its development began in 1986.
"... use as part of new Russian promising missiles." Not for Zenit.
Quote from: PM3 on 05/19/2019 10:38 am"... use as part of new Russian promising missiles." Not for Zenit.Well, it's a fine terminological stuff However, whatever words they use to call something - the thing itself does not change.To the subject:What they call "new" and "promising" launcher is in fact Zenit - but "made in Russia".Of course, it will be a modification - or adoption - for currently available techniques, but nothing more.They just do not have money for any substantial modification.They will call it "Soyuz-5", and it will be very close replica of Zenit.As such, this article on restart of RD-120 production belongs mostly to the general thread about Soyuz-5.It is also (somewhat) relevant to this thread because it implies the end of Ukrainian Zenit.
2nd stage (Yuzhmash)
It is rocket for Lybid launch.
Quote from: anik on 11/13/2019 06:43 pmIt is rocket for Lybid launch.And when is this start planned?
And when is this start planned?
Quote from: Olaf on 11/13/2019 07:33 pmQuote from: anik on 11/13/2019 06:43 pmIt is rocket for Lybid launch.And when is this start planned?I think that there won't be any start at all. This satellite is currently stored in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, at the satellite manufacturer's premises. Storage time of the same has already expired 3 years ago. So if Ukraine now wants to launch it into space, it will have to pay for extra storage time, life extension activities and so on but the odds are that ukraine will not be able to do this not only because of money issues but also due to mutual multiple sanctions between Ukraine and Russia. The other issue is Zenit rocket. Roskosmos imposed embargo on supply of any piece of rocket technology to Ukraine. It means that they will not be able to build this rocket. Moreover, this year Russia has returned Zenit launch pad back to Kazakhstan. Now the countries are negotiating on rebuilding this launchpad for Soyuz-5 rocket which will make it impossible to launch Zenit from Baikonur anymore. I think that Zenit is 99 % dead project.
Quote from: Olaf on 11/13/2019 07:33 pmQuote from: anik on 11/13/2019 06:43 pmIt is rocket for Lybid launch.And when is this start planned?I would say if Lybid is ever launched, it would not be on a Zenit.
Quote from: owais.usmani on 11/15/2019 07:50 amQuote from: Olaf on 11/13/2019 07:33 pmQuote from: anik on 11/13/2019 06:43 pmIt is rocket for Lybid launch.And when is this start planned?I would say if Lybid is ever launched, it would not be on a Zenit.I would guess the new launch vehicle would be the Proton-M Blok DM-03.
Quote from: ZachS09 on 11/15/2019 12:10 pmQuote from: owais.usmani on 11/15/2019 07:50 amQuote from: Olaf on 11/13/2019 07:33 pmQuote from: anik on 11/13/2019 06:43 pmIt is rocket for Lybid launch.And when is this start planned?I would say if Lybid is ever launched, it would not be on a Zenit.I would guess the new launch vehicle would be the Proton-M Blok DM-03.Is Ukraine willing and able to pay for that? I doubt.
Now, with the ratification of the Russia/Kazakhstan agreement for the Baïterek project, there is no place for the Zenit launcher.https://tass.ru/mezhdunarodnaya-panorama/7767737
The agreement between Russia and Kazakhstan for transformation of the Zenit launch pad in a Soyuz-5 pad in Baïkonur was ratified.
At 05:50 in the video you see 70100301.2TRS2S1.14This is for Antares....
Quote from: Alter Sachse on 12/06/2020 12:27 pmAt 05:50 in the video you see 70100301.2TRS2S1.14This is for Antares....I see there 70100301.2TRS2S202.16
What is the status of Zenit given the breakdown in Ukraine-Russian relations? Is it officially retired or stuck in limbo?Is the Lybid payload similarly unlaunchable?