Quote from: Stan Black on 06/22/2017 10:03 pmQuote from: input~2 on 06/22/2017 06:52 pmReport: Russia may have accidentally revealed new military satellitessourceIs this the ССКМС satellites?http://izvestia.ru/news/589798Thanks, Stan, for the link. Yet another possibility...For those not fluent in Russian, SSKMS stands for "Confidential Mobile Communication Satellite System". According to the Izvestia article (August 2015) it was a merger of two projects that had been considered earlier : four satellites in highly elliptical orbits (under research project Ellips) and three satellites in geostationary orbit (under research project Yenisey). First launch was planned for 2019. Due to budget cuts, the two projects were integrated into one involving a total of four satellites : two in geostationary orbit (to be launched in 2021 and 2025) and two in highly elliptical orbits (to be launched in 2023 and 2025). A TASS report in January 2016 said that the the launches of the satellites had been completely eliminated from the latest version of the Federal Space Program for 2016-2025. http://tass.ru/kosmos/2586264However, in May this year a tender was announced for the development of specialized equipment for the satellites under the project name "Modul PM - SSKMS". Development ("technical project" phase) to be completed in November 2021. Deadline for submitting proposals was 31 May.https://fintender.ru/star/region/Moskva/l0995000000217000039-1
Quote from: input~2 on 06/22/2017 06:52 pmReport: Russia may have accidentally revealed new military satellitessourceIs this the ССКМС satellites?http://izvestia.ru/news/589798
Report: Russia may have accidentally revealed new military satellitessource
Работы по созданию изделий должны проводиться с учетом научно- технического и производственного задела, полученного при выполнении ОКР «Прибор»-(Рефлектор) в рамках государственного контракта от 19.09.2012 №307-8559/12 и эскизного проекта на создание системы спутниковой конфиденциальной мобильной связи (ССКМС) в рамках государственногоконтракта от 25.09.2012 №307-5025/12.
Разработка эскизного проекта на создание системы спутниковой (ВП) конфиденциальной мобильной связи (ССКМС)Цена этапа (тыс. руб.) 179 900
Power supply to the P/L seems to be 4332 W for Repei-V
КА 1, КА 2, КА 3, КА 4Экспресс-1000H Экспресс-2000TAS, NTSpace, отечественная кооперацияКА 1 – эксплуатация, КА 2, КА 3 – НЭО, КА 4-выпуск КД
The satellite can be seen in slides 16 and 17, which show a proposed "Integrated Space System" for Russia. It is shown together with two other satellites that are part of what is called "OG KA RTRR i RP". My understanding is that this stands for "Orbital constellation of satellites for radiotechnical reconnaissance (=ELINT) and radio interception (=COMINT)" (although, admittedly, the common Russian acronyms for ELINT and COMINT are RTR and RR). There is a green arrow pointing from those three satellites to "Reconnaissance and information assets". I've attached a close-up of the three satellites and a close-up of Repei as seen in the board shown to Defense Minister Shoigu. Note the similarity of the upper of the three satellites to Repei (two small and two big antennas, same solar panels). The satellite on the right is identical to the one shown on p. 13 and 14 of the ISS Reshetnev presentation that I mentioned above, where it is identified as Gonets M1 (a civilian store-dump comsat system). I haven't been able to readily identify the satellite on the left.
That thesis-ao-iss-testoedov-2016.pdf has been removed?
What do you make of this?КА 1, КА 2, КА 3, КА 4Экспресс-1000H Экспресс-2000TAS, NTSpace, отечественная кооперацияКА 1 – эксплуатация, КА 2, КА 3 – НЭО, КА 4-выпуск КД http://www.raaks.ru/docs/doc20170315_019.pdfOlimp-K?
The Repei look alike in your first picture has small solar panels for its antenna size. If it were a low-frequency communication satellite for mobile users, it would probably look more like MUOS and have bigger panels:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_User_Objective_System#/media/File:MUOS_new.jpgOn the other hand a GEO SIGINT bird does not need that much transmit power because it is usually serving only one or two ground stations with high-gain antennas, so small panels are enough.
So that satellite might be SIGINT. In that case, the large antennas are for the collection, and the small ones for the downlink to the ground station. The US Orion satellites use that system. However I don't see any antenna forest like on the Orions, so the system appears to be narrowband, which is strange for a SIGINT system.The satellite on the left looks like MUOS, although with additional antennas on the Earth deck. So the sat on the right is communication for sure based on what you say, the one on the left looks very much like a UHF comsat, and the one on top is ambiguous. So I'd say if the integrated space system has both reconnaissance and information components, then the bottom two sats are information and the top one is reconnaissance.
Also, could you please attach the full pdf if you have it?
So that satellite might be SIGINT. In that case, the large antennas are for the collection, and the small ones for the downlink to the ground station. The US Orion satellites use that system. However I don't see any antenna forest like on the Orions, so the system appears to be narrowband, which is strange for a SIGINT system.
The satellite on the left looks like MUOS, although with additional antennas on the Earth deck.
As I mentioned in my previous post, the link that I gave yesterday has suddenly become defunct, but the presentation is available via this alternative link:http://docplayer.ru/36231088-Perspektivy-i-prioritety-razvitiya-informacionnyh-sputnikovyh-sistem-generalnyy-direktor-ao-iss-testoedov-nikolay-alekseevich.html
So the solar panels have either 37m˛ or 48m˛ of solar cells? 37 is for the Ekspress-1000 and 48 for the either Ekspress-2000 or Ekspress-4000?
Quote from: B. Hendrickx on 07/07/2017 11:12 pmAs I mentioned in my previous post, the link that I gave yesterday has suddenly become defunct, but the presentation is available via this alternative link:http://docplayer.ru/36231088-Perspektivy-i-prioritety-razvitiya-informacionnyh-sputnikovyh-sistem-generalnyy-direktor-ao-iss-testoedov-nikolay-alekseevich.htmlI've read the pdf and saw a few interesting things: if you look at the left satellite in your picture, it is also among the satellites shown for the "ОГ связи и боевого управления" constellation (with a vertical symmetry though). So it's very likely a comsat they copy-pasted to represent an asset they did not want to show, and same thing for the Gonets sat. If they applied the same logic for the top image, that means it is a comsat they put there to represent a SIGINT bird.However they seem to have put images of LEO SIGINT birds in the constellation "ОГ КА ДЗЗ и добываниявидовой информации". The cross they carry looks like the one from Lotos (14F145): http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/lotos.htm
Из материалов дела следует, что 23 октября 2015 годапервым заместителем прокурора Красноярского краявозбуждено дело об административном правонарушении ч. 1 ст. 14.55 КоАП РФ в отношении должностного лица ведущего менеджера проекта по теме ОКР «Акварель» «АО ИСС» Высоцкого С.В. по факту нарушения заводом условий государственного контракта от 28.04.2014 года № Н 3/2/1/16-14-ДОГОЗ по выполнению государственного оборонного заказа на выполнение опытно-конструкторской работы «Репей», а именно невыполнением в срок до 30.06.2015 года предусмотренных контрактом (пунктом 2.2) работ – разработка и защита эскизного проекта на КС.
В перспективе к «Акварели» присоединятся и другие перспективные спутниковые системы. Для обеспечения такого соединения космических систем воедино военные предъявили требование совместимости и универсальности. На первом этапе «Акварель» будет работать в интересах ВМФ России, для которого также создается спутниковый комплекс обнаружения кораблей «Лиана» с аппаратами «Пион-НКС» и «Лотос-С».
Think I found the contract number:-QuoteИз материалов дела следует, что 23 октября 2015 годапервым заместителем прокурора Красноярского краявозбуждено дело об административном правонарушении ч. 1 ст. 14.55 КоАП РФ в отношении должностного лица ведущего менеджера проекта по теме ОКР «Акварель» «АО ИСС» Высоцкого С.В. по факту нарушения заводом условий государственного контракта от 28.04.2014 года № Н 3/2/1/16-14-ДОГОЗ по выполнению государственного оборонного заказа на выполнение опытно-конструкторской работы «Репей», а именно невыполнением в срок до 30.06.2015 года предусмотренных контрактом (пунктом 2.2) работ – разработка и защита эскизного проекта на КС.
Well, to clarify -- the quoted text is a carbon copy of another judgement made by the same judge on the same day for another person and another project: https://rospravosudie.com/court-zheleznogorskij-gorodskoj-sud-krasnoyarskij-kraj-s/act-517871101/In several places the court failed to edit the new text on Mr. Vysotsky correctly, and the original info on Mr. Ivlev made it into the new decision. I'm really ashamed both with the quality of judgement and the fact this was heared and published openly.