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
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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?
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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.