Сертификация РН «Союз-СТ-Б» (30/136)Сертификация РН «Союз-СТ-А» (6/137)Сертификация РН «Союз-СТ-А» (23/137)Сертификация РН «Союз-СТ-А» (24/137)Сертификация РН «Союз-СТ-А» (25/137)Сертификация РН «Союз-СТ-А» (26/137)Сертификация ГО 81КС (30/136)Сертификация ГО 81КС (6/137)Сертификация ГО 81КС (23/137)Сертификация ГО 81КС (24/137)Сертификация ГО 81КС (25/137)Сертификация ГО 81КС (26/137)
A Soyuz-STB and fairing delivered for VS16. Rocket 24/136 for mission 20. Only one rocket this time? Also first delivery of Soyuz by MN Toucan?http://www.csgpreparationlancement.com/soyouz/vol-soyouz-16-arrivee-des-elements-du-lanceur/http://www.zakupki.gov.ru/223/purchase/public/download/download.html?id=21478981http://www.zakupki.gov.ru/223/purchase/public/purchase/info/documents.html?noticeId=3650503
РН «Союз-СТ-Б» (РН 30/136), ГО 81КС (ГО 6/137) иРН «Союз-СТ-А» (РН 7/137), ГО 81КС (ГО 7/137)
THE PARIS COURT OF APPEAL ISSUES A FAVORABLE DECISION IN THE SO-CALLED “YUKOS SHAREHOLDERS’ CASE”
Russia to eventually switch fuel type of all Kerolox stages on all rockets from RG-1 to Naftil starting with Soyuz-2 series first then later Soyuz FG once the fuel type get approval for use on man rated flights. Other companies also plan to make the switch but they haven't revealed when they plan to make the transition.Quotehttp://russianspaceweb.com/soyuz_lv_2017.html#vostochnyOn June 27, the Chief Designer Council, overseeing the development of Soyuz rockets, met at RKTs Progress in the city of Samara, where this rocket family is manufactured. According to the official press-release issued a day later, the meeting re-confirmed two launches of the Soyuz rockets from the Vostochny launch site in the 4th quarter of 2017 with Kanopus-V No. 3-4 and Meteor-M No. 1-2 satellites. The head of the launch vehicle development at RKTs Progress Dmitry Baranov reported that the rockets for the two missions had been scheduled for shipment to Vostochny at the end of August and the end of October.The same meeting also reviewed preparations for switching the Soyuz-2 series of rockets to a new fuel, known in Russian as naftil.
http://russianspaceweb.com/soyuz_lv_2017.html#vostochnyOn June 27, the Chief Designer Council, overseeing the development of Soyuz rockets, met at RKTs Progress in the city of Samara, where this rocket family is manufactured. According to the official press-release issued a day later, the meeting re-confirmed two launches of the Soyuz rockets from the Vostochny launch site in the 4th quarter of 2017 with Kanopus-V No. 3-4 and Meteor-M No. 1-2 satellites. The head of the launch vehicle development at RKTs Progress Dmitry Baranov reported that the rockets for the two missions had been scheduled for shipment to Vostochny at the end of August and the end of October.The same meeting also reviewed preparations for switching the Soyuz-2 series of rockets to a new fuel, known in Russian as naftil.
Cross Posting from my post in Information on Soyuz Rocket thread:Quote from: russianhalo117 on 06/28/2017 04:25 pmRussia to eventually switch fuel type of all Kerolox stages on all rockets from RG-1 to Naftil starting with Soyuz-2 series first then later Soyuz FG once the fuel type get approval for use on man rated flights. Other companies also plan to make the switch but they haven't revealed when they plan to make the transition.Quotehttp://russianspaceweb.com/soyuz_lv_2017.html#vostochnyOn June 27, the Chief Designer Council, overseeing the development of Soyuz rockets, met at RKTs Progress in the city of Samara, where this rocket family is manufactured. According to the official press-release issued a day later, the meeting re-confirmed two launches of the Soyuz rockets from the Vostochny launch site in the 4th quarter of 2017 with Kanopus-V No. 3-4 and Meteor-M No. 1-2 satellites. The head of the launch vehicle development at RKTs Progress Dmitry Baranov reported that the rockets for the two missions had been scheduled for shipment to Vostochny at the end of August and the end of October.The same meeting also reviewed preparations for switching the Soyuz-2 series of rockets to a new fuel, known in Russian as naftil.
This is the first I've heard of "naftil". From the name, perhaps it is a rocket-grade kerosene which has a higher concentration of double-benzine rings ("naphthalene")?
Quote from: Mike Jones on 06/27/2017 07:27 pmTHE PARIS COURT OF APPEAL ISSUES A FAVORABLE DECISION IN THE SO-CALLED “YUKOS SHAREHOLDERS’ CASE”I wasn't aware this litigation was taking place. Was this affecting Soyuz operations in Kourou? Are they expected to pick up with this verdict?
Yukos was a private russian oil company. The russian government stole the oil rights from this company and gave them to the two state owned companies. The former owners of Yukos want the value back these oil-rights had. The EU court of Arbitrage (seated in the Hague) ruled that the owners have the right to claim payments from EU companies to Russia to get their money back. I think the payments of Soyuz launchers and the launch services to Russian government owned companies are especially the cash transfers that fall under the Yukos casIt's bad for the soyuz form CSG, but a state shouldn't steal from it's citizens.
To confirm the information posted above, another source of information can be found here:-http://www.glavkosmos.com/ru/current-contracts/Миссия запуска по контракту matches the two digit number in the left hand column, or the SZ numbers listed above.