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.
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: 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
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.