Plan of Russian space launches

[Flightstar]

Anik, do you have a list of Russian launches so far planned for 2006?

[anik]

Flightstar - 29/12/2005  11:39 PM

Anik, do you have a list of Russian launches so far planned for 2006?

ISS program:

March 22 - Soyuz-FG - Soyuz TMA-8;
April 16 - Soyuz-U - Progress M-56;
June 28 - Soyuz-U - Progress M-57;
September 13 - Soyuz-FG - Soyuz TMA-9;
October 18 - Soyuz-U - Progress M-58;
December 20 - Soyuz-U - Progress M-59

[anik]

Flightstar, unfortunately, I do not have the full list of all planned Russian launches in 2006...

I also do not know when the first Russian launch will be in 2006 - maybe Proton-M rocket with ArabSat 4A satellite from Baikonur cosmodrome or maybe Start-1 rocket with EROS B1 satellite from Svobodny cosmodrome...

By the way, Steven S. Pietrobon from Australia have a very good manifest of planned Russian launches
http://sworld.com.au/steven/space/russia-man.txt

[Chris Bergin]

That is a very good manifest. I'll have to send him an e-mail to say "G'Day" Actually, there's a few sites you've linked up on here that are VERY good with information such as this. I really do wish to e-mail an introduction to them and see how we can all work together.

[Flightstar]

Thanks Anik, that's more than I expected, so it serves my needs!

[Firestarter]

Are the actual dates in January clear for these launches?
#   1hf 06  Proton K/DM-3       KazSat 1
#   Jan 06  Dnepr-1             EgyptSat 1, SaudiSat 3, SaudiComsat 3-7,
                                AKS-1/2, ION, Sacred, KUTESat Pathfinder,
                                ICEcube 1/2, Rincon 1, SEEDS, HAUSat 1, Ncube1,
                                Merope, AeroCube-1, PolySat 1/2 (CP1/2), Mea
                                Huaka'I (Voyager)
    Jan 06  Start-1             EROS B1
    Jan 06  Molniya-M           Kosmos (Oko N87)
    Jan 06  Proton-M/Briz-M     HotBird 7A

[anik]

Firestarter - 1/1/2006  11:30 PM

Are the actual dates in January clear for these launches?

Unfortunately, these dates are not known to me...

Firestarter - 1/1/2006  11:30 PM

Proton-K/DM-3 - KazSat-1

KazSat-1 satellite will be launched not earlier than February...

Firestarter - 1/1/2006  11:30 PM

Start-1 - EROS-B1

EROS-B1 satellite will be launched at the period from January to March...

Firestarter - 1/1/2006  11:30 PM

Proton-M/Briz-M - HotBird-7A

I think, that HotBird-7A will not be launched in January, because the satellite is not delivered on Baikonur cosmodrome still...

[Firestarter]

Thanks Anik, I'm glad the Baikonur workers will get some rest!

[Colby]

Wait... I thought Hot Bird 7A was being launched on an Ariane 5 ECA along with SpainSat. See this topic: http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=1121&posts=3#M14173

Can anyone help clarify this?

[anik]

Oops!... Hot Bird 7A will be launched on Ariane 5 ECA, certainly!... Steven S. Pietrobon was mistaken and I, unfortunately, has not checked up his information... I am sorry!...

[Colby]

No problem, these satellite launches are confusing, and the payloads seem to switch launchers occasionally, making matters worse!

[anik]

Gunter Krebs's plan of orbital launches of 2006
http://www.skyrocket.de/space/doc_chr/lau2006.htm

[anik]

I heard that KazSat 1 satellite possibly will be launched in May...

[anik]

According to http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEM28P8A9HE_index_0.html GIOVE-B satellite will be launched in April and METOP satellite - in June on Soyuz rockets with Fregat upper stages from Baikonur cosmodrome...

[anik]

EROS-B satellite will be launched by Start-1 rocket from Svobodny cosmodrome in March...