Soviet/Russian space programms Q&A

[Stan Black]

http://doc.gostorgi.ru/7/2010-04-08/740237/1.DOC
 Item № 1 production and the delivery of fairings for the launch of KGU 44S, 46S, K1 - 14S737-0000-OTU.
 Fairing: for the launch of KGU 44S quantity 1 - HF 13991, Mirny, Arkhangelsk Oblast; for the launch of KGU 46S quantity 1 - HF 13991, Mirny, Arkhangelsk Oblast; for the launch of KGU K1 quantity 1 - HF 13991, Mirny, Arkhangelsk Oblast.
 Item № 2 production and the delivery of two fairings, one for the launch of KGU 45K and a second held in reserve - 813BK-0100-OTU.
 Fairing: for the launch of KGU blok 45K, quantity 1 - HF 11284, Tyura-Tam, republic Kazakhstan.

Lavochkin awarded contract for three fairings for KGU 44S, 46S and K1.
http://www.rosspending.ru/fk/contract/0018710005071/

14F113 Uragan-M 724-746
Planned date for conclusion of contract: 12.2011
http://www.rosspending.ru/fk/contract/0025907000269/?year=2006

 So five Uragan-M remaining to be delivered by the end of 2011. Two solo launches from Plesetsk; 14S737 is the fairing also used for 14F112 Meridian. The latest launch of GLONASS in December was blok 43 with satellites 739, 740 and 741.

14F113 Uragan-M 747-749
Planned date for conclusion of contract: 12.2012
http://www.rosspending.ru/fk/contract/0025910000148/?year=2010

14F113 Uragan-M 736-746
http://www.spels.ru/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=374&Itemid=34
 The inspection and additional certification tests of electrical radio components of foreign production.

 Blok 41 and 40 with 730 to 735 were the delayed launches with the Uragan-M requiring modifications.

14F113 Uragan-M 715-720
http://www.rosspending.ru/fk/contract/0025907000237/?year=2004

14F113 Uragan-M 721-723
http://www.rosspending.ru/fk/contract/0025907000261/?year=2005

[Satori]

I'm searching for the radio recording of the Yuri Levitan annoncement of Gagarin launch. Any help?

[Hungry4info3]

Have you tried this site?

[Satori]

Have you tried this site?

Thanks! Already checked... nothing there...

[Hungry4info3]

Have you tried this site?

Thanks! Already checked... nothing there...

Isn't it the second link?

One word "Poehali!" (We're going!) said by the first man in the space. With this word a new era of space exploration begins

[Malderi]

What is the relationship between the Angara and Rus-M rocket programs? From what I understand, Angara is farther along, and Rus-M is a longer-term, heavier-lift project. But Angara-5 and Angara-7 are supposed to be man-rated, and so is the initial Rus-M.

Can someone explain why both of these programs appear to be serving similar purposes and yet are under development at the same time?

[Eraser]

What is the relationship between the Angara and Rus-M rocket programs? From what I understand, Angara is farther along, and Rus-M is a longer-term, heavier-lift project. But Angara-5 and Angara-7 are supposed to be man-rated, and so is the initial Rus-M.

Can someone explain why both of these programs appear to be serving similar purposes and yet are under development at the same time?

Angara is created mainly for the MoD purposes, to launch heavy military satellites from Plesetsk, commercially it will be operated from the Baikonur Cosmodrome as the Baiterek project. Rus-M will be created for manned space program and will be launched from the Vostochny Cosmodrome.

Have two systems, whose capabilities is somewhat overlapping, it is useful for redundancy, to load industry, job retention and reduce the monopoly on launch services.

[Malderi]

I understand that - EELV (Atlas/Delta) is a good example. I wasn't sure if there was anything else I was missing, though. Thanks for the answer.

[Stan Black]

What has GRAU 17F112?

http://bd.patent.su/2391000-2391999/pat/servl/servletf4bc.html
http://bd.patent.su/2390000-2390999/pat/servl/servletd322.html

[Stan Black]

 Looks like Gagarin’s Vostok rocket was 8К72 Е10316. No such index 8K72K?

http://www.federalspace.ru/main.php?id=87
http://modelrocketseisaku.cocolog-nifty.com/photos/uncategorized/2010/08/11/vostokrspecs.jpg

 Sputnik went up on 8К71ПС М1-ПС, with no number after the hyphen. Laika went up on 8К71ПС М1-2ПС.

[Mark Dave]

I am curious as to how come the Buran's carbon TPS for it's nose and wing leading edges is darker than the US shuttle RCC. Is it a different material mixture as to why the colors differ? In art of Buran and photos, the leading edges and nose of Buran look the same color as the HRSI tiles, and difficult to tell apart.

Again on Buran, why is it the nose gear is below the payload bay than the nose like on the US shuttle? What is the purpose of this?

[Jorge]

Again on Buran, why is it the nose gear is below the payload bay than the nose like on the US shuttle? What is the purpose of this?

This allowed the nose gear to be longer, placing Buran at something closer to zero angle of attack at nose gear touchdown, contrasted to the negative angle of attack of the shuttle. That in turn reduced the "downlift" loads on the main gear, decreasing the odds of a tire blowout.

[Generacy]

Is it possible for the Soyuz to dock to the ISS at a different roll/clocking angle?  The docking port on the Soyuz seems to be somewhat roll symmetric, but I imagine it would be a problem for the RDS to accommodate a docking at a different roll angle.  Is this true?

[Danderman]

Is it possible for the Soyuz to dock to the ISS at a different roll/clocking angle?  The docking port on the Soyuz seems to be somewhat roll symmetric, but I imagine it would be a problem for the RDS to accommodate a docking at a different roll angle.  Is this true?

Compared to what? Soyuzes at Zvezda aft are clocked at an angle, those at the other ports are not.

[Generacy]

I guess my question is, is there more than one clocking angle that a Soyuz can dock to a specific docking port?  Or is there only one singular clocking angle that the port will accept a Soyuz?