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Re: LIVE: Zenit-2SB launch with Phobos-Grunt - November 8, 2011
« Reply #180 on: 11/08/2011 06:04 pm »
I'm still quite confused of the name of the launch vehicle

Zenit-2SB41.1 two-stage rocket plus Fobos-Grunt satellite equals Zenit-2FG (or Zenit-2SLB, but not Zenit-3F) rocket.
Cheers for the clarification!
The idea is that '3' requires some third stage in addition to basic Zenit-2SB type vehicle. In the case of Fobos-Grunt, there is no third stage per documentation, even if Fobos-Grunt ADU propulsion unit is a clone of Fregat.

 So what is unique about this rocket that makes it a Zenit-2SB41?

That it has a different fairing (like Zenit-3F) and probably a special payload adaptor to fit the Fregat-like propulsion module.

So what is different to a Zenit-3F / Zenit-2SB80?

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Re: LIVE: Zenit-2SB launch with Phobos-Grunt - November 8, 2011
« Reply #181 on: 11/08/2011 06:08 pm »
Do we have an English-language translation of the statement being read right now on the tsenki feed? I'm not up on my Russian.... :-\
comment is just about what can we see online )
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Re: LIVE: Zenit-2SB launch with Phobos-Grunt - November 8, 2011
« Reply #182 on: 11/08/2011 06:08 pm »
LOX fueling

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Re: LIVE: Zenit-2SB launch with Phobos-Grunt - November 8, 2011
« Reply #183 on: 11/08/2011 06:09 pm »
They need to turn down the volume on the feed, the audio is clipped pretty badly.

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Re: LIVE: Zenit-2SB launch with Phobos-Grunt - November 8, 2011
« Reply #184 on: 11/08/2011 06:10 pm »
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this project is a very complex one,

big, heavy, costly...
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Re: LIVE: Zenit-2SB launch with Phobos-Grunt - November 8, 2011
« Reply #185 on: 11/08/2011 06:10 pm »
Fobos-Grunt technician

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Re: LIVE: Zenit-2SB launch with Phobos-Grunt - November 8, 2011
« Reply #186 on: 11/08/2011 06:12 pm »
Peter Merkulov (from the photo above):
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powerplant is built on the basis of the proven Fregat, but it is upgraded a bit, so we worry of couse...
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Re: LIVE: Zenit-2SB launch with Phobos-Grunt - November 8, 2011
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Re: LIVE: Zenit-2SB launch with Phobos-Grunt - November 8, 2011
« Reply #188 on: 11/08/2011 06:14 pm »
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the begining of LOX fueling

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Re: LIVE: Zenit-2SB launch with Phobos-Grunt - November 8, 2011
« Reply #189 on: 11/08/2011 06:15 pm »
on Tsenki.com, source 2 has better audio...

They need to turn down the volume on the feed, the audio is clipped pretty badly.

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Re: LIVE: Zenit-2SB launch with Phobos-Grunt - November 8, 2011
« Reply #190 on: 11/08/2011 06:15 pm »
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the begining of kerosene fueling

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Re: LIVE: Zenit-2SB launch with Phobos-Grunt - November 8, 2011
« Reply #191 on: 11/08/2011 06:15 pm »
I'm still quite confused of the name of the launch vehicle

Zenit-2SB41.1 two-stage rocket plus Fobos-Grunt satellite equals Zenit-2FG (or Zenit-2SLB, but not Zenit-3F) rocket.
Cheers for the clarification!
The idea is that '3' requires some third stage in addition to basic Zenit-2SB type vehicle. In the case of Fobos-Grunt, there is no third stage per documentation, even if Fobos-Grunt ADU propulsion unit is a clone of Fregat.

 So what is unique about this rocket that makes it a Zenit-2SB41?

That it has a different fairing (like Zenit-3F) and probably a special payload adaptor to fit the Fregat-like propulsion module.

So what is different to a Zenit-3F / Zenit-2SB80?

Here the Fregat (a.k.a. Flagman propulsion module) is part of the payload, whereas in Z-3F it is part of the launch vehicle.

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Re: LIVE: Zenit-2SB launch with Phobos-Grunt - November 8, 2011
« Reply #192 on: 11/08/2011 06:16 pm »
I want to share yet another thing... A Lyulin-type instrument was installed on the Mars-96 probe, but as some of you probably know, the Block D of the Proton rocket failed and the probe fell back to Earth... The loss was devastating... The same scientist told me that they felt very upset...

Now we're hoping to gain the science we were hoping to gain from Mars 96... However, there's yet another stressful factor those days. Our govt cut funds from our Academy... The scientists are going on a protest tomorrow... As a person who works there  - I may join the protest too. We are afraid that we are facing closure. Our very success may depend on successful science projects. We are under extreme pressure. So I am praying everything goes on smoothly during launch... This launch will be unnerving and there are only two posibilities - either we will be cheerful or we will mourn the loss in tears...

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Re: LIVE: Zenit-2SB launch with Phobos-Grunt - November 8, 2011
« Reply #193 on: 11/08/2011 06:16 pm »
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we are launching to space many interesting experiments...

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Re: LIVE: Zenit-2SB launch with Phobos-Grunt - November 8, 2011
« Reply #194 on: 11/08/2011 06:16 pm »
on Tsenki.com, source 2 has better audio...

They need to turn down the volume on the feed, the audio is clipped pretty badly.

Heh, that's the same stream I'm watching.

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Re: LIVE: Zenit-2SB launch with Phobos-Grunt - November 8, 2011
« Reply #195 on: 11/08/2011 06:18 pm »
I'm still quite confused of the name of the launch vehicle

Zenit-2SB41.1 two-stage rocket plus Fobos-Grunt satellite equals Zenit-2FG (or Zenit-2SLB, but not Zenit-3F) rocket.
Cheers for the clarification!
The idea is that '3' requires some third stage in addition to basic Zenit-2SB type vehicle. In the case of Fobos-Grunt, there is no third stage per documentation, even if Fobos-Grunt ADU propulsion unit is a clone of Fregat.

 So what is unique about this rocket that makes it a Zenit-2SB41?

That it has a different fairing (like Zenit-3F) and probably a special payload adaptor to fit the Fregat-like propulsion module.

So what is different to a Zenit-3F / Zenit-2SB80?

Here the Fregat (a.k.a. Flagman propulsion module) is part of the payload, whereas in Z-3F it is part of the launch vehicle.

But they are still independent of the Zenit. Both feature Fregat-SB (in this case 2003) and the same fairing?
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Re: LIVE: Zenit-2SB launch with Phobos-Grunt - November 8, 2011
« Reply #196 on: 11/08/2011 06:18 pm »
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there are instruments on solar panels also!

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Re: LIVE: Zenit-2SB launch with Phobos-Grunt - November 8, 2011
« Reply #197 on: 11/08/2011 06:20 pm »
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11 antennas will support communication, there are even several larvas on board, as well as some seeds

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Re: LIVE: Zenit-2SB launch with Phobos-Grunt - November 8, 2011
« Reply #198 on: 11/08/2011 06:21 pm »
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rocket is breating now, zenit it is beautifull and ready for her mission
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Re: LIVE: Zenit-2SB launch with Phobos-Grunt - November 8, 2011
« Reply #199 on: 11/08/2011 06:22 pm »
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we have several cameras, so we shall be able to see launch from different points

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