<snip>Moreover, there are strong signs that Kosmos-2553 (14F01-1) is to be joined by a sister satellite (14F01-2) whose orbit will have to be carefully co-ordinated with that of the first satellite.
Update from NASA (September, 1st 2023):COMMENT | EVENT | TIG | ORB | DV | HA | HP |COMMENT | | GMT | | M/S | KM | KM |COMMENT | | | | (F/S) | (NM) | (NM) |COMMENT =============================================================================COMMENT Crew-6 Departure 246:11:05:00.000 0.0 424.1 407.9COMMENT (0.0) (229.0) (220.2)COMMENT COMMENT GMT 251 Reboost 251:18:52:00.000 2.1 424.5 406.4COMMENT (6.9) (229.2) (219.4)COMMENT COMMENT 70S Launch 258:15:44:36.000 0.0 426.7 410.3COMMENT (0.0) (230.4) (221.6)COMMENT COMMENT 70S Docking 258:18:56:18.000 0.0 426.8 410.3COMMENT (0.0) (230.4) (221.5)COMMENT COMMENT =============================================================================
COMMENT | EVENT | TIG | ORB | DV | HA | HP |COMMENT | | GMT | | M/S | KM | KM |COMMENT | | | | (F/S) | (NM) | (NM) |COMMENT =============================================================================COMMENT Crew-6 Departure 246:11:05:00.000 0.0 424.1 407.9COMMENT (0.0) (229.0) (220.2)COMMENT COMMENT GMT 251 Reboost 251:18:52:00.000 2.1 424.5 406.4COMMENT (6.9) (229.2) (219.4)COMMENT COMMENT 70S Launch 258:15:44:36.000 0.0 426.7 410.3COMMENT (0.0) (230.4) (221.6)COMMENT COMMENT 70S Docking 258:18:56:18.000 0.0 426.8 410.3COMMENT (0.0) (230.4) (221.5)COMMENT COMMENT =============================================================================
Arktika-M #2 - Mid-December 2023:https://tass.ru/kosmos/18690685
https://www.tbsnews.net/tech/ict/govt-keen-award-airbus-bangabandhu-satellite-2-project-698222QuoteGovt keen to award Airbus Bangabandhu Satellite-2 projectBangabandhu Satellite-2, intended for earth observation, is set to be launched in mid-2025 Representational image. Photo: BSSRepresentational image. Photo: BSSThe government is set to award the letter of intent (LOI) for Bangabandhu Satellite-2 to French aerospace company Airbus.Officials from both sides would join the LOI awarding programme during the Dhaka visit of French President Emmanuel Macron, said Shahjahan Mahmood, chairman and CEO of the Bangladesh Satellite Company Limited, the state-owned company that also owns and operates Bangabandhu Satellite-1.Meanwhile, Thales Alenia Space, another French-Italian firm that worked on the country's maiden satellite in 2018, submitted its proposal for the Bangabandhu Satellite-2 project on Sunday.Shahjahan Mahmood told The Business Standard on Sunday that the LOI is aimed at engaging Airbus, and if the government finds everything right in terms of national interest, a contract would be signed later.The project's value was still untold and it would take several weeks of work, he said.He expects the second satellite, intended for earth observation, to be launched in mid-2025.Sources at the Bangladesh Satellite Company said the two competing firms offered different things with the satellite project. Airbus wanted to manufacture the cubicle satellites locally in Bangladesh, while Thales Alenia wanted to train local professionals.Unlike Bangabandhu Satellite-1, which is used by telecommunication and satellite television companies, Bangabandhu Satellite-2 will be used by the local authorities and agencies to keep monitoring the relevant earth surface.For instance, the Bangladesh Navy and marine researchers could keep an eye on the vast sea at the Bay of Bengal, Shahjahan Mahmood said, adding that the departments related to forestry, agriculture, land, environment, urban planning, construction, and development would be using the national satellite to save the foreign currencies being spent every year now.The Bangladesh Satellite Company had signed a memorandum of cooperation with Russian space firm Glavkosmos for Bangabandhu Satellite-2 in February last year, eying a $435 million project cost.However, the US sanctions on Russia due to the Ukraine war did not allow the cooperation to be realised.
Govt keen to award Airbus Bangabandhu Satellite-2 projectBangabandhu Satellite-2, intended for earth observation, is set to be launched in mid-2025 Representational image. Photo: BSSRepresentational image. Photo: BSSThe government is set to award the letter of intent (LOI) for Bangabandhu Satellite-2 to French aerospace company Airbus.Officials from both sides would join the LOI awarding programme during the Dhaka visit of French President Emmanuel Macron, said Shahjahan Mahmood, chairman and CEO of the Bangladesh Satellite Company Limited, the state-owned company that also owns and operates Bangabandhu Satellite-1.Meanwhile, Thales Alenia Space, another French-Italian firm that worked on the country's maiden satellite in 2018, submitted its proposal for the Bangabandhu Satellite-2 project on Sunday.Shahjahan Mahmood told The Business Standard on Sunday that the LOI is aimed at engaging Airbus, and if the government finds everything right in terms of national interest, a contract would be signed later.The project's value was still untold and it would take several weeks of work, he said.He expects the second satellite, intended for earth observation, to be launched in mid-2025.Sources at the Bangladesh Satellite Company said the two competing firms offered different things with the satellite project. Airbus wanted to manufacture the cubicle satellites locally in Bangladesh, while Thales Alenia wanted to train local professionals.Unlike Bangabandhu Satellite-1, which is used by telecommunication and satellite television companies, Bangabandhu Satellite-2 will be used by the local authorities and agencies to keep monitoring the relevant earth surface.For instance, the Bangladesh Navy and marine researchers could keep an eye on the vast sea at the Bay of Bengal, Shahjahan Mahmood said, adding that the departments related to forestry, agriculture, land, environment, urban planning, construction, and development would be using the national satellite to save the foreign currencies being spent every year now.The Bangladesh Satellite Company had signed a memorandum of cooperation with Russian space firm Glavkosmos for Bangabandhu Satellite-2 in February last year, eying a $435 million project cost.However, the US sanctions on Russia due to the Ukraine war did not allow the cooperation to be realised.
Performed Russian space launches on 2023 (times in UTC)№ - UTC Date (Format: DDD:HH:MM:SS:MS) Satellite(s) Rocket/Upper stage Cosmodrome (Site/Pad) - Remarks13 - September 15 (258:15:44:35.417) Soyuz MS-24 (№755) Soyuz-2-1A (x15000-xxx) Baikonur, 31/6
Friday, Dec. 14 a.m. Launch coverage of the ISS Progress 86 cargo craft to the International Space Station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch scheduled for 4:22 a.m.
The launch of the Progress MS-25 cargo spacecraft by the Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle is planned on December 1 at 12:25:11 Moscow time.
The launch of the Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle with the Fregat upper stage and the Arktika-M No. 2 spacecraft is planned on December 16 at 12:17:48 Moscow time.
The launch of the #SpektrUV space observatory has been postponed to 2030 due to lack of funding, said Mikhail Sachkov, the head of the Institute of Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences at the scientific conference "High Energy Astrophysics today and Tomorrow".