Author Topic: LIVE: Sea Launch - Intelsat 21 - August 19, 2012 (0655UTC)  (Read 50063 times)

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http://www.satnews.com/cgi-bin/story.cgi?number=674344088

Sea Launch AG, through Energia Logistics Ltd., has conducted a Hardware Acceptance Review of the Zenit-2S launch vehicle to be used in support of the Intelsat 21 mission. A team of specialists from the Chief System Engineer’s Office at Energia Logistics Ltd., together with specialists from RSC Energia, reviewed all of the acceptance data for the Zenit-2S #SL 34 vehicle and found that all required acceptance test values were within specification.

What happened to vehicle SL33 ?

Maybe it was moved to Baikonur and launched Intelsat 18?
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=25577.msg779011#msg779011

So, how exactly did the Spektr-R get a Zenit when the official story was that the Zenit was to be used for the Intelsat launch? Where did the extra Zenit come from?

Zenit for Spektr-R is Zenit for Spektr-R. Zenit for Intelsat 18 was taken from Intelsat 19. Intelsat 19 launch was delayed till next year.
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Re: LIVE: Sea Launch - Intelsat 21 - August 19, 2012 (0655UTC)
« Reply #141 on: 08/26/2012 05:47 pm »
What happened to vehicle SL33?

SL31 - Atlantic Bird 7
SL32 --> SLB60.5 - Intelsat 18
SL33 - Intelsat 19
SL34 - Intelsat 21
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Re: LIVE: Sea Launch - Intelsat 21 - August 19, 2012 (0655UTC)
« Reply #142 on: 08/26/2012 08:53 pm »
What happened to vehicle SL33?

SL31 - Atlantic Bird 7
SL32 --> SLB60.5 - Intelsat 18
SL33 - Intelsat 19
SL34 - Intelsat 21

 Not only was Intelsat-18 launched by a Sea Launch rocket but by Sea Launch? However it featured Lavochkin fairing and DM-SLB…

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Re: LIVE: Sea Launch - Intelsat 21 - August 19, 2012 (0655UTC)
« Reply #143 on: 09/02/2012 06:37 am »
IS-21 Mission Update
30 August 2012

http://www.intelsat.com/

Both solar array wings on Intelsat 21 were successfully deployed today. All appendages have now been deployed and the satellite is on the geostationary arc, arriving at the test location.

In-orbit bus testing will commence tomorrow, followed by payload testing, which will start on 3 September. All mission parameters have been nominal so far.

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