One option would be the Pion NKS satellite.http://www.russianspaceweb.com/liana.html(at the end of the article)http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/pion-nks.htm
Quote from: Alter Sachse on 09/27/2017 06:06 pmOne option would be the Pion NKS satellite.http://www.russianspaceweb.com/liana.html(at the end of the article)http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/pion-nks.htmIn order to avoid misunderstanding and to not reproduce what happened with Cosmos-2519, I want to underline that I have absolutely no information about which payload it will be, and which type of launcher it will be (A, B or V).I think that the only thing we can be sure, is that it is not a GLONASS, because ISS didn't made an announcement about any satellite delivery to Plesetsk.
Do we at least know by now what version of the Soyuz-2.1 will be used?
Quote from: Phillip Clark on 10/25/2017 01:44 amQuote from: Nicolas PILLET on 10/24/2017 09:32 pmLaunch delayed indefinitely.Any indications why?"problems with the payload"http://www.russianspaceweb.com/2017.html#milsat
Quote from: Nicolas PILLET on 10/24/2017 09:32 pmLaunch delayed indefinitely.Any indications why?
Launch delayed indefinitely.
Nov. 18 or later: A Soyuz-2 rocket to launch a classified satellite from Plesetsk. The mission was previously planned for Oct. 25, 2017, but had to be postponed until beginning of November and until November 18, at the earliest, due to problems with the payload. On Oct. 25, space officials were expected to hold a meeting in Moscow on the status of the mission.
see reply # 1It seems to be this satellite (Liana/Lotos or "Lotos FO")http://www.russianspaceweb.com/2017.html#milsat
According to NK, this one will launch from pad 43/3 - which will be its first since the infamous Foton-M1 disaster in 2002!Will 43/4 be closed for repairs then?
Any news about delays for this mission after the Meteor-M 2-1 failure? For now it appears preparations keep going and, if Blok-I is able to be exonerated soon, there should be no delay... but maybe I'm overlooking more up-to-date sources?
...In the hours immediately following the botched launch of the previous Soyuz-2-1b rocket from Vostochny on November 28, preparations for the next mission continued in Plesetsk as scheduled. Because the upcoming mission carried a low-orbiting satellite without the Fregat upper stage, the fresh Soyuz-2-1b launch could probably proceed as long as space officials could isolate the problem to the Fregat. According to the latest schedule, on November 29, military personnel in Plesetsk was ready to integrate the upper composite, including the 14F145 satellite and the third stage, with an already assembled first and second stages of the launch vehicle.
Quote from: Galactic Penguin SST on 11/22/2017 01:47 amAccording to NK, this one will launch from pad 43/3 - which will be its first since the infamous Foton-M1 disaster in 2002!Will 43/4 be closed for repairs then?May be unrelated to the status of 43/4. I read somewhere a couple years ago that 43/3 was being returned to service and upgraded for Soyuz-2, and that 16/2 was going to be upgraded for the Soyuz-2-1v.
Fresh photos of 43/3 modernization.
Quote from: eeergo on 11/29/2017 02:28 pmAny news about delays for this mission after the Meteor-M 2-1 failure? For now it appears preparations keep going and, if Blok-I is able to be exonerated soon, there should be no delay... but maybe I'm overlooking more up-to-date sources?http://russianspaceweb.com/2017.html#milsatQuote...In the hours immediately following the botched launch of the previous Soyuz-2-1b rocket from Vostochny on November 28, preparations for the next mission continued in Plesetsk as scheduled. Because the upcoming mission carried a low-orbiting satellite without the Fregat upper stage, the fresh Soyuz-2-1b launch could probably proceed as long as space officials could isolate the problem to the Fregat. According to the latest schedule, on November 29, military personnel in Plesetsk was ready to integrate the upper composite, including the 14F145 satellite and the third stage, with an already assembled first and second stages of the launch vehicle.
Quote from: russianhalo117 on 11/29/2017 02:33 pmQuote from: eeergo on 11/29/2017 02:28 pmAny news about delays for this mission after the Meteor-M 2-1 failure? For now it appears preparations keep going and, if Blok-I is able to be exonerated soon, there should be no delay... but maybe I'm overlooking more up-to-date sources?http://russianspaceweb.com/2017.html#milsatQuote...In the hours immediately following the botched launch of the previous Soyuz-2-1b rocket from Vostochny on November 28, preparations for the next mission continued in Plesetsk as scheduled. Because the upcoming mission carried a low-orbiting satellite without the Fregat upper stage, the fresh Soyuz-2-1b launch could probably proceed as long as space officials could isolate the problem to the Fregat. According to the latest schedule, on November 29, military personnel in Plesetsk was ready to integrate the upper composite, including the 14F145 satellite and the third stage, with an already assembled first and second stages of the launch vehicle.Yep, that's what I read. I was referring to news from today, maybe from Russian sources that I'm not familiar with. I assume if there's chances of problems with Block I they wouldn't mate it to the R7.