Do we know if this launch will use an upper stage, such as Volga, or launch with no upper stage?If not, when do we find out--when the LV is rolled out to the pad and images are released?
Quote from: zubenelgenubi on 01/11/2018 09:47 pmDo we know if this launch will use an upper stage, such as Volga, or launch with no upper stage?If not, when do we find out--when the LV is rolled out to the pad and images are released?The Volga stage will presumably be hidden within the payload shroud, so it won't be visible.
Quote from: William Graham on 12/31/2017 11:26 pmThe Russian launch schedule thread lists this one as scheduled for this week. Has there been any indication that it is holding that schedule? Has anybody seen any NOTAMs that could indicate a launch is close?Anatoly Zak has it listed now on his site in the first quarter after Soyuz MS-08 due to ongoing payload issues although he does not yet call it EMKA. He foresee's no launches until February at this time.http://russianspaceweb.com/2018.html
The Russian launch schedule thread lists this one as scheduled for this week. Has there been any indication that it is holding that schedule? Has anybody seen any NOTAMs that could indicate a launch is close?
Feb. 28: A Soyuz-2-1v rocket to launch a classified payload based on the experimental small-satellite platform, EMKA, from Plesetsk.
Quote from: russianhalo117 on 01/01/2018 02:18 amQuote from: William Graham on 12/31/2017 11:26 pmThe Russian launch schedule thread lists this one as scheduled for this week. Has there been any indication that it is holding that schedule? Has anybody seen any NOTAMs that could indicate a launch is close?Anatoly Zak has it listed now on his site in the first quarter after Soyuz MS-08 due to ongoing payload issues although he does not yet call it EMKA. He foresee's no launches until February at this time.http://russianspaceweb.com/2018.htmlAnatoly Zak has determined that EMKA is actually a Spacecraft Platform and not the name of the Spacecraft flying:http://russianspaceweb.com/2018.html#mkaQuoteFeb. 28: A Soyuz-2-1v rocket to launch a classified payload based on the experimental small-satellite platform, EMKA, from Plesetsk.
https://twitter.com/RussianSpaceWeb/status/964957604651859969QuoteRussian military postpones the launch of a #Soyuz-2-1v rocket with a classified payload from #Plesetsk until the end of March: http://www.russianspaceweb.com/2018.html#mka
Russian military postpones the launch of a #Soyuz-2-1v rocket with a classified payload from #Plesetsk until the end of March: http://www.russianspaceweb.com/2018.html#mka
Soyuz-2-1v - March 28-29:http://novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/messages/forum14/topic16307/message1742272/#message1742272
The satellite was to be transported to the launch site from Chkalovskiy airfield near Moscow using an Ilyushin-76 owned by the cosmonaut training center.
Quote from: B. Hendrickx on 03/14/2018 08:56 amThe satellite was to be transported to the launch site from Chkalovskiy airfield near Moscow using an Ilyushin-76 owned by the cosmonaut training center.Which is quite strange...
It shows RF 75353 which is the zero gravity aeroplane?