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Re: Arianespace launch schedule
« Reply #380 on: 11/24/2010 12:51 pm »
According to ESA Bulletin 144 (November 2010)

http://esamultimedia.esa.int/multimedia/publications/ESA-Bulletin-144/pageflip.html

Pages 64-65

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Vega: First launch July 2011

Soyuz at GSG: First launch April 2011
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Re: Arianespace launch schedule
« Reply #381 on: 11/29/2010 08:03 pm »
http://www.spacenews.com/satellite_telecom/101129-financing-o3b-constellation-closer.html
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With the financing delay having slowed work at the manufacturer, it will be a challenge for O3b to deliver on its promised milestone of getting two groups of four satellites delivered in time for launches, in the first half of 2013, aboard Russian-built Soyuz rockets operating from the vehicle’s new commercial base at Europe’s French Guiana spaceport, industry officials said.

Rigolle said Thales Alenia Space has indicated there is plenty of time to meet the current schedule. “We think our plan for two launches, four satellites each, in the first half of 2013 is solid,” he said.
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Re: Arianespace launch schedule
« Reply #382 on: 11/30/2010 04:22 pm »
Oh, and it looks like "somebody up high" likes taking risks and it seems we will go first on Soyuz from CSG...

The problem is that Galileo launch requires Soyuz-STB rocket, which is not in Kourou, and that there was agreement that the first launch will be with Soyuz-STA use. The problem is that French Ministry of Defense does not want to launch Pléiades satellite in the first flight. The Soyuz-STA dry rollout to the launch pad will be in February 2011 and, after that, the first launch will depend on payload: if Pléiades - then launch in May, if Galileo - then August/September 2011.

This what i'm hearing too, however I'm also hearing that there is some "political push" to have us launch first, i'll check again "upstairs"

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Re: Arianespace launch schedule
« Reply #383 on: 12/01/2010 07:34 pm »
http://www.spacenews.com/civil/101201-european-weather-program-hits-snag.html
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Final preparations for the launch of the Metop-B polar-orbiting weather satellite in mid-2012 aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket operated by the French-Russian Starsem joint venture, and a late-2012 launch of the third Meteosat Second Generation geostationary-orbiting satellite as a co-passenger on a European Ariane 5 rocket.
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Re: Arianespace launch schedule
« Reply #384 on: 12/02/2010 05:09 pm »
http://www.spacenews.com/civil/101202-france-orders-two-recon-satellites.html
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The French Defense Ministry on Dec. 2 announced it has ordered two high-resolution optical and infrared reconnaissance spacecraft from Astrium Satellites and Thales Alenia Space in a $1.1 billion contract that calls for the first satellite to be launched in December 2016.
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The two post-Helios satellites are called CSO, a French acronym for Optical Space Component.
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The contract with Astrium and Thales Alenia Space includes an option for a third satellite that could be built if and when other nations elect to join the French CSO program.

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Re: Arianespace launch schedule
« Reply #385 on: 12/02/2010 07:20 pm »
Completed launches
21 May - Astra 3B & COMSATBw-2 - Ariane 5 ECA (V194) - 22:01 UTC
26 June - Arabsat 5A & COMS 1 - Ariane 5 ECA (V195) - 21:41 UTC
4 August - Nilesat 201 & Rascom-QAF 1R - Ariane 5 ECA (V196) - 20:59 UTC
28 October - Eutelsat W3B & BSAT-3b - Ariane 5 ECA (V197) - 21:51 UTC
26 November - HYLAS 1 & Intelsat 17 - Ariane 5 ECA (V198) - 18:39 UTC

Planned launches
2010

28 December - Hispasat 1E & Koreasat 6 - Ariane 5 ECA (V199) - 21:26-22:15 UTC

2011
15 February - ATV-2 Johannes Kepler - Ariane 5 ES (V200)
April - Pléiades-1 & ELISA (4 sats) & SSOT - Soyuz-STA/Fregat (inaugural flight)
beginning of year - INSAT-4G - Ariane 5
first quarter - Intelsat New Dawn - Ariane 5
first quarter - Yahsat 1A - Ariane 5
second quarter - Astra 1N - Ariane
second quarter - ST 2 - Ariane
first half - BSAT-3c/JCSAT-110R - Ariane 5 ECA
July - LARES & 9 Cubesats - Vega (qualification flight)
28 August-28 September - Galileo-IOV (2 sats) - Soyuz-STA/Fregat
third quarter - Arabsat 5C - Ariane 5 ECA
second half - SES-2 - Ariane 5 / Soyuz
TBD - Galileo-IOV (2 sats) - Soyuz-STB/Fregat (or 2012)

2012
beginning of year - Jupiter - Ariane 5
end of February - ATV-3 Edoardo Amaldi - Ariane 5
first quarter - GSAT-10 - Ariane 5
May - Vinasat 2 - Ariane 5 / Soyuz
June - Alphasat I-XL - Ariane 5
second quarter - Intelsat 20 - Ariane 5
first half - HYLAS 2 - Ariane 5 / Soyuz
middle of year - Arsat 1 - Ariane 5 / Soyuz
middle of year - OHO-1 - Ariane 5 / Soyuz
middle of year - Proba-V - Vega / Soyuz
August - Gaia - Soyuz-STB/Fregat
second half - Badr 7 - Ariane 5 ECA
second half - Türksat 4A - Ariane 5
December - Galileo (2 sats) - Soyuz-STB/Fregat
December - Sentinel-1A - Soyuz-STB/Fregat
end of year - MSG-3 - Ariane 5
end of year - Azerspace/Africasat-1a - Ariane 5
end of year - LISA Pathfinder - Soyuz-STB/Fregat (or Vega?)
TBD - ATV-4 - Ariane 5
TBD - Star One C3 - Ariane 5
TBD - SPOT 6 - Soyuz / Vega
TBD - Pléiades-2 - Soyuz-STB/Fregat

2013
beginning of year - ABS 2 - Ariane 5 ECA
April - Sentinel-2 - Vega
May - Sentinel-3 - Vega
first half - Eshail/Eurobird 2A - Ariane 5
first half - Skynet 5D - Ariane 5
first half - O3b Networks (4 sats) - Soyuz-STB/Fregat
first half - O3b Networks (4 sats) - Soyuz-STB/Fregat
autumn - EarthCare - Vega
November - Sicral-2 - Ariane 5
end of year - ESMO - Ariane 5 / Soyuz (or early 2014)
end of year - Athena-Fidus - Ariane 5 / Soyuz (or early 2014)
TBD - ATV-5 - Ariane
TBD - JCSAT-13 - Ariane 5
TBD - Galileo (2 sats) - Soyuz-STB/Fregat
TBD - Galileo (2 sats) - Soyuz-STB/Fregat
TBD - Galileo (2 sats) - Soyuz-STB/Fregat
TBD - IXV (Intermediate Experimental Vehicle) - Vega
TBD - SPOT 7 - Soyuz / Vega

2014
January - MSG-4 - Ariane
August - BepiColombo - Ariane 5
TBD - Kazakh ERS sat - Vega / Soyuz
TBD - Galileo (2 sats) - Soyuz-STB/Fregat
TBD - Spanish sat - Ariane
TBD - Merlin - Soyuz / Vega

2015
September - JWST - Ariane 5 ECA
TBD - Proba 3 - Vega (or 2016)

2016
October - MetOp-C - Soyuz-STB/Fregat
December - CSO 1 - Soyuz / Vega

2017
end of year - MTG-I1 - Ariane
TBD - CSO 2 - Soyuz / Vega

2019
beginning of year - MTG-S1 - Ariane


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Re: Arianespace launch schedule
« Reply #386 on: 12/06/2010 09:32 am »
http://www.spacenews.com/civil/101202-france-orders-two-recon-satellites.html
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The French Defense Ministry on Dec. 2 announced it has ordered two high-resolution optical and infrared reconnaissance spacecraft from Astrium Satellites and Thales Alenia Space in a $1.1 billion contract that calls for the first satellite to be launched in December 2016.
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The two post-Helios satellites are called CSO, a French acronym for Optical Space Component.
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The contract with Astrium and Thales Alenia Space includes an option for a third satellite that could be built if and when other nations elect to join the French CSO program.


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Re: Arianespace launch schedule
« Reply #387 on: 12/06/2010 10:25 pm »
http://www.spacenews.com/contracts/101206-arianespace-launch-milcom-sat.html
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PARIS — The French-Italian Sicral 2 military telecommunications satellite will be placed into geostationary orbit as a co-passenger on Europe’s heavy-lift Ariane 5 ECA rocket in late 2013 under a contract the Arianespace commercial launch consortium announced Dec. 6.

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Re: Arianespace launch schedule
« Reply #388 on: 12/08/2010 09:38 am »
http://www.spacenews.com/military/news-briefs.html
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The scheduled Dec. 21 launch of an Ariane 5 ECA rocket carrying two telecommunications satellites has slipped to at least Dec. 27 following a problem with one of the satellites’ components, which will be replaced, industry officials said Dec. 3.

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Re: Arianespace launch schedule
« Reply #389 on: 12/14/2010 07:38 pm »
http://www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2010/741.asp
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Arianespace’s year-ending Ariane 5 flight for 2010 has been rescheduled to December 28, allowing one of the mission’s customers to perform complementary checks on its payload.
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Re: Arianespace launch schedule
« Reply #390 on: 12/15/2010 07:12 pm »
http://www.spacenews.com/satellite_telecom/101215-thales-wins-arsat-contract.html
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Satellite operator Arsat of Argentina has selected Thales Alenia Space to provide the electronics payload for an Arsat 2 telecommunications satellite to be launched into Argentina’s 81 degrees west orbital slot in 2013, Thales Alenia Space announced Dec. 15.
http://www.invap.com.ar/en/projects/arsat-satellites.html
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The first satellite of the series ARSAT-1, will start to operate in the 72° W geostationary position as from 2012, and the other two will be operative in  2013 (ARSAT-2) and 2014 (ARSAT-3), with a life of 15 years.
Arianespace launchers, chosen to put ARSAT satellites in orbit. ARSAT-1will be launched from French Guiana (by the Ariane-V or Soyuz launchers).

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Re: Arianespace launch schedule
« Reply #391 on: 12/25/2010 10:26 pm »
Completed launches in 2010
21 May - Astra 3B & COMSATBw-2 - Ariane 5 ECA (V194) - 22:01 UTC
26 June - Arabsat 5A & COMS 1 - Ariane 5 ECA (V195) - 21:41 UTC
4 August - Nilesat 201 & Rascom-QAF 1R - Ariane 5 ECA (V196) - 20:59 UTC
28 October - Eutelsat W3B & BSAT-3b - Ariane 5 ECA (V197) - 21:51 UTC
26 November - HYLAS 1 & Intelsat 17 - Ariane 5 ECA (V198) - 18:39 UTC
29 December - Hispasat 1E & Koreasat 6 - Ariane 5 ECA (V199) - 21:27 UTC


Planned launches
2011
15 February - ATV-2 Johannes Kepler - Ariane 5 ES (V200) - 22:07/10 UTC
March - Yahsat 1A & Intelsat New Dawn - Ariane 5 ECA (V201)
April - GSAT-8 (INSAT-4G) - Ariane 5
second quarter - Astra 1N - Ariane 5
second quarter - ST 2 - Ariane 5
second quarter - BSAT-3c/JCSAT-110R - Ariane 5 ECA
July - LARES & 9 Cubesats - Vega (qualification flight)
28 August-28 September ? - Galileo-IOV (2 sats) - Soyuz-STA/Fregat
September - Pléiades-1 & ELISA (4 sats) & SSOT - Soyuz-STA/Fregat (inaugural flight)
third quarter - Arabsat 5C - Ariane 5 ECA
fourth quarter - SES-2 - Ariane 5 / Soyuz
fourth quarter - Atlantic Bird 7 - Ariane 5

2012
beginning of year - Jupiter - Ariane 5
end of February - ATV-3 Edoardo Amaldi - Ariane 5
first quarter - GSAT-10 - Ariane 5
May - Vinasat 2 - Ariane 5 / Soyuz
June - Alphasat I-XL - Ariane 5
second quarter - Intelsat 20 - Ariane 5
first half - HYLAS 2 - Ariane 5 / Soyuz
middle of year - Arsat 1 - Ariane 5 / Soyuz
middle of year - OHO-1 - Ariane 5 / Soyuz
middle of year - Proba-V - Vega / Soyuz
August - Gaia - Soyuz-STB/Fregat
second half - Badr 7 - Ariane 5 ECA
second half - Türksat 4A - Ariane 5
December - Galileo (2 sats) - Soyuz-STB/Fregat
December - Sentinel-1A - Soyuz-STB/Fregat
end of year - MSG-3 - Ariane 5
end of year - Azerspace/Africasat-1a - Ariane 5
end of year - LISA Pathfinder - Soyuz-STB/Fregat (or Vega?)
TBD - ATV-4 - Ariane 5
TBD - Star One C3 - Ariane 5
TBD - SPOT 6 - Soyuz / Vega
TBD - Pléiades-2 - Soyuz-STB/Fregat
TBD - Galileo-IOV (2 sats) - Soyuz-STB/Fregat

2013
beginning of year - ABS 2 - Ariane 5 ECA
April - Sentinel-2 - Vega
May - Sentinel-3 - Vega
first half - Eshail/Eurobird 2A - Ariane 5
first half - Skynet 5D - Ariane 5
first half - O3b Networks (4 sats) - Soyuz-STB/Fregat
first half - O3b Networks (4 sats) - Soyuz-STB/Fregat
autumn - EarthCare - Vega
November - Sicral-2 - Ariane 5
end of year - ESMO - Ariane 5 / Soyuz (or early 2014)
end of year - Athena-Fidus - Ariane 5 / Soyuz (or early 2014)
TBD - ATV-5 - Ariane
TBD - JCSAT-13 - Ariane 5
TBD - Galileo (2 sats) - Soyuz-STB/Fregat
TBD - Galileo (2 sats) - Soyuz-STB/Fregat
TBD - Galileo (2 sats) - Soyuz-STB/Fregat
TBD - IXV (Intermediate Experimental Vehicle) - Vega
TBD - SPOT 7 - Soyuz / Vega

2014
January - MSG-4 - Ariane
August - BepiColombo - Ariane 5
TBD - Kazakh ERS sat - Vega / Soyuz
TBD - Galileo (2 sats) - Soyuz-STB/Fregat
TBD - Spanish sat - Ariane
TBD - Merlin - Soyuz / Vega

2015
September - JWST - Ariane 5 ECA
TBD - Proba 3 - Vega (or 2016)

2016
October - MetOp-C - Soyuz-STB/Fregat
December - CSO 1 - Soyuz / Vega

2017
end of year - MTG-I1 - Ariane
TBD - CSO 2 - Soyuz / Vega

2019
beginning of year - MTG-S1 - Ariane


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Re: Arianespace launch schedule
« Reply #392 on: 12/25/2010 10:58 pm »
ATV-2 launch time: 22:07 UTC http://msdb.gsfc.nasa.gov/launches.php

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Re: Arianespace launch schedule
« Reply #393 on: 12/26/2010 10:29 am »
NASA says ATV-2 launch is planned at 22:10 UTC.

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Re: Arianespace launch schedule
« Reply #394 on: 12/28/2010 10:44 pm »
According to http://www.russianspaceweb.com/kourou_els.html#2010 the first launch of a Soyuz from Kourou will be NET September 2011.

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By the end of the year, an unofficial but reliable source in the Russian space industry said that the first "dry" rollout of the Soyuz rocket to the launch pad was scheduled for April 20, 2011. As a result, final qualification of the facility for operation could take place by the middle of the summer, thus pushing the first Soyuz launch from Guiana to September 2011, as the earliest.
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Re: Arianespace launch schedule
« Reply #395 on: 01/04/2011 08:14 pm »
http://www.arianespace.com/news-press-release/2011/1-4-2011-press-conference.asp

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Arianespace will meet new challenges in 2011, as the complete European family of launch vehicles enters service. No less than six Ariane 5 launches are scheduled, including for the ATV 2, “Johannes Kepler”, on February 15.

Arianespace will begin operating the Soyuz launch complex in April, and plans to carry out at least two Soyuz launches during the year from the Guiana Space Center. At the same time, Arianespace has planned three Soyuz launches from the Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.

Arianespace and ESA have also signed the production contract for the first operational launch of the Vega light launcher, while Arianespace and ELV have signed the VERTA framework contract concerning the supply of five Vega launchers following the qualification flight. Arianespace will take over responsibility for Vega launch facilities at the end of June, then carry out the first Vega launch during the second half of the year.

Arianespace plans a total of 12 launches in 2011.

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Re: Arianespace launch schedule
« Reply #396 on: 01/04/2011 10:10 pm »
The Eutelsat AB7 mission in 2011 planned for Sea Launch has been moved to Ariane.
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Re: Arianespace launch schedule
« Reply #397 on: 01/05/2011 09:02 am »
According to Space News, Mr. Le Gall confirmed 9 launches 2011:

"In 2011, Arianespace expects to conduct six Ariane 5 launches. Le Gall said a seventh is unlikely because a few large satellites slated for launch in late 2011 are expected to be behind schedule. In addition to these launches, Arianespace expects to inaugurate operations of the Europeanized Soyuz rocket from Europe’s Guiana Space Center space port with two launches in 2011. Europe’s Vega small-satellite launcher is expected to make its inaugural launch in the second half of 2011, Le Gall said."
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Re: Arianespace launch schedule
« Reply #398 on: 01/05/2011 10:21 am »
A report today filed by the Press Trust of India, http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/et-cetera/isro-to-launch-two-large-communication-satellites-this-year/articleshow/7222537.cms

The report talks about two launches from for ISRO, India in March (GSAT-8) and December (GSAT-10) on the Ariane-5 in the wake of the review of the GSLV program.
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Re: Arianespace launch schedule
« Reply #399 on: 01/05/2011 09:01 pm »
http://www.sify.com/news/isro-to-launch-satellites-to-boost-transponder-capacity-news-national-lbfpajjhacg.html
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On the sidelines of the Space Summit session at the 98th Indian Science Congress Wednesday, T.K. Alex, director of the ISRO Satellite Centre, said: 'In March/April, we will launch communication satellites GSAT-8 from French Guyana using Ariane rocket. Later this year or early 2012, GSAT-10 will be launched again by Ariane.'

 

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