Some images of Condor-E, and a brochure.
Anik reports a launch date of November 29.
Quote from: Danderman on 11/03/2012 01:22 pmAnik reports a launch date of November 29.I wonder where will the launch vehicle and the satellite (have both reached Baikonur?) be prepared in Baikonur before launch? The old Tskylon MIK?
I wonder where will the launch vehicle and the satellite (have both reached Baikonur?) be prepared in Baikonur before launch? The old Tskylon MIK?
uring 2011 several reports surfaced about negotiations between Roskosmos and officials in Chelyabinsk Oblast of Russia on the establishment of a new drop zone for the first stage of the Strela rocket, scheduled to carry the Kondor radar satellite into orbit in 2012. The impact site was expected to be in Nyazepetrovsk Region between towns of Shemakha, Araslanovo, Skaz and Tabuska. However, as it had previously happened in other regions of Russia and Kazakhstan, concerns over the contamination of the pristine environment became a cause of public protests by local population on February 25, 2011, the official RIA Novosti news agency reported. As a result, local authorities reportedly rejected the proposed agreement at the beginning of March 2011. Two months later, Interfax news agency reported that all work on the drop zone agreement had been stopped as "launches of payloads along this flight path had not being currently planned." This was an indication that a long-delayed Kondor mission hit a new snag if had not been outright canceled.
Eurockot is fairly consistent in stating that their vehicle cannot be launched from Baikonour without some extra work, so how NPO-Mash can pull that launch of a similar vehicle from Baikonur is a mystery to me.
QuoteEurockot is fairly consistent in stating that their vehicle cannot be launched from Baikonour without some extra work, so how NPO-Mash can pull that launch of a similar vehicle from Baikonur is a mystery to me.I believe that Eurockot is being launched from a converted Cosmos 3M pad. The last Cosmos 3M flew from Baikonur in 1968, so doubt there would have been a working pad to convert. Integration of Eurocket happens vertical at the launch pad. Fairly unique for a Russian rocket. I reckon the flight profile from a silo launched rocket is very different (acoustic, acceleration and vibration characteristics). So Eurocket has evolved quite a bit from it's SS-19 feedstock. A new third stage, vertical integration and a regular launch versus a silo launch. All this results in a very different launch environment, you can't just stick it back into a silo an expect the same results.Eurocket was created to fly complicated missions with highly sophisticated payloads to various orbits. Strela is a simpler rocket, cheaper but not as capable.
IV) Wrong, each Rockot is fired from inside its original UR-100 silo launch tube which are modified with an additional launcher tube segment to account for Briz-KM and longer fairings types and are disposed of after single use.
Quote from: russianhalo117 on 02/05/2013 12:25 amIV) Wrong, each Rockot is fired from inside its original UR-100 silo launch tube which are modified with an additional launcher tube segment to account for Briz-KM and longer fairings types and are disposed of after single use.Since we are talking about a UR-100 launch, and not a Rockot launch, it should be noted that no Briz stage is involved in this launch.