Quote from: Danderman on 03/07/2016 05:50 pmI should mention that Kanopus did not fail to separate from Volga, but rather from a special adapter carried by Volga as a payload. Nothing touching the launch vehicle and upper stage actually failed. In other words, it's as if a subsatellite carried by Apollo 17 had failed to deploy around the Moon, would that be a launch vehicle failure?The key words there are "as a payload". This is the same adapter design that was carried on the previous Volga mission,so it seems like it's standard Volga equipment. But perhaps it was integrated/managed as part of the payloadrather than the launch vehicle. I still suspect the separation command is controlled from the Volga - just becauseit's my impression that's usually how launch vehicles operate. So I am not convinced by your Apollo 17 analogy.
I should mention that Kanopus did not fail to separate from Volga, but rather from a special adapter carried by Volga as a payload. Nothing touching the launch vehicle and upper stage actually failed. In other words, it's as if a subsatellite carried by Apollo 17 had failed to deploy around the Moon, would that be a launch vehicle failure?
Quote from: zubenelgenubi on 12/05/2015 03:38 pmI also read Anatoly's article on his website. Interesting!That information also explains why these satellites received Kosmos designations.It also explains why we had no live launch coverage.The Seasat conspiracists claimed that the satellite power failure was a cover for stopping the satellite's unforeseen abilities from disclosing the position of submerged submarines.(I think the above conspiracy theory is baloney.)Is there anything in the open literature to suggest that such a capability CAN exist, much less does?Search for "internal waves" and submarines. The focus of research seems to be on using microwaves to detect subtle ocean surface effects. My supposition. - Ed Kyle
I also read Anatoly's article on his website. Interesting!That information also explains why these satellites received Kosmos designations.It also explains why we had no live launch coverage.The Seasat conspiracists claimed that the satellite power failure was a cover for stopping the satellite's unforeseen abilities from disclosing the position of submerged submarines.(I think the above conspiracy theory is baloney.)Is there anything in the open literature to suggest that such a capability CAN exist, much less does?
ТЗ «Создание ракетно-космического комплекса «Канопус-СТ» космической системы-демонстратора освещения подводной и гидрометеорологической обстановки на базе МКА» (шифр РКК «Канопус-СТ»)
