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LIVE: Hot Bird 8 launch - Aug 4
« on: 05/03/2006 08:25 pm »
Proton-M (8K82KM No. 53514) rocket for launch of Hot Bird 8 satellite has arrived at Baikonur cosmodrome by rail on April 28... Hot Bird 8 will be delivered there on June 5 and launched on July 7... Briz-M (14S43 No. 88516) upper stage for this launch will arrive on cosmodrome later...

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Re: Hot Bird 8 launch - July 21
« Reply #1 on: 05/24/2006 05:02 pm »
According to http://www.federalspace.ru/PlanQuart.asp?Lang=ENG Hot Bird 8 satellite will arrive at Baikonur on June 20 and will be launched on July 21...

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Re: Hot Bird 8 launch - July 21
« Reply #2 on: 06/06/2006 07:16 pm »
An unloading of blocks of Proton-M rocket was begun on June 5 (according to Novosti kosmonavtiki website)...

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Re: Hot Bird 8 launch - July 21
« Reply #3 on: 06/10/2006 09:30 pm »
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anik - 6/6/2006  9:03 PM

An unloading of blocks of Proton-M rocket was begun on June 5 (according to Novosti kosmonavtiki website)...

According to MID KazSat-1 planned launch time is 22:44 UT on June, 17th:
http://www.ln.mid.ru/ns-dvbr.nsf/dvzaprkt
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Re: Hot Bird 8 launch - July 21
« Reply #4 on: 06/20/2006 09:00 pm »
an news about the craft delivery of hotbird 8 which supposed to be delivered to baikonur today for the launch hotbird 8 using the proton-M/Breeze-M rocket on the 21st of july or later???????

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Re: Hot Bird 8 launch - July 21
« Reply #5 on: 06/21/2006 07:23 am »
Last time I checked with Eutelsat (early June), that was only a proposed schedule.
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Re: Hot Bird 8 launch - July 21
« Reply #6 on: 06/29/2006 08:35 pm »
According to http://astro.zeto.czest.pl/plan the new launch date of Hot Bird 8 satellite is August 4 now...

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RE: Hot Bird 8 launch - July 21
« Reply #7 on: 07/06/2006 11:08 am »
ILS Schedules Proton Breeze M Return to Flight in
                August with Eutelsat's HOT BIRD(TM) 8


    MCLEAN, Va.--July 6, 2006--International Launch Services (ILS) has
scheduled its next Proton mission for Aug. 5 from Baikonur, Kazakhstan
(Aug. 4 GMT) with the launch of the HOT BIRD(TM) 8 satellite for
Eutelsat. Following that, ILS plans two additional Proton Breeze M
missions in 2006, based upon customers' satellite delivery schedules.
    The HOT BIRD 8 satellite arrived in Baikonur this morning.
Weighing 4.9 tons and equipped with 64 Ku-band transponders for
television and radio broadcasting, HOT BIRD 8 will be the largest
satellite yet orbited by Eutelsat.
    This is ILS' second Proton mission of the year and fourth launch
overall for 2006. ILS suspended missions with the Breeze M upper stage
after a Feb. 28 launch failed to place the Arabsat 4A satellite into
the correct orbit. ILS is ready to return to flight with its Proton
M/Breeze M vehicle now that a Russian State Commission and an
independent review panel have concluded their inquiries into that
failure.
    "As we start the launch campaign, we acknowledge the confidence of
our long-standing customer Eutelsat in the Proton M/Breeze M vehicle,"
said ILS President Mark Albrecht.
    "The Proton M launch vehicle has a 100 percent success rate, and
the reliability of the Breeze M upper stage remains one of the highest
in the industry," Albrecht said. "With the arrival of the satellite,
all the flight hardware is in place to start operations."
    ILS is a joint venture of Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE:LMT) and
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center of Russia. Based
in McLean, Va., ILS markets commercial launch missions on the Lockheed
Martin Atlas and the Khrunichev-built Proton vehicles to satellite
operators worldwide.
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Re: Hot Bird 8 launch - July 21
« Reply #8 on: 07/12/2006 03:58 pm »
The latest news about preparation to this launch:

ILS Current Campaign Blog - HOT BIRD 8
http://www.ilslaunch.com/blog/

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Re: Hot Bird 8 launch - July 21
« Reply #9 on: 07/18/2006 07:21 pm »
Ready for the Milestone
http://www.ilslaunch.com/blog/

Posted By: HOT BIRD 8 Team at 21:55, 17 July, Baikonur

"Everything is going well. The SC team worked Sunday, getting us ready for the SC propellant load. Today, the prop team took a rest prior to starting the load tomorrow. The SC Assembly, Integration, and Test (AIT) team continued working two shifts today to do their internal preparations for launch...

...There are two days of loading, one for oxidizer and one for fuel. We will load ox tomorrow, then fuel on Thursday. The day in between is for reconfiguration of the systems: disconnecting the propellant cylinders and swapping them out, flushing and changing over the waste systems, changing load carts, etc."

P.S.: According to Spaceflight Now, the launch should be at 21:48 UTC on August 4...

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Re: Hot Bird 8 launch - July 21
« Reply #10 on: 07/19/2006 06:43 pm »
One Down, One to Go
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Posted By: HOT BIRD 8 Team at 19:20, July 18, Baikonur  

"The SC prop load team loaded the oxidizer tanks earlier today."

P.S.: According to Novosti kosmonavtiki website, the fuelling of high pressure tanks of the Briz-M upper stage has begun at site 31 on July 19...

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Re: Hot Bird 8 launch - July 21
« Reply #11 on: 07/21/2006 07:30 pm »
Propulsion Ops Complete
http://www.ilslaunch.com/blog/

Posted By: HOT BIRD 8 Team at 21:53, July 20, Baikonur  

"We just finished a major milestone for the satellite this evening. The SC propulsion team completed the load of fuel (monomethylhydrazine, or MMH) into the SC tanks. That means our little HOT BIRD will be ready to leave the nest soon! She's got full tanks and will be able to fly herself to final position once we give her a boost...

...The fueling completes the SC standalone operations. Next, we will lift the SC up, mate it to the LV adapter, and then mate the adapter to the Breeze M upper stage. At each phase we will carefully check the electrical and mechanical links. By early next week, we will be ready to encapsulate the SC in the payload fairing (PLF)."

HOT BIRD 8 Mission Overview
http://www.ilslaunch.com/pubs/hotbird-mission-overview.pdf

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Re: Hot Bird 8 launch - July 21
« Reply #12 on: 07/23/2006 04:48 pm »
According to http://www.federalspace.ru/NewsDoSele.asp?NEWSID=1667 (in Russian), Hot Bird 8 satellite was attached to the transitive system... After electric checks, the assembly of Hot Bird 8 satellite and transitive system was docked to Briz-M upper stage...

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Re: Hot Bird 8 launch - July 21
« Reply #13 on: 07/25/2006 08:09 pm »
http://www.ilslaunch.com/blog/

Spacecraft Mate
Posted By: HOT BIRD 8 Team at 18:15, 22 July, Baikonur
   
"...This morning we entered our next major phase of the campaign. The SC rolled out from Hall 103 to the high bay, Hall 101, in order to prepare for mating to the launch vehicle adapter. By 9 a.m. it was suspended from the lift and beginning the gentle process of setting down on the adapter. The specialists from Saab installed and tightened the clampband, which holds the SC to the adapter. Now we are working to do electrical checks of the SC through the adapter transit cables. When completed, the whole SC (with adapter now attached), will be lifted and placed atop the Breeze M upper stage.

The Breeze M is installed in the integration/tilting fixture. Electrical checks with it were accomplished yesterday. By midnight tonight, we should be mated to the upper stage and checked out. Next, we will tilt the whole thing horizontally, do RF checks and remove protective covers in preparation for encapsulation."

Mate to Breeze M
Posted By: HOT BIRD 8 Team at 18:30, 24 July, Baikonur

"We had a very busy weekend here in Baikonur. As of today, the SC has been mated to the adapter, lifted onto the Breeze M upper stage and initially encapsulated in the payload fairing (PLF). It takes a lot of work by many different teams to get through these critical activities. One of those teams is the Saab Ericsson specialists who install the clampband, which holds the SC to the adapter.

After the SC is mated to the upper stage using this clampband, the whole assembly is tilted over horizontally. Just think how strong this adapter and the bolts holding the upper stage must be - the SC weighs nearly 5 metric tons when fueled..."

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Re: Hot Bird 8 launch - July 21
« Reply #14 on: 07/26/2006 07:08 pm »
Verification & Installation
Posted By: HOT BIRD 8 Team at 19:05, 25 July, Baikonur
   
"ILS completed the process of verifying that the Bunker and the Vault are ready to support the HOTBIRD 8 mission. KhSC continued final preparations with the payload fairing. The Bunker is where the ILS launch program director will sit, along with the KhSC counterpart, the Eutelsat customer and the launch vehicle person who actually interfaces with the launch equipment. We have a ton of communications lines and an abort button. That is the Bunker team’s major function: aborting the launch if the SC is not ready. The underpad Vault is where the SC interface rack is located. This allows the SC folks to remotely power up and monitor their SC while it is on the launch pad..."

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Re: Hot Bird 8 launch - July 21
« Reply #15 on: 07/27/2006 05:32 pm »
Ascent Unit Transport
Posted By: HOT BIRD 8 Team at 18:15, 26 July, Baikonur

http://www.ilslaunch.com/blog/

"We got a huge amount done today, but the BIG news was that the president of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, visited Building 92A-50 and Hall 111 where our Proton rocket and now, the ascent unit are located... He had quite an entourage, around 30-40 people, media, cameras, etc...

Today the SC, encapsulated in the payload fairing -- which we will call the AU (ascent unit) from now on -- moved by transporter out of one end of the building and into the other to meet up with the Proton LV first three stages. The LV electrical harnesses, which connect from the base of the rocket all the way to the SC, checked out using the SC test equipment from the control room. The cool thing about our Proton is that ALL of what are commonly called "umbilical cables" attach to the bottom of the rocket. Although there are some cables hooked up directly into the fairing, those will be disconnected. So, for lift-off, you won't see any of those dangling cables that you see on other rockets.

We also moved a rack of electronic equipment to the launch pad and lowered it into the underpad Vault using a mobile crane. This rack will help the SC folks communicate with the SC from the control room at Building 92A-50, to the launch pad, and up through those very same LV harness cables, once we move the rocket out to the launch pad and erect it.

Next we will be mating the AU to the Proton LV to make the Integrated Launch Vehicle (ILV). It seems like things really accelerate when we get to this point. We are 10 days away from launch and there are faxes and memos flying back and forth."

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RE: Hot Bird 8 launch - July 21
« Reply #16 on: 07/28/2006 03:26 pm »
( BW)(VA-ILS) ADVISORY/ILS Proton to Launch HOT BIRD 8

    Assignment Desks/News Editors
    ADVISORY...

    --(BUSINESS WIRE)--International Launch Services (ILS):

Payload:                    HOT BIRD 8
                            Eurostar E3000 platform
                            Separated mass: approx. 4,875 kg
                            (10,748 lbs)

Launch Vehicle:             Proton M/Breeze M
                            Weight at liftoff: 691,272 kg
                            (1.5 million lbs), including payload
                            Height: 61 m (200 ft)

Launch Time:                3:48 a.m. Aug. 5 Baikonur
                            21:48 Aug. 4 GMT
                            5:48 p.m. Aug. 4 EDT

Launch Site:                Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
                            Launch Pad 39

End User:                   EUTELSAT, Paris

Satellite Manufacturer:     EADS Space, Toulouse, France

Launch Vehicle              Khrunichev State Research and Production
Manufacturer:               Space Center, Moscow

Launch Services             International Launch Services (ILS)
Provider:                   McLean, Va.

Satellite Use:              Multipurpose Ku-band communications
                            satellite serving cable and satellite
                            homes in Europe, North Africa and the
                            Middle East, including Russia and
                            Kazakhstan.

Satellite Statistics:       --  64 active Ku-band transponders
                            --  Largest satellite to date in Eutelsat
                                fleet
                            --  Orbital location: 13 degrees East
                                longitude
                            --  Anticipated service life of 15 years

Mission Profile:            The Proton launch vehicle will inject the
                            satellite into geosynchronous transfer
                            orbit, using a five-burn Breeze M mission
                            design. The first three stages of the
                            Proton will use a standard ascent
                            trajectory to place the Breeze M fourth
                            stage, with the satellite, into a
                            suborbital trajectory, from which the
                            Breeze M will place itself and the
                            spacecraft into a circular parking orbit
                            of 173 km (107.5 miles), inclined at 51.5
                            degrees. Then the satellite will be
                            propelled to its transfer orbit by
                            additional burns of the Breeze M.
                            Following separation from the Breeze M,
                            the spacecraft will perform a series of
                            liquid apogee engine burns to raise
                            perigee, lower inclination and circularize
                            the orbit at the geostationary altitude of
                            35,786 km (22,236 miles).

Target Orbit                Apogee: 35,786 km (22,236 miles)
at Separation:              Perigee: 3,800 km (2,361 miles)
                            Inclination: 13 degrees

Spacecraft Separation:      Approximately 9 hours, 11 minutes after
                            liftoff

ILS Mission Statistics:     --  2nd ILS Proton mission of 2006
                            --  4th ILS mission overall for 2006
                            --  6th Proton launch of Eurostar bus
                            --  37th ILS mission on Proton

Live Broadcast              Satellite IA-6, 93 degrees West,
in North America:           transponder 11, C-band, analog NTSC,
                            downlink 3920 MHz (vertical)
                            Test signals start at 5 p.m. EDT

Live Broadcast              Sesat 1, 36 degrees East, transponder
in Europe &                 B3 Channel G, Ku-band, digital PAL,
Middle East:                downlink 11,097.500 MHz (horizontal),
                            symbol rate 6.1113, fec: 3/4
                            Test signals start at 21:00 GMT

More Information:           Live webcast and general mission
                            information are available on the ILS web
                            site at www.ilslaunch.com.  Launch status
                            updates are available on the ILS U.S.
                            domestic Launch Hotline at 1-800-852-4980.
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Re: Hot Bird 8 launch - July 21
« Reply #17 on: 07/29/2006 07:48 pm »
Integrated Launch Vehicle
Posted By: HOT BIRD 8 Team at 18:37, 27 July, Baikonur

http://www.ilslaunch.com/blog/

"What a day! Activities are ramping up as we approach the final week before liftoff. We completed the mate of the ascent unit to the LV today. It’s an exciting process to watch, even though the mechanics of it happen very slowly. Once that finished, we ran electrical and mechanical checks on all of the cables and systems connecting the two segments and also the fiber optics that run to the control room. Everything checked out perfectly. Now that they are joined, we call the whole thing the Integrated Launch Vehicle (ILV).

Tomorrow, we get to see something even more amazing than today’s mate: two 50-ton bridge cranes will use a lifting beam to pick up the ILV and place it on the launch transporter. As you can see from the picture, the ILV is huge so you can imagine what a feat that is to witness."

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RE: Hot Bird 8 launch - July 21
« Reply #18 on: 07/31/2006 06:29 pm »
EADS space built Hot Bird-8 ready for launch for Eutelsat

http://www.space.eads.net/press-center/press-releases/eads-space/eads-space-built-hot-bird-8-ready-for-launch-for-eutelsat

Baikonur, 28 July 2006

Eutelsat’s HOT BIRD 8 broadcast satellite is being prepared in Baikonur for an ILS Proton Breeze M launch scheduled for 4 August at 21:48 GMT (03:48 Aug 5 in Baikonur). Based on EADS SPACE’s Eurostar E3000, HOT BIRD 8 is the most powerful satellite ever ordered to serve Europe.
The new satellite will join Eutelsat’s HOT BIRD system at Eutelsat’s prime video neighbourhood, which delivers 950 television channels and 600 radio stations to 110 million cable and satellite homes in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. Designed to cover all the frequencies of the 102 transponders positioned at 13 degrees East, HOT BIRD 8 could substitute for any of the other satellites at this location.
Equipped with 64 Ku-band transponders, HOT BIRD 8 has a capacity almost three times that of the previous-generation HOT BIRD satellites. The satellite will operate with a payload power in excess of 11 kW, which makes it the most powerful satellite ever built in Europe and the most powerful satellite ever ordered by a European operator.

As prime contractor for HOT BIRD 8, EADS SPACE designed and built the satellite, including the Ku-band payload and the platform. The satellite is a Eurostar E3000 model equipped with a two-level communications module, an all-chemical propulsion system and lithium-ion batteries. It will have a launch weight of almost 5 metric tons. The solar panels, spanning 39 metres once unfolded in orbit, will provide more than 14 kW of electric power. HOT BIRD 8 is designed to have a 15-year service life in orbit.
To date 43 Eurostar satellites have been ordered, 29 of which have already been successfully launched. Six Eurostar E3000s are currently operating in orbit, while nine more are in production.

EADS SPACE is Europe’s leading satellite system specialist. Its satellites activities cover complete civil and military telecommunications and Earth observation systems, science and navigation programmes, and all spacecraft avionics and equipment. In 2005 EADS SPACE had a turnover of €2.7 billion and 11,000 employees in France, Germany, the United Kingdom and Spain.
EADS is a global leader in aerospace, defence and related services. In 2005, EADS generated revenues of €34.2 billion and employed a workforce of more than 113,000.

Press contacts:

Rémi Roland, EADS SPACE +33 (0) 1 42 24 27 34
Frédéric-Pierre Isoz, EADS SPACE +33 (0) 1 42 24 28 77
Jeremy Close, EADS SPACE (UK) +44 (0) 1438 77 38 72
Mathias Pikelj, EADS SPACE (GER) +49 (0) 7545 8 9123
Jacques :-)

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RE: Hot Bird 8 launch - July 21
« Reply #19 on: 07/31/2006 06:35 pm »
31-07-2006

http://www.roscosmos.ru/NewsDoSele.asp?NEWSID=1684

(translation below)

In Baikonur completes the preparation for the starting of telecommunication KA "khot Baird -8" at the spaceport Baikonur they continue work on preparation for the starting of carrier rocket "Proton-k" with the starting block "Breeze- M" and the telecommunication automatic spacecraft "khot Baird -8". In the morning on 30 July carrier rocket was transported from the assembly and testing housing to the technical servicing station for servicing of the tanks of the low pressure of starting block "Breeze- M". After the completion of transport and assembling of diagram, began servicing starting block with propellant components. The servicing is conducted during 30-31 July and the servicing must be completed to the end of the workday on 31 July. To the evening on 31 July is assigned the session of state commission, at which the sums of work with the carrier rocket, the starting block and the automatic spacecraft will be supplied and is made decision about conducting of removal. On 1 August carrier rocket must be exported to the launching system, and on 5 August it is planned to produce launching.
Jacques :-)

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Re: Hot Bird 8 launch - July 21
« Reply #20 on: 08/01/2006 12:12 pm »
http://www.ilslaunch.com/blog/

Communications Rehearsal
Posted By: HOT BIRD 8 Team at 17:34, 28 July, Baikonur
   
"Close-outs on the rocket are continuing. The thermal blankets, which will provide passive thermal control to the ascent unit while the rocket is being erected, are being installed. The SC has had a health check and battery charge and is in good shape. Tomorrow we will lift the rocket over to the erector-transporter which will take the rocket to the Breeze-M Fueling Station, and from there, to the launch pad for erection.

Wow! We are only eight days away from launch! Today we trained the customer, Eutelsat, on the use of our abort button and communications system, which will be at his station in the Bunker for the day of launch. We went through a full simulation of the last T-1 hour 30 minutes on-station with the ground software for the launch pad counting down. We applied power to the launch cancellation equipment, activated it at the appropriate time and, after that, it was up to our customer to simulate a launch abort condition with his personnel and press the button. All went well, and we got to see the launch count stop. We hope we never have to use it, but we are glad to have it."

ILV Lift
Posted By: HOT BIRD 8 Team at 18:23, 29 July, Baikonur
   
"So far, all operations are on schedule with no issues. Although it is Saturday, we are in the process of working at the launch pad to verify the cabling going up the tower and the ones that go from the under-table vault back to the 92A-50 control room. This will be an end-to-end check of the hardware needed to communicate with the SC when the rocket is installed on the launch mount. In the pictures, you can see how impressive this rocket really is. The whole thing is lifted using two 50-ton cranes locked together. Just the lift beam for this is massive.

Tomorrow KhSC is rolling the rocket to the Breeze M fueling station to load the fuel tanks. We will have the day off during these hazardous operations. We plan on having an excursion out to the "Zone of Relaxation," a picnic area with a swimming pool and a small lake. The team could use some rest. We have been working nonstop for the last two weeks."

Fuel Rollout & Relaxation
Posted By: HOT BIRD 8 Team at 22:19, 30 July, Baikonur  

"We rolled the ILV out to the Breeze M fueling station today! We hope that is the last time she will be in the building. It is a major event, and is the first of a series of large moves that are breathtaking to see. The Breeze M upper stage is having its propellant tanks filled, first with oxidizer (today), and then tomorrow with fuel. Then we will roll out to the launch pad and erect. But before that, tomorrow, every agency on and off base associated with this launch will report their readiness status at the State Commission meeting.

While the fueling took place, a busload of Astrium, ILS, KhSC and KB Salyut team members headed to the “Zone of Relaxation” for a little unwinding. It was a long bus ride but we arrived at a place that seemed like an oasis. There was a small lake with some paddle boats, a swimming pool, a mineral-water shower and some dachas where you could set your stuff and rest. The catering staff brought our barbecues and we had a wonderful shashlik barbecue of beef, chicken and salmon. There were different salads, cookies, pastries, coffee and tea. We had a very nice time and it was a good chance to refresh before we buckle down for the last big push before the launch."

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Posted By: HOT BIRD 8 Team at 20:51, 31 July, Baikonur
   
"We are rolling the ILV to the launch pad tomorrow! The team finished fueling the Breeze M upper stage successfully today, and we held the formal State Commission meeting.

Everything and everyone who is involved with this launch reported in tonight: every major launch vehicle component, system or facility; weather, down-range, telemetry, tracking, the electro-magnetic compatibility environment, launch pad, power, SC, customer, ILS, KhSC, Russian Space Forces -- we must have had 150 people there. All entities were a "go" for roll-out. We are working no issues at this time.

Everything is on track. We are getting up early tomorrow for our tradition of rolling the rocket out to the launch pad at precisely 6:30 in the morning."

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RE: Hot Bird 8 launch - July 21
« Reply #21 on: 08/01/2006 03:23 pm »
Is there a live video stream for this launch? I searched the ILS website, but I couldn't find anything :(
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Re: Hot Bird 8 launch - July 21
« Reply #22 on: 08/01/2006 07:44 pm »
According to http://www.federalspace.ru/NewsDoSele.asp?NEWSID=1691 (in Russian), Proton-M rocket with Briz-M upper stage and Hot Bird 8 satellite was transported to the launch pad 200/39 today...

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RE: Hot Bird 8 launch - 4 Aug 2006
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Is there a live video stream for this launch?..
Look here begin 30 minutes before time of launch 4 August at 21:48 GMT http://coopi.khrunichev.ru/real_pusk.htm (in Russian)

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RE: Hot Bird 8 launch - July 21
« Reply #24 on: 08/02/2006 09:17 am »
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Is there a live video stream for this launch? I searched the ILS website, but I couldn't find anything :(
And here http://streamvox.streamos.com/vyvx/ils080406/ (English) - why not found?

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RE: Hot Bird 8 launch - July 21
« Reply #25 on: 08/02/2006 01:30 pm »
http://www.ilslaunch.com/blog/

Roll to Launch Pad  

It is L-4 days. This morning we woke up before the sunrise because we had a bus taking us to Building 92A-50 to watch the rollout of the integrated Proton launch vehicle to the pad. It’s a Russian tradition that it always occurs at 6:30 a.m. The sun began to come up around six o’clock and within a half-hour, it was a beautiful rosy dawn. We watched the massive ILV roll out slowly from the Breeze M fueling station. In front of it ran a tiny Transcosmos engine with another engine in front of it to ensure the track was clear.

Afterwards, we went back to the hotel to have breakfast and freshen up before heading to the launch pad to watch the vehicle erection at 9 a.m. We got out to Launch Pad 39 with plenty of time to spare, and watched as they tilted the whole vehicle up into place on the launch mount. It is truly an impressive sight, especially when it is at 45 degrees or so. It takes a very sturdy structure to not warp when under gravity's force like this. Witnessing such a feat reinforces the basic idea that Russian technology and engineering are very robust. If you need a 5-to-1 safety factor, it is usually designed to 100-to-1 or more, it seems.

Now we have completed the radio frequency check to verify that we can talk to the SC with the service tower back. The SC has been rolled forward, the payload fairing air conditioning has been plugged in and started, and the high-rate battery charging lines have been connected for the SC. The Astrium team will work through midnight tonight with the SC and do critical systems tests on the booster.


Photo: Proton Breeze M vehicle being erected at Launch Pad 39

 
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RE: Hot Bird 8 launch - July 21
« Reply #26 on: 08/02/2006 02:32 pm »
http://www.roscosmos.ru/NewsDoSele.asp?NEWSID=1694

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02.08.2006 about the starting KA "khot Baird -8"

On the launching system of the area of ?200 of spaceport Baikonur continue work on preparation for the starting of carrier rocket "Proton-k" with the starting block "Breeze- M" and "khot Baird -8" (Hot Bird 8).KA "khot Baird -8" is intended for digital satellite telecast and telephone communications to the countries of Europe. Producer - company "astrium" (France). Customer of starting - company "yutelsat" (Frrantsiya). Today the calculations of enterprises in the space field perform the work according to the graph of the second starting day, in course of which is produced the collection of the starting readiness of carrier rocket and is imitated servicing rocket with propellant components. Work on preparation for the starting will be prolonged to midnight. The starting of space rocket "Proton-m" with the starting block "Breeze- M" and the French telecommunication satellite "khot Baird -8" is planned to carry out on 5 August into 1.48 msk
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RE: Hot Bird 8 launch - July 21
« Reply #27 on: 08/03/2006 12:33 pm »
Posted 02 August   By: HOT BIRD 8 Team at 18:08, Baikonur

http://www.ilslaunch.com/blog/

Hawkeye Holds Court  
Hawkeye got a little under the weather. He had been working too hard and not drinking enough water so one of his humps went flat. But through the miracle of modern medicine, he revived quite nicely. As you can see, a glucose drip was in order, though. When Hawkeye's fans heard about this, they all had to come and wish him well. Here you can see him with his adoring harem.

In other news here on the launch campaign, LV testing has been completed successfully, and the combined LV and SC countdown rehearsal was successfully completed today. So far, all is well, and there have been no problems. The weather is good, and we are eagerly awaiting launch.




 
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Re: Hot Bird 8 launch - July 21
« Reply #28 on: 08/03/2006 11:38 pm »
L-1 Day and Counting!
Posted By: HOT BIRD 8 Team at 17:53, 03 August, Baikonur

http://www.ilslaunch.com/blog/

"Today we completed a very key hardware rehearsal and physically disconnected and reconnected the external battery charging lines that enter the PLF from the tool door on the side. These connections will be secured for real at around T-7 hours, just before LV propellant load.

We also completed our on-pad interviews for the live broadcast. It was around 96 degrees Fahrenheit (36 degrees Celsius) today, but out there it seems even hotter because the white concrete reflects the sun back at you. The ILS, Eutelsat and Astrium team members who did not get an opportunity to sign the payload fairing while it was in Hall 101 went up the tower and signed it there. It is always a thrill to do so. We can write whatever we want, and many people dedicate their signatures to their family or loved ones.

It is L-1 day and counting. All systems are nominal. Tomorrow is L-0. We call it that even though we will launch early in the morning on Saturday, Baikonur time. Our final day on pad is actually more than 24 hours. Tomorrow we will greet our VIPs, have our final State Commission meeting, and at 03:48 Baikonur local, Aug. 5, we will launch."

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RE: LIVE: Hot Bird 8 launch - Aug 4
« Reply #29 on: 08/04/2006 11:09 am »
T-50 minutes. Moving to newsfeed for coverage.
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RE: LIVE: Hot Bird 8 launch - Aug 4
« Reply #30 on: 08/04/2006 11:23 am »
http://www.federalspace.ru/NewsDoSele.asp?NEWSID=1701

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04.08.2006 completes preparation for the starting KA "khot Baird -8

the starting of carrier rocket" Proton-m"/ starting block" Breeze- M "with the automatic spacecraft" khotBerd-8 "it is assigned on 5 August in 1 h 48 min. (msk.) from the spaceport Baikonur. Today, on 4 August, to the spaceport Baikonur departed the large group of the representatives of foreign companies, which participated in the creation of new telecommunication automatic spacecraft. During two days the guests will visit objects GKNPTS im. M.V.Khrunicheva, connected with the preparation KA, will visit museum the histories of spaceport, and at night, from the running plate, they will control the starting of its automatic spacecraft. Starting will be produced with the aid of the Russian heavy carrier rocket "Proton-m" and the starting block "Breeze- M", prepared in the state space scientific and industrial center im. M.V.Khrunicheva. the "modernized carrier rocket (RN)" Proton-m "has the improved energy-mass, operational and ecological characteristics", noted general director GKNPTS im.

M.V.Khrunicheva Vladimir Nesterov. On RN "Proton-m" is established the new system for control, is solved the problem of the reduction of sizes pour on, the otvodimykh for the drop used-up first stages. Ecological indices are substantially improved - the cyclogram of the work of first-stage engine to "protons" ensures the complete production of components from its tanks. Application in the composition RN "Proton-m" of the increased nose fairings makes it possible more than to twice increase volume for the accomodation of payload, which ensures use on the new carrier of promising starting blocks. "khot Baird -8" is prepared on the base of the platform Of "evrostar-e000" of the French Of "eADS-Astrium" (EADS Astrium) to order of company "eutelsat" (EUTELSAT) - the most important supplier of telecommunication services in the European region. Automatic spacecraft is intended for guaranteeing the services to connection, access to the Internet and digital broadcasting for European region and North Africa.

Almost 5- ton "Khotm Baird -8" - the largest satellite from this family "eutelsat". It has 64 transponders, which can work simultaneously. Calculated period of the operation of apparatus - 15 years. It must be brought out in geostationary orbit with the point of the standing 13 deg. of eastern length. Contract to the starting services is concluded through the company "International Lonch Of sevisiz" (LKE/ILS), that leads marketing of two leading in the world carriers of heavy class - American "atlas" and Russian "proton".
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RE: LIVE: Hot Bird 8 launch - Aug 4
« Reply #31 on: 08/04/2006 11:27 am »
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T-50 minutes. Moving to newsfeed for coverage.
T-0 is set for 2148 UTC(5:48 pm EDT).
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T-50 minutes. Moving to newsfeed for coverage.
T-0 is set for 2148 UTC(5:48 pm EDT).

I got thrown by the clock on the ILS site ;)
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Re: LIVE: Hot Bird 8 launch - Aug 4
« Reply #33 on: 08/04/2006 01:08 pm »
Does anyone know, why some Protons are white (mostly the Proton-Ks) and some are unpainted metallic (mostly the Proton-Ms). This Proton-M is one of the white painted.

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Re: LIVE: Hot Bird 8 launch - Aug 4
« Reply #34 on: 08/04/2006 06:37 pm »
Cool, its webcasted.

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Re: LIVE: Hot Bird 8 launch - Aug 4
« Reply #35 on: 08/04/2006 07:03 pm »
L-3 hours!
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Re: LIVE: Hot Bird 8 launch - Aug 4
« Reply #36 on: 08/04/2006 07:16 pm »
On the ILS Page they say 5:25pm EDT... is that L-0 or start of the webcast... im confused...

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Re: LIVE: Hot Bird 8 launch - Aug 4
« Reply #37 on: 08/04/2006 07:29 pm »
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On the ILS Page they say 5:25pm EDT... is that L-0 or start of the webcast... im confused...

Start of the webcast.

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RE: LIVE: Hot Bird 8 launch - Aug 4
« Reply #38 on: 08/04/2006 07:37 pm »
ILS to launching is ready!

Well, we are T-6 hours and 42 minutes sitting here in the Bunker, looking at the official countdown clock. Today was another great day! The weather was beautiful -- sunny, not too hot, and a nice breeze. Everything is well with the rocket and the SC.

The VIPs arrived here at 15:15 this afternoon. We got them on the bus and zipped them out to the launch pad, where they had a quick photo opportunity before we rounded them up and got them back on the bus.

We went to the last State Commission meeting and gave our “go” statements. Unlike the first one, which is very formal and everyone makes a little speech, the second one is quick. In fact, the only thing we said was, “ILS k pusku gatov!” That’s Russian for “ILS is ready!”

The SC has been in the flight program starting from T-11 hours, and the SC team is monitoring in the control room. The SC external battery charge connectors were disconnected just a while ago, about the same time we were meeting. Now they are working on fueling the LV. This is a hazardous operation, so we are locked into the Bunker until it is completed. The Bunker has its own pressurized air source so that if there are any hazardous vapors, we will be safe.

Now is a long period of time where we just wait. There is some music playing softly on a laptop. The customer is doing some sudoku puzzles. We have plenty of snacks: bread, a meat and cheese tray, some caviar-stuffed shells, candy bars, tea, coffee, sodas, water, cookies, etc. Everything you need for an all-nighter!


Posted 04 August Posted By: HOT BIRD 8 Team at 22:12, Baikonur

 
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Re: LIVE: Hot Bird 8 launch - Aug 4
« Reply #39 on: 08/04/2006 08:28 pm »
Breeze M will be watched closely for this. Hope that works this time.

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RE: LIVE: Hot Bird 8 launch - Aug 4
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RE: LIVE: Hot Bird 8 launch - Aug 4
« Reply #41 on: 08/04/2006 09:17 pm »
Hold your applause once this thing reaches orbit (if it reaches orbit).  Spacecraft separation won't happen until more than nine hours pass.  The last Proton M failure occurred several hours into the flight.

That said, good luck Proton, Krunichev, ILS, EADS Astrium, and Eutelsat!

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Re: LIVE: Hot Bird 8 launch - Aug 4
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Re: LIVE: Hot Bird 8 launch - Aug 4
« Reply #43 on: 08/04/2006 09:34 pm »
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Does anyone know, why some Protons are white (mostly the Proton-Ks) and some are unpainted metallic (mostly the Proton-Ms). This Proton-M is one of the white painted.

As far as I know the metallic rockets are simply unpainted to save some weight. The painted white Proton-Ks are older rockets, build and painted years ago and then put on storage. But I don't know why this particular Proton-M is white, regarding the fact that Hot Bird 8 is a really big comsat.  :o

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Re: LIVE: Hot Bird 8 launch - Aug 4
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Still 10 minutes until the webcast starts.
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Re: LIVE: Hot Bird 8 launch - Aug 4
« Reply #46 on: 08/04/2006 09:41 pm »
5 minutes...

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Re: LIVE: Hot Bird 8 launch - Aug 4
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1 minute...

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RE: LIVE: Hot Bird 8 launch - Aug 4
« Reply #48 on: 08/04/2006 09:46 pm »

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« Reply #49 on: 08/04/2006 09:47 pm »
Here we go. T-15 mins. I will be recording this launch in high quality for replay 10 minutes after the launch event.
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RE: LIVE: Hot Bird 8 launch - Aug 4
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RE: LIVE: Hot Bird 8 launch - Aug 4
« Reply #51 on: 08/04/2006 09:50 pm »
That's a really happy chap on the webcast commentary!
Don't ya wish your spaceship was hot like me

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« Reply #52 on: 08/04/2006 09:53 pm »
T-11 mins. No issues in works. Weather Green.
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RE: LIVE: Hot Bird 8 launch - Aug 4
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Re: LIVE: Hot Bird 8 launch - Aug 4
« Reply #54 on: 08/04/2006 10:00 pm »
nice little video showing the mission profile!

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« Reply #55 on: 08/04/2006 10:00 pm »
T-4 minutes. All nominal in the count.
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RE: LIVE: Hot Bird 8 launch - Aug 4
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T-2 mins.
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Re: LIVE: Hot Bird 8 launch - Aug 4
« Reply #58 on: 08/04/2006 10:03 pm »
T-1 min

go proton!!

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T-60 seconds. Go Proton, Go Breeze M.
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Launch!
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« Reply #61 on: 08/04/2006 10:04 pm »
All go so far.
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« Reply #62 on: 08/04/2006 10:05 pm »
T+30 - all nominal. 4Km. Coming up to Max Q
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Re: LIVE: Hot Bird 8 launch - Aug 4
« Reply #63 on: 08/04/2006 10:06 pm »
Stage 1/2 sep. Stage 2 ignition.
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« Reply #64 on: 08/04/2006 10:06 pm »
T+90 seconds.  157m/s 21Km high.
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« Reply #65 on: 08/04/2006 10:06 pm »
Nominal thrust on stage 2.
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« Reply #66 on: 08/04/2006 10:07 pm »
1st/2nd Stage sep. T+2mins.
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Re: LIVE: Hot Bird 8 launch - Aug 4
« Reply #67 on: 08/04/2006 10:07 pm »
Nice seperation of the first and second stage....
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RE: LIVE: Hot Bird 8 launch - Aug 4
« Reply #68 on: 08/04/2006 10:07 pm »
T+180 seconds. All nominal. Second stage sep at T+5mins.
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RE: LIVE: Hot Bird 8 launch - Aug 4
« Reply #69 on: 08/04/2006 10:08 pm »
Someone shut that commentator up...we were doing fine with the ILS engineer giving data.

Coming up on 2nd stage sep.
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RE: LIVE: Hot Bird 8 launch - Aug 4
« Reply #70 on: 08/04/2006 10:10 pm »

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Re: LIVE: Hot Bird 8 launch - Aug 4
« Reply #71 on: 08/04/2006 10:11 pm »
That guy commentating is an idiot.

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Re: LIVE: Hot Bird 8 launch - Aug 4
« Reply #72 on: 08/04/2006 10:12 pm »
why do we see al those stupid clips, and not updates on the mission....
Jacques :-)

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RE: LIVE: Hot Bird 8 launch - Aug 4
« Reply #73 on: 08/04/2006 10:15 pm »

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Re: LIVE: Hot Bird 8 launch - Aug 4
« Reply #74 on: 08/04/2006 10:17 pm »
It's the last time ever that you see the EADS Astrium logo, the Dutch-based company becomes ASTRIUM Satellites in September, with new logo and corporate identity.

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RE: LIVE: Hot Bird 8 launch - Aug 4
« Reply #75 on: 08/04/2006 10:19 pm »

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RE: LIVE: Hot Bird 8 launch - Aug 4
« Reply #76 on: 08/04/2006 10:33 pm »
Launch video: http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=3675&start=1

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Re: LIVE: Hot Bird 8 launch - Aug 4
« Reply #77 on: 08/04/2006 10:45 pm »
I'm going to sleep now while proton is climbing into GSO. Will see how it went tomorrow ;-)

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RE: LIVE: Hot Bird 8 launch - Aug 4
« Reply #78 on: 08/04/2006 11:34 pm »
Yep, we'll check back on progress in the morning. If anyone has any info updates, please post them here.
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Re: LIVE: Hot Bird 8 launch - Aug 4
« Reply #79 on: 08/05/2006 04:01 am »
Spaceflight Now reporting:

0248 GMT (10:48 p.m. EDT Fri.)

T+plus 5 hours. The first four firings by the Breeze M rocket motor have been completed tonight, boosting the Hot Bird 8 communications satellite toward the targeted geosynchronous transfer orbit, International Launch Services says. A final burn by the upper stage is a few hours away, followed by release of the payload.

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Re: LIVE: Hot Bird 8 launch - Aug 4
« Reply #80 on: 08/05/2006 08:36 am »
Spacecraft seperation. Breeze M is back :)

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RE: LIVE: Hot Bird 8 launch - Aug 4
« Reply #81 on: 08/05/2006 09:47 am »
ILS Proton Successfully Launches Eutelsat's HOT BIRD 8 Broadcast Satellite

http://www.ilslaunch.com/newsarchives/newsreleases/rec346/

BAIKONUR COSMODROME, Kazakhstan, Aug. 5, 2006 - A Proton Breeze M launch vehicle successfully placed the HOT BIRD 8 satellite into orbit today, for the fourth launch of the year for International Launch Services (ILS).

The launcher lifted off at 3:48 a.m. Saturday local time (21:48 Friday GMT, 5:48 p.m. Friday EDT). The mission lasted 9 hours and 11 minutes before HOT BIRD 8 was released into a geosynchronous transfer orbit. The satellite is a Eurostar E3000 model built for Eutelsat by EADS Space. From its final orbital position of 13 degrees East longitude, HOT BIRD 8 will serve customers in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa.

This was Eutelsat's second launch on an ILS Proton vehicle, following six on ILS's other vehicle, the American Atlas launcher. ILS is a joint venture of Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Russian rocket builder Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center. ILS markets and manages the missions on the Atlas and Proton vehicles for commercial satellite customers worldwide.

"We appreciate the continued confidence Eutelsat has shown Proton," said ILS President Mark Albrecht. He noted that the launch campaign proceeded smoothly, on schedule, after the spacecraft arrived at the Baikonur launch site July 6.

"Today's successful launch was made possible through the exceptional levels of commitment by ILS and Khrunichev to the Proton launch vehicle. Our HOT BIRD 8 broadcast satellite is now well on course to its final destination at our prime video neighborhood at 13 degrees East, and we look forward to bringing it into commercial service in October," said Eutelsat CEO Giuliano Berretta.

Albrecht said, "ILS is now on track to complete six launches in 2006 - we have seen two each for Proton Breeze M and Atlas V, and have two more planned for Proton. The Russian government plans a total of three Proton launches this year, so with seven missions Proton remains the workhorse of the industry.

"Additionally, the Atlas V is scheduled to fly with its first U.S. Air Force EELV mission late in the year," Albrecht said. "This complementary mix of 10 government and commercial missions ensure a good launch tempo that benefits all customers."

ILS was formed in 1995, and is based in McLean, Va., a suburb of Washington, D.C. Lockheed Martin, headquartered in Bethesda, Md., employs about 135,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services. The corporation reported 2005 sales of $37.2 billion.

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Contact: Michelle Lyle, International Launch Services, McLean, Va.; 1-571-633-7463; mobile: 1-646-258-1400; Fran Slimmer, International Launch Services, McLean, VA; 1-571-633-7461; mobile: 1-646-229-4801.
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RE: LIVE: Hot Bird 8 launch - Aug 4
« Reply #82 on: 08/05/2006 09:50 am »
http://www.roscosmos.ru/NewsDoSele.asp?NEWSID=1703

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05.08.2006  French KA "khot Baird -8" is undertaken by customer control 10 it is hour 59 minutes 22 seconds Moscow time it occurred separation KA from starting block. Then French KA "khot Baird -8" was undertaken by customer control. "khot Baird -8" is prepared on the base of the platform Of "evrostar-e000" of the French Of "eADS-Astrium" (EADS Astrium) to order of company "eutelsat" (EUTELSAT) - the most important supplier of telecommunication services in the European region. Automatic spacecraft is intended for guaranteeing the services to connection, access to the Internet and digital broadcasting for European region and North Africa. Almost 5- ton "Khotm Baird -8" - the largest satellite from this family "eutelsat". It has 64 transponders, which can work simultaneously. Calculated period of the operation of apparatus - 15 years.
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RE: LIVE: Hot Bird 8 launch - Aug 4
« Reply #83 on: 08/05/2006 11:10 am »
http://www.roscosmos.ru/NewsDoSele.asp?NEWSID=1704

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05.08.2006 about the successful launching RN "Proton-m" and starting block "Breeze- M".

Produced on 5 August launching was by the 12th successful launching modernized RN "Proton-m" and by the 14th of the series of successful it was starting starting block "Breeze- M". In the process of removal French KA "khot Baird -8" was realized the diagram the cabbage soups of multiple firing of sustainer engine RB "Breeze- M". The clear functioning of systems RN "Proton-m" and RB "Breeze- M" confirmed the reliability of the realization of the design solutions and sequential time showed the competitive ability of this Russian system of the means of removal on the world market for the starting services of automatic spacecraft.
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RE: LIVE: Hot Bird 8 launch - Aug 4
« Reply #84 on: 08/06/2006 05:16 pm »
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RE: LIVE: Hot Bird 8 launch - Aug 4
« Reply #85 on: 09/27/2006 09:12 pm »
I'm writing an article about this launch for the next issue of my space newsletter and I need to know the exact launch time like 2148:XX,XXXUTC. Can anyone help me with this?

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RE: LIVE: Hot Bird 8 launch - Aug 4
« Reply #86 on: 09/28/2006 03:14 am »
21:48:00.000 UTC, according to http://coopi.khrunichev.ru/2006/hb8/hb8_e10.htm (in Russian)...

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