Anatoly Zak @RussianSpaceWebSOURCES: #Russia's military prepares to launch the latest revision of #Lotos ELINT spacecraft on #Soyuz-2. DETAILS: http://www.russianspaceweb.com/2017.html#milsat …
I am assuming that’s not a completely accurate image. TBH I am amazed that any kind of image has been released.
Quote from: Star One on 11/04/2017 02:10 pmI am assuming that’s not a completely accurate image. TBH I am amazed that any kind of image has been released.The SC Bus has also been used by Civilian programmes. The payload portion of the model is based on this image released by TsNIRTI: http://russianspaceweb.com/images/spacecraft/military/elint/liana/lotos_payload_2.jpgThe image above on his site is a scale model of a Lotos-M (should be S) spacecraft. There are 2 Lotos-S ELINT payload configurations: one with Nuklon onboard and one without Nuklon. Liana system consists of Pion-NKS sea based ELINT with Radar and Lotos-S land based ELINT sats.
Quote from: russianhalo117 on 11/04/2017 04:26 pmQuote from: Star One on 11/04/2017 02:10 pmI am assuming that’s not a completely accurate image. TBH I am amazed that any kind of image has been released.The SC Bus has also been used by Civilian programmes. The payload portion of the model is based on this image released by TsNIRTI: http://russianspaceweb.com/images/spacecraft/military/elint/liana/lotos_payload_2.jpgThe image above on his site is a scale model of a Lotos-M (should be S) spacecraft. There are 2 Lotos-S ELINT payload configurations: one with Nuklon onboard and one without Nuklon. Liana system consists of Pion-NKS sea based ELINT with Radar and Lotos-S land based ELINT sats.Is it speculated if any spacecraft now use large deployable mesh antennas, as wasn’t this something that it’s believed that US models had but Russian didn’t?
https://sputniknews.com/russia/201810171068956355-roscosmos-soyuz-flights/QuoteThe first launch since the accident may take place in Plesetsk starting from October 24 to 26, (it will be a) Soyuz-2 with a military satellite
The first launch since the accident may take place in Plesetsk starting from October 24 to 26, (it will be a) Soyuz-2 with a military satellite
October 25: A Soyuz-2 rocket to launch a 14F145 electronic intelligence satellite for the Russian military from Pad 4 at Site 43 in Plesetsk. The launch was initially planned for August 26, 2018, but on August 17, the decision was made to postpone the mission even though all preparations at the launch site were proceeding as planned, indicating a possible issue with a previous spacecraft in orbit. At the beginning of October, the launch was planned for October 18, but by the middle of the month, the mission was re-scheduled for October 25, in the wake of the launch accident with the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft on October 11.
https://twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/1053653789071282176https://www.roscosmos.ru/25632/Google translation:QuoteRoscosmos. Meeting of the emergency commission10/20/2018 4:53 pmA regular meeting of the emergency commission on an emergency situation that occurred on October 11, 2018 during the launch of the Soyuz-FG launch vehicle with a manned transport vehicle Soyuz MS-10 was held at the leading research institute of the rocket and space industry of Russia - TsNImash.After listening to the reports of specialists working on the investigation of the causes of the emergency situation, the members of the emergency commission, after a detailed analysis, approved a preliminary report on the causes of the accident and began to prepare recommendations to exclude similar situations in the future. The final report and the list of recommendations to the enterprises of the rocket and space industry will be approved on October 30, 2018 and presented to the chairman of the State Commission for Flight Testing of Manned Space Systems.
Roscosmos. Meeting of the emergency commission10/20/2018 4:53 pmA regular meeting of the emergency commission on an emergency situation that occurred on October 11, 2018 during the launch of the Soyuz-FG launch vehicle with a manned transport vehicle Soyuz MS-10 was held at the leading research institute of the rocket and space industry of Russia - TsNImash.After listening to the reports of specialists working on the investigation of the causes of the emergency situation, the members of the emergency commission, after a detailed analysis, approved a preliminary report on the causes of the accident and began to prepare recommendations to exclude similar situations in the future. The final report and the list of recommendations to the enterprises of the rocket and space industry will be approved on October 30, 2018 and presented to the chairman of the State Commission for Flight Testing of Manned Space Systems.
"The areas for aviation are closed from 01:00 to 06:00 Moscow time on October 25 under the launch of Soyuz-2 from Plesetsk with a military satellite. This will be the first launch of the Soyuz rocket after the Baikonur accident," a source said.
Previous Lotos launch dates/times (all launches on Soyuz LV's from Plesetsk):Kosmos 2455 11/20/2009, 10:44 UTCKosmos 2503 12/25/2014, 03:01 UTCKosmos 2524 12/12/2017, 10:43 UTCIs there a pattern developing that indicates a replacement satellite, or will this be an addition to a pattern by adding a new element to a satellite constellation?