MOSCOW, September 2. / TASS /. The second launch of the Gonets-M communication satellites, during which three vehicles will go into orbit, is tentatively planned in 2020 in mid-November. A source in the rocket and space industry told TASS about this."The preliminary launch is on November 16," said the agency's source.Earlier, Nikolay Testoedov, General Director of Information Satellite Systems named after MF Reshetnev (ISS), told TASS that in 2020 the Russian Federation will launch not three, but six Gonets-M satellites. According to him, one launch is scheduled for September, another one for November.The first launch of the Gonets-M communication satellites on the Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket from the Plesetsk cosmodrome will take place on September 28 at 14:20 Moscow time. Three spacecraft will also be launched into orbit. Prior to that, the Gonets-M were launched on the Rokot conversion launch vehicle.
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Re: Soyuz MS-17; my bold:Quote from: SMS on 09/09/2020 05:01 pmQuoteOctober 14, Wednesday12:45 a.m. - International Space Station Expedition 64/Soyuz MS-14 launch coverage...launch scheduled at 1:45 a.m. EDT4 a.m. - International Space Station Expedition 64/Soyuz MS-17 docking to the station coverage...docking scheduled at 4:50 a.m. EDTLaunch: 01:45 EDT + 4 hours = 0545 UTCDocking: 04:50 EDT + 4 hours = 0850 UTC(Re-)confirmation of 2-orbit/3-hour rendezvous and docking
QuoteOctober 14, Wednesday12:45 a.m. - International Space Station Expedition 64/Soyuz MS-14 launch coverage...launch scheduled at 1:45 a.m. EDT4 a.m. - International Space Station Expedition 64/Soyuz MS-17 docking to the station coverage...docking scheduled at 4:50 a.m. EDT
October 14, Wednesday12:45 a.m. - International Space Station Expedition 64/Soyuz MS-14 launch coverage...launch scheduled at 1:45 a.m. EDT4 a.m. - International Space Station Expedition 64/Soyuz MS-17 docking to the station coverage...docking scheduled at 4:50 a.m. EDT
MOSCOW, September 14 - RIA Novosti. The launch of the first satellite "Arktika-M" from the Baikonur cosmodrome to monitor the climate and the environment in the Arctic region has been postponed from December 9 to 24, a source in the rocket and space industry told RIA Novosti.In February, another agency source in the industry said the launch was slated for December 9th. In May, Vladimir Kolmykov, the general director of the manufacturing enterprise NPO named after Lavochkin, told RIA Novosti that the launch is planned for the end of the year."The start of the first Arktika-M was scheduled for December 24," the source said.
14 September 2020Military space infrastructure will be used to launch civilian satellitesRussian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed a decree according to which the military infrastructure will be used to launch the Gonets-M spacecraft into orbit with a foreign associated load. The corresponding order is published on the website of the Russian government.“Allow the Russian Ministry of Defense to use on a contractual basis space systems and military complexes and involve the personnel of military units to ensure the launch from the Plesetsk cosmodrome by the Soyuz-2 carrier rocket (stage 1b) with the Fregat upper stage of the Gonets communications spacecraft -M "No. 16 (Russian Federation) and associated payload ...", - the document says.So, during the launch, satellites will be launched into orbit to test IoT technologies, space exploration, and identify civil ships. A block of spacecraft consisting of: Earth remote sensing satellites "Iceye-6" and "Iceye X-7" (Republic of Finland), 4 spacecraft for data collection of the automatic identification system of sea vessels "Lemur" (USA), 2 spacecraft for technological purposes "Kepler-2 (Tars)" (Canada), scientific spacecraft "LacunaSat-3" (Lithuania), scientific spacecraft "MeznSat" (United Arab Emirates), 5 technological spacecraft "NetSat" (Germany), spacecraft scientific purpose "Salsat" (Germany) and spacecraft of the Russian universities "Descartes", "Norby", "Yarilo No. 1", "Yarilo No. 2".
2020Date/Time (UTC) – Satellite(s) – Rocket/Upper stage – Cosmodrome (Site/Pad)September 28 (11:20:xx.xxx) - Kosmos (Gonets-M №27, 28, 29) [Block-16], Microsatellite 1, Microsatellite 2, SALSAT (Spectrum AnaLysis SATellite), Kepler x1, Kepler x2, Descartes, Norby, Lemur-2 y1, Lemur-2 y2, Lemur-2 y3, Lemur-2 y4, NetSat 1, NetSat 2, NetSat 3, NetSat 4, MeznSat, 3U Cubesat, Yarilo 1, Yarilo 2 - Soyuz-2-1b/Fregat (Я15000-058/112-501) - Plesetsk, 43/4Q4 (xx:xx:xx.xxx) – CAS500-1, Unisat-7 (Unicorn 1 + Arduiqube + FEES), Vigoride-1 + Steamjet + Lemur-2, ELSA-d (Chaser + Target), ASTRU MicroSat, GRUS-1B, GRUS-1C , GRUS-1D (FSTRA satellite), GRUS-1E, Challenge ONE, Pixxel, MeznSat, two Kepler, Yarilo 1, Yarilo 2, SIMBA, CubeSX-Sirius-HSE (SiriusSat 3U, Sirius-DZZ), CubeSX-HSE (MIEM 3U, NRU HSE-DZZ), Zorky, ATURK, microsatellites (1st contract of Glavkosmos) – Soyuz-2-1A/Fregat-M (x/122-09) – Baikonur, 31/6
Quote from: russianhalo117 on 09/06/2020 12:49 am2020Date/Time (UTC) – Satellite(s) – Rocket/Upper stage – Cosmodrome (Site/Pad)September 28 (11:20:xx.xxx) - Kosmos (Gonets-M №27, 28, 29) [Block-16], Microsatellite 1, Microsatellite 2, SALSAT (Spectrum AnaLysis SATellite), Kepler x1, Kepler x2, Descartes, Norby, Lemur-2 y1, Lemur-2 y2, Lemur-2 y3, Lemur-2 y4, NetSat 1, NetSat 2, NetSat 3, NetSat 4, MeznSat, 3U Cubesat, Yarilo 1, Yarilo 2 - Soyuz-2-1b/Fregat (Я15000-058/112-501) - Plesetsk, 43/4Q4 (xx:xx:xx.xxx) – CAS500-1, Unisat-7 (Unicorn 1 + Arduiqube + FEES), Vigoride-1 + Steamjet + Lemur-2, ELSA-d (Chaser + Target), ASTRU MicroSat, GRUS-1B, GRUS-1C , GRUS-1D (FSTRA satellite), GRUS-1E, Challenge ONE, Pixxel, MeznSat, two Kepler, Yarilo 1, Yarilo 2, SIMBA, CubeSX-Sirius-HSE (SiriusSat 3U, Sirius-DZZ), CubeSX-HSE (MIEM 3U, NRU HSE-DZZ), Zorky, ATURK, microsatellites (1st contract of Glavkosmos) – Soyuz-2-1A/Fregat-M (x/122-09) – Baikonur, 31/6Some payloads (MeznSat, Yarilo 1, Yarilo 2, Kepler x2) are mixed in both launches.
MOSCOW, September 23 - RIA Novosti. The launch of the Soyuz-2 launch rocket with 36 British communication satellites OneWeb, which will be the only launch from the Vostochny cosmodrome in 2020, is scheduled for December 17, a source in the rocket and space industry told RIA Novosti...."The launch of the Soyuz-2.1b rocket with the Fregat upper stage and 36 OneWeb satellites from the Vostochny cosmodrome is planned for December 17," the source said.
"The launch of the multipurpose laboratory module" Science "is scheduled for April 20, 2021, and the" Prichal "nodal module - for September 14, 2021," the agency's source said.
To meet the needs of consumers for high-quality services using new code signals, the creation of the high-orbit space complex (VKK) GLONASS will begin in 2021. With the launch of the first satellite in 2025 and the full deployment of a constellation of six spacecraft in three planes by the end of 2027, navigation accuracy in the Eastern Hemisphere will be improved by 25%.
MOSCOW, October 3. / TASS /. The second test launch of the Angara-A5 heavy launch vehicle from the Plesetsk cosmodrome is scheduled for November 24. A source in the rocket and space industry told TASS about this."The launch is scheduled for November 24," the source said.In August, Roskosmos reported that preparations for flight tests of the Angara-A5 heavy launch vehicle had begun at the Plesetsk cosmodrome.
MOSCOW, October 3. / TASS /. The launch of the first two satellites "Ionosfera" of the space complex "Ionozond" is planned in 2021. This was announced by Anatoly Petrukovich, Director of the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IKI)."The launch of four devices of the Ionosfera project is at a high stage of readiness. This is a joint project, here the Russian Academy of Sciences is a co-customer with Roshydromet. In 2021, the first pair of devices should be launched, in 2023 - the second," Petrukovich said, speaking at "Days of Space Science".According to him, this project is being implemented by IKI jointly with the corporation for the production of spacecraft VNIIEM.Also in 2025, the launch of the Rezonans-MKA spacecraft is expected. "This system will become operational, because the Resonance apparatus will control the flow from the Sun to the Earth, and the Ionosphere satellite complex will watch how the near-Earth space reacts to these influences," the director of IKI explained.The Ionozond space complex is being created to monitor the geophysical situation ("space weather") to solve a wide range of tasks, including observing the ionosphere and the Sun. It will include four Ionosphere satellites and one "Zond".
MOSCOW, October 3 - RIA Novosti. The Russian program for the exploration of Venus includes three missions in 2029-2034, but it can be supplemented by an urgent dispatch in 2027 of a station to study possible signs of life in the atmosphere of this planet, said a representative of the Lavochkin NGO (a company of Roscosmos)...."The possibility of a 'fast' additional atmospheric targeted expedition to investigate the source of phosphines in 2027 is now being assessed," says a presentation given by a representative of the Lavochkin NPO at the Space Science Days at the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Arctic weather satellite launch postponedOctober 5, 2020 | 13:54 FOBOS CenterThe launch of the first satellite "Arktika-M" for monitoring the climate and the environment in the Arctic region has been postponed until 2021, according to Roscosmos. Initially, the launch of the meteorological satellite was planned for the end of 2020. The satellite is planned to be launched into orbit by a Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket with the Fregat upper stage from the Baikonur cosmodrome.According to the presentation, the launch of the second Arktika-M is scheduled for 2023, and three more satellites in 2024-2025. After 2025, they are supposed to be replaced by five Arktika-MP satellites. In addition, the launches of the fourth and fifth meteorological satellites "Electro-L" are planned in 2022 and 2023, they will be replaced after 2025 by three "Electro-M" satellites.In terms of the set of equipment, "Arktika-M" will be similar to the geostationary meteorological devices of the "Electro-L" series. The satellite will be placed in a highly elliptical orbit, which will allow it to collect meteorological and hydrological information about the state of the Earth's polar regions, which are poorly visible from Electro-L.After the two "Arktika-M" satellites have been placed into orbit, Russian meteorologists will continuously receive operational information about the state of the atmosphere and surface at the Earth's poles. This will improve the accuracy of models in the development of short-term weather forecasts and provide scientists with more new data to study the phenomenon of global climate change.
At the Baikonur cosmodrome, the participants of the upcoming expedition to the International Space Station carried out the second "fitting" - a control inspection of the Soyuz MS-17 manned transport vehicle in flight configuration. Its launch is scheduled for October 14, 2020, at 08:45:04 Moscow time from the launch complex of site 31.
