Anatoly Zak @RussianSpaceWebThe long-awaited Angara-5 (#Angaraa5) rocket is now reportedly penciled for launch on December 11... or else. DETAILS: http://www.russianspaceweb.com/angara5-flight2.html#2020
Current schedule of ISS flight eventsUTC time is used in table2021February 15 Early 2021 - Progress MS-16 (77P) launchJune 30 July 1 March 19 - Progress MS-17 (78P) launch and docking (to Zvezda)October 28 August 18 - Progress MS-18 (79P) launch and docking (to Zvezda)Changes on November 16thChanges on November 17thChanges on November 30th
https://twitter.com/anik1982space/status/1328232773354737664
Quote from: SMS on 11/29/2020 11:56 pmhttps://ria.ru/20201130/zapusk-1586887299.htmlProgress MS-16 launch planned for February 15Progress MS-17 launch planned for June 30Progress MS-18 launch planned for October 28
https://ria.ru/20201130/zapusk-1586887299.html
GLAVKOSMOS @glavkosmosJSCHead of @roscosmos: "I see a great potential of the @Space_Station for commercial space flights and private space companies". @glavkosmosJSC in cooperation with @roscosmos is happy to propose commercial space flight opportunities on #Soyuz to the #ISS in 2022-2023!
https://ria.ru/20201201/zapusk-1587077079.htmlProgress M-UM with Prichal module launch is postponed to November 24, 2021.
“We hope that in 2021 two Ionosphere satellites will fly to study the effect of the Sun on the Earth's ionosphere, and in 2024 - two more. The Zond satellite was supposed to fly with them to observe the Sun, but now work on it has been suspended due to for lack of funding, "- said Petrukovich.
https://twitter.com/RussianSpaceWeb/status/1334126498144530434
From NK forum Gonets-M liftoff 01:14:36 UTC 03.12.2020.
https://twitter.com/RussianSpaceWeb/status/1334305699850035200Quote from: TweetSoyuz rocket lifted off from Plesetsk carrying a trio of Gonerts communications satellites. Mission details: http://russianspaceweb.com/gonets-block17.htmlPer the source at NK forums, actual liftoff time was 01:14:36.491 UTC.
Soyuz rocket lifted off from Plesetsk carrying a trio of Gonerts communications satellites. Mission details: http://russianspaceweb.com/gonets-block17.html
Jonathan McDowell on Twitter:QuoteFollowing the discussion by the Russian Defense Ministry of the close satellite approach between the Kosmos-2543 inspector satellite and the Kosmos-2535 target, a new debris object has been cataloged in a 505 x 784 km orbit associated with Kosmos-2543.Object 45915 appears to have separated from Kosmos-2543 at about 0750 UTC Jul 15 at a fairly high relative velocity (I don't entirely trust my code here so someone else should look at this).This is very reminiscent of what happened in late October 2017 during the Kosmos-2519/2521 mission (satellites of the same type as Kosmos-2542 and 2543). While the two were flying in close formation, Kosmos-2521 released a subsatellite called Kosmos-2523 which immediately ended up in an orbit with a perigee about 100 km lower than Kosmos-2521 and after that remained inert. US officials later called Kosmos-2523 a high-speed projectile, claiming it was used for an anti-satellite test. This time not only the perigee, but also the apogee significantly differs from that of the ejection orbit. After the October 2017 test, the Russian Ministry of Defense released a statement saying an inspector satellite had been released from Kosmos-2521 (which it clearly wasn't). This time the Ministry of Defense also issued a press release, but it only mentioned a close-up inspection of one satellite by another, not saying anything about the release of a subsatellite. Even if the object ejected on July 15 is identical to Kosmos-2523, it remains to be seen if it will get a Kosmos number this time. We may not find out until Russia launches its next Glonass satellite next month.
Following the discussion by the Russian Defense Ministry of the close satellite approach between the Kosmos-2543 inspector satellite and the Kosmos-2535 target, a new debris object has been cataloged in a 505 x 784 km orbit associated with Kosmos-2543.Object 45915 appears to have separated from Kosmos-2543 at about 0750 UTC Jul 15 at a fairly high relative velocity (I don't entirely trust my code here so someone else should look at this).
Launch!https://www.militarynews.ru/story.asp?rid=1&nid=542664&lang=RUSoyuz-2.1b rocket with Gonets-M spacecraft launch from Plesetsk Cosmodrome03.12.2020 4:27:05 Moscow. December 3. INTERFAX – The Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle with Gonets-M communications satellites and a vehicle for the benefit of the Russian military agency has been launched from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, according to the Russian Defense Ministry's Department of Information and Mass Communications. "The combat calculation of the Space Forces of the Air and Space Forces carried out the launch of the Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle with a block of spacecraft of the low-orbit commercial commercial satellite communications system Gonets-M and the spacecraft in the interests of the Russian Defense Ministry," the military department said.
Seeking Kosmos designation clarity:Is the last official number still Kosmos 2546 = 4th Tundra satellite, launched last May 22?
"Launched today, December 3, at 04.14 (Moscow time) from the Plesetsk cosmodrome (Arkhangelsk region), the Soyuz-2.1b medium-class launch vehicle at the set time launched a spacecraft block of the Gonets-M low-orbit commercial satellite communications system into its calculated orbits and the service platform of the ERA-1 nanoscale spacecraft developed in the interests of the Russian Ministry of Defense, the military department said....The spacecraft launched in the interests of the Ministry of Defense has been assigned the serial number "Cosmos-2548", with it "a stable telemetric connection has been established and maintained, its on-board systems are operating normally."The Soyuz-2.1b rocket with the Gonets-M communication satellites and an apparatus in the interests of the Ministry of Defense was launched at 04.14 Moscow time from the launcher No. 3 of the site No. 43 of the State Test Cosmodrome of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation (Cosmodrome Plesetsk) in the Arkhangelsk Region. The launch was carried out by a combat crew of the Space Forces of the Aerospace Forces.
QuoteAnatoly Zak @RussianSpaceWebThe long-awaited Angara-5 rocket is now reportedly penciled for launch on December 11... or else. DETAILS: http://www.russianspaceweb.com/angara5-flight2.html#2020
Anatoly Zak @RussianSpaceWebThe long-awaited Angara-5 rocket is now reportedly penciled for launch on December 11... or else. DETAILS: http://www.russianspaceweb.com/angara5-flight2.html#2020
NET December 7 according to Anatoly Zak: http://www.russianspaceweb.com/2020.html[December 7-December 11]
I hear that Angara launch now has "NET Dec 11"
Quote from: smoliarm on 12/03/2020 05:55 pmI hear that Angara launch now has "NET Dec 11"It was days ago. There are rumors that this is not the final date, should be close to the 20th of December.
