RBKA will follow in the footsteps of BKA (Belarusian Satellite) launched along with Kanopus-V 1 and several other satellites in July 2012. Both BKA and Kanopus use an identical bus built by the VNIIEM Corporation in Moscow and a payload delivered by OAO Peleng in Minsk. In 2015 plans were announced for a follow-up satellite called BKA-2 with a higher resolution than its predecessor. RBKA would seem to be an outgrowth of those plans.
AFAIK, "BKA", launched on July 27, 2012, was then known as "BelKA"
Quote from: input~2 on 08/11/2019 02:00 pmAFAIK, "BKA", launched on July 22, 2012, was then known as "BelKA"No. BelKA was launched in 2006 on Dnepr and launch was a failure. Satellite was made by RKK Energiya.BKA was launched in 2012 on Soyuz-FG, and it was a success. Satellite was made by VNIIEM (based on Kanopus-V).
AFAIK, "BKA", launched on July 22, 2012, was then known as "BelKA"
Last April the Belarusian Academy of Sciences announced that the preliminary design of the satellite was nearing completion and that construction is expected to start in 2020, leading to a launch in 2023. The maximum resolution was given as 0.35m.
Planned Russian space launches, 2021Date – Satellite(s) – Rocket/Upper stage – Cosmodrome – TimeTBD 2023 - RBKA-2/BKA-2 - Soyuz-2-1A (x) - Vostochniy, 1SChanges on December 30, 2019
BKA = BelKA (2)https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belka_2
What is the source for a TBD 2021 launch, as opposed to a 2023 launch in the original post of this thread? My bold:Edit: Source is the 2019 end-of-year update on the NK forum.We'll see if the launch is delayed into 2022.Quote from: B. Hendrickx on 08/08/2019 10:42 pmLast April the Belarusian Academy of Sciences announced that the preliminary design of the satellite was nearing completion and that construction is expected to start in 2020, leading to a launch in 2023. The maximum resolution was given as 0.35m.Quote from: russianhalo117 on 12/28/2019 06:56 pmPlanned Russian space launches, 2021Date – Satellite(s) – Rocket/Upper stage – Cosmodrome – TimeTBD 2023 - RBKA-2/BKA-2 - Soyuz-2-1A (x) - Vostochniy, 1SChanges on December 30, 2019
The NextSpaceflight website lists the launch of the RBKA-2 satellite as being scheduled for NET January 2028.
No more launches are planned from Vostochny this year:At the Vostochny cosmodrome, work begins on the transition from kerosene to naphthyl [dated Oct. 14]Google translate:Quote<snip>[Rogozin] noted that there will be no launches from the Vostochny cosmodrome until the end of the year. Since the beginning of the year, five Soyuz-2.1b missile launches have been made from Vostochny - on March 25, April 26, May 28, July 1 and October 14.
<snip>[Rogozin] noted that there will be no launches from the Vostochny cosmodrome until the end of the year. Since the beginning of the year, five Soyuz-2.1b missile launches have been made from Vostochny - on March 25, April 26, May 28, July 1 and October 14.
On June 8 VNIIEM’s deputy general director for space systems Aleksandr V. Gorbunov gave a presentation on results achieved by the VNIIEM Corporation in the first five months of the year and plans for the remainder of the year. The presentation somehow ended up online, although it was most likely not intended for public consumption. The link to the presentation no longer works, but the slides shown by Gorbunov can still be seen via Google Images (see the attachments).This is what can be learned from the presentation:....6) Gorbunov also said that the country’s leadership had made a decision earlier this year to deploy a joint Russian-Belarusian remote sensing satellite system (RBKS). What is called “pre-contractual work” on RBKS was to begin in the second half of the year. All this is somewhat surprising, because Roscosmos inked a deal with VNIIEM on the development of RBKS back in March 2018. This would now appear to have been no more than an agreement to start preliminary studies of the system, with a final contract yet to be signed.
Quote from: Katya PavlushchenkoThree #GonetsM satellites (No. 33, 34 and 35) were delivered to #Vostochny to be launched on Soyuz 2.1b with a secondary payload on October 22. It will be the first and only launch from Vostochny this year. The other 5 of 6 scheduled launches were postponed to 2023 (guess why). [Sep 15]
Three #GonetsM satellites (No. 33, 34 and 35) were delivered to #Vostochny to be launched on Soyuz 2.1b with a secondary payload on October 22. It will be the first and only launch from Vostochny this year. The other 5 of 6 scheduled launches were postponed to 2023 (guess why). [Sep 15]
