Quote from: Blackhavvk on 03/08/2023 11:44 amIt's not MoD satellite. It's predecessor satellite received a Kosmos designation issued at the direction of the MoD its cover role as civilian Luch Satellite was busted when it has spent its whole mission eavesdropping very close to foreign commercial telecom sats with known government customers including state and defence.
It's not MoD satellite.
Quote from: russianhalo117 on 03/08/2023 03:10 pmQuote from: Blackhavvk on 03/08/2023 11:44 amIt's not MoD satellite. It's predecessor satellite received a Kosmos designation issued at the direction of the MoD its cover role as civilian Luch Satellite was busted when it has spent its whole mission eavesdropping very close to foreign commercial telecom sats with known government customers including state and defence.As far as I can remember, the first one didn't receive a Kosmos designation :Kosmos 2500 was launched on Jun 14th, 2014.Luch/Olimp-K was launched on Sep 27th, 2014.Kosmos 2501 was launched on Nov 30th, 2014.
Anatoly Zak claims the first satellite was eventually called Kosmos-2501, but doesn't give a source for that (and the page in question hasn't been updated since 2015). Press reports at the time simply called it Luch and that is also how Russia officially registered it with the United Nations, which in the end is all that counts. The satellite registered as Kosmos-2501 was a Glonass-K satellite. The fact that the first satellite didn't get a Kosmos designation would support the idea that it is owned not by the MoD, but by the FSB. It'll be interesting to see how the second one is officially named.
There will be no information about rollout.
Federal Service of the National Guard TroopsEmployees of the Russian Guard ensured the safety of transportation of the Proton-M launch vehicle at the Baikonur Cosmodrome – News of the Russian Guard.Employees of the private security guards of the Main Directorate of the Russian Guard in the Moscow Region, deployed on the territory of the Baikonur complex, ensured the safety of transporting the Proton-M launch vehicle, the Breeze-M upper stage and the spacecraft...
Fragments of the Proton-M launch vehicle will fall in Khakassia 09 March 2023 15:23According to the branch of TsENKI JSC - Yuzhny CC, the launch of the Proton-M launch vehicle with the Luch-5X spacecraft is scheduled for March 13 at 02 h. 13 min. 00 sec. Moscow time from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.Reserve dates and Moscow launch time:03/14/2023 at 02 h. 11 min, 00 sec;03/15/2023 at 02 h. 10 min. 00 sec.;03/16/2023 at 02 h. 08 min. 00 sec.;03/17/2023 at 02 h. 06 min. 00 sec.To receive the second stage and the wings of the head fairing of the launch vehicle, it is planned to use the impact area No. 326, located in the municipality of the Tashtypsky district, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Republic of Kharkiv reports.
Will it be launched from 81/23 ("left")?
#ProtonM with Briz-M upper stage and Luch-5X satellite has been rolled out on March 9 on Baikonur. The launch is scheduled for March 12, 23:13 UTC. The rollout wasn’t announced by Roscosmos, because it’s a military satellite. The launch won’t be probably streamed too.
https://twitter.com/katlinegrey/status/1634105898804051970Quote#ProtonM with Briz-M upper stage and Luch-5X satellite has been rolled out on March 9 on Baikonur. The launch is scheduled for March 12, 23:13 UTC. The rollout wasn’t announced by Roscosmos, because it’s a military satellite. The launch won’t be probably streamed too.Different launch time?
https://19rusinfo.ru/obshchestvo/35517-oblomki-rakety-nositelya-proton-m-upadut-v-khakasiiGoogle translate:QuoteFragments of the Proton-M launch vehicle will fall in Khakassia 09 March 2023 15:23According to the branch of TsENKI JSC - Yuzhny CC, the launch of the Proton-M launch vehicle with the Luch-5X spacecraft is scheduled for March 13 at 02 h. 13 min. 00 sec. Moscow time from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.Reserve dates and Moscow launch time:03/14/2023 at 02 h. 11 min, 00 sec;03/15/2023 at 02 h. 10 min. 00 sec.;03/16/2023 at 02 h. 08 min. 00 sec.;03/17/2023 at 02 h. 06 min. 00 sec.To receive the second stage and the wings of the head fairing of the launch vehicle, it is planned to use the impact area No. 326, located in the municipality of the Tashtypsky district, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Republic of Kharkiv reports.
Quote from: SpaceFinnOriginal on 03/09/2023 08:04 pmWill it be launched from 81/23 ("left")?81/24 is the only Proton-M pad at Site 81. 81/23 is flooded and mothballed for many decades since its last launch.
Quote from: russianhalo117 on 03/09/2023 08:22 pmQuote from: SpaceFinnOriginal on 03/09/2023 08:04 pmWill it be launched from 81/23 ("left")?81/24 is the only Proton-M pad at Site 81. 81/23 is flooded and mothballed for many decades since its last launch.Flooded?? Underwater?
Quote from: jcm on 03/12/2023 09:38 pmQuote from: russianhalo117 on 03/09/2023 08:22 pmQuote from: SpaceFinnOriginal on 03/09/2023 08:04 pmWill it be launched from 81/23 ("left")?81/24 is the only Proton-M pad at Site 81. 81/23 is flooded and mothballed for many decades since its last launch.Flooded?? Underwater?I don't think the now-defunct Site 81/23 became underwater, even though it was reportedly flooded (Pad 81/23 had been slowly stripped of equipment to provide spare parts for renovations of Pad 81/24).
Launch vehicle "Proton-M" launched from the Baikonur CosmodromeToday at 02:12:59.981 Moscow time, the Proton-M launch vehicle with the Breeze-M upper stage and the Luch-5X spacecraft was launched from the 200th site of the Baikonur Cosmodrome.The carrier rocket worked in the normal mode, the upper stage separated from the third stage of the rocket and puts the satellite into a given orbit.This is the fourth launch of Russian space rockets in 2023. For "Proton-M" this flight was the 115th, for "Breeze-M" - the 107th in history.The launch vehicle and upper stage were manufactured by the State Space Research and Production Center named after M.V. Khrunichev (part of the Roscosmos State Corporation).The Proton-M launch vehicle has been used since 2001 to launch payloads into various near-Earth orbits and departure trajectories within the framework of federal and commercial programs. Over the two decades of operation, it has gone through four phases of deep modernization, which made it possible to significantly improve its energy-mass and environmental characteristics. Today's launch was the 429th launch of the Proton family of rockets since 1965.
