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Upper stage Briz-M was delivered in Baikonur on august 24th, 2010.

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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
« Reply #1 on: 08/25/2010 12:57 pm »
I think the payload is XM-5.

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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
« Reply #2 on: 08/25/2010 01:00 pm »
I think the payload is XM-5.

Thanks, it is corrected (I've just woken up  ::)).
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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
« Reply #3 on: 09/12/2010 01:33 pm »
Sirius XM-5 Delivered to Baikonur.

An-124 Ruslan airplane delivered Sirius XM-5 spacecraft to Baikonur this morning.
After the customs clearance, the satellite and the auxiliary equipment were transported to site 92A-50 for further prelaunch processing.

Proton-M/Breeze-M are planned to loft Sirius XM-5 in mid October.

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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
« Reply #4 on: 09/13/2010 08:00 am »
Baikonur’s Pad Prepared for Proton/Sirius XM-5 Launch

13.09.2010


Yuzhny Space Center – TSENKI subsidiary- today initiated processing of pad 81 for the upcoming launch of US Sirius XM-5  spacecraft by Proton-M/Breeze-M.
In parallel, foreign experts, with support of Khrunichev Space Center, unload the spacecraft from the container. After that, Sirius XM-5 will be accommodated in the test bench for further prelaunch verifications.

Proton-M undergoes autonomous testing. Breeze-M leak checks are performed. At the filling station, the equipment is prepared for further prop loading into the Breeze’s high pressure tanks.   
 
The launch is to occur on Oct. 14.   

 
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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
« Reply #5 on: 09/13/2010 08:36 pm »
Here's a video of Sirius XM-5 arriving at Baikonur.

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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
« Reply #6 on: 09/14/2010 08:22 am »
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/proton/siriusxm5/arrival.html

"Liftoff is scheduled for October 15 at 2:53 p.m. EDT (1853 GMT), according to International Launch Services"

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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
« Reply #7 on: 09/15/2010 09:46 pm »
Baikonur: Breeze-M Transported to the Prop Filling Station.

Sirius XM-5 launch campaign continues at Baikonur. The spacecraft is to be orbited by Proton-M/Breeze-M on Oct. 14.
 
Today, the Breeze-M upper stage was transported to the filling station, site 31, for further propellant loading into its high-pressure tanks.
In parallel, Proton-M and Sirius XM-5 undergo autonomous testing at integration facility 92А-50.

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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
« Reply #8 on: 09/26/2010 07:56 pm »
Sirius XM 5 Tanking Commenced.

Proton-M/Breeze-M/Sirius XM 5 launch campaign continues at Baikonur.
US experts completed tests of the spacecraft. XM 5 propellant filling operations into the Sirius’ propulsion system began yesterday.
The launch is slated for mid October.

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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
« Reply #9 on: 10/01/2010 08:27 pm »
Sirius XM 5 Launch Campaign: In Line with the Schedule.

Prelaunch processing in the views of the upcoming launch of US Sirius XM-5 spacecraft by Proton-M/Breeze-M continues at Baikonur.
Russian space experts perform final Proton-M tests. Breeze-M undergoes checks with the spacecraft sim. Sirius’ standalone tests are carried out in the clean room by US experts. Ones these operations are over, the space upper composite is to be assembled.
The launch is to occur in mid October.

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Baikonur: Sirius-XM5 Mated with the Adapter.

Proton-M/Breeze-M/US telecom Sirius-XM5 launch campaign continues at Baikonur.
Experts of Russian rocket and space industry, together with their foreign colleagues, mated the spacecraft with the adapter, prior to integration with Breeze-M upper stage.
Proton-M is to loft Sirius-XM5 from pad 81 of the space port on Oct. 14, at 22:53 MSK.
 
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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
« Reply #10 on: 10/04/2010 01:43 pm »
Sirius XM-5 Upper Composite Assembled.

Prelaunch processing in the view of the upcoming launch of US Sirius XM-5 spacecraft by Proton-M/Breeze-M continues at Baikonur.
Russian space experts, together with their foreign colleagues, completed assembly of the Sirius’ upper composite. The spacecraft was integrated with Breeze-M, and covered by the fairing.
Leak and electrical tests of the stack are performed today.
The launch is to occur at 22.53 MSK, October 14.

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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
« Reply #11 on: 10/05/2010 08:39 pm »
Proton-M Assembled for Sirius XM 5 Launch.

Prelaunch processing in the view of the upcoming launch of US Sirius XM-5 spacecraft by Proton-M/Breeze-M continues at Baikonur.
Russian space experts, together with their foreign colleagues, transported Sirius' upper composite to the LV integration building, and mated it with the launcher.
The launch is to occur at 22.53 MSK, October 14.
 
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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
« Reply #12 on: 10/08/2010 02:06 pm »
Heard there was fire at the Fili hotel and the launch team had to be relocated to the Kometa but no delay to the launch.

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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
« Reply #13 on: 10/08/2010 04:51 pm »
Heard there was fire at the Fili hotel and the launch team had to be relocated to the Kometa but no delay to the launch.

The Fili hotel is appropriately named the "Proton".

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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
« Reply #14 on: 10/11/2010 12:35 pm »
Proton-M/Sirius-XM5 Roll Out Took Place This Morning.

At 4.30 a.m., Proton-M/Breeze-M with the payload of US communication spacecraft Sirius-XM5 were rolled out this morning from the assembly building to launch pad 81. Experts of the industry began L-3 prelaunch operations.

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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
« Reply #15 on: 10/11/2010 02:35 pm »
I have noticed that the propellant tanks for the Briz-M stage, the APT, end up in a very elliptical orbit, with an extremely low perigee. For some reason, the perigee occurs over southern California, at least for some of the Proton launches, and the APT is a very predictable, and very bright object in the sky after sunset. Because of the high energy orbit, at perigee, the APT is moving very fast in the sky, much faster than most visible space objects.

I don't know why the APT's perigee occurs over SoCal, whether the perigee moves around for most APTs, or is a function of the time of day of launch, of how many APTs are in such orbits, there just seem to be  a lot.



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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
« Reply #16 on: 10/11/2010 02:47 pm »
Proton-M Assembled for Sirius XM 5 Launch.

Prelaunch processing in the view of the upcoming launch of US Sirius XM-5 spacecraft by Proton-M/Breeze-M continues at Baikonur.
Russian space experts, together with their foreign colleagues, transported Sirius' upper composite to the LV integration building, and mated it with the launcher.
The launch is to occur at 22.53 MSK, October 14.
 
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Khrunichev press release concerning assembly of payload with rocket (in Russian)


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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
« Reply #17 on: 10/11/2010 02:50 pm »

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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
« Reply #18 on: 10/11/2010 03:02 pm »
Thank you for the insulation images........
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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
« Reply #19 on: 10/11/2010 03:16 pm »
A very nice collection of images can be seen at http://www.khrunichev.ru/main.php?id=225

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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
« Reply #20 on: 10/11/2010 03:52 pm »
A very nice collection of images can be seen at http://www.khrunichev.ru/main.php?id=225

Thank you. What is the purpose of the small building in the very lower left image?
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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
« Reply #21 on: 10/11/2010 04:04 pm »
A very nice collection of images can be seen at http://www.khrunichev.ru/main.php?id=225

Thank you. What is the purpose of the small building in the very lower left image?




It is where they fill the low pressure tanks of the Briz-M

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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
« Reply #22 on: 10/11/2010 04:19 pm »
Thanks, Stan.........
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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
« Reply #23 on: 10/13/2010 06:04 pm »
Information about launch from Khrunichev: http://coopi.khrunichev.ru/main.php?id=503

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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
« Reply #24 on: 10/13/2010 09:55 pm »
L-1 Day at Baikonur.

Proton-M/Breeze-M/Sirius XM-5 launch campaign is close to its end. The launch of US spacecraft by Russian carrier from Baikonur is to occur tomorrow, on Oct. 14.
Today, on L-1, experts of the space port mate the pipe-lines used to supply propellant into the rocket propulsion.

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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
« Reply #25 on: 10/14/2010 08:05 am »
Launch will be from Site 81/24. I can't remember the last time an ILS launch went from anywhere other than 200/39.

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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
« Reply #26 on: 10/14/2010 08:12 am »
Launch will be from Site 81/24. I can't remember the last time an ILS launch went from anywhere other than 200/39.

That was the launch of AMC 12 on Feb. 3. 2005. Also from Site 81/24.

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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
« Reply #27 on: 10/14/2010 11:31 am »
Moved for live coverage later...

Webcast from TSENKI will be available at http://www.tsenki.com/broadcast/broadcast/

Webcast from ILS will be available at http://xm5satellite.imgondemand.com/

Webcast from Khrunichev will be available at http://coopi.khrunichev.ru/main.php?id=201

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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
« Reply #28 on: 10/14/2010 02:29 pm »
At 1200UTC started the reunion of State Commission. The Commission summed up the preparation of a space rocket and ground space infrastructure cosmodrome, which are involved in the launch of the spacecraft Sirius XM-5.

The State Commission adopted a decision on availability of space rocket "Proton-M rocket with the spacecraft," Sirius-XM-5 ", set on October 11 launcher launch pad area 200, for filling with propellant components and confirmed the time of launch.

Launch will be held today 14 October 2010 in 18 hours. 53 min. 21 sec. UTC (14.10.2010 22 hours. 53 min. 21 sec. Moscow summer time).

Meanwhile, today at the launch complex of specialists of Russian Space Agency are working on schedule, "the fourth launch day."

This day is held thermostatic space head ILV, battery charging and functional testing of the spacecraft. Also carry out verification of radio frequency channels.

Parallel to the launch complex is the preparation of ILV for fueling components of rocket fuel, which will start in 6 hours and 30 minutes before the start. Russian specialists to dock filler booster pipes for its tanks will be delivered fuel components.

The same day, according to tradition the Baikonur Orthodox priest blessed the booster and blessed by Russian and American companies participating launcher campaign Sirius XM-5. In preparation for the launch was attended by specialists of International Launch Services Inc., Space Systems / Loral (manufacturer of the spacecraft, "Sirius, XM-5»), RUAG Space, Khrunichev Khrunichev Space Agency and other enterprises.

Note that Space Systems / Loral, ILS and the Center for Khrunichev conclude their 12th joint launcher campaign.
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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
« Reply #29 on: 10/14/2010 05:22 pm »
Live from Baykonur Cosmodrome...

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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
« Reply #30 on: 10/14/2010 05:25 pm »
Service structures are being retracted...

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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
« Reply #35 on: 10/14/2010 05:34 pm »
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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
« Reply #36 on: 10/14/2010 05:45 pm »
Service tower is moved away from the Proton-M

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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
« Reply #42 on: 10/14/2010 05:53 pm »
We are now at T-60 minutes from launch. Everything looks good...

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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
« Reply #43 on: 10/14/2010 05:55 pm »
Nice silver Proton-M on the pad...

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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
« Reply #46 on: 10/14/2010 06:03 pm »
T-50 minutes...

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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
« Reply #47 on: 10/14/2010 06:05 pm »
I know the pictures are real but every time i see a Proton launch it reminds me of models they use to use in things like Thunderbrids.
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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
« Reply #51 on: 10/14/2010 06:13 pm »
T-40 minutes... everything is go for launch at this time...

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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
« Reply #52 on: 10/14/2010 06:24 pm »
T-30 minutes and counting for the launch of the Sirius XM-5 radio satellite.
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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
« Reply #53 on: 10/14/2010 06:28 pm »
ILS webcast has already started...

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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
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ILS President Frank McKenna giving a special mention to SIRUS (more than he usually does).
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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
« Reply #59 on: 10/14/2010 06:34 pm »
T-20 minutes...

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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
« Reply #68 on: 10/14/2010 06:42 pm »
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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
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« Reply #70 on: 10/14/2010 06:44 pm »
Heh!

Proton is like launching four whales or 110 T-Rexs :)
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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
« Reply #71 on: 10/14/2010 06:44 pm »
T-9 minutes!

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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
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LOL at the Proton size comparison... With a blue whale? :D

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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
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Weather is green.
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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
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T-90 seconds.
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T-30 seconds.
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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
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LAUNCH!!
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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
« Reply #82 on: 10/14/2010 06:54 pm »
Whoa! Big flash from the first stage. Seems nominal though - could be the camera.
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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
« Reply #83 on: 10/14/2010 06:55 pm »
T+60 seconds. MaxQ and through the clouds.
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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
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T+2 mins.
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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
« Reply #86 on: 10/14/2010 06:56 pm »
Staging.

Second stage ignition. 1-2 Sep.
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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
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« Reply #88 on: 10/14/2010 06:57 pm »
All four second stage engines ignited as advertised.
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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
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Next up is 2-3 sep.

Want to see a replay of the launch. I'm sure I saw a big flash at about T+10-15 seconds.
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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
« Reply #91 on: 10/14/2010 07:00 pm »
Next up is 2-3 sep.

Want to see a replay of the launch. I'm sure I saw a big flash at about T+10-15 seconds.

It looked like it just passed through a cloud layer.

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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
« Reply #92 on: 10/14/2010 07:01 pm »
2-3 sep. Fairing jettison.
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Staging. Stage three shutdown and sep.
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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
« Reply #95 on: 10/14/2010 07:05 pm »
Remember this is a 9 hours plus mission...

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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
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Breeze-M into its first burn.
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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
« Reply #98 on: 10/14/2010 07:07 pm »
The flash Chris mentioned looks like an optical effect...
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Right, about T+16 seconds. That's what I saw. 41 seconds on the video.
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Breeze-M first burn completed.
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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
« Reply #101 on: 10/14/2010 07:16 pm »
All nominal. Breeze-M LOS as expected. End of webcast.

Thanks as always to Rui!
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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
« Reply #102 on: 10/14/2010 07:33 pm »

Thanks as always to Rui!

Agreed! Thanks.

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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
« Reply #103 on: 10/14/2010 07:46 pm »
The flash Chris mentioned looks like an optical effect...

Nah, it looks like a flareup of the engine plume. Not unusual for Proton, you can see smaller ones all the time.

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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
« Reply #104 on: 10/14/2010 08:06 pm »
the frame of the flash

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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
« Reply #105 on: 10/14/2010 08:39 pm »
XM-5 Second Burn Completion
http://www.ilslaunch.com/xm-5-second-burn-completion/

As the Breeze M upper stage of our Proton M rocket continues its climb into space with the XM-5 satellite, we have received confirmation that the 2nd burn of the upper stage occurred and shut down as scheduled.

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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
« Reply #106 on: 10/14/2010 11:47 pm »
The Briz-M has completed its third and fourth burns successfully, and the APT has been jettisoned.

http://www.ilslaunch.com/xm-5-third-and-fourth-burn-completion/

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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
« Reply #107 on: 10/15/2010 04:09 am »
Fifth burn completed successfully, spacecraft has separated.

http://www.ilslaunch.com/xm-5-mission-success/

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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
« Reply #108 on: 10/15/2010 07:48 am »
Attached are two videos I recorded during the ILS broadcast; one shows the launch profile; the other the launch processing.

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Official launch replays from TV Roskosmos:



Impressive passage through the thin clouds, leaving a nicely defined hole!
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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
« Reply #110 on: 10/15/2010 06:29 pm »
Launch was at 1853:20.986UTC.
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Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010
« Reply #111 on: 10/16/2010 12:03 am »
Sirius XM-5 Reaches the Targeted Orbit.

On Oct. 14, at 22:53 Moscow time, Proton-M rocket with Breeze-M upper stage successfully lifted off from Baikonur to orbit Sirius-XM5 satellite.
The launch was performed by Roscosmos companies. After separation of the rocket`s third stage, Breeze-M upper stage continued injection of the satellite.
 
This morning, at 08.05 MSK, in line with the injection sequence, the satellite separated from the upper stage. Sirius XM-5 is now in the targeted orbit.

Roscosmos PAO.

www.roscosmos.ru/main.php?id=2&nid=10583&lang=en
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« Reply #112 on: 10/26/2010 01:03 pm »
Upper stage Briz-M was delivered in Baikonur on august 24th, 2010.

http://www.roscosmos.ru/main.php?id=2&nid=12220

Does anyone knows when the Proton-M components were delivered in Baykonur?

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