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Title: LIVE: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: anik on 11/02/2007 01:57 pm

The launch of Proton-M rocket with DM-2 upper stage and three Kosmos (Glonass-M) satellites from Baikonur cosmodrome is planned on December 25th...

According to http://kz-today.kz/index.php?lang=rus&uin=1138536794&chapter=1153430033 (in Russian), An-124-100 Ruslan aircraft has delivered DM-2 upper stage on cosmodrome today...

Title: RE: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: anik on 11/09/2007 06:45 pm

From http://kz-today.kz/index.php?lang=rus&uin=1138536794&chapter=1153430744 (in Russian):

- The preparation of DM-2 upper stage has begun recently...
- The delivery of Proton-M rocket and three Glonass-M satellites is scheduled in the middle of November...

Title: RE: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: anik on 11/15/2007 04:34 pm

According to Novosti kosmonavtiki website, the first of three Glonass-M satellites was delivered to Baikonur cosmodrome today...

Title: RE: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: anik on 11/16/2007 02:17 pm

According to http://kz-today.kz/index.php?lang=rus&uin=1138536794&chapter=1153431584 (in Russian), the delivery of Proton-M rocket and of two other Glonass-M satellites is scheduled in the second half of November - in the beginning of December...

Title: RE: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: anik on 11/21/2007 05:17 pm

http://kz-today.kz/index.php?lang=rus&uin=1138536794&chapter=1153432069

The second Glonass-M satellite has arrived to cosmodrome by aircraft today...

Title: RE: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: anik on 11/26/2007 03:38 pm

According to Novosti kosmonavtiki website, Proton-M rocket was delivered to cosmodrome by train today...

The arrival of the third Glonass-M satellite is scheduled in the beginning of December...

Title: RE: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: anik on 11/27/2007 02:49 pm

According to http://www.federalspace.ru/NewsDoSele.asp?NEWSID=2616 (in Russian), the installation of solar arrays onto one of three Glonass-M satellites was performed today...

Title: RE: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: anik on 11/30/2007 01:36 pm

Images (below) of preparation of Proton-M rocket and Glonass-M satellites are from http://www.federalspace.ru/NewsDoSele.asp?NEWSID=2625

Title: RE: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: anik on 12/03/2007 03:56 pm

http://www.federalspace.ru/NewsDoSele.asp?NEWSID=2633

The third Glonass-M satellite was delivered to cosmodrome by aircraft today...

Title: RE: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: anik on 12/06/2007 03:59 pm

http://www.federalspace.ru/NewsDoSele.asp?NEWSID=2643

Installation of bars and packages of solar arrays onto one of Glonass-M satellites was performed today...

Title: RE: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: anik on 12/08/2007 02:24 pm

http://kz-today.kz/index.php?lang=rus&uin=1138536794&chapter=1153433785

The assembly of the second stage of Proton-M rocket is performing...

The launch is planned at 19:32 UTC on December 25...

Title: RE: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: anik on 12/10/2007 03:39 pm

http://www.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/content/news.shtml

Three Glonass-M satellites were installed onto dispenser (adapter system) during weekend...

Title: Re: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: Satori on 12/13/2007 11:33 am

Any idea about which pad will be used for this launch? Thanks!

Title: RE: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: anik on 12/13/2007 05:27 pm

http://www.khrunichev.ru/khrunichev/live/full_news.asp?id=22397

The assembly of ascent unit is performing today...

The ascent unit will be transported for assembly with Proton-M rocket on December 18th...

Title: RE: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: anik on 12/14/2007 03:27 pm

Photos of assembly of ascent unit are from http://www.federalspace.ru/NewsDoSele.asp?NEWSID=2670

Title: RE: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: anik on 12/17/2007 02:16 pm

Additional image of assembly of ascent unit ( from http://www.tsenki.com/NewsDoSele.asp?NEWSID=561 )

Title: RE: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: anik on 12/18/2007 06:00 pm

http://kz-today.kz/index.php?lang=rus&uin=1138536794&chapter=1153434680

Preparation to the assembly of ascent unit with Proton-M rocket has begun today...

Title: Re: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: eeergo on 12/18/2007 07:20 pm

They are really packed tight :) Are those red/white things on the top their antennas? If so, why are they so voluminous?

Title: Re: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: anik on 12/18/2007 08:01 pm

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eeergo - 18/12/2007  11:20 PM

Are those red/white things on the top their antennas?

It is platform with antenna feeder system and panel with retroflectors...

Title: RE: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: anik on 12/20/2007 03:24 pm

http://kz-today.kz/index.php?lang=rus&uin=1138536794&chapter=1153434848

The assembly of ascent unit with Proton-M rocket is continuing...

The rollout of rocket to the launch pad is scheduled for December 22th...

Title: Re: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: William Graham on 12/20/2007 08:35 pm

Which pad is being used?

Title: Re: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: anik on 12/21/2007 01:43 pm

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GW_Simulations - 21/12/2007  12:35 AM

Which pad is being used?

Ploshchadka 81, puskovaya ustanovka 24, according to http://www.federalspace.ru/Start1Show.asp?STARTID=636

Title: RE: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: jacqmans on 12/22/2007 09:33 am

http://www.roscosmos.ru/NewsDoSele.asp?NEWSID=2701

22.12.2007 two most important for Russia start will occur within the next few days in Baikonur

(translated)

Nesmotrya to the cold weather and snowfall in Baikonur stands hot time. Yesterday at the "Gagarin" start the calculation 1 GO of center KBOM approached the works with the "progress M-62" (carrier rocket "union - u"), and today relay race were accepted 2-1 center KBOM.
6 is hour 30 minutes it began transport RKN the "proton" with three automatic spacecraft GLONASS to the launching system of pl.8y.
   K of 9 mornings rocket was established at the start and the calculations of the organizations Of roskosmosa approached conducting of the planned operations.


Not less important for Russia start of carrier rocket with three automatic spacecraft GLONASS (global navigation system) is planned for 22 hours 32 minutes of 34 seconds on 25 December Moscow time.
This is special in the present year starting, if one considers that after the appearance of three automatic spacecraft in orbit (give that god!) Russia will obtain its global navigation system (during February of the following year after testing of these satellites the coating with the navigation signal above Russia it will compose 95, and above the peace - 86 percent). System (GLONASS) is necessary both in the interests of Defense Ministry and for the civil purposes, since any citizen of the world (not only Russians) will be able to free of charge obtain navigation signal. This signal is necessary for the aircraft, the ships, and also the motorists, the travellers. With an accuracy to several is meter the user it learns according to the instrument "navigator" about its location actually at any point of the peace (recently in NPO im. Khrunicheva this instrument it was shown to the President of Russia To v.V.Putinu). This instrument stands comparatively inexpensively.
The today only United States of America have similar expanded and working navigation system (GPS).
 
 

Title: Re: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: star2 on 12/25/2007 08:31 am

Live webcast for launch ???

Title: Re: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: Satori on 12/25/2007 10:18 am

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star2 - 25/12/2007  3:31 AM

Live webcast for launch ???

I think there will be no live webcast for this launch! The best place to wait for news about it will be right here!

Title: Re: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: star2 on 12/25/2007 10:47 am

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Satori - 25/12/2007  5:18 AM

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star2 - 25/12/2007  3:31 AM

Live webcast for launch ???

I think there will be no live webcast for this launch! The best place to wait for news about it will be right here!

Thank you.  :)

Title: Re: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: jacqmans on 12/25/2007 01:21 pm

More photo's from before launch:

http://www.roscosmos.ru/NewsDoSele.asp?NEWSID=2703

Title: RE: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: anik on 12/25/2007 02:00 pm

http://www.federalspace.ru/NewsDoSele.asp?NEWSID=2711

The fueling of tanks of Proton-M rocket's stages has begun...

Title: Re: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: Jirka Dlouhy on 12/25/2007 02:00 pm

Why is used combination Proton-m with DM-2 upper stage? Sources of Proton-K are finished?

Title: Re: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: Jirka Dlouhy on 12/25/2007 02:06 pm

Launch is now 19:32:34 GMT

Title: Re: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: anik on 12/25/2007 02:12 pm

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Jirka Dlouhy - 25/12/2007  6:00 PM

Why is used combination Proton-m with DM-2 upper stage? Sources of Proton-K are finished?

Production of Proton-K rockets has finished this year... There are few Proton-K rockets for future launches...

Title: Re: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: William Graham on 12/25/2007 02:25 pm

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anik - 25/12/2007  3:12 PM

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Jirka Dlouhy - 25/12/2007  6:00 PM

Why is used combination Proton-m with DM-2 upper stage? Sources of Proton-K are finished?

Production of Proton-K rockets has finished this year... There are few Proton-K rockets for future launches...

How many remain to be launched?

Title: Re: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: anik on 12/25/2007 03:26 pm

According to Novosti kosmonavtiki forum, live webcast of Proton-M launch will be at 19:30 UTC on our "Vesti" TV-channel...

High quality - http://www.vesti.ru/videos?vid=onair
Low quality - http://www.vesti.ru/videos?vid=onair_low

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GW_Simulations - 25/12/2007  6:25 PM

How many remain to be launched?

Stan Black has already answered to this question here (http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=9702&start=1)... So there are possibly four more Proton-K rockets (Nos. 410-13, 410-14, 410-16, 410-18) in storage in Russian Ministry of Defence...

Title: Re: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: VB94 on 12/25/2007 03:46 pm

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anik - 25/12/2007  10:26 AM

According to Novosti kosmonavtiki forum, live webcast of Proton-M launch will be at 19:30 UTC on our "Vesti" TV-channel...

High quality - http://www.vesti.ru/videos?vid=onair
Low quality - http://www.vesti.ru/videos?vid=onair_low

Great   :)
Thanks anik.

I will record a launch video.

Title: Re: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: William Graham on 12/25/2007 04:03 pm

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anik - 25/12/2007  4:26 PM
So there are possibly four more Proton-K rockets (Nos. 410-13, 410-14, 410-16, 410-18) in storage in Russian Ministry of Defence...

Thanks. Also, is the Blok-DM2 still in production or not?. If not, how many remain?


Interesting to hear about the webcast. Could this be the beginning of a more open Russian space programme?

Title: Re: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: star2 on 12/25/2007 05:03 pm

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VB94 - 25/12/2007  10:46 AM

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anik - 25/12/2007  10:26 AM

According to Novosti kosmonavtiki forum, live webcast of Proton-M launch will be at 19:30 UTC on our "Vesti" TV-channel...

High quality - http://www.vesti.ru/videos?vid=onair
Low quality - http://www.vesti.ru/videos?vid=onair_low

Great   :)
Thanks anik.

I will record a launch video.

Thank you for link anik.  :laugh:

Title: Re: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: DarthVader on 12/25/2007 05:09 pm

Will anyone be kind enough to record it then post it, Please?

Title: RE: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: Chris Bergin on 12/25/2007 05:39 pm

I'm around for a while, so will at least help cover the launch.

Recording and posting it might be a problem due to the station's copyright, looking around their site to see.

Can someone confirm I've got a live feed here, some Russian guy with a Russian flag behind him, being interviewed by a female interviewer?

Title: Re: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: William Graham on 12/25/2007 05:40 pm

Slightly off topic, but I was just testing the stream to ensure that I could watch it, and noticed this: I don't know much Russian, but I think it's saying something about an RS-24 launch. Can anyone translate it? If it isn't about the missile, don't worry.

Title: RE: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: William Graham on 12/25/2007 05:45 pm

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Chris Bergin - 25/12/2007  6:39 PM

I'm around for a while, so will at least help cover the launch.

Recording and posting it might be a problem due to the station's copyright, looking around their site to see.

Can someone confirm I've got a live feed here, some Russian guy with a Russian flag behind him, being interviewed by a female interviewer?

Yes. I had that as well. Now I've got some woman.

Title: RE: LIVE: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: Chris Bergin on 12/25/2007 05:51 pm

Okay dokey. We'll see what we can do with this then. Did a babblefish on the copyright terms and we're ok to use providing we don't resell it, so we're cool to take screenshots and record it (I'll take all your help on this as it's a strange feed at my end).

Title: Re: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: Satori on 12/25/2007 05:54 pm

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GW_Simulations - 25/12/2007  12:40 PM

Slightly off topic, but I was just testing the stream to ensure that I could watch it, and noticed this: I don't know much Russian, but I think it's saying something about an RS-24 launch. Can anyone translate it? If it isn't about the missile, don't worry.

At 1310UTC there was a missile launch from GIK-1 Plesetsk. I think it was a new version of the RS-24 with multiple warheads.

Title: RE: LIVE: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: William Graham on 12/25/2007 05:56 pm

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Chris Bergin - 25/12/2007  6:51 PM

Okay dokey. We'll see what we can do with this then. Did a babblefish on the copyright terms and we're ok to use providing we don't resell it, so we're cool to take screenshots and record it (I'll take all your help on this as it's a strange feed at my end).

MMS URL is

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mms://video.rfn.ru/vesti_24

Seems to run in VLC, which means it is recordable from a technical point of view.

Title: Re: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: William Graham on 12/25/2007 05:58 pm

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Satori - 25/12/2007  6:54 PM

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GW_Simulations - 25/12/2007  12:40 PM

Slightly off topic, but I was just testing the stream to ensure that I could watch it, and noticed this: [See original post] I don't know much Russian, but I think it's saying something about an RS-24 launch. Can anyone translate it? If it isn't about the missile, don't worry.

At 1310UTC there was a missile launch from GIK-1 Plesetsk. I think it was a new version of the RS-24 with multiple warheads.

Thanks.

Title: RE: LIVE: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: Chris Bergin on 12/25/2007 06:02 pm

Here's the missile launch:

Title: Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: DarthVader on 12/25/2007 06:07 pm

Thanks Chris and al. I'm been held hostage in the Kitchen! :-\

Title: RE: LIVE: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: Chris Bergin on 12/25/2007 06:14 pm

At least Putin will be following this closely, as he wants to track his dog via Glonass :)

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085&sid=aSGoH85aNleM&refer=europe

Title: Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: Satori on 12/25/2007 06:22 pm

We should be at T-10 minutes and counting...

Title: Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: Satori on 12/25/2007 06:24 pm

Proton-M/DM-2 will launch GLONASS-M vehicles 21, 22 and 23 that make the Blok n.37.

Title: RE: LIVE: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: Chris Bergin on 12/25/2007 06:25 pm

Better link for full screen, automatically opening a Windows Media player:
mms://video.rfn.ru/vesti_24

Title: Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: William Graham on 12/25/2007 06:26 pm

5 mins to go.

Title: Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: Satori on 12/25/2007 06:29 pm

A few posts ago we were talking about the Proton-K's left but I haven't found the serial number of this Proton-M. Any help?

Title: Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: William Graham on 12/25/2007 06:29 pm

Two mins to launch. I'm pessamistic about our chances of seeing anything.

Title: Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: William Graham on 12/25/2007 06:31 pm

What was that about an SLBM?

Title: Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: William Graham on 12/25/2007 06:32 pm

Should have launched. Bit of an anticlimax.

Title: Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: Satori on 12/25/2007 06:34 pm

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GW_Simulations - 25/12/2007  1:32 PM

Should have launched. Bit of an anticlimax.

Launch time has gone and no webcast :(

If everything went well we should had separation of first stage at 1934:37UTC...

Title: RE: LIVE: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: Chris Bergin on 12/25/2007 06:34 pm

Hmmm, well we've managed to get to see some amusing Russian telly, and some very cold temps on the weather forecast, but that's about it. Nothing on the Proton-M launch :-/

Title: RE: LIVE: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: anik on 12/25/2007 06:37 pm

The liftoff of Proton-M rocket was on-time...

Title: Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: Satori on 12/25/2007 06:38 pm

People on the NK forum is also surprised for not having a webcast...

Separation of shroud sould have been at 1935:45UTC...

Title: RE: LIVE: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: Satori on 12/25/2007 06:38 pm

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anik - 25/12/2007  1:37 PM

The liftoff of Proton-M rocket was on-time...

Thanks for that Andrey!!!!

Title: Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: Satori on 12/25/2007 06:39 pm

Separation of second stage at 1938:07UTC...

Title: Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: ckiki lwai on 12/25/2007 06:40 pm

there seems to be something about the "kosmodroma Baikonur" in the headlines...

Title: Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: Chonner on 12/25/2007 06:41 pm

About 40 mins ago there was a brief 30 sec piece on it, a few seconds of it being erected onto the launch pad and then some pretty graphics  of the final stage shut down, satellites being deployed and then the whole constellation, didn't manage to get any pics of though. I'll carry on watching (Dr Who at the same time of course :P) and see if they come back to it.

Title: Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: Jirka Dlouhy on 12/25/2007 06:42 pm

Vesti, Proton-M with three GLONASS satellites was launched

Title: Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: Satori on 12/25/2007 06:42 pm

End of third stage ignition at 1942:07UTC and separation of Block DM-2 at 1942:20UTC.

Title: RE: LIVE: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: anik on 12/25/2007 06:43 pm

The ascent unit (DM-2 upper stage and three Glonass-M satellites) has been successfully separated from the third stage of Proton-M rocket...

Title: RE: LIVE: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: anik on 12/25/2007 06:55 pm

The separation of three Glonass-M satellites from DM-2 upper stage is scheduled at 23:02 UTC...

Title: Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: Jirka Dlouhy on 12/25/2007 07:09 pm

In the little spot was showed launch of GLONASS satellites. It was in the news in 20:00 GMT.

Title: Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: Chris Bergin on 12/25/2007 07:17 pm

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Chonner - 25/12/2007  7:41 PM

About 40 mins ago there was a brief 30 sec piece on it, a few seconds of it being erected onto the launch pad and then some pretty graphics  of the final stage shut down, satellites being deployed and then the whole constellation, didn't manage to get any pics of though. I'll carry on watching (Dr Who at the same time of course :P) and see if they come back to it.

Heh, I gave up on it and went back to Dr Who too :) Not to worry, was always going to be a bonus to get any webcast of this kind of launch.

Title: RE: LIVE: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: Chonner on 12/25/2007 07:21 pm

Finished watching doctor who and came back to find this small segment  :) (About 30 seconds)

Title: RE: LIVE: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: Chris Bergin on 12/25/2007 07:41 pm

Great catch. Many thanks for grabbing.

Title: Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: Gorizont on 12/25/2007 07:47 pm

Thanks for the video! Perhaps we get another version later.

Title: Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: Satori on 12/25/2007 07:47 pm

So, with this we closed the 2007 launches. Just for the record, and according to my records, this was the 1200th successful orbital launch from Cosmodrome GIK-5 Baykonur!

Title: Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: William Graham on 12/25/2007 07:52 pm

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Satori - 25/12/2007  8:47 PM

So, with this we closed the 2007 launches.

It is the 65th launch to make orbit this year (68th orbital launch overall), so despite a slow start to the year, for a second year running, launch rates are showing signs of recovering.

Next launch (ie the start of the 2008 launch year) will be a PSLV with Polaris, currently scheduled for 2 January.

Title: Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: DarthVader on 12/25/2007 08:15 pm

Thanks Chonner.

Title: Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: William Graham on 12/25/2007 10:35 pm

Well, 23:02 has been and gone. Any news?

Title: Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: edkyle99 on 12/25/2007 10:49 pm

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GW_Simulations - 25/12/2007  2:52 PM

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Satori - 25/12/2007  8:47 PM

So, with this we closed the 2007 launches.

It is the 65th launch to make orbit this year (68th orbital launch overall), so despite a slow start to the year, for a second year running, launch rates are showing signs of recovering.

This was also the 20th orbital launch from Baikonur in 2007, not the 18th (you might want to correct that in the story Chris).  

Only 63 of the 68 orbital launch attempts were flawless.  Two more suffered launch vehicle failures that left payloads in lower than planned orbits.  In both cases the payloads were apparently able to boost themselves to operational orbits.  

 - Ed Kyle

Title: Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: Chris Bergin on 12/25/2007 10:53 pm

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edkyle99 - 25/12/2007  11:49 PM

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GW_Simulations - 25/12/2007  2:52 PM

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Satori - 25/12/2007  8:47 PM

So, with this we closed the 2007 launches.

It is the 65th launch to make orbit this year (68th orbital launch overall), so despite a slow start to the year, for a second year running, launch rates are showing signs of recovering.

This was also the 20th orbital launch from Baikonur in 2007, not the 18th (you might want to correct that in the story Chris).  

Only 63 of the 68 orbital launch attempts were flawless.  Two more suffered launch vehicle failures that left payloads in lower than planned orbits.  In both cases the payloads were apparently able to boost themselves to operational orbits.  

 - Ed Kyle

Thanks Ed! Will do.

Title: RE: LIVE: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: Nicolas PILLET on 12/26/2007 10:57 am

I don't understand why the Russians say that now there are 18 GLONASS in orbit.

According to TsUS :
http://www.glonass-ianc.rsa.ru/pls/htmldb/f?p=201:5:18238399572189326210::NO
there were only 13 active satellites before this launch. So, today, there should be 16 ?...

Maybe Cosmos 2402 and 2417, that are declared out of service since april and july were retired only TEMPORARILY from the system.

Title: Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: William Graham on 12/26/2007 11:31 am

Launch was a success:

http://itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=12215452&PageNum=0

Title: Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: Satori on 12/26/2007 12:13 pm

Launch photo and others in here (http://www.roscosmos.ru/NewsDoSele.asp?NEWSID=2713)!

Title: Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: sammie on 01/08/2008 08:09 pm

Interesting article on the actual application of GLONASS (or lack thereof) over here (http://www.industrywatch.com/pages/iw2/Story.nsp?story_id=113365784)

Title: Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: Tobi on 01/21/2008 01:42 pm

What was the serial number of the Proton vehicle?

Title: Re: LIVE: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: Satori on 01/25/2008 09:51 pm

Apparently the Cosmos numbers of these three sats have been changed (the original Cosmos 2434 has received the Raduga-1 designation). Does anyone have any info on this?

Title: RE: LIVE: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: Nicolas PILLET on 01/26/2008 10:24 am

http://www.glonass-ianc.rsa.ru/pls/htmldb/f?p=201:5:11972089926002324533::NO

Here you can see that GLONASS 22 and 23 have been renamed Cosmos 2435 and 2436, respectively. So you can imagine that GLONASS 21 has been renamed Cosmos 2434...

Title: RE: LIVE: Proton-M launch with three Glonass-M - December 25
Post by: Nicolas PILLET on 02/15/2008 04:41 pm

Confirmation here : http://www.glonass-ianc.rsa.ru/pls/htmldb/f?p=201:5:6728599677341678985::NO

The three GLONASS are now Cosmos 2434, 2435 and 2436.