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Title: Soyuz-U launch with Kosmos-2445 satellite - November 14, 2008
Post by: astropl on 11/14/2008 04:30 pm: Soyuz-U with Kosmos 2445 was launched today at 15:50 UT from launch pad 16/2 at Pleseck cosmodrome, Launch was successful.

http://gazeta.ru/news/lastnews/2008/11/14/n_1296040.shtml
http://gazeta.ru/news/lenta/2008/11/14/n_1296048.shtml
Title: Re: Unannounced launch
Post by: William Graham on 11/14/2008 04:34 pm: Any idea what type of satellite it is?
Title: Re: Unannounced launch
Post by: astropl on 11/14/2008 04:36 pm: Quote from: GW_Simulations on 11/14/2008 04:34 pm
Any idea what type of satellite it is?

IMINT, IMHO :)
Title: Re: Unannounced launch
Post by: Nicolas PILLET on 11/14/2008 05:18 pm: Maybe it was this launcher :

http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=14658.0
Title: Re: Unannounced launch
Post by: astropl on 11/14/2008 05:22 pm: Quote from: Nicolas PILLET on 11/14/2008 05:18 pm
Maybe it was this launcher :

http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=14658.0

According to http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=1133.780 we have 3 possibilities:

end of year – Meridian No. 2 – Soyuz-2.1a/Fregat – Plesetsk
TBD – Kosmos (Kobal't-M) – Soyuz-U – Plesetsk
TBD – Kosmos (Liana-Lotos) – Soyuz-U – Plesetsk

I think, we have new Kobal't-M on orbit.
Title: Re: Unannounced launch
Post by: William Graham on 11/14/2008 05:53 pm: Quote from: astropl on 11/14/2008 05:22 pm
end of year – Meridian No. 2 – Soyuz-2.1a/Fregat – Plesetsk
TBD – Kosmos (Kobal't-M) – Soyuz-U – Plesetsk
TBD – Kosmos (Liana-Lotos) – Soyuz-U – Plesetsk

It's not the Meridian.
Title: Re: Unannounced launch
Post by: astropl on 11/14/2008 07:42 pm: Quote from: GW_Simulations on 11/14/2008 05:53 pm
Quote from: astropl on 11/14/2008 05:22 pm
end of year – Meridian No. 2 – Soyuz-2.1a/Fregat – Plesetsk
TBD – Kosmos (Kobal't-M) – Soyuz-U – Plesetsk
TBD – Kosmos (Liana-Lotos) – Soyuz-U – Plesetsk

It's not the Meridian.

Initial orbit is 183x340 km, 67,18°. It's Kobal't-M.
Title: Re: Unannounced launch
Post by: jcm on 11/15/2008 01:08 am: Here's my take:

On Nov 14 a Russian Defense Ministry Kobal't-M imaging reconnaissance
satellite codenamed Kosmos-2445 was launched into a 169 x 314 km x 67.1
deg orbit.

This is the fourth improved Kobal't satellite, all of which flew
in similar 67.1 deg orbits:
Kobal't-M Kosmos-2410 2004 Sep 24-2005 Jan 9 (107 days)
Kobal't-M Kosmos-2420 2006 May 3-2006 Jul 19 (77 days)
Kobal't-M Kosmos-2427 2007 Jun 7-2007 Aug 22 (76 days)
Kobal't-M Kosmos-2445 2008 Nov 14

We can therefore expect this mission to last at least until Jan 29.
The satellite consists of a propulsion module, and a recoverable
camera module. It also carries two small supplementary SpK recoverable film
capsules which will be deorbited during the mission - alas, I haven't
managed to figure out a way to tell when the SpK recoveries happen.
Title: Re: Soyuz-U launch with Kosmos-2445 satellite - November 14, 2008
Post by: pm1823 on 11/15/2008 12:43 pm: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyaZhlFIO_M
Title: Re: Soyuz-U launch with Kosmos-2445 satellite - November 14, 2008
Post by: Nicolas PILLET on 11/17/2008 09:26 am: Launch gallery is here :

http://www.kosmonavtika.com/lancements/2008/14112008/14112008photos.html
Title: Re: Soyuz-U launch with Kosmos-2445 satellite - November 14, 2008
Post by: Satori on 11/17/2008 09:46 am: Quote from: Nicolas PILLET on 11/17/2008 09:26 am
Launch gallery is here :

Thank you very much for providing those images!!!!
Title: Re: Soyuz-U launch with Kosmos-2445 satellite - November 14, 2008
Post by: Nicolas PILLET on 11/17/2008 02:39 pm: When I posted them, I thought : "Rui will be happy with that !" ;-)
Title: Re: Soyuz-U launch with Kosmos-2445 satellite - November 14, 2008
Post by: edkyle99 on 11/17/2008 03:55 pm: Quote from: Nicolas PILLET on 11/17/2008 09:26 am
Launch gallery is here :

http://www.kosmonavtika.com/lancements/2008/14112008/14112008photos.html

Interesting enlarged sections on that payload fairing. Has that been seen with Kobol't-M launches before?

- Ed Kyle
Title: Re: Soyuz-U launch with Kosmos-2445 satellite - November 14, 2008
Post by: Nicolas PILLET on 11/17/2008 04:30 pm: Yes.

For example, see the previous launch, at http://www.kosmonavtika.com/lancements/2007/07062007/07062007photos.html
Title: Re: Soyuz-U launch with Kosmos-2445 satellite - November 14, 2008
Post by: zaitcev on 11/19/2008 04:50 pm: Quote from: edkyle99 on 11/17/2008 03:55 pm
Interesting enlarged sections on that payload fairing. Has that been seen with Kobol't-M launches before?
BTW, Ed, it's "Kobal't" (a stone). The accent is on the "a".
Title: Re: Soyuz-U launch with Kosmos-2445 satellite - November 14, 2008
Post by: Olaf on 02/27/2009 02:40 pm: Kosmos 2445 completed its Mission

http://russianforces.org/blog/2009/02/cosmos-2445_completed_its_miss.shtml
Title: Re: Soyuz-U launch with Kosmos-2445 satellite - November 14, 2008
Post by: pm1823 on 02/28/2009 12:44 pm: ...and landed.
(http://bizhbulyak.ru/uploads/posts/2009-02/1235666688_1.jpg)
(http://bizhbulyak.ru/uploads/posts/2009-02/1235666076_x_de79669b.jpg)
(http://bizhbulyak.ru/uploads/posts/2009-02/1235667102_7.jpg)

http://bizhbulyak.ru/121-ne-poverite-kosmicheskijj....html
Title: Re: Soyuz-U launch with Kosmos-2445 satellite - November 14, 2008
Post by: Nicolas PILLET on 02/28/2009 01:15 pm: Wuuuhhhuuuuuu !!!! First time I see such pictures !!!
Title: Re: Soyuz-U launch with Kosmos-2445 satellite - November 14, 2008
Post by: eeergo on 02/28/2009 01:24 pm: Thank you for the images, quite interesting for me as I'd never seen Kobal't capsules. TKS-based design?
Title: Re: Soyuz-U launch with Kosmos-2445 satellite - November 14, 2008
Post by: Skyrocket on 02/28/2009 05:53 pm: Quote from: eeergo on 02/28/2009 01:24 pm
TKS-based design?

No, a design of its own