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Title: Progress M-56 launch - April 24
Post by: anik on 03/13/2006 07:33 pm
Progress M-56 (11F615A55 No. 356) was delivered on Baikonur cosmodrome on March 10...

Soyuz-U rocket (11A511U No. 100) has arrived there on March 7...

Launch is planned on April 24...

Title: RE: Progress M-56 launch - April 24
Post by: anik on 03/22/2006 02:17 pm
Progress M-56 cargo ship will be launched approximately at 16:03:20 UTC...
Title: RE: Progress M-56 launch - April 24
Post by: anik on 03/23/2006 03:25 pm
Complex tests of Progress M-56 was completed recently... The cargo ship will be placed in a pressure chamber for pneumovacuum tests today...
Title: RE: Progress M-56 launch - April 24
Post by: Satori on 04/07/2006 06:14 pm
This the the 11A511U Soyuz launcher for Progress M-56. The serial number of the rocket is P15000-100. This imagem was taken on the MIK-112 the day before the Soyuz TMA-8 launch.

Title: RE: Progress M-56 launch - April 24
Post by: DarthVader on 04/07/2006 07:15 pm
nice shot Satori, thanks for posting it :)
Title: RE: Progress M-56 launch - April 24
Post by: anik on 04/07/2006 07:22 pm
Thanks for the image and welcome to NSF forum, Rui!... :)

I have read about your impressions from the trip on Baikonur on FPSPACE... :)

http://www.friends-partners.org/pipermail/fpspace/2006-April/019360.html

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vehicle 34/132 is going to be used for the Resurs-DK1 (1L) launch

This rocket has P15000-096 serial number, is not it?
Title: RE: Progress M-56 launch - April 24
Post by: Satori on 04/07/2006 07:39 pm
That's right, the vehicle 34/132 is going to be used for the Resurs-DK1 (1L) launch (actually there was a paper next to the Resurs-DK rocket with the inscription 11A511U-PBV 34/132). But if you visit http://www.federalspace.ru/PlanQuart.asp you'll see that that rocket has the serial number P15000-096.

In this image you can see the serial number of the Progress M-56 rocket.

Title: RE: Progress M-56 launch - April 24
Post by: anik on 04/07/2006 08:02 pm
By the way, P15000-096 should was launched with Progress M-55, but was replaced on F15000-080...

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Satori - 7/4/2006  11:39 PM

11A511U-PBV

11A511U-PVB... :)
Title: RE: Progress M-56 launch - April 24
Post by: Satori on 04/07/2006 09:22 pm
11A511U-PBV Pozharo Vzryvo Bezopasniy, or fire explosion proof.
Title: RE: Progress M-56 launch - April 24
Post by: anik on 04/08/2006 08:09 am
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Satori - 8/4/2006  1:22 AM

11A511U-PBV

Rui, please note again, how this designation is written correctly in Russian and in English!... :)

11A511U-PVB, not 11A511U-PBV... :) You have accidently mixed letters "V" and "B" in this designation... :)
Title: RE: Progress M-56 launch - April 24
Post by: Satori on 04/08/2006 11:46 am
ops!  :o You're right!!! :)
Title: RE: Progress M-56 launch - April 24
Post by: anik on 04/13/2006 05:11 pm
April 13, 2006 -- Baikonur Cosmodrome
http://www.energia.ru/english/energia/iss/iss13/progress-m-56/photo_04-13.html

"Progress M-56 cargo vehicle balancing and weighing"
Title: RE: Progress M-56 launch - April 24
Post by: anik on 04/15/2006 07:04 am
Progress M-56 was filled by propellant components and compressed gases at station 11G12 at site 31 of Baikonur cosmodrome yesterday...
Title: RE: Progress M-56 launch - April 24
Post by: anik on 04/17/2006 03:04 pm
I remind that Progress M-56 will be launched at 16:03:26 UTC on April 24... ;)

Unfortunately, there will not be live coverage (I mean television picture from Baikonur) of this launch on NASA TV... :( But a docking (approximately at 17:54 UTC on April 26) will be "live" on NASA TV exactly!... :)
Title: RE: Progress M-56 launch - April 24
Post by: anik on 04/18/2006 03:07 pm
April 18, 2006 -- Baikonur Cosmodrome
http://www.energia.ru/english/energia/iss/iss13/progress-m-56/photo_04-18.html

"Progress M-56 transport cargo vehicle was docked with the transfer compartment in the Spacecraft Assembly and Testing Facility"
Title: RE: Progress M-56 launch - April 24
Post by: anik on 04/19/2006 05:24 pm
April 19, 2006 -- Baikonur Cosmodrome
http://www.energia.ru/english/energia/iss/iss13/progress-m-56/photo_04-19.html

"Designers inspection of the Progress M-56 cargo vehicle was completed in the Spacecraft Assembly and Testing Facility. Payload shroud roll on to the Progress M-56 spacecraft was performed."
Title: RE: Progress M-56 launch - April 24
Post by: anik on 04/20/2006 04:16 pm
April 20, 2006 -- Baikonur Cosmodrome
http://www.energia.ru/english/energia/iss/iss13/progress-m-56/photo_04-20.html

"Orbital module of the Soyuz launch vehicle, containing Progress M-56 spacecraft was transported from the spacecraft processing facility for the general integration with LV"
Title: RE: Progress M-56 launch - April 24
Post by: anik on 04/21/2006 02:52 pm
April 21, 2006 -- Baikonur Cosmodrome
http://www.energia.ru/english/energia/iss/iss13/progress-m-56/photo_04-21.html

"The orbital module was integrated with the Soyuz launch vehicle in the processing facility"

P.S.: Soyuz-U rocket carrying Progress M-56 should be rolled out to the launch pad 1 of Baikonur cosmodrome tomorrow and launched at 16:03:25 UTC on April 24...
Title: RE: Progress M-56 launch - April 24
Post by: Chris Bergin on 04/22/2006 09:27 am
http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=6840567&PageNum=0
Title: RE: Progress M-56 launch - April 24
Post by: eeergo on 04/22/2006 03:37 pm
Is the launch going to be broadcasted in any way? I read NASA TV is not covering it, but maybe energya?
Title: RE: Progress M-56 launch - April 24
Post by: anik on 04/22/2006 08:16 pm
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eeergo - 22/4/2006  7:37 PM

Is the launch going to be broadcasted in any way? I read NASA TV is not covering it, but maybe energya?

Unfortunately RSC Energiya also can not provide live coverage of this launch... :(
Title: RE: LIVE: Progress M-56 launch - April 24
Post by: Chris Bergin on 04/23/2006 07:26 pm
Live event thread moved into the newsfeed section.

Soyuz-U rocket will launch Progress M-56 cargo ship to ISS from Baikonur cosmodrome at 16:03:25 UTC - April 24.

No live coverage of note, unless someone knows better...but our Russian friends should be able to get news of how it all progressed (no pun intended) pretty fast.
Title: RE: LIVE: Progress M-56 launch - April 24
Post by: Jamie Young on 04/24/2006 12:22 am
This should be something NASA TV covers. But that's not happening?
Title: RE: LIVE: Progress M-56 launch - April 24
Post by: DaveS on 04/24/2006 08:23 am
No. NASA TV only covers the docking of Progress spacecrafts, never the launch.
Title: RE: Progress M-56 launch - April 24
Post by: Chris Bergin on 04/24/2006 02:27 pm
Well it'll be a crap live event thread in that case ;) Moved back into Russian launchers.
Title: RE: Progress M-56 launch - April 24
Post by: anik on 04/24/2006 04:27 pm
Progress M-56 was launched successfully and now on orbit!... :)
Title: RE: Progress M-56 launch - April 24
Post by: Chris Bergin on 04/24/2006 04:41 pm
Super :)
Title: RE: Progress M-56 launch - April 24
Post by: Jester on 04/25/2006 09:47 am
A bit late, but I was on mission, here a picture of the transport on the train.
Title: RE: Progress M-56 launch - April 24
Post by: Chris Bergin on 04/25/2006 10:41 am
Beautiful images :)
Title: RE: Progress M-56 launch - April 24
Post by: Avron on 04/26/2006 04:50 am
Its docking day, so I assume some live coverage!