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International Space Flight (ESA, Russia, China and others) => Russian Launchers - Soyuz, Progress and Uncrewed => Topic started by: Stan Black on 09/01/2013 12:43 pm
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Payload: Uragan-K 14Ф160 № 13
Rocket: Soyuz-2-1B 14А14-1Б
Upper stage: Fregat 14С44
Fairing: 14С737
Launch site: Plesetsk
State Rocket and Space Research and Production Centre «TsSKB-Progress»
Государственный научно-производственный ракетно-космический центр «ЦСКБ-Прогресс»
Soyuz-2-1B
Lavochkin Research and Production Association
Научно-производственное объединение имени С.А. Лавочкина
Fregat
14С737
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So the idea was to introduce a new GLONASS, with updated electronics. Two could be launched on a Soyuz, or even six on a Proton.
Plan was for a mass of 750 kg; against 1,400 kg for the current Uragan-M.
In the end the new Uragan-K came in at 935 kg and did not work.
Now the new second series of Uragan-K is to have a mass of 1,645 kg.
http://www.oosa.unvienna.org/pdf/icg/2013/icg-8/wgA/A1_1.pdf
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Выполнение составной части опытно-конструкторской работы «Разработка и изготовление алмазного детектора ионизирующего излучения бортового диагностического комплекса для космического аппарата «ГЛОНАСС-К» с № 13».
http://www.zakupki.gov.ru/pgz/public/action/contracts/info/common_info/show?contractInfoId=14589754
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Is this a Glonass-K2 bird?
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Is this a Glonass-K2 bird?
Yes, the first one. Also referred to as GLONASS-K satellites of 2nd series; or block II GLONASS-K.
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it's also referred as Glonass-KM. Very confusing!
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it's also referred as Glonass-KM. Very confusing!
As I read from the GLONASS entry in Wikipedia, the Glonass-KM (second block of Glonass-K) can only be in production after 2015, would it take so long to deploy Glonass-K satellites?
How many Glonass-K2 satellites will be launched? We already know there will be two Glonass-K1 satellites (one of them was already launched in 2011).
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As I read from the GLONASS entry in Wikipedia, the Glonass-KM (second block of Glonass-K) can only be in production after 2015, would it take so long to deploy Glonass-K satellites?
Again, Glonass-K2 is not Glonass-KM. Glonass-K2 launches will possibly begin in 2016. Delays relate to problems with tests of on-board atomic clocks - http://izvestia.ru/news/564110 (in Russian).
How many Glonass-K2 satellites will be launched? We already know there will be two Glonass-K1 satellites (one of them was already launched in 2011)
It was approved in 2012 that 24 Glonass-K2 satellites (2 test and 22 normal) were to be produced till 2020 - http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=30175.msg972354#msg972354, but the current plan is to be determined due to problems with on-board atomic clocks, which are mentioned above.
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So this is actually the launch of Glonass-K2 No. 1.
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For the moment everything points to this being a continuation of the existing series, the name covering its function not its form, with this being GLONASS-K №13L. However with this being so vastly different from the first two, it does make one wonder if they will give it a new GRAU index and start from number 1. Also interesting to note that in the latest presentations from Reshetnev they have dropped references to GLONASS-KM [* (http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=32729.msg1169809#msg1169809)].
References to №13Л:-
http://www.zakupki.gov.ru/pgz/public/action/contracts/info/common_info/show?contractInfoId=14589754 (http://www.zakupki.gov.ru/pgz/public/action/contracts/info/common_info/show?contractInfoId=14589754)
http://asozd2.duma.gov.ru/work/dz.nsf/ByID/A770734F57D3225B43257A88003DEC7F/$File/1-приложение_(ДЦП-2011).doc (http://asozd2.duma.gov.ru/work/dz.nsf/ByID/A770734F57D3225B43257A88003DEC7F/$File/1-приложение_(ДЦП-2011).doc)
http://www.glonass-center.ru/aboutIAC/GLONASS_Update_ICG6.pdf (http://www.glonass-center.ru/aboutIAC/GLONASS_Update_ICG6.pdf)
http://www.vremya-ch.com/russian/news/index9ba9.html?page=3 (http://www.vremya-ch.com/russian/news/index9ba9.html?page=3)
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Back in 2011 all things pointed to this being a К2 model. However as of December 2013, the date 2018 is mentioned. Now an article says there are to be ten К1 models.
See here:-
http://www.interfax.ru/russia/379894
From №3 sat “Glonass-K”
http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/pdf/cgsicMeetings/51/3_GLONASS_CGSIC_Oleynik.pdf
http://www.glonass-center.ru/aboutIAC/GLONASS_Update_ICG6.pdf
http://www.iss-reshetnev.ru/images/File/newspaper/2011/271.pdf
http://www.iss-reshetnev.ru/images/File/newspaper/2013/354.pdf
http://www.iss-reshetnev.com/images/File/magazin/2010/m11-screen_en.pdf
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Back in 2011 all things pointed to this being a К2 model. However as of December 2013, the date 2018 is mentioned. Now an article says there are to be ten К1 models.
Will the ten K1 be the originally planned K2?
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As if this posting, is there any estimate when the first of the Glonass-K2 satellites will launch?
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As if this posting, is there any estimate when the first of the Glonass-K2 satellites will launch?
The coming decade after transition K1 and K2 series are launched long term KM series will take over.
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Cross-post:
https://tass.ru/kosmos/6410951
https://tass.ru/kosmos/6411177
Here are a lot of information about the planned launches of GLONASS satellites in the next years.
In 2019 are planned 3 Glonass-M, 1 K and 1 K2.
In 2020 1 M(the last M), 3 K and 1 K2.
In 2021 3 K.
I will not include the plans for the next years, because I think the plan will be changed.
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Update from the thread Plan of Russian Space Launches (part 2) (https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=26990.msg1990128#msg1990128):
Launch scheduled for Q1 2020.
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Cross-post:
https://twitter.com/anik1982space/status/1231040581750661120
Google translate:
K2 No. 13 in 2021
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Cross-post:
K2 slipping to 2021:
https://twitter.com/katlinegrey/status/1301044484646604800
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Cross-post; my bold:
https://www.iss-reshetnev.ru/media/newspaper/newspaper-2020/newspaper-505.pdf
Google translate:
... says CEO Nikolay Testoedov
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ABOUT GLONASS SYSTEM
Next year the launches will be carried out on an operational basis, but two Glonass-K will definitely be launched, the second of which has a larger number of navigation signals, that is, this is an evolutionary development of the satellite. The launch of "Glonass-K2" is planned, and I am almost sure that the launch of the last "Glonass-M" will take place, because the resource of its ground storage will end by that time. Thus, approximately next year we have to launch four vehicles ...
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Cross-post; my bold:
https://ria.ru/20210124/glonass-1594331273.html
Google translate:
"This year, it is planned to launch five satellites: the last Glonass-M - within a year, two Glonass-K - in the second and third quarters, two Glonass-K2 - in the third and fourth quarters," the source said. agencies.
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https://tass.com/science/1281387
22 Apr, 02:54
Russia’s next-generation Glonass-K2 navigation satellite to be orbited in late 2021
Glonass-K2 satellites are capable of providing greater accuracy and longer orbital service life
MOSCOW, April 22. /TASS/. An inaugural launch of a Glonass-K2 satellite for Russia’s global Glonass orbital navigation system is scheduled to be held late this year, CEO of the Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems Company (the satellites’ producer) Nikolai Testoyedov told TASS on Thursday.
"We are launching our first Glonass-K2 satellite this year," Testoyedov said. "This launch is planned for the fourth quarter of the year."
According to Testoyedov, deliveries of all on-board equipment have been completed in full; the satellite is ready and is under various tests at the moment.
"They [tests] usually take several months," he said.
Last October, Dmitry Rogozin, the head of Russia’s State Space Corporation Roscosmos, stated that Glonass-K2 satellites are capable of providing greater accuracy (less than 30 centimeters or 11.8 inches) and longer orbital service life.
Russia’s Glonass orbital grouping currently comprises 28 satellites, with 23 space vehicles operating pursuant to their designation.
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Cross-post; my bold:
https://www.iss-reshetnev.ru/media/newspaper/newspaper-2021/newspaper-517.pdf
Google translate:
The first new-generation navigation satellite, Glonass-K2, may be launched at the end of 2021. As the chief designer of the development of space complexes (systems) for coordinate-metric purposes, ground control systems and ballistic support - head of department 101 of the ISS company Vladimir Kovalev explained, the completion of the manufacture of one of the two Glonass-K2 satellites is scheduled for the end of September. The device can be sent into orbit in November-December 2021 after the completion of preparatory work at the Plesetsk cosmodrome.
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Cross-post; my bold:
https://ria.ru/20210618/glonass-1737502928.html
google translate:
The source spoke about plans to expand the GLONASS system in 2021
03:31 18.06.2021
The source told about the expected replenishment of the orbital group of the GLONASS system in 2021
MOSCOW, June 18 - RIA Novosti. The orbital grouping of the Russian global navigation system GLONASS will be replenished with two or four satellites in 2021, a source in the rocket and space industry told RIA Novosti.
"They are preparing to launch (in 2021) from two to four devices," the source said.
<snip>
He also said that the first Glonass-K2 satellite with number 13 could be launched before the New Year.
<snip>
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Cross-post:
https://tass.ru/kosmos/11947787
Google translate:
ZHUKOVSKY / Moscow region /, July 21. / TASS /. The launch of the newest navigation satellite Glonass-K2 has been postponed until next year. This was reported to TASS by a source in the rocket and space industry on the sidelines of the International Aviation and Space Salon (MAKS).
"Glonass-K2" will be ready this year with the possibility of launching at the beginning of the next ", - said the agency's interlocutor.
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Cross-posts
Any indications of progress?
according to launch calendar in NK forum no Glonass launch in 2021.
See GWR64's post regarding his observations disputing the interviewee's claim that Glonass is a fully operational system.
From the interview with Nikolay Testoedov from ISS Reshetnev at RIA Novosti.
https://ria.ru/20211008/testoedov-1753516458.html. [dated October 8]
Google translate:
<snip>
Among the plans for the next year we have the launch of the first device "Glonass-K2". We are continuously working on preparing it for launch, but unfortunately, questions arose about the work of onboard mathematics. For development work on a new satellite, this is a common situation that cannot be predicted in any way. Unlike the Glonass-K satellites and the Glonass-M devices of the previous generation, the new Glonass-K2 is a multifunctional device, so it becomes necessary to adjust the work of internal mathematics with all systems. The more instruments, the more combinations you need to work out. The device itself is assembled, we will withstand the obligations for its manufacture by the end of the year.
Earlier it was reported that the cost of new satellites "Glonass-K2" will be twice as high as that of their predecessors - "Glonass-K". Why is that? Is it connected with the installation of additional equipment on the satellite, the import substitution program?
- There is a complex of reasons. First, the first Glonass-K2 are being assembled on a foreign component base. The dollar has doubled. The cost of import-independent devices, which will go from 2026, in turn, requires redesign work. Secondly, Glonass-K2 differs from its predecessors in the presence of additional equipment. He is even physically one and a half times heavier. Thirdly, the prices for components have increased. Take the deflator 5% per year and multiply it by 10 years that have passed since the launch of the first Glonass-K. Just by multiplying the deflator, you will already get a twofold increase. That is, the doubling that has taken place is an absolutely natural process.
<snip>
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Cross-post:
https://ria.ru/20211220/glonass-1764483094.html
The current plan is to launch the first Glonass-K2 satellite in the second quarter of 2022 followed by the second Glonass-K2 satellite in the following quarter. It was also added that the final Glonass-M satellite currently in reserve will most likely be launched in the first quarter.
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https://tass.ru/kosmos/13330673
Earlier, a source told TASS that the first new-generation navigation satellite, Glonass-K2, could be launched in the middle of the second quarter of 2022. According to him, the device has already been assembled and is being tested.
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Earlier, a source told TASS that the first new-generation navigation satellite, Glonass-K2, could be launched in the middle of the second quarter of 2022. According to him, the device has already been assembled and is being tested.
By my calculation, the middle of the second quarter is May.
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Any new news?
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Any new news?
Now it is scheduled "NET September 2022":
27 АПР, 01:02
Запуск новейшего навигационного спутника "Глонасс-К2" запланировали на сентябрь
https://tass.ru/kosmos/14487357
Google-translate:
"The launch of the latest navigation satellite Glonass-K2 is scheduled for September"
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Cross-post:
The primary source of information for this actually is another forum:
https://www.skyscrapercity.com/threads/Космические-технологии.1045319/page-1167
(see post 23,330 on May 19 and following ones)
Other dates given:
-Glonass-K N°16 (Plesetsk): August 2022
-Glonass-M N°61, Glonass-K N°17, Glonass-K2 N°13 (Plesetsk): 3rd quarter of 2022
-Luna-25: 22 August 2022 (but will likely be delayed)
-Ionosfera-1 and 2 (Vostochny): March 2023
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Cross-post:
Any more launches from Plesetsk happening this year or was this Kupol the last launch?
When it is ready still the Glonass K2.
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We'll see if this launches before year's end = NET December.
Cross-post:
Any more launches from Plesetsk happening this year or was this Kupol the last launch?
When it is ready still the Glonass K2.
https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/index.php?topic=21524.msg2471292#msg2471292 (https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/index.php?topic=21524.msg2471292#msg2471292)
As per NK forum, there are rumors of 3 more launches before the year end.
Maybe 1-2 would happen :)
Edit: No.
Per informations of NK forum, there will be no more Russian launches in 2022.
Belated cross-post:
The first two Glonass-K2 satellites are now scheduled for launch this year:
TSR The secret payloads of Russia’s Glonass navigation satellites (https://www.thespacereview.com/article/4502/1), December 19, 2022
By Bart Hendrickx
The long-delayed flight of the first Glonass-K2 (serial number 13L) is now set for the first quarter of next year [2023], with a second satellite (nr. 14L) expected to follow later in 2023.
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Belated cross-post:
Luna 25 - 13 July,
Glonass k2 - NET April,
Proton launch - 19 February ( there are tours on this day)
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Belated cross-post:
Luna 25 - 13 July,
Glonass k2 - NET April,
Proton launch - 19 February ( there are tours on this day)
The NextSpaceFlight website (https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/1021) has the first launch of a Glonass-K2 satellite as scheduled for NET June 2023.
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The NextSpaceFlight website (https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/1021) has the first launch of a Glonass-K2 satellite as scheduled for NET June 2023.
The wonderful NextSpaceFlight website has absolutely no idea of the date for this launch, just as the not-less-wonderful NasaSpaceFlight website ! :D
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I don't think anyone knows the launch date.
The satellite will be launched when needed.
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https://tass.ru/kosmos/18163719
Google translate:
MOSCOW, 30 June. /TASS/. Roskosmos plans to send a new generation navigation satellite into orbit in August this year. This was reported to Russian President Vladimir Putin by the head of Roscosmos Yuri Borisov on Friday.
"We support the GLONASS constellation, which gives the appropriate accuracy. In August, our plans are to launch a new generation device, Glonass-K2," Borisov said.
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https://www.yarensk.ru/about/info/news/17381/
A rocket stage impact warning has been issued for the Lenskiy district in the Arkhangelsk province on 7 August between 15.00 and 18.00 Moscow time (12.00-15.00 UTC). Back-up launch dates are 8 and 9 August. The impact zone points to a launch from Plesetsk into a 63-65° inclination orbit. Possible payloads are Glonass, Meridian-M and Tundra, but given the recent announcement that the first Glonass-K2 is set for launch in August, that would seem to be the most likely candidate.
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Cross-post:
Anatoly Zak (russianspaceweb.com) told our RH117 that the 7 August Plesetsk launch is NOT for Glonass-K2, but something else. Both LC 43 pads are preparing for launches.
Presumably, the Glonass-K2 launch will occur later in August.
August 07 (219:xx:xx:xx.xxx) - Kosmos (TBD) - Soyuz-2-1x (x) - Plesetsk, 43/x
NET August (xxx:xx:xx:xx.xxx) - Kosmos (Glonass-K2 №13L / Block K3s) - Soyuz-2-1B/Fregat-M (x15000-xxx/112-23) - Plesetsk, 43/x
Changes from July 27
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There is now no doubt left that the payload going up on August 7 is Glonass-K2 N°13L. It was identified as such in a letter written by the commander of the Russian Space Forces (Aleksandr Golovko) to the governor of the Arkhangelsk province. The letter, dated July 7 and placed online on July 25, is available here:
http://www.safronovskoe-adm.ru/zapusk-kosmicheskogo-apparata-glonass-k2.html
Further confirmation that the payload is Glonass-K2 comes in a rocket stage impact warning for residents of a district in the Tyumen province (the impact zone of the core stage).
https://uvatskie.ru/news/media/2023/7/19/zaplanirovan-pusk-raketyi-nositelya-s-kosmicheskim-apparatom-glonass-k2/
They are advised not to enter the impact zone between August 7 and 10.
Impact warnings have also been issued for two districts in the Komi Republic just east of the Arkhangelsk province.
https://komiinform.ru/news/253672
These two districts were specially selected for launches of Glonass-K2, as is clear from environmental impact hearings held in 2019:
https://o-v-o-s.ru/11/1429
https://o-v-o-s.ru/11/1448
Articles in the local press at the time said that the impact zones are needed for the payload fairing.
https://komiinform.ru/news/181217
According to this particular article, one of the districts had already been used as an impact zone in the Soviet days, but was then not used for decades “because the trajectory had changed”. No explanation is given for why it had to be reinstated specifically for Glonass-K2, which like Glonass-M and Glonass-K is launched by the Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat. Possibly, Glonass-K2 requires a new fairing because of its larger size or this has something to do with the higher mass of Glonass-K2. The first-stage impact area does appear to be the standard one for Glonass launches
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NK gives ~14:10 UTC as the launch time.
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Also posted on the NK forum: a NOTAM for 3rd stage impact in the Pacific.
E2383/23 NOTAMN
Q) YMMM/QRDCA/IV/BO/W/000/999/4827S15537E480
A) YMMM
B) 2308071300 C) 2308091600
D) 2308071300 TO 2308071600
2308081300 TO 2308081600
2308091300 TO 2308091600
E) TEMPO DANGER AREA ACT
DUE SPACE DEBRIS FALLING INTO OCEAN WI AREA BOUNDED BY:
4253S14925E, 5238S16300E, 5358S16300E, 4325S14830E, 4253S14925E
MAY IMPACT AIR ROUTES L513 AND M643
CTC CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY AUTHORITY TEL: 02 6217 1177
F) SFC G) UNL
CREATED: 27 Jul 2023 09:48:00
SOURCE: YBBBZEZX
Depicted on a map here:
https://metar-taf.com/nl/notams/YPDA
(attachment 1)
This differs considerably from the standard 3rd stage impact area for Glonass-M/K launches (see attachment 2).
As I mentioned in my previous post, a new impact area has also been selected for the payload fairing. All this indicates that there are slight changes in the launch profile for Glonass-K2.
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Not much has been revealed about the design of Glonass-K2, which is not even seen on the website of ISS Reshetnev. To the best of my knowledge, only one drawing of the satellite has ever been published (see attachment 1, where it is compared with Glonass-K).
No pictures of the satellite are available either. All that is seen in some old YouTube videos is a full-scale mock-up of the satellite (which gives a good idea of its considerable size, about twice as high as Glonass-K (6 m versus 3 m)) and a model of the navigation payload that was used for tests in a thermal vacuum chamber.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wnp7q79RjEU
(see the first 20 seconds)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mp-ltiLhlNw
(see attachment 2 for a screenshot from this video of the mock-up and the navigation payload sitting next to each other)
Some sources claim Glonass-K2 is based on ISS Reshetnev’s Express-1000K or Express-1000A platform, but in a classification of satellite platforms published by ISS Reshetnev in 2017, the platform is identified as KAUR-4N (KAUR stands for "unified satellite series").
The article is here:
https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=32364963
This is only accessible for registered users of elibrary.ru, but the same classification system is also given in this presentation from 2018:
https://studizba.com/files/show/presentation/6964-lekciya-16-opredelenie-proektno.html
KAUR-4N is one in a series of unpressurized platforms with a so-called “monoblock” design, meaning that the bus and the payload are more closely integrated than in a modular design such as that used by Express. KAUR-1N was the design used by the small satellites Yubileinyy and Mir, KAUR-2N was a design intended for a small remote sensing satellite and KAUR-3N is Glonass-K (contradicting other information that Glonass-K is also based on the Express-1000K platform). According to the KAUR-4N slide in the presentation (see attachment 3), Glonass-K2 could also be launched in trios by the Proton-M/Briz-M, but those plans have clearly been abandoned.
Glonass-K2 nr. 13L and 14L (military index: 14F160) will be the only satellites using this particular design. The next Glonass-K2 satellites (designated 14F170 and beginning with serial number 24L) had to be redesigned to incorporate more Russian-built electronic components (because of the sanctions) and will look significantly different.
In addition to its navigation payload, Glonass-K2 has several secondary payloads:
-a KOSPAS/SARSAT search and rescue transponder
-KSPS-MO: a search and rescue transponder specifically intended for military users
-BAL-K2: a nuclear detection payload
-Ruveta: most likely a signals intelligence payload that will be used to pinpoint the location of foreign military vessels and thus provide targeting data for sea-launched cruise missiles.
More details on the secondary military payloads are here:
https://www.thespacereview.com/article/4502/1
Nuclear detection payloads are also on Glonass-M and Glonass-K and KOSPAS transponders are also carried by Glonass-K. KSPS-MO and Ruveta are payloads unique to Glonass-K2. Ruveta is clearly considered a highly sensitive payload and may very well explain the secrecy surrounding Glonass-K2. It is likely to feature one or more antennas that would be clearly visible in images of the satellite.
The various functions of Glonass-K2 are summed up in a presentation published around 2016/2017:
https://ppt-online.org/1101287
(see attachment 4)
At the time, Glonass-K2/14F160 was scheduled to fly in 2018 and Glonass-K2/14F170 in 2020. Judging from the slide, 14F170 will have exactly the same functions as 14F160:
-navigation
-nuclear detection
-KOSPAS
-course indication (not entirely clear why that is given separately from navigation)
-military search and rescue
-“special equipment” (presumably Ruveta)
Also shown here is Glonass-VKK, a version of Glonass to be placed into inclined geosynchronous orbits and very similar in design to Glonass-K. The current status of Glonass-VKK is unclear.
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Is Soyuz serial known?
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Liftoff - 13:19 UTC:
https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/index.php?msg=2575449
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https://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/18461493
TASS reports liftoff took place at 13.20 UTC.
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According to NK forum, launch took place from LC43 PU-3.
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Launch video and Blok-I reentry footage over Australia in this Twitter thread:
https://twitter.com/nkknspace/status/1688560981042159621
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Launch preparations and launch images from Russiam MoD...
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Launch preparations and launch images from Russiam MoD...
Seems like a good way to differentiate launches from LC43 PU-3 (this one) and LC43 PU-4 for recent launches is that "43/3" has square-based trapezoidal lightning towers, while "43/4" has triangular based ones.
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https://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/18462805 (https://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/18462805)
Satellite separated into target orbit, in contact with ground and is now officially named Kosmos 2569. It also quoted the drop zone letter listed above by Mr. Hendrickx as identification of payload as Uragan-K2.
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https://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/18462805 (https://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/18462805)
Satellite separated into target orbit, in contact with ground and is now officially named Kosmos 2569. It also quoted the drop zone letter listed above by Mr. Hendrickx as identification of payload as Uragan-K2.
Note that the Ministry of Defense announcements themselves do not reveal the nature of the payload (despite the dual civilian/military nature of Glonass). This is a new policy that was introduced with the previous Glonass launch in November. In this case the silence is particularly absurd because Roscosmos chief Borisov revealed the planned August launch of Glonass-K2 in a meeting with Putin last June (reported by the press at the time) and the precise launch date was given in the letter of the Space Forces commander mentioned here earlier.
Not that this letter was intended for wide public consumption. It appeared on a local website in the Arkhangelsk region on July 25 and did not reach a wider audience until TASS picked it up on July 31 (by the way, this was about an hour after I posted it on the NK forum, most likely not a coincidence). Since it had already reported on the letter, TASS had little choice today but to link today’s launch to Glonass-K2, filling the void left by the MoD announcement. Otherwise it would probably have remained silent on the payload, just as it did after the Glonass-M launch last November.
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Liftoff - 13:19 UTC:
https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/index.php?msg=2575449
13:19:25
https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/index.php?msg=2575670
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https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1688701218086952962
The Soyuz 3rd stage from today's Glonass navsat launch reentered SE of Tasmania. Here's the reentry warning area (white) and my estimate of the 3rd stage suborbital track (orange). Yes, I know they don't quite match up, I did a rush and approximate job, but it gives you the idea
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The re-entering Soyuz rocket lit up the Melbourne, Australia skies along with large booms just after midnight local time.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/08/melbournes-mysterious-midnight-comet-most-likely-tonnes-of-incinerating-space-junk
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Some views of the launch
https://youtu.be/QkjQ9Xb_yE8
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https://youtu.be/xg-CXuIQsC8
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https://twitter.com/tskelso/status/1688676928814043139
CelesTrak has GP data for 2 objects from the launch (2023-114) of COSMOS 2570, a GLONASS-K2 navigation satellite, atop a Soyuz-2.1b rocket from Plesetsk Cosmodrome on Aug 7 at 1320 UTC: tass.com/science/1657613. Data for the launch can be found at: https://celestrak.org/NORAD/elements/table.php?INTDES=2023-114
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Roscosmos:
The company "Information Satellite Systems" named after Academician M.F. Reshetnev will present a mock-up of the newest navigation spacecraft "Glonass-K2" at the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2023" in the joint exposition of the enterprises of the State Corporation "Roscosmos".
Siberian satellite builders will demonstrate their scientific and technical achievements on the example of mock-ups of spacecrafts for various purposes. The mock-up of Glonass-K2, a new generation navigation satellite with enhanced functionality, deserves special attention. Updating the orbital constellation of the Russian global navigation satellite system GLONASS with spacecraft of this series will improve the accuracy of its navigation determinations.
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https://twitter.com/tskelso/status/1688676928814043139
CelesTrak has GP data for 2 objects from the launch (2023-114) of COSMOS 2570, a GLONASS-K2 navigation satellite, atop a Soyuz-2.1b rocket from Plesetsk Cosmodrome on Aug 7 at 1320 UTC: tass.com/science/1657613. Data for the launch can be found at: https://celestrak.org/NORAD/elements/table.php?INTDES=2023-114
It is noticeable that this time the Fregat did not increase its orbit as usual after the separation.
For comparison Glonass-M 761 launch.
https://celestrak.org/NORAD/elements/table.php?INTDES=2022-161
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Glonass-K 703 is slowly moving towards slot 8. (it is also listed on the position)
On slot 8 is Glonass-M 743, launch in November 2011, was first on slot 2 as a reserve and moved to slot 8,
after another Glonass-M broke. that's another story
Glonass-M 743 still works well as far as I can tell from the outside. There are certainly worse in the group.
It doesn't look to me that Glonass 703 should go into operation in a certain time.
He will be tested for a long time, but is there any use? This satellite is unique.
Future Glonass-K2 will be built differently.
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Can anyone tell me more about the decoration on the Soyuz 2.1b rocket? Unfortunately, you can not see much in the photos I have. Who is it on the poster?
Does anyone have a better photo?
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The banner 'clearly' reads "80 лет СМЕРШ" == 'SMERSH (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMERSH) 80th anniversary'
Video https://mil.ru/video/070823Пуск - Плесецк.mp4 (https://mil.ru/video/070823%D0%9F%D1%83%D1%81%D0%BA%20-%20%D0%9F%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%86%D0%BA.mp4)
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SMERSH was a Soviet military counterintelligence organization during World War II.
From Wikipedia:
SMERSH (Russian: СМЕРШ) was an umbrella organization for three independent counter-intelligence agencies in the Red Army formed in late 1942 or even earlier, but officially announced only on 14 April 1943. The name SMERSH was coined by Joseph Stalin. The formal justification for its creation was to subvert the attempts by Nazi German forces to infiltrate the Red Army on the Eastern Front.[3][4]
The official statute of SMERSH listed the following tasks to be performed by the organisation: counter-intelligence, counter-terrorism, preventing any other activity of foreign intelligence in the Red Army; fighting "anti-Soviet elements" in the Red Army; protection of the front lines against penetration by spies and "anti-Soviet elements"; investigating traitors, deserters, and self-inflicted wounds in the Red Army; and checking military and civil personnel returning from captivity.
The organisation was officially in existence until 4 May 1946,[1][2] when its duties were transferred back to the MGB.[5] The head of the agency throughout its existence was Viktor Abakumov, who rose to become Minister of State Security in the postwar years.
Attached is a picture of Abakumov. Not sure though if that is the person seen on the rocket. He looks different. Also, from what I can see, the name under the portrait is not his.
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Attached is a picture of Abakumov. Not sure though if that is the person seen on the rocket. He looks different. Also, from what I can see, the name under the portrait is not his.
Definitely it's not him, nor his name.
Military rank on the first line is probably "полковник" (== colonel). If so, it is consistent with three stars on the shoulder straps.
The given name has four letters. Иван, Петр, Юрий?
The patronym is long, like 'Владимирович'(?)
One possible guess is Леонов Иван Яковлевич (https://uvkr.ru/leonov-ivan-yakovlevich.html) (Leonov Ivan Yakovlevich). He served on the Karelian front -- this area includes future Plesetsk site, so he may be considered a local veteran. But he had a rank of captain (https://nkvd.memo.ru/index.php/%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82:%D0%A3%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B7_%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B0_%D0%92%D0%A1_%D0%A1%D0%A1%D0%A1%D0%A0_%D0%BE%D1%82_25.03.1945_%E2%84%96_220/416#:~:text=%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87%2C%20%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA-,89.,-%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%2C%20%D0%98%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%20%D0%AF%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87) during WWII.
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Thank you very much for your efforts! That already helps me a little.
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Really close!
Finally I found this website.
http://vkr-veteran.com/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%8F/_%D0%A1%D0%9C%D0%95%D0%A0%D0%A8__%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%8F%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%B2%D1%8B%D1%81%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B5_1474
Have a look at the videao at 0:20 sec.
Colonel Leonov, Ivan Nikolaevich, the first head of the Plesetsk Cosmodrome who went through the entire Great Patriotic War in the military counterintelligence agencies, including the legendary "SMERSH".
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Finally I found this website.
Colonel Leonov, Ivan Nikolaevich, the first head of the Plesetsk Cosmodrome who went through the entire Great Patriotic War in the military counterintelligence agencies, including the legendary "SMERSH".
Nice catch indeed!
He had been the first Head of Security/Counterintelligence of the cosmodrome.
No public photos in open sources. Single mention: ranked captain in 1945 (https://nkvd.memo.ru/index.php/%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82:%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B7_%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BC_3_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%83%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D1%84%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0_%E2%84%96_0613_%D0%BE%D1%82_09.06.1945#:~:text=%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%2C%20%D0%98%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%20%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87%2C%20%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%20(%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BC.%20%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%87.%20%D0%9E%D0%9A%D0%A0%20%D0%A1%D0%9C%D0%95%D0%A0%D0%A8%205%20%D0%B3%D0%B2.%20%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B9%20%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%8B%3B%205%20%D0%B3%D0%B2.%20%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F%20%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B0)), full text has been removed (https://nkvd.memo.ru/index.php/%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82:%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B7_%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BC_3_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%83%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D1%84%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0_%E2%84%96_0613_%D0%BE%D1%82_09.06.1945#:~:text=%D0%A2%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D1%82%20%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B0%20%D0%B8%D0%B7%20%D0%9E%D0%91%D0%94%20%D0%9C%D0%9E%20%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C%D1%8E%20%D0%B8%D0%B7%D1%8A%D1%8F%D1%82.%20%D0%92%D1%81%D0%B5%20%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B5%20%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8B%20%D0%B8%D0%B7%20%D0%9E%D0%91%D0%94%20%D0%9C%D0%9E%20%D0%B8%D0%B7%D1%8A%D1%8F%D1%82%D1%8B) from the open archive.
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He's mentioned just once in a voluminous Plesetsk history published in 2007.
http://epizodyspace.ru/bibl/severn-kosm-ross/02.html
Head of a special KGB division established at Plesetsk on May 10, 1958.