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LIVE: Soyuz-FG launch with Radarsat 2 - December 14 by anik on 15 Nov, 2007 16:38
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The launch of Soyuz-FG rocket with Fregat upper stage and Radarsat 2 satellite from Baikonur cosmodrome is scheduled for December 14...
According to Novosti kosmonavtiki website, the upper stage has arrived to cosmodrome today... -
#1 by anik on 15 Nov, 2007 18:26
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According to http://www.federalspace.ru/NewsDoSele.asp?NEWSID=2584 (in Russian), Radarsat 2 satellite has been delivered to cosmodrome by aircraft today...
Images below are from Roskosmos website...
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#2 by anik on 19 Nov, 2007 14:55
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From http://kz-today.kz/index.php?uin=1138536794&chapter=1153431755
The preparation to the assembly of Soyuz-FG rocket is continuing... Checkings of systems of Radarsat 2 satellite have begun... -
#3 by anik on 26 Nov, 2007 19:06
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According to http://www.federalspace.ru/NewsDoSele.asp?NEWSID=2610 (in Russian), the fuelling of tanks of Radarsat 2 satellite by hydrazine was performed today... Also checkings of systems of Fregat upper stage is continuing...
According to http://kz-today.kz/index.php?lang=rus&uin=1138536794&chapter=1153432392 (in Russian), the assembly and testings of blocks of Soyuz-FG rocket are continuing... -
#4 by anik on 27 Nov, 2007 14:58
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According to http://www.federalspace.ru/NewsDoSele.asp?NEWSID=2613 (in Russian), pneumovacuum tests of upper stage are finishing...
Photo below is from Roskosmos website...
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#5 by anik on 28 Nov, 2007 18:15
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http://www.federalspace.ru/NewsDoSele.asp?NEWSID=2618
Yesterday autonomous testings of Fregat were finished... Today the upper stage was transported to the fuelling station...
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#6 by anik on 29 Nov, 2007 17:11
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http://www.federalspace.ru/NewsDoSele.asp?NEWSID=2622
Today:
- Radarsat 2 satellite was installed onto adapter...
- the fuelling of tanks of Fregat upper stage was performed...
- two circles of final complex tests of systems of Soyuz-FG rocket were carried out...
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#7 by anik on 01 Dec, 2007 08:17
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http://kz-today.kz/index.php?lang=rus&uin=1138536794&chapter=1153433036
The assembly of Radarsat 2 satellite with Fregat upper stage has begun recently... -
#8 by Spiff on 07 Dec, 2007 11:46
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http://www.arianespace.com/site/news/news_sub_featurestory_index02.html
Starsem’s Soyuz launch campaign is on track for a December 14 liftoff with RADARSAT-2December 5, 2007
Satellite and launch vehicle preparations are continuing on schedule at Baikonur Cosmodrome for the December 14 liftoff of RADARSAT-2 – Canada’s next-generation commercial synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite, which will be orbited aboard a Soyuz launch vehicle operated by Arianespace’s Starsem affiliate.
RADARSAT-2 has been installed on the adapter that serves as its interface with the launcher, and the spacecraft has undergone pre-launch electrical testing. This activity occurred in clean room conditions at Starsem’s Upper Composite Integration Facility at Baikonur Cosmodrome.
In parallel, the Soyuz launcher’s Fregat upper stage completed its pneumatic tests, and has been loaded with the propellant that will be used in delivering RADARSAT-2 to its sun-synchronous orbit at an altitude of approximately 800 kilometers. It was transferred to Starsem’s Upper Composite Integration Facility on December 3 as planned.
The launch of RADARSAT-2 is set for December 14, 2007, at 7:17 p.m.(local time at Baikonur Cosmodrome, 2:17 p.m. in Paris) on the 20th commercial Soyuz mission managed by Starsem.
RADARSAT-2 is the follow-on to Canada’s highly successful RADARSAT-1 platform, which was launched in 1995. Missions to be performed by this commercial C-band synthetic aperture radar satellite include marine surveillance, ice monitoring, disaster management, environmental monitoring, resource management and mapping in Canada and around the world.
The RADARSAT-2 spacecraft was developed in a unique government/industry collaboration involving the Canadian Space Agency and MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA). MDA is to operate the satellite and ground segment, while the Canadian Space Agency contributed funds for RADARSAT-2’s construction and launch.
RADARSAT-2 incorporates technical advancements that include 3-meter high-resolution imaging, flexibility in selection of its scanning polarization, left and right-looking imaging options, superior data storage and more precise measurements of spacecraft position and attitude.
The workhorse Soyuz is a member of Arianespace’s growing family of commercial launch vehicles. This medium-lift launcher will be joining Ariane 5 in operations from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana beginning in 2009. -
#9 by anik on 10 Dec, 2007 15:45
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http://www.federalspace.ru/NewsDoSele.asp?NEWSID=2659
Assembly of ascent unit with third stage of Soyuz-FG rocket has been performed today...
The Soyuz-FG rollout to the launch pad 31/6 is scheduled for December 12th... -
#10 by on 10 Dec, 2007 23:22
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YOy can post the assembly photos?
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#11 by Satori on 11 Dec, 2007 11:21
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jancarlobascu - 10/12/2007 6:22 PM
YOy can post the assembly photos?
Until the moment the Russian Federal Space Agency hasn't posted any assembly photos. -
#12 by Nicolas PILLET on 11 Dec, 2007 17:10
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#13 by on 11 Dec, 2007 21:07
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Thanks for the RADARSAT-2 photo
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#14 by anik on 12 Dec, 2007 13:43
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http://kz-today.kz/index.php?lang=rus&uin=1138536794&chapter=1153434113
Soyuz-FG rocket with Fregat upper stage and Radarsat 2 satellite was rolled out to the launch pad today...
Photos (below) from Roskosmos website...
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#15 by Satori on 12 Dec, 2007 14:12
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Baykonur without snow... is it normal at this time of the year???
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#16 by anik on 12 Dec, 2007 14:23
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jancarlobascu - 11/12/2007 3:22 AM
YOy can post the assembly photos?
See, please, here:
http://www.tsenki.com/NewsDoSele.asp?NEWSID=555
http://www.tsenki.com/NewsDoSele.asp?NEWSID=557 -
#17 by on 12 Dec, 2007 20:32
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Thanks for the website
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#18 by Chris Bergin on 13 Dec, 2007 00:20
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Moved for live coverage..
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#19 by Polecat on 13 Dec, 2007 07:48
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Very large spacecraft! Thank you for the images.