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#20
by
PDJennings
on 07 Feb, 2008 15:27
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http://www.telenorsbc.com/templates/Page.aspx?id=601Telenor's website gives the launch mass as 2005 kg. Evidently they decided to leave the SC oxidizer tanks empty for this flight, since no orbit raising maneuvers are anticipated. The STAR 2 satellites normally weigh ~2500 kg when they start in a low energy GTO.
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#21
by
on 07 Feb, 2008 20:23
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#22
by
jacqmans
on 08 Feb, 2008 07:52
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07.02.2008 "Thor 2R" in the readiness on the launching system
http://www.roscosmos.ru/NewsDoSele.asp?NEWSID=2870 Segodnya at the spaceport Baikonur took place the removal of space rocket "Proton-m" to the launching system, and work according to the graph of the first starting day is carried out.
Transportirovka of space rocket "Proton-m" with the starting block "Breeze- M" and the Norwegian telecommunication satellite "Thor 2R" from the technical servicing station of the area of 9? to the launching system of area 200 began into 3.30 msk. At 6 A.M. the rocket was delivered to the launching system, and after installation to it they brought mobile service boom.
The calculations Of roskosmosa, including specialists GKNPTS im. M.V.Khrunicheva, KB Ohm im. V.P.Barmina and other enterprises, and also foreign specialists conduct jointing ground-based communications alongside the rocket and are performed other operations according to the graph of the first starting day.
Pusk of space rocket "Proton-m" with the starting block "Breeze- M" and the communication satellite "Thor 2R" is planned from the area of 200 spaceports to 14 it is hour 33 minutes of msk on 10 February, 2008.
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#23
by
pm1823
on 08 Feb, 2008 18:00
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#24
by
roy
on 09 Feb, 2008 06:24
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Live Feed for Europe:
New Skies NSS-7, transponder WHL4/EUH3, Channel 1
338 degrees West, Ku-band, digital PAL
downlink 11095.6 MHz (horizontal), symbol rate 5.632, FEC: 3/4
Test signals start at 10:45 GMT, broadcast starts approximately 11:13 GMT.
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#25
by
@RD170@
on 09 Feb, 2008 19:26
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Itīs funny, russian procedures for launching LV are so easy. It makes launching LV a boys game. Thanks to god we will keep this "know how" for all world. Russian mastering LV are not equaled nowadays in terms of simplicity by German, French, N.American, Chinese or any other school of engineering.
If Von Braunn, Korolev and Glushko see this from heaven now, they will be happy for human. This procedures will leave human to space forever.
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#26
by
dwmzmm
on 09 Feb, 2008 19:49
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@RD170@ - 9/2/2008 2:26 PM
Itīs funny, russian procedures for launching LV are so easy. It makes launching LV a boys game. Thanks to god we will keep this "know how" for all world. Russian mastering LV are not equaled nowadays in terms of simplicity by German, French, N.American, Chinese or any other school of engineering.
If Von Braunn, Korolev and Glushko see this from heaven now, they will be happy for human. This procedures will leave human to space forever.
"If it ain't broke, don't fix it."
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#27
by
on 10 Feb, 2008 05:32
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Launcher in place
Posted by ILS Launch Team, 3:48 p.m. Baikonur on 8 February 2008
Yesterday the Proton M launch vehicle was transported from our processing facility to Launch Pad 39 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. It began its trip to the pad at exactly 6:30 a.m., which is a Russian tradition because it corresponds to the time the vehicle for Yuri Gagarin, the first human in space, rolled out to the pad.
Most of the team traveled to the pad a few hours after the transportation of the ILV began. We arrived just in time to witness the Russian specialists undertake the monumental task of erecting this huge rocket. Of course, we were not going to miss our chance to take a team photo in front of such an impressive sight.
The Orbital, Telenor, ILS and KhSC teams are now completing final closeouts and checks, as well as rehearsing for Sunday's long-awaited launch of the Proton M/Breeze M and THOR 5.
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#28
by
on 10 Feb, 2008 05:34
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3 hrs and counting down for launch of Thor-5
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#29
by
blw_united
on 10 Feb, 2008 07:09
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24hr scrub due to problem fueling Proton.
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#30
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on 10 Feb, 2008 08:39
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http://www.federalspace.ru/NewsDoSele.asp?NEWSID=288510.02.2008 Start of THOR-2R is transferred for tomorrow - for reserve day
The launch of THOR-5 (2R) planned for today from the Baikonur cosmodrome, is transferred for reserve day - for tomorrow, on February, 11th, at 14.34. p.m. Moscow time.
Press-service Roskosmos
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#31
by
squidf
on 10 Feb, 2008 08:53
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Thanks for the info. Where did you get that info?
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#32
by
William Graham
on 10 Feb, 2008 08:57
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squidf - 10/2/2008 9:53 AM
Thanks for the info. Where did you get that info?
He did provide a link in his post.
Unusual for a Russian launch to be scrubbed.
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#33
by
ASTUTE
on 10 Feb, 2008 13:26
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According to a spokesman for Roskosmos "... at 09.25 Moscow time (06.25 GMT) the launch was postponed due to a problem in the Proton's control system. The problem appeared before fueling the rocket... "
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#34
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on 11 Feb, 2008 02:49
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This launch is the 333rd for Proton rocket History
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#35
by
JohnWT
on 11 Feb, 2008 10:08
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#36
by
roy
on 11 Feb, 2008 10:11
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any screenshop of launch
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#37
by
eeergo
on 11 Feb, 2008 10:15
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Has anyone managed to connect to the webcast? It should have started by now, but my player only shows "connecting". However, the test videos (TATU music videos :laugh: ) they provide to test your connection play fine for me.
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#38
by
JohnWT
on 11 Feb, 2008 10:18
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It is playing fine for me
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#39
by
eeergo
on 11 Feb, 2008 10:23
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Ok, it was my firewall
The commentator who didn't have time to have breakfast (too early in the Eastern Coast)
