MEDIA ADVISORY
ILS PROTON TO LAUNCH INMARSAT-4 F3 AUG. 19
Aug. 13, 2008
Payload: Inmarsat-4 F3 communications satellite
Eurostar 3000GM bus
Separated spacecraft mass: Approx. 13,140 lbs (5,960 kg)
Launch Vehicle: Proton M/Breeze M
702,000 kg (1,547,000 lbs), including payload
58.2 m (191 ft)
Launch Date: Aug. 19 (Baikonur)
Aug. 18 (GMT, London, U.S.)
Launch Time: 04:43 Baikonur
22:43 GMT
23:43 London
18:43 EDT
Launch Site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launch Pad 39
Launch Customer: Inmarsat, London
Satellite Manufacturer: EADS Astrium, France
Launch Vehicle Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center,
Manufacturer: Moscow
Launch Services
Provider: International Launch Services (ILS), Reston, Va.
Satellite Use: Mobile broadband services, delivering enhanced voice and high-speed data services to users on land, at sea and in air across the globe.
Satellite Statistics: — L-Band, C-Band, Nav Band, and TTC Band
— Orbital location: 98 degrees West longitude
— Anticipated service life into the 2020’s
Mission Profile: The Proton M launch vehicle, utilizing a 5-burn Breeze M mission design, will lift off from Pad 39 at Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, with the Inmarsat-4 F3 satellite on board. The first three stages of the Proton will use a standard ascent trajectory to place the Breeze M fourth stage and the Inmarsat-4 F3 satellite into a suborbital trajectory from which the Breeze M will then place itself and the spacecraft into a low Earth circular parking orbit. Once Inmarsat-4 F3 is in the parking orbit, it will be injected into a geosynchronous transfer orbit following four additional burns of the Breeze M.
Target Orbit Apogee: 35,786 km (22,236 miles)
at Separation: Perigee: 4,271 km (2,654 miles)
Inclination: 22.8 degrees
Spacecraft Separation: Approximately 9 hours, 3 minutes after liftoff
ILS Mission Statistics: — 3rd ILS launch of 2008
¾ 46th Proton launch for ILS
¾ 9th Eurostar satellite launched on a Proton
More Information: Satellite coordinates for viewing the live launch broadcast in North America and Europe will be posted later, as well as information on watching the webcast. Launch status updates are available on the ILS U.S. domestic Launch Hotline at 1-800-852-4980.
Hey guys.
Do you know if ILS or Inmarsat will broadcast the launch live via web?
Thanks!
Hey guys.
Do you know if ILS or Inmarsat will broadcast the launch live via web?
Thanks!
ILS usually provide a webcast.
Mackay's salesman was trying to sell me BGAN gear for our Hawaii ship just this week, referring to the new I4. That's going to be a little low in the sky if they're going to 98.
Launch of Inmarsat 4 F3 is declared at August 19 (ILS, Khrunichev) Baikonour time
Baikonur: Proton Breeze M vehicle with Inmarsat 4F-3 Satellite Now On Its Launch Pad 15.08.2008http://www.khrunichev.ru/main.php?id=1&nid=208"Yesterday the Russian State Commission confirmed the launch readiness and authorized rollout of the integrated launch vehicle (ILV) - Proton Breeze M launcher with Inmarsat 4F3 satellite - to launch pad 39 (Area 200).
The rollout was completed early this morning. The vehicle has been raised to its vertical launch position. According to schedule, the launch team has begun routing charging and testing operations"
Information about launch from Khrunichev website -
http://coopi.khrunichev.ru/eng/pl_pusk.htm"The Proton-M Breeze-M launch vehicle with the Inmarsat-4F3 satellite on board is scheduled to be launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome on 18.08.2008 at 22 h 43 m 00 s UTC (19.08.2008 02 h 43 m 00 s Moscow Local Time)"
what location posisiton will be inmarsat 4F-3
30min till live coverage from ILS
live coverage in less than 8 min
Will welcome help with screenshots if anyone is able.
Best I can get is this...
Coverage has started
T-22min
Sorry Chris...not able to provide pics tonight...
Yup, will do. Need a video as well?
