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#60
by
Satori
on 05 Nov, 2008 19:52
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#61
by
William Graham
on 05 Nov, 2008 19:52
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2/3 and fairing sep confirmed
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#62
by
Chris Bergin
on 05 Nov, 2008 19:53
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#63
by
faustod
on 05 Nov, 2008 19:55
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Thanks, this is a very good coverage!
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#64
by
William Graham
on 05 Nov, 2008 19:55
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T+ 11 minutes. Briz-M should have separated from the Proton by now.
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#65
by
William Graham
on 05 Nov, 2008 19:58
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Briz-M ignition confirmed at 11:19 into flight.
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#66
by
satcomuk
on 05 Nov, 2008 19:59
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Good raw satellite TV coverage continues direct from Baikanur , presently showing tracking screen.
This is the feed that is sent to ILS.
All seems nominal at T plus 15 mins
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#67
by
Chris Bergin
on 05 Nov, 2008 20:01
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Thanks John. We're just getting arty commercials right now.
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#68
by
William Graham
on 05 Nov, 2008 20:06
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Cutoff should have been 2 minutes ago.
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#69
by
William Graham
on 05 Nov, 2008 20:07
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Briz-M shutdown confirmed.
Everything looking good so far.
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#70
by
Chris Bergin
on 05 Nov, 2008 20:11
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Good work everyone. By all means post updates from the ILS site on the burns if you see them.
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#71
by
satcomuk
on 05 Nov, 2008 20:17
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I'll sort out the first ten minutes , without any commentary apart from the official translation.
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#72
by
pm1823
on 06 Nov, 2008 01:04
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#73
by
DaveS
on 06 Nov, 2008 02:16
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The ILS Launch blog reports that the burns so far have been nominal and the APT has been jettisoned as planned. Both the Briz-M and the payload is now in a 5-hour coast period after which the final burn will take place.
Payload separation is expected 12 minutes after that last burn.
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#74
by
DaveS
on 06 Nov, 2008 05:18
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Launch is successful:
Posted by ILS Communications Team, 01:10 a.m. EST on 6 November 2008 | 0 Comments
We are pleased to announce another successful launch mission
with the Proton M Breeze M rocket, carrying the Astra 1M
satellite built by EADS Astrium for SES ASTRA. Spacecraft
separation occurred, as scheduled, at 4 minutes before 1
a.m. EST. Total launch time was 9 hours, 12 minutes.
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#75
by
pm1823
on 06 Nov, 2008 09:15
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per internal Breez-M data
http://coopi.khrunichev.ru/eng/2008/astra1m/astra_e09.htmParameter Estimation Nominal Deviation
T [h: m: s] 12:6:8.5 12:6:8.8 = 0:0:0.2
a [km] 26761.35 26761.45 = 0.09
e 0.5755509 0.5755450 = 0.0000059
i 21°29'39" 21°30'2" = 0°0 '24 "
Hp [km] 4980.69 4980.89 = 0.20
Ha [km] 35785.74 35785.73 = 0.01
orbit parameter estimation per Ballistic Center
http://coopi.khrunichev.ru/eng/2008/astra1m/astra_e11.htmT [h.m.s] 12:6:33.9 12:6:8.8 = +0:0:25.1
a [km] 26771.71 26761.45 = +10.27
e 0.5756837 0.5755450 = 0.0001387
i 21 °29 '30 " 21 °30 '2 " = 0 °0 '32 "
Hp [km] 4981.54 4980.89 = +0.64
Ha [km] 35805.62 35785.73 = +19.89
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#76
by
Satori
on 06 Nov, 2008 09:26
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Some nice images of the 8K82KM Proton-M/Briz-M on the pad... From Roskosmos.
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#77
by
Nicolas PILLET
on 06 Nov, 2008 16:43
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According to my classification, it was 1300th orbital launch attempt from Baïkonur, and 3003rd overall Soviet/Russian orbital launch attempt !
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#78
by
Satori
on 06 Nov, 2008 17:10
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That's interesting. According to my records I have:
4600th successful orbital launch since October 4, 1957
2818th successful orbital launch for Russia / USSR
1216th successful orbital launch from GIK-5 (NIIP-5) Baikonur.
And launch photo...
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#79
by
Satori
on 19 Nov, 2008 17:55
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Interesting video of the preparation of 8K82KM Proton-M/Briz-M that launched Astra-1M in this
Tsenki archive.