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Soyuz-U launch with Kosmos-2445 satellite - November 14, 2008
by
astropl
on 14 Nov, 2008 16:30
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#1
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William Graham
on 14 Nov, 2008 16:34
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Any idea what type of satellite it is?
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#2
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astropl
on 14 Nov, 2008 16:36
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Any idea what type of satellite it is?
IMINT, IMHO
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#3
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Nicolas PILLET
on 14 Nov, 2008 17:18
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#4
by
astropl
on 14 Nov, 2008 17:22
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#5
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William Graham
on 14 Nov, 2008 17:53
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end of year – Meridian No. 2 – Soyuz-2.1a/Fregat – Plesetsk
TBD – Kosmos (Kobal't-M) – Soyuz-U – Plesetsk
TBD – Kosmos (Liana-Lotos) – Soyuz-U – Plesetsk
It's not the Meridian.
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#6
by
astropl
on 14 Nov, 2008 19:42
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end of year – Meridian No. 2 – Soyuz-2.1a/Fregat – Plesetsk
TBD – Kosmos (Kobal't-M) – Soyuz-U – Plesetsk
TBD – Kosmos (Liana-Lotos) – Soyuz-U – Plesetsk
It's not the Meridian.
Initial orbit is 183x340 km, 67,18°. It's Kobal't-M.
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#7
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jcm
on 15 Nov, 2008 01:08
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Here's my take:
On Nov 14 a Russian Defense Ministry Kobal't-M imaging reconnaissance
satellite codenamed Kosmos-2445 was launched into a 169 x 314 km x 67.1
deg orbit.
This is the fourth improved Kobal't satellite, all of which flew
in similar 67.1 deg orbits:
Kobal't-M Kosmos-2410 2004 Sep 24-2005 Jan 9 (107 days)
Kobal't-M Kosmos-2420 2006 May 3-2006 Jul 19 (77 days)
Kobal't-M Kosmos-2427 2007 Jun 7-2007 Aug 22 (76 days)
Kobal't-M Kosmos-2445 2008 Nov 14
We can therefore expect this mission to last at least until Jan 29.
The satellite consists of a propulsion module, and a recoverable
camera module. It also carries two small supplementary SpK recoverable film
capsules which will be deorbited during the mission - alas, I haven't
managed to figure out a way to tell when the SpK recoveries happen.
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#8
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pm1823
on 15 Nov, 2008 12:43
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#9
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Nicolas PILLET
on 17 Nov, 2008 09:26
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#10
by
Satori
on 17 Nov, 2008 09:46
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Launch gallery is here :
Thank you very much for providing those images!!!!
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#11
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Nicolas PILLET
on 17 Nov, 2008 14:39
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When I posted them, I thought : "Rui will be happy with that !" ;-)
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#12
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edkyle99
on 17 Nov, 2008 15:55
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#13
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Nicolas PILLET
on 17 Nov, 2008 16:30
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#14
by
zaitcev
on 19 Nov, 2008 16:50
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Interesting enlarged sections on that payload fairing. Has that been seen with Kobol't-M launches before?
BTW, Ed, it's "Kobal't" (a stone). The accent is on the "a".
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#15
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Olaf
on 27 Feb, 2009 14:40
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#16
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pm1823
on 28 Feb, 2009 12:44
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#17
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Nicolas PILLET
on 28 Feb, 2009 13:15
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Wuuuhhhuuuuuu !!!! First time I see such pictures !!!
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#18
by
eeergo
on 28 Feb, 2009 13:24
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Thank you for the images, quite interesting for me as I'd never seen Kobal't capsules. TKS-based design?
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#19
by
Skyrocket
on 28 Feb, 2009 17:53
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TKS-based design?
No, a design of its own
