Author Topic: Tsiklon-3 launch with Koronas-Foton satellite (Read 54339 times)

Satori · « **Reply #40 on:** 01/30/2009 12:36 pm »

And also confirmation of launch from RIA-NOVOSTI http://www.rian.ru/science/20090130/160566837.html

faustod · « **Reply #41 on:** 01/30/2009 12:36 pm »

Quote from: Svetoslav on 01/30/2009 12:33 pm

I can confirm launch. The rocket has liftedd off the launch pad. Awaiting more information.

Thanks for the information! Very good!

Svetoslav · « **Reply #42 on:** 01/30/2009 12:37 pm »

Roscosmos officially confirms that launch has occured:

http://www.roscosmos.ru/NewsDoSele.asp?NEWSID=5303

Awaiting further information.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #43 on:** 01/30/2009 12:43 pm »

Rui's article:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2009/01/russian-tsyklon-3-bows-out-with-coronas-launch/

Svetoslav · « **Reply #44 on:** 01/30/2009 12:45 pm »

Chris, you are fast! How do you acheive this?

Satori · « **Reply #45 on:** 01/30/2009 12:53 pm »

Short info from ITAR-TASS (in russian): http://www.itar-tass.com/level2.html?NewsID=13532068&PageNum=0

Svetoslav · « **Reply #46 on:** 01/30/2009 12:54 pm »

I remind you, that according to this publication:

http://www.rian.ru/science/20090130/160566837.html

Spacecraft separation should occur at 17:14, about 20 minutes from now. After this, I hope I will hear whether everything has happened according to plan.

Satori · « **Reply #47 on:** 01/30/2009 12:58 pm »

You are right Svestolav! Let's hope that vesti.ru already show any image of the launch in its next info service!

Svetoslav · « **Reply #48 on:** 01/30/2009 01:00 pm »

I think that the images will be published here:

http://www.tesis.lebedev.ru/photo_video.html

However, I don't know whether there are copyright issues if we repost them here.

Svetoslav · « **Reply #49 on:** 01/30/2009 01:15 pm »

Koronas-Foton should have separated, according to my clock. We still don't have any information no official confirmation that everything has gone as planned.

Svetoslav · « **Reply #50 on:** 01/30/2009 01:20 pm »

OK people.

We have information:

http://www.tesis.lebedev.ru/project_diary.html

They confirm that the first and the second stages of the rocket have worked. We don't have confirmation that the third stage has worked. The first radiosignal of the spacecraft should be received at 18:02 Moscow time. This means yet another 40 minutes of tense waiting.

Satori · « **Reply #51 on:** 01/30/2009 01:22 pm »

Quote from: Svetoslav on 01/30/2009 01:20 pm

OK people.

We have information:

http://www.tesis.lebedev.ru/project_diary.html

They confirm that the first and the second stages of the rocket have worked. We don't have confirmation that the third stage has worked. The first radiosignal of the spacecraft should be received at 18:02 Moscow time. This means yet another 40 minutes of tense waiting.

That's very good!

Thanks Svetoslav for your updates!

Svetoslav · « **Reply #52 on:** 01/30/2009 01:34 pm »

In such times I sometimes remember several other situations in the past. I remember when we expected the controllers to hear the first signals from Beagle 2, or Cosmos 1. We know that everything is over. There's nothing we can do. The spacecraft may have failed or may have launched (landed) successfully. We just sit down and wait for confirmation.

Svetoslav · « **Reply #53 on:** 01/30/2009 02:16 pm »

I still have no information about whether we have received radiosignals. Still waiting.

Svetoslav · « **Reply #54 on:** 01/30/2009 02:19 pm »

LAUNCH SUCCESS: http://www.roscosmos.ru/NewsDoSele.asp?NEWSID=5304

eeergo · « **Reply #55 on:** 01/30/2009 02:21 pm »

According to RussianSpaceWeb.com:

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According to Russian space officials, the Koronas-Foton spacecraft separated from the third stage of the launch vehicle at 17:14 Moscow Time, as planned.

http://www.russianspaceweb.com/koronas_foton.html

By the way, here's one informative site of the whole Koronas platform (English-translated version):

http://74.125.79.113/translate_c?hl=es&sl=ru&tl=en&u=http://www.mcc.rsa.ru/koronas_foton.htm&usg=ALkJrhhpQGWvhMP-yZpyADFOAwNkMAfQ2g

Svetoslav · « **Reply #56 on:** 01/30/2009 02:21 pm »

http://www.tesis.lebedev.ru/project_diary.html

We have a signal! Solar panels have deployed successfully! We have normal pressure, we have a good spacecraft!

faustod · « **Reply #57 on:** 01/30/2009 03:01 pm »

Thanks to all for the coverage!

Svetoslav · « **Reply #58 on:** 01/30/2009 04:10 pm »

http://www.tesis.lebedev.ru/project_diary.html

Mission control still provides us with regular updates. Looks like they have acheived basic orientation using "hard" sensors "with a field of view, equal to one hemisphere", whatever this could mean. They also say they are planning to switch to normal orientation with basic sensors with a field of view of 6 degrees.

Svetoslav · « **Reply #59 on:** 01/30/2009 04:45 pm »

http://iaf.mephi.ru/

We have information that the second set of telemetric data has been received successfully. The spacecraft reports that the temperature and pressure is normal.