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Kosmos-2450 launch - April 29, 2009
by
anik
on 24 Apr, 2009 16:00
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The launch of Kosmos satellite from Plesetsk cosmodrome is planned on April 29.
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#1
by
William Graham
on 24 Apr, 2009 18:28
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Any other details?
My money would be on the Parus launch, but this is basically an educated guess and if it is correct it will probably be coincidence.
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#2
by
Satori
on 25 Apr, 2009 16:32
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Any other details?
My money would be on the Parus launch, but this is basically an educated guess and if it is correct it will probably be coincidence.
But, isn't stange a Parus launch be so secretive? Maybe Oko, Kobalt'-M or Liana-Lotus?
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#3
by
William Graham
on 25 Apr, 2009 17:10
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I suppose so. It's strange to hear a date so far in advance, but not the type of rocket.
I doubt if it'll be a Soyuz-2, I don't think they'll launch another one ahead of the next Meridian.
Soyuz-U or Molniya-M is possible. How many R-7s can Plesetsk process simultaneously? Do Sites 16 and 43 share an MIK, or have separate ones?
Kosmos-3M is possible, as I said before. My main reason for suspecting it to be a Parus launch was that with the Soyuz launch next month, I was not expecting another R-7, but it is still possible.
Rokot and even Start are also possible, but there are no scheduled launches of either of those rockets that would warrant this much secrecy. Tsyklon-3 is dead and wouldn't have been used for a top-secret launch even if it wasn't.
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#4
by
William Graham
on 28 Apr, 2009 18:25
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According to NK (via Google translation), the launch is of a Soyuz-U with a Kobal't-M (Yantar-4K2M).
I presume this will be from Site 16/2.
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#5
by
Satori
on 28 Apr, 2009 18:42
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According to NK (via Google translation), the launch is of a Soyuz-U with a Kobal't-M (Yantar-4K2M).
I presume this will be from Site 16/2.
This information is from the NK forum, right?
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#6
by
William Graham
on 28 Apr, 2009 19:27
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According to NK (via Google translation), the launch is of a Soyuz-U with a Kobal't-M (Yantar-4K2M).
I presume this will be from Site 16/2.
This information is from the NK forum, right?
Yes. I may have misunderstood from the poor quality of the translation. Hopefully one of the members who speaks Russian will be able to clear it up.
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#7
by
pm1823
on 28 Apr, 2009 22:36
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Yes, your translation is correct, but that info is only a reasonable suggestion. Without warranty.
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#8
by
anik
on 29 Apr, 2009 15:01
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The launch time is 16:58 UTC.
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#9
by
William Graham
on 29 Apr, 2009 17:11
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ITAR-TASS reports launch was on time, and was of a Soyuz-U.
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#10
by
faustod
on 29 Apr, 2009 17:13
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ITAR-TASS reports launch was on time
Good! Thanks!
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#11
by
William Graham
on 29 Apr, 2009 17:17
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Roskosmos reports that the launch was successful
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#12
by
jan_carlo_bascu
on 29 Apr, 2009 19:09
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#13
by
jan_carlo_bascu
on 30 Apr, 2009 03:49
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#14
by
pm1823
on 30 Apr, 2009 13:34
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#15
by
JimO
on 30 Apr, 2009 19:21
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Anybody see it from the Moscow area and north? For decades, SL4/6 booster launches at night sparked 'UFO panics' in NW Russia when the gummint denied any responsibility and suggested viewers were seeing Martians. I'm not making this up.
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#16
by
jan_carlo_bascu
on 01 May, 2009 01:17
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#17
by
jan_carlo_bascu
on 01 May, 2009 03:05
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#18
by
Stephan
on 06 May, 2009 16:43
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#19
by
eeergo
on 06 May, 2009 19:06
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Great link, thanks!
Interesting fairing, looks a bit like the Cosmos fairing for the SAR-Lupe satellites... something to do with it, or just coincidence?
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#20
by
MKremer
on 06 May, 2009 20:58
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