Author Topic: Angara-A5/Persey - Spektr-UF or WSO - Vostochniy - 2028 (Read 20357 times)

Nickolai · « **on:** 05/31/2009 05:32 am »

Seeing as there's no thread on spektr-uf yet, I thought it might be prudent to start one.

The following website lists the launch date as 2012, carried by a Zenit-2SB to a geosynchronous orbit.

http://wso.inasan.ru/index.html

The telescope is supposed to be similar to Hubble, but how does it compare? For one thing, it has a smaller main mirror (1.7m vs 2.4m for Hubble), so how would that affect its observing capabilities?

Jim · « **Reply #1 on:** 05/31/2009 12:04 pm »

This is not a flame, but what is special about this. There are many launches between now and the 2012 that don't have threads.

eeergo · « **Reply #2 on:** 05/31/2009 12:21 pm »

Quote from: ntrgc89 on 05/31/2009 05:32 am

The telescope is supposed to be similar to Hubble, but how does it compare? For one thing, it has a smaller main mirror (1.7m vs 2.4m for Hubble), so how would that affect its observing capabilities?

Looking through the -for now- scarce information available, it looks like it will surpass or equal Hubble's capabilities... but only those it has with the newly repaired STIS, that is, in UV spectrography.

The Spektr-RG observatory, aka RadioAstron (the one with the unfurlable antenna) is closer to launch, supposedly this year.

Gorizont · « **Reply #3 on:** 05/31/2009 05:37 pm »

"The Spektr-RG observatory, aka RadioAstron (the one with the unfurlable antenna) is closer to launch, supposedly this year."

Note: Radio-Astron is called Spektr-R.
There are:
Spektr-UV (or UF);
Spektr-R - Radio-Astron, the one with the big reflector
Spektr-RG - Roentgen-Gamma

The last one, Spektr-IR, was cancelled, as I know.

greetings...
Soeren

eeergo · « **Reply #4 on:** 05/31/2009 06:49 pm »

Very true, I got confused with the acronym.

As of last year, Spektr-IR (apparently called Spektr-M, for "milimetron") was still under development, albeit with a launch date still too far away (2018) to be sure of its fate so soon.

http://books.google.es/books?id=NljCb14KPVcC&pg=PA96&lpg=PA96&dq=spektr+rg&source=bl&ots=bLuH4IKiRU&sig=-j8gWENatrP9O0anj1RDdf0Oc0o&hl=es&ei=9M0iSr3sHceQjAeMpcTPBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8#PPA97,M1

NUAETIUS · « **Reply #5 on:** 05/31/2009 07:08 pm »

Quote from: Jim on 05/31/2009 12:04 pm

This is not a flame, but what is special about this. There are many launches between now and the 2012 that don't have threads.

Granted, but if he is curious, why not have a thread?

Here's an image

I think Italians pulled out, but this Italian site has some good information (Don't know how up to date it is). Has anyone found any photos of hardware on this telescope?

http://www.oact.inaf.it/wso/wso_uv_fast_facts.htm

Nickolai · « **Reply #6 on:** 05/31/2009 07:26 pm »

@Jim

That's a fair point I guess. I thought there should be a thread on this launch because the telescope will replace Hubble in many ways, and therefore it has potential to be a major symbol for the fields of astronomy and space science in the coming decades. I think it'll be interesting to discuss whether this telescope really can replace Hubble in that respect, as well as follow on developments with it before launch.

hop · « **Reply #7 on:** 05/31/2009 09:53 pm »

Quote from: Jim on 05/31/2009 12:04 pm

This is not a flame, but what is special about this. There are many launches between now and the 2012 that don't have threads.

A major UV observatory post Hubble is a pretty big deal for the astronomy community. Also somewhat relevant to the recent "oh no we can't let Hubble end because JWST is IR only!" discussions.

IMO, more significant than the average comsat launch.

nooneofconsequence · « **Reply #8 on:** 05/31/2009 10:08 pm »

Actually, it is because JWST is IR that competition shifts to the UV ...

Jim · « **Reply #9 on:** 05/31/2009 10:19 pm »

Quote from: hop on 05/31/2009 09:53 pm

Quote from: Jim on 05/31/2009 12:04 pm
This is not a flame, but what is special about this. There are many launches between now and the 2012 that don't have threads.
A major UV observatory post Hubble is a pretty big deal for the astronomy community. Also somewhat relevant to the recent "oh no we can't let Hubble end because JWST is IR only!" discussions.

IMO, more significant than the average comsat launch.

There are many more scientific spacecraft between now and then

catfry · « **Reply #10 on:** 06/01/2009 08:56 am »

And let's have a thread on every one of them! Post what you've got!

ngc3314 · « **Reply #11 on:** 06/07/2009 10:38 pm »

Quote from: catfry on 06/01/2009 08:56 am

Post what you've got!

Novosti Kosmonavtiki had an article in November 2006 with photos of an engineering model of the telescope and the "Navigator" service module. There is a PDF of a meeting organized by the Russian Academy of Sciences (unfortunately 8 years ago now) with lots of predicted instrument details (Russian text, English abstracts, lots of graphics but not photos).

Editorial note - it really is high time the Russian program was able to get back into space astronomy in a big way; involvement in the gamma-ray observatory INTEGRAL has been their major project in the last 15 years or so. They had serious UV roots going back to the 1960s; Boyarchuk is involved in Spektr-UV and goes all the way back to managing Astron (HEO free-flier with UV telescope) launched in 1983.

GClark · « **Reply #12 on:** 01/23/2013 12:39 pm »

Thread necromancy.

I admit to a certain amount of confusion. According to this thread:

http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=15064.45

a Fregat-SB has been ordered for Spektr-UF.

Are they seriously proposing to launch this mission on a Proton M-Fregat SB combo or am I more confused than I know?

SIM city · « **Reply #13 on:** 01/23/2013 02:01 pm »

Quote from: GClark on 01/23/2013 12:39 pm

Thread necromancy.

I admit to a certain amount of confusion. According to this thread:

http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=15064.45

a Fregat-SB has been ordered for Spektr-UF.

Are they seriously proposing to launch this mission on a Proton M-Fregat SB combo or am I more confused than I know?

That was a 2010 order when it was still supposed to launch on Zenit. The Proton was ordered in 2012.

Prober · « **Reply #14 on:** 09/05/2013 09:57 pm »

So this is not part of the Spektr launched via Zenit 11/2 ago. Its a totally new system.

Danderman · « **Reply #15 on:** 09/06/2013 01:00 pm »

Quote from: Prober on 09/05/2013 09:57 pm

So this is not part of the Spektr launched via Zenit 11/2 ago. Its a totally new system.

2016

TBD – Spektr-UF – Proton-M/TBD – Baikonur

B. Hendrickx · « **Reply #16 on:** 05/23/2017 09:51 pm »

http://tass.ru/kosmos/4272826

TASS quoting an anonymous space industry source as saying the launch of Spektr-UF may be delayed from 2021 to 2024 due to budget cuts and bureaucratic issues.

zubenelgenubi · « **Reply #17 on:** 09/08/2019 04:30 am »

From Gunter's Space Page:

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In May 2019, a launch date in October 2025 was announced.

Update from the thread Plan of Russian Space Launches (part 2):

Launch scheduled for October 23, 2025 on an Angara-A5/Persey from Vostochniy.

zubenelgenubi · « **Reply #18 on:** 03/10/2021 03:46 pm »

Cross-post:

Quote from: Salo on 03/07/2021 03:05 pm

https://tass.ru/kosmos/10850401
Google translate:
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MOSCOW, March 6. / TASS /.
<snip>
This was announced on Saturday to TASS by the general director of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin.
<snip>
Scientific tasks include launching a mission to Venus in 2029, as well as launching Spectr-UV and Spectr-M.

Alexs220 · « **Reply #19 on:** 03/12/2021 12:40 pm »

Quote from: zubenelgenubi on 03/10/2021 03:46 pm

Cross-post:
Quote from: Salo on 03/07/2021 03:05 pm
https://tass.ru/kosmos/10850401
Google translate:
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MOSCOW, March 6. / TASS /.
<snip>
This was announced on Saturday to TASS by the general director of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin.
<snip>
Scientific tasks include launching a mission to Venus in 2029, as well as launching Spectr-UV and Spectr-M.

The launch is still expected in 2025/2026, you misrepresented the article.

eeergo · « **Reply #20 on:** 10/15/2021 08:41 am »

Confirmation that the launch is still expected in 4 years' time, with final contract signing in a few months:

https://twitter.com/katlinegrey/status/1448897324827168768

Vahe231991 · « **Reply #21 on:** 02/05/2023 04:58 pm »

From RussianSpaceWeb:

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In May 2022, Deputy Director for Science at the Institute of Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences, INASAN, Mikhail Sachkov announced a contract with NPO Lavochkin for the development of scientific payload for the Spektr-UF telescope, which he claimed had been scheduled for launch in 2025, likely citing long-obsolete official plans. However, at the end of 2022, Roskosmos confirmed that the mission was then expected to fly in the fourth quarter of 2028.