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anik · « **on:** 07/07/2009 03:07 pm »

Proton-M rocket with Briz-M upper stage will launch AsiaSat 5 satellite from Baikonur cosmodrome in the beginning of August.

According to http://www.federalspace.ru/NewsDoSele.asp?NEWSID=6682 Proton-M rocket has arrived to cosmodrome yesterday.

Gorizont · « **Reply #1 on:** 07/09/2009 10:36 am »

In Baikonur began the assembly of the Proton-M rocket.

This morning in the assembly and test building in area 92A-50 in Baikonur, the teams of enterprises in the space field approached assembling of the first stage: lateral blocks (strap-on tanks) will be joined to the central block of the stage.
Unloading from the railroad cars of the blocks of the second stage in parallel is carried out.

Launch is planned in August 2009.

Press service "FKZ Baykonur"

http://www.federalspace.ru/NewsDoSele.asp?NEWSID=6699

anik · « **Reply #2 on:** 07/09/2009 02:11 pm »

AsiaSat 5 page has appeared on ILS website: http://www.ilslaunch.com/asiasat-5-mission-control

Gorizont · « **Reply #3 on:** 07/10/2009 11:59 am »

In the assembly and test building in area 92A-50, the specialists of Khrunichev began assembling the rocket, delivered from the space center to the spaceport on July 6.

Rocket Proton-M is intended for the launch (...) for the company "Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited" (AsiaSat), leading operator of satellite communication in the Asian region.

Launch (...) is planned in August 2009.

Contract to the liftoff concluded the company "International Launch Services" inc. (ILS) and Asia Satellite Telecommunications Holding ltd. (Hong Kong, C.P.R. (Chinese Peoples' Republic)).

Press service GKNPTS Khrunichev

The liftoff of AsiaSat-5 must become the sixth launch of rocket “Proton” in 2009 and 347. start in its flying history.

http://www.federalspace.ru/NewsDoSele.asp?NEWSID=6709

anik · « **Reply #4 on:** 07/10/2009 03:27 pm »

http://www.khrunichev.ru/main.php?id=1&nid=1179

AsiaSat 5 satellite was delivered to Baikonur cosmodrome today.

jacqmans · « **Reply #5 on:** 07/23/2009 05:52 pm »

23-07-2009 Breeze-M Upper Stage Delivered to the Filling Station

http://www.roscosmos.ru/NewsDoSele.asp?NEWSID=6842

Baikonur: prelaunch operations with Proton-M/Breeze-M and AsiaSat-5 telecommunications satellite continue at Baikonur.

Breeze-M was delivered to the filling station, site 31, for further propellant components loading into the high pressure tanks of the upper stage.
Breeze-M has to undergo two filling cycles. High pressure tanks are filled in site 31. Low pressure tanks are loaded just before the roll-out in the technical filling station.

Protno-M/Breeze-M are to orbit AsiaSat-5 on August 10, 2009.

anik · « **Reply #6 on:** 07/27/2009 08:04 pm »

Baikonur: AsiaSat-5 is Loaded with Propellant
27-07-2009

http://www.federalspace.ru/NewsDoSele.asp?NEWSID=6880

Proton-M/Breeze-M/AsiaSat-5 prelaunch processing continues at Baikonur. This morning, foreign specialists supported by Khrunichev experts began propellant loading of AsiaSat-5. Proton-M control system undergoes integrated tests. Final operation are preformed with the upper composite in order to validate it prior to assembly with the adapter.

jacqmans · « **Reply #7 on:** 07/29/2009 05:39 pm »

29-07-2009 AsiaSat Prelaunch Processing Continues

http://www.roscosmos.ru/NewsDoSele.asp?NEWSID=6915

Autonomous tests of the AsiaSat-5 spacecraft have been completed at site 92 of the Baikonur Space Port today. The tests were performed by Russian and foreign specialists. Now spacecraft is in the assembly building; it is integrated with the dispenser adapter.
After the nominal checks, the spacecraft and the dispenser will be installed on Breeze-M upper stage.

anik · « **Reply #8 on:** 07/30/2009 02:12 pm »

http://www.federalspace.ru/NewsDoSele.asp?NEWSID=6933

AsiaSat 5 satellite is installed onto Briz-M upper stage.

anik · « **Reply #9 on:** 08/03/2009 03:25 pm »

AsiaSat-5 Spacecraft Mated With Proton
03.08.2009

http://www.khrunichev.ru/main.php?id=1&nid=413

Preparations for the August Proton M launch with AsiaSat -5 spacecraft continue on schedule. Following completion of assembling the Ascent Unit (consisting of the spacecraft mated to the Breeze M upper stage and encapsulated inside the fairings), works began for the AsiaSat-5 integration on its three-stages Proton vehicle. The AU was mechanically mated with the Proton rocket yesterday. Now all systems of the fully integrated Proton LV are being check out. In the next few days the ILV will be prepared for rollout from its integration and test facility to Baikonur's fuelling station for fuelling the Upper stage (low pressure tanks).

jan_carlo_bascu · « **Reply #10 on:** 08/03/2009 11:03 pm »

AsiaSat-5 Mission Patch, Logo & Artist Rendering

anik · « **Reply #11 on:** 08/04/2009 03:19 pm »

Information about launch from Khrunichev website: http://coopi.khrunichev.ru/main.php?id=437

"The ProtonM BreezeM launch vehicle with the AsiaSat 5 satellite on board is scheduled to be launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome on 11.08.2009 at 19 h 47 m 33 s UTC (11.08.2009 23 h 47 m 33 s Moscow Local Time)"

anik · « **Reply #12 on:** 08/05/2009 04:29 pm »

MEDIA ADVISORY: ILS PROTON TO LAUNCH ASIASAT 5
August 4, 2009

http://www.ilslaunch.com/news-080409

Payload:
AsiaSat 5 satellite
SS/L 1300 Spacecraft Bus
Separated spacecraft mass: Approx. 3,760 kg

Launch Vehicle:
Proton M/Breeze M
705,000 kg (1,554,000 lbs), including payload
56.2 m (185 ft)

Launch Date:
August 12, 2009, Baikonur

Launch Time:
01:47:33 Baikonur
19:47:33 GMT
15:47:33 EDT

Launch Site:
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launch Pad 39

Launch Customer:
Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company, Limited, Hong Kong

Satellite Manufacturer:
Space Systems/Loral, California

Launch Vehicle Manufacturer:
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center,Moscow

Launch Services Provider:
International Launch Services, Reston, Va., USA

Satellite Use:
AsiaSat 5 is a new generation satellite equipped with the latest technology and new beam coverage to provide highest quality television broadcast, telephone networks and VSAT networks for broadband multimedia services across Asia Pacific. In addition to a very powerful pan-Asian C-band footprint and the improved Ku-band East Asia beam, AsiaSat 5’s new Ku-band South Asia and in-orbit steerable beams are designed to serve new market requirements and to offer full backup capability in network coverage with AsiaSat’s existing satellites AsiaSat 3S and AsiaSat 4. AsiaSat 5 will replace AsiaSat 2 at 100.5 degrees East.

Satellite Statistics:
__14 Ku-Band transponders, 26 C-band transponders
__Orbital location: 100.5 degrees East longitude
__Design life: 15 years

Mission Profile:
The Proton launch vehicle, utilizing a 4-burn Breeze M mission design, will lift off from Pad 39 at Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, with the AsiaSat 5 satellite on board. The first three stages of the Proton will use a standard ascent profile to place the Orbital Unit (Breeze M upper stage and AsiaSat 5) into a sub-orbital trajectory. From this point in the mission, the Breeze M will perform planned mission maneuvers to advance the Orbital Unit first to a circular parking orbit, then to an intermediate orbit, followed by a transfer orbit and finally to a geo-transfer orbit. Separation of the AsiaSat 5 satellite is scheduled to occur approximately 9 hours, 15 minutes after liftoff.

Target Orbit at Separation:
Apogee: 35,786 km (22,236 miles)
Perigee: 17,950 km (11,154 miles)
Inclination: 6.0 degrees

Spacecraft Separation:
Approximately 9 hours, 15 minutes after liftoff

ILS Mission Statistics:
__6th Proton Launch of 2009/ 4th ILS Proton Launch for ILS
__53rd Proton Launch for ILS
__3rd AsiaSat Satellite Launched on ILS Proton
__12th Space Systems/Loral Satellite Launched on Proton