LIVE: Soyuz-FG launch with Kanopus-V1, BKA, TET-1, eV1, MKA-PN1 - July 22, 2012

[anik]

http://www.federalspace.ru/NewsDoSele.asp?NEWSID=8234

Preparation to complex tests of Kanopus-V No. 1 and BelKA-2 satellites are carrying out at VNIIEM enterprise.

[anik]

The launch is planned on May 7.

[Colds7ream]

I understood launch was set for 19 March?

[anik]

I understood launch was set for 19 March?

March 19, then April 16, then May 7, then possibly June...

[Nicolas PILLET]

The Fregat upper stage has been  delivered on 11^th march 2011.

http://www.roscosmos.ru/main.php?id=2&nid=15755

[Danderman]

I understood launch was set for 19 March?

March 19, then April 16, then May 7, then possibly June...

The Roskosmos site says "first half of 2011".

[Danderman]

The Fregat upper stage has been  delivered on 11^th march 2011.

http://www.roscosmos.ru/main.php?id=2&nid=15755

Do they really need to use an Antonov 124 to deliver an empty Fregat?

 

[Stan Black]

The Fregat upper stage has been  delivered on 11^th march 2011.

http://www.roscosmos.ru/main.php?id=2&nid=15755

Do they really need to use an Antonov 124 to deliver an empty Fregat?

 

Included the fairing.

There was an open competition.

http://www.federalspace.ru/main.php?id=15&did=1224
http://www.polet.ru/ru/archive/all/all/2011/3/11

[anik]

The launch is planned on May 23rd now.

[anik]

The launch is delayed to August 25th.

[anik]

The launch is NET September 2011 now.

[anik]

The launch is planned on September 29th.

[Nicolas PILLET]

Today on NK :

18.08.2011 / 09:32  Запуск белорусского спутника может быть отложен на следующий год

      Беларусь не сможет в 2011 году попасть в клуб стран, освоивших околоземное пространство. Как сообщает Interfax.by со ссылкой на источник в ракетно-космической отрасли РФ совместный запуск российского и белорусского космических аппаратов дистанционного зондирования Земли с космодрома Байконур будет перенесен на следующий год из-за технических проблем.
      "Есть проблемы с программно-математическим обеспечением для систем управления спутников "Канопус-В" и "БелКА-2". Окончательная версия математики будет готова только к началу декабря, поэтому шансов на запуск аппаратов в 2011 году, скорее всего, нет", - сказал на Международном авиационно-космическом салоне МАКС-2011 в Жуковском.

[anik]

The launch is planned on June 7th.

[Danderman]

A video showing VNIEM employees working on Kanopus. There is also some footage of girondines, but its not clear if these are part of Kanopus, or just VNIEM products being displayed.

[Nicolas PILLET]

Zond-PP, ADS-1B and TET-1 satellites have been delivered to cosmodrome on 2nd may 2012.

http://www.roscosmos.ru/main.php?id=2&nid=19031

[Skyrocket]

Zond-PP, ADS-1B and TET-1 satellites have been delivered to cosmodrome on 2nd may 2012.

http://www.roscosmos.ru/main.php?id=2&nid=19031

The ADS-1B satellite is now named exactView 1 or EV1

http://www.bloomberg.com/article/2012-06-01/a353oNwIXgCo.html

[anik]

The launch is planned on July 22nd.

[anik]

The launch is planned at 06:42 UTC on July 22nd.

[bolun]

SSTL announces exactView-1 satellite launch date

6/7/2012

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) is announcing the planned launch of exactView-1, the highest detection performance Automatic Identification System (AIS) satellite ever built, on 22nd July by a Soyuz launch vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

exactView-1 (previously known as ADS-1b) was built under contract for exactEarth and will become the fifth deployed satellite in exactEarth’s advanced vessel monitoring satellite constellation. COM DEV Canada acted as prime contractor and COM DEV Europe(UK) supplied the advanced AIS transceiver payload system for this mission. The satellite is based on SSTL’s off-the-shelf SSTL-100 platform, adapted for the mission with an additional deployable solar panel providing extra power for the COM DEV designed AIS receiver payload.

http://www.technologynewsroom.com/press_releases/company_releases.aspx?story=2040

http://www.sstl.co.uk/launches/exactview-1/news/countdown-to-the-launch-of-exactview-1

[Galactic Penguin SST]

http://www.federalspace.ru/main.php?id=2&nid=19305

At the Baikonur Cosmodrome is the head of the assembly of the space program 'Canopus-B "
07/12/2012 ::

At Baikonur launch site began the integration of the transient farm spacecraft, which must be put into orbit July 22 launch vehicle "Soyuz-2.1a" with the upper stage "Fregat". Results for "Union" launched five spacecraft: the Russian "Canopus-B", the Belarusian BCA, MCA, Russia, FCI ("Zond-PP"), the German «TET-1" and the Canadian «ADS-1B».

Reducing farm installed at the top of the upper stage and all the spacecraft will be attached to it. Foreign and Russian specialists performed installation on a farm spacecraft «TET-1" and are currently undertaking work on the installation of the SC "Canopus-B."

Press Service of KC and the Russian Space Agency, "South"

Will this launch use the Soyuz-2? (or was it a mistake?)

[patchfree]

http://www.federalspace.ru/main.php?id=2&nid=19305

At the Baikonur Cosmodrome is the head of the assembly of the space program 'Canopus-B "
07/12/2012 ::

At Baikonur launch site began the integration of the transient farm spacecraft, which must be put into orbit July 22 launch vehicle "Soyuz-2.1a" with the upper stage "Fregat". Results for "Union" launched five spacecraft: the Russian "Canopus-B", the Belarusian BCA, MCA, Russia, FCI ("Zond-PP"), the German «TET-1" and the Canadian «ADS-1B».

Reducing farm installed at the top of the upper stage and all the spacecraft will be attached to it. Foreign and Russian specialists performed installation on a farm spacecraft «TET-1" and are currently undertaking work on the installation of the SC "Canopus-B."

Press Service of KC and the Russian Space Agency, "South"

Will this launch use the Soyuz-2? (or was it a mistake?)

Yes a launch with a soyuz-2.1a and a Fregat upper stage. What is the problem?

[Galactic Penguin SST]

http://www.federalspace.ru/main.php?id=2&nid=19305

At the Baikonur Cosmodrome is the head of the assembly of the space program 'Canopus-B "
07/12/2012 ::

At Baikonur launch site began the integration of the transient farm spacecraft, which must be put into orbit July 22 launch vehicle "Soyuz-2.1a" with the upper stage "Fregat". Results for "Union" launched five spacecraft: the Russian "Canopus-B", the Belarusian BCA, MCA, Russia, FCI ("Zond-PP"), the German «TET-1" and the Canadian «ADS-1B».

Reducing farm installed at the top of the upper stage and all the spacecraft will be attached to it. Foreign and Russian specialists performed installation on a farm spacecraft «TET-1" and are currently undertaking work on the installation of the SC "Canopus-B."

Press Service of KC and the Russian Space Agency, "South"

Will this launch use the Soyuz-2? (or was it a mistake?)

Yes a launch with a soyuz-2.1a and a Fregat upper stage. What is the problem?

Earlier reports said that a Soyuz-FG will be used (not that it's much of a difference, but I want to set the records straight....).

[Satori]

Earlier reports said that a Soyuz-FG will be used (not that it's much of a difference, but I want to set the records straight....).

It is the 11A511U-FG Soyuz-FG/Fregat (Б15000-033/1019).

[anik]

According to Roskosmos, the launch is planned at 06:41:39 UTC on July 22nd.

Photos of preparation to a launch (July 13).

[anik]

http://www.federalspace.ru/main.php?id=2&nid=19320

Assembly of the space head unit has been completed.

[Artyom.]

http://www.federalspace.ru/main.php?id=2&nid=19329

Photos of preparation to a launch:

[Danderman]

The payload adapter structure seems very complicated and large for those small payloads. Is that related to the Phobos-Grunt payload adapter?

[jcm]

http://www.federalspace.ru/main.php?id=2&nid=19320

Assembly of the space head unit has been completed.

So the two satellites with orange insulation are the near-identical Kanopus and BelKA. I think that's MKA-FKI in front and probably exactView-1 (ADS-1b) peeking out at the back; where is TET-1?

MKA-FKA is also MKA-PN1 per anik; "Zond-PP" is the instrument rather than the satellite, right? And "Rezonans No. 1A" is another, future, satellite using the same bus and also carrying the Zond-PP instrument, rather than just another name for this satellite - correct?

[Artyom.]

Launch vehicle was transported to the launch pad on July 19th:

http://www.federalspace.ru/main.php?id=2&nid=19331

[Artyom.]

Roscosmos video of the roll-out:

[input~2]

NOTAMs

K0392/12 - ATS ROUTE SEGMENTS CLSD:
1. A299 GEDSA-DILIR FROM 10 KM TO 65 KM
2. R366 BEDRU-GOSPA TO 30 KM
3. G167 GEDSA-GOSPA FROM 10 KM TO 30 KM
SFC/UNL. SFC - UNL, DAILY 0625/0700, 22 JUL 06:25 2012 UNTIL 25 JUL 07:00 2012.
CREATED: 19 JUL 09:00 2012

P2005/12 - ATS RTE SEGMENTS CLSD:
A575 SEROV NDB (SE)-POBAL,
G713 OKATI-SADER,
R487 BARAL-SEROV NDB (SE). SFC - UNL, DAILY 0630-0715, 22 JUL 06:30 2012 UNTIL
25 JUL 07:15 2012. CREATED: 18 JUL 05:47 2012

B3578/12 - TEMPO DANGER AREA NZD026 (SOUTH AUCKLAND OCEANIC REGION) IS
PRESCRIBED AS FLW:
ALL THAT AIRSPACE BOUNDED BY A LINE JOINING
S 61 30, E 171 36
S 67 30, E 171 36
S 67 30, E 169 36
S 61 30, E 169 36
S 61 30, E 171 36.
ACTIVITY: SPACE DEBRIS RETURN.
USER AGENCY: FOREIGN SPACE AGENCY.
PRESCRIBED PURSUANT TO CIVIL AVIATION RULE PART 71 UNDER A DELEGATED
AUTHORITY ISSUED BY THE DIRECTOR OF CIVIL AVIATION. SFC - FL999, 22 JUL 10:00
2012 UNTIL 22 JUL 12:00 2012. CREATED: 17 JUL 00:09 2012

[input~2]

So the two satellites with orange insulation are the near-identical Kanopus and BelKA. I think that's MKA-FKI in front and probably exactView-1 (ADS-1b) peeking out at the back; where is TET-1?

TET-1 was hidden on the other side of the assembly; here is a view from the other side with TET-1 visible and MKA-PN1 hidden.

[Rahkashi]

I'm confused. Is this a Russian government or commercial launch? Either way, will it be broadcasted anywhere?

[Satori]

I'm confused. Is this a Russian government or commercial launch? Either way, will it be broadcasted anywhere?

Check here http://www.tsenki.com/broadcast/

[Artyom.]

Or here - http://www.federalspace.ru/main.php?id=361

[Prober]

I'm confused. Is this a Russian government or commercial launch? Either way, will it be broadcasted anywhere?

Check here http://www.tsenki.com/broadcast/

yes site says broadcast starts in aprox 1 hr 45 min.

[Rahkashi]

I'm confused. Is this a Russian government or commercial launch? Either way, will it be broadcasted anywhere?

Check here http://www.tsenki.com/broadcast/

yes site says broadcast starts in aprox 1 hr 45 min.

Thanks. This is gonna be a long night... Time for a 5 hour energy

[Artyom.]

Hello  ! Live broadcast:

[Artyom.]

Two hours to launch.

[Artyom.]

[Artyom.]

T-80 mins

[Artyom.]

T-60 min

[Satori]

Any VLC link available?

[Satori]

[Satori]

[Satori]

A view from the LC31 PU-6 launch pad. Next manned Russian launch will be from this pad in October.

[Satori]

T-15m. All looks good for launch with nice weather at the Baykonur Cosmodrome...

[Satori]

Webcast also available at http://tv-tsenki.com/livetest.php

[Satori]

T-10m... all good!

[Satori]

[Satori]

[Chris Bergin]

Great work guys. Will have a short launch article up when this one heads uphill!

[Satori]

T-5m for launch.

[Satori]

Clear skies but windy at Baykonur.

[Satori]

T-60 seconds...

[Satori]

LAUNCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Chris Bergin]

LAUNCH!!

[Chris Bergin]

There's STAGING with the booster sep.

[Satori]

Boosters sep. Good Korolev Cross

[Chris Bergin]

Five mins after launch and engineers are arriving at the pad!

[Satori]

[Satori]

[Satori]

[Satori]

[Satori]

[Satori]

It would be good that the start to do some sort of commentary during TsENKI live webcasts. No info about the launch at this time...

[Chris Bergin]

Nice caps Rui. So now we wait for successful S/C seps.

[anik]

Fregat upper stage with five satellites has separated from the third stage of Soyuz-FG rocket at 06:50 UTC.

BKA, Kanopus-V and TET-1 will separate from Fregat at 07:26-07:33 UTC, MKA-PN1 and exactView 1 - at 09:00 UTC. Five Fregat burns are planned.

[Chris Bergin]

Fregat upper stage wuth five satellites has separated from the third stage of Soyuz-FG rocket at 06:50 UTC.

Great! That's a nice way to start off a Sunday!

Short artice going on site in a few minutes.

[tehwkd]

[Chris Bergin]

Thanks Tehwkd - there's a really nice shot of the umbilical QD at about T-30 seconds on this (4:10 on the video).

[anik]

BKA, Kanopus-V and TET-1 have separated on-time (at 07:26, 07:31 and 07:33 UTC respectively).

[rklaehn]

The TET-1 team at GSOC has received telemetry on the first pass over weilheim. So far everything looks nominal.

[anik]

MKA-PN1 and exactView 1 have separated at 09:00 UTC.

[Artyom.]

[Artyom.]

[Stan Black]

From now on only Soyuz-2 except for support of manned flights?

[Satori]

Chris article about this launch http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2012/07/russian-soyuz-fg-launches-five-satellites/

[douglas100]

Interesting to see the Soyuz ground equipment rotated into an unusual position to support the northerly launch azimuth.

[input~2]

USSTRATCOM has catalogued 6 objects:
38707/2012-039A to 38712/2012-039F

addendum: a 7th object, the third stage SL26-R/B 38713/2012-039G, was later added.It decayed on July 24, 2012

[pargoo]

     A nice hi-res launch shot: http://www.dlr.de/dlr/en/Portaldata/1/Resources/bilder/portal/portal_2012_3/TKRA1028.jpg

[jcm]

So the two satellites with orange insulation are the near-identical Kanopus and BelKA. I think that's MKA-FKI in front and probably exactView-1 (ADS-1b) peeking out at the back; where is TET-1?

TET-1 was hidden on the other side of the assembly; here is a view from the other side with TET-1 visible and MKA-PN1 hidden.

Appreciate it, thanks!

So far, objects cataloged are:

38707  39A  500 x 558 km x 97.5 deg
38708  39B  505 x 509 km x 97.5
38709  39C  805 x 821 km  x99.0
38710  39D  503 x 509 km x 97.5
38711  39E  804 x 821 km x  99.0
38712  39F    40 x 810 km x 99.0  (epoch 0946 UTC)

I infer that 39A, 39B and 39D are Kanopus, Belka and TET in some order,
39C and 39E are  exactView and MKA in some order,  39F is the Fregat
after the last burn,  and the Soyuz-FG third stage has not been cataloged (although it should have reached orbit).

[Artyom.]

http://www.tsenki.com/news/news_tsenki/?ELEMENT_ID=94213

[input~2]

the Soyuz-FG third stage has not been cataloged (although it should have reached orbit).

Do we know if the third stage was separated from Fregat at more than orbital velocity?

[Danderman]

the Soyuz-FG third stage has not been cataloged (although it should have reached orbit).

Do we know if the third stage was separated from Fregat at more than orbital velocity?

Unlikely, due to drop zone constraints.

[Nicolas PILLET]

The Fregat has been ignited five times overall (not counting the deorbit burn).

But do we know how many ignitions happened during the first phase (insertion of Kanopus-V, BKA and TET-1), and how many happened during the second phase (insertion of exactView 1 and Zond-PP) ?

[jcm]

the Soyuz-FG third stage has not been cataloged (although it should have reached orbit).

Do we know if the third stage was separated from Fregat at more than orbital velocity?

 
Unlikely, due to drop zone constraints.

Now cataloged as 38713 / 2012-039G in a 159 x 171 km x 95.5 deg orbit

[Nicolas PILLET]

http://www.federalspace.ru/main.php?id=2&nid=19320

Assembly of the space head unit has been completed.

So the two satellites with orange insulation are the near-identical Kanopus and BelKA. I think that's MKA-FKI in front and probably exactView-1 (ADS-1b) peeking out at the back; where is TET-1?

MKA-FKA is also MKA-PN1 per anik; "Zond-PP" is the instrument rather than the satellite, right? And "Rezonans No. 1A" is another, future, satellite using the same bus and also carrying the Zond-PP instrument, rather than just another name for this satellite - correct?

MKA-FKI-class satellites use the Karat platform. Zond-PP, or MKA-PN1, is the first MKA-FKI satellite. Its main instrument is named RK-21-8. It is almost the same that the one set on the ISS on the EVA of 16th february 2011.

[Nicolas PILLET]

The payload adapter structure seems very complicated and large for those small payloads. Is that related to the Phobos-Grunt payload adapter?

Look at the European adapter for small paylaods !

http://www.kosmonavtika.com/lanceurs/soyouz/tech/asap/asap.html

[Nicolas PILLET]

Nice galleries :

http://www.sstl.co.uk/launches/exactview-1/gallery

http://www.kayser-threde.de/tet/images/TET-1_Baikonur_2012-07/Pics-Baikonur/

[input~2]

the Soyuz-FG third stage has not been cataloged (although it should have reached orbit).

Do we know if the third stage was separated from Fregat at more than orbital velocity?

Unlikely, due to drop zone constraints.

Don't you mean "Likely, due to drop zone constraints"?
AFAIU, would the third stage be separated from Fregat at less than orbital velocity, its debris could have landed somewhere in Northern Greenland or Northern Canada...

[jcm]

The Fregat has been ignited five times overall (not counting the deorbit burn).

But do we know how many ignitions happened during the first phase (insertion of Kanopus-V, BKA and TET-1), and how many happened during the second phase (insertion of exactView 1 and Zond-PP) ?

From a source: Blok I in 192 x 193 km orbit, Fregat burn 1 and 2 to
the 510 x 524 km orbit, burn 3 and 4 to the 814 x 834 km orbit,
burn 5 to lower perigee, burn 6 to deorbit.

Meanwhile, the Blok I stage reentered on Jul 24.

[Artyom.]

Roscosmos video of launch (HD):

[Prober]

Roscosmos video of launch (HD):

thx for the video link....enjoyed it.

[Chris Bergin]

Press Release
 Thursday 26th July 2012


exactView-1 satellite operational in orbit
Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) today announced the successful separation from the Soyuz launcher and subsequent operation of mission-critical systems onboard the exactView-1 satellite, which was built by the Company under contract to prime contractor COM DEV Canada for exactEarth. 
exactView-1 separated from the Soyuz launch vehicle’s Fregat upper stage in low Earth orbit approximately 2 1/2 hours after launch.  SSTL has since established communications with the satellite in its of 817km sun synchronous orbit from SSTL’s Guildford mission control centre and is receiving telemetry and commanding the spacecraft.  Initial system checks have confirmed that critical systems such as power, avionics, telecommand and control are all functioning as expected, and the solar panel has been deployed.
SSTL will continue the commissioning of the satellite in orbit.  Once all platform systems are operational, engineers from COM-DEV Canada will work alongside the SSTL ground operations team to commission its highly advanced Automatic Identification System payload.
About SSTL
Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) is the world's leading small satellite company, delivering operational space missions for a range of applications including Earth observation, science and communications. The Company designs, manufactures and operates high performance satellites and ground systems for a fraction of the price normally associated with space missions, with over 400 staff working on turnkey satellite platforms, space-proven satellite subsystems and optical instruments.
Since 1981 SSTL has built and launched 37 satellites – as well as providing training and development programmes, consultancy services, and mission studies for ESA, NASA , international governments and commercial customers, with its innovative approach that is changing the economics of space.
Based in Guildford, UK, SSTL is owned by Astrium, an EADS company. www.sstl.co.uk
About COM DEV
COM DEV International Ltd. (www.comdevintl.com) is a leading global provider of space hardware and services.  With facilities in Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States, COM DEV manufactures advanced subsystems and microsatellites that are sold to major satellite prime contractors, government agencies and satellite operators, for use in communications, space science, remote sensing and defense applications. COM DEV's majority-owned subsidiary, exactEarth Ltd., provides satellite data services.
About exactEarth Ltd
exactEarth, based in Cambridge, Ontario, is a data services company providing the most advanced information on global maritime traffic available today.  Our premium service, exactAIS®, delivers an unrivalled view of the recognized maritime picture at a global scale. Offering fully secure data in a variety of industry standard formats and delivery methods, exactEarth’s data provides real value for a wide range of operational maritime applications delivering operational efficiencies, enhancing security, safeguarding the environment, and assisting in saving lives.  exactEarth is jointly owned by COM DEV International Ltd (TSX: CDV) and HISDESAT Servicios Estratégicos S.A.  For more information, visit our website at www.exactearth.com
Notes to editor: 
This press release can be downloaded as a Word or Pdf document at the following url: http://www.sstl.co.uk/news-and-events

[Artyom.]

Photo from the satellite Kanopus-V. Athens.
http://www.federalspace.ru/main.php?id=2&nid=19461

[Artyom.]

New photos from the satellite Kanopus-V
http://www.federalspace.ru/main.php?id=2&nid=19471 (in Russian)

[Nicolas PILLET]

Communications are lost with Zond-PP. The satellite is probably lost.

Apparently, the cause is the onboard computer.

http://novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/news/10381/

[Stan Black]

Communications are lost with Zond-PP. The satellite is probably lost.

Apparently, the cause is the onboard computer.

http://novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/news/10381/

http://ofo.ikiweb.ru/bokz.php

[Rondaz]

Obj. 38710 TET-1 decay prediction: November 16, 2022 UTC 02h23mn ± 36h

https://twitter.com/jremis/status/1590715360592162817

[Rondaz]

Update: obj. 38710 TET-1 decay prediction: November 18, 2022 UTC 06h03mn ± 21h

https://twitter.com/jremis/status/1592373589654708224

[Rondaz]

Update: obj. 38710 TET-1 decay prediction: November 18, 2022 UTC 10h10mn ± 10h

https://twitter.com/jremis/status/1593164294262521856

[Rondaz]

Update: obj. 38710 TET-1 decay prediction: November 18, 2022 UTC 07h41mn ± 5h

https://twitter.com/jremis/status/1593482088707018752

[Yiosie]

Farewell to the Technology Experiment Vehicle (TET-1) [dated Nov. 21]

Google translate:

• The Technology Experimental Vehicle (TET-1) entered Earth's atmosphere on November 18, 2022 and burned up completely.
• Research and industry have used TET-1 since launch in 2012 as part of the OOV-TET-1 mission to test new products under space conditions.
• The small satellite became part of the FireBIRD mission in November 2013 and provided data for the analysis of high-temperature events on the Earth's surface. A total of about 7,600 recordings were made. Within the overall mission, around 150 scientific publications as well as bachelor's and master's theses and dissertations have emerged.

<snip>

Until its re-entry on November 18, 2022, TET-1 was still active, could receive commands, send readings and control its position autonomously. The TET-1 satellite burned up completely on re-entering the atmosphere after 10 years in orbit.