Author Topic: LIVE: Proton-M launch with BADR-5 - 3 June 2010 (Read 37207 times)

satlaunch · « **on:** 05/01/2010 09:44 pm »

Proton rocket is delivered to Baikonur according to ILS Mission Control.

Satori · « **Reply #1 on:** 05/03/2010 10:05 pm »

Mission overview from ILS and mission poster.

satlaunch · « **Reply #2 on:** 05/04/2010 04:12 pm »

BADR-5 delivered to Baikonur by AN-124 plane today.

Note: Roscosmos is using the alternate name of this satellite, Arabsat-5B

http://www.roscosmos.ru/main.php?id=2&nid=10462

Satori · « **Reply #3 on:** 05/04/2010 08:31 pm »

Quote from: SNS on 05/04/2010 04:12 pm

BADR-5 delivered to Baikonur by AN-124 plane today.

Note: Roscosmos is using the alternate name of this satellite, Arabsat-5B

I know someone else that will also use this name...

anik · « **Reply #4 on:** 05/05/2010 06:31 pm »

http://www.federalspace.ru/main.php?id=2&nid=10477

Briz-M upper stage has arrived to Baikonur cosmodrome today aboard An-124 aircraft.

anik · « **Reply #5 on:** 05/18/2010 10:37 pm »

http://www.federalspace.ru/main.php?id=2&nid=10716

The fuelling of high pressure tanks of Briz-M upper stage is finished.

Satori · « **Reply #6 on:** 05/27/2010 11:14 am »

Overall assembling of space rocket Proton-M for the starting of automatic spacecraft Badr-5.

Satori · « **Reply #7 on:** 05/28/2010 02:25 am »

http://www.youtube.com/v/KpC1AqID1HQ&hl=pt_PT&fs=1&

anik · « **Reply #8 on:** 05/30/2010 07:21 am »

MEDIA ADVISORY: ILS PROTON TO LAUNCH BADR-5
May 29, 2010

http://www.ilslaunch.com/news-052910

Payload:
BADR-5 communications satellite
Eurostar E3000
Separated spacecraft mass: Approx 5,420 kg (11,949 lbs)

Launch Vehicle:
Proton M/Breeze M
705,000 kg (1,554,000 lbs), including payload
58.2 m (191 ft)

Launch Date:
June 4, 2010

Launch Time:
04:00 Baikonur
22:00 UTC, June 3
18:00 EDT, June 3

Launch Site:
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launch Pad 39

Satellite Operator:
Arabsat, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Launch Customer and Manufacturer:
EADS Astrium, Paris, France

Thales Alenia Space, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France

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

Launch Services Provider:
International Launch Services, Reston, Va, United States

Satellite Use:
BADR-5 will be co-located with BADR-4 and BADR-6 Direct-To-Home satellites at ARABSAT’s 26° east longitude video "hot-spot". This newest satellite will guarantee to ARABSAT’s broadcasting customers a unique "hot" redundancy, the highest level of service provided within the MENA region. Complementary capability will include supporting the projected expansion of HD-TV broadcast and the development of sophisticated interactive services.

Satellite Statistics:
__46 Ku-band transponders
__4 Ka-band transponders
__Orbital location: 26° east longitude
__Anticipated service life: 15 years

Mission Profile:
The Proton M launch vehicle, utilizing a 5-burn Breeze M mission design, will lift off from Pad 39 at Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, with the BADR-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 the BADR-5 satellite) 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 geosynchronous transfer orbit. Separation of the BADR-5 satellite is scheduled to occur approximately 9 hours, 13 minutes after liftoff.

Target Orbit at Separation:
Apogee: 35,786 km (22,236 miles)
Perigee: 5,790 km (3,598 miles)
Inclination: 19.0 degrees

Spacecraft Separation:
Approximately 9 hours, 13 minutes after liftoff

ILS Mission Statistics:
__6th Proton Launch in 2010
__4th ILS Proton Launch in 2010
__60th Proton Launch for ILS
__3rd Arabsat Launch with ILS
__12th Eurostar Satellite Launched on ILS Proton

More Information:
Live webcast at www.ilslaunch.com will begin approximately 30 minutes before liftoff. General mission information and launch status updates are available at the website or on the ILS U.S. domestic Launch Hotline at 1-800-852-4980. Satellite coordinates will be posted prior to launch.

Satori · « **Reply #9 on:** 05/31/2010 07:09 pm »

Proton-M/Briz-M transported to the PU-39 launch pad at the LC200 launch complex.

More images in here.

anik · « **Reply #10 on:** 05/31/2010 08:36 pm »

Information about BADR-5 launch from Khrunichev website: http://coopi.khrunichev.ru/main.php?id=485

input~2 · « **Reply #11 on:** 06/01/2010 12:11 pm »

Still some discrepancies between the Khrunichev and the ILS published launch sequence:

Briz-M burns duration:
1st burn: 428s.(Khrunichev), 429s (ILS)
3rd burn: 725s.(Khrunichev), 729s (ILS)
4th burn: 305s (Khrunichev), 301s (ILS)

Satori · « **Reply #12 on:** 06/03/2010 05:48 pm »

Moved for live coverage...

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #13 on:** 06/03/2010 06:00 pm »

Launches are like buses. You wait a few weeks and four come along at once

Satori · « **Reply #14 on:** 06/03/2010 08:38 pm »

Live from Baykonur Cosmodrome!

Satori · « **Reply #15 on:** 06/03/2010 08:49 pm »

Service tower moving away from Proton-M...

Satori · « **Reply #16 on:** 06/03/2010 08:50 pm »

Satori · « **Reply #17 on:** 06/03/2010 08:51 pm »

Satori · « **Reply #18 on:** 06/03/2010 08:53 pm »

Satori · « **Reply #19 on:** 06/03/2010 08:55 pm »

Remember that this will be a 9 hour plus mission.

The Proton M launch vehicle, utilizing a 5-burn Breeze M mission design, will lift off from Pad 39 at Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, with the BADR-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 the BADR-5 satellite) 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 geosynchronous transfer orbit. Separation of the BADR-5 satellite is scheduled to occur approximately 9 hours, 13 minutes after liftoff.