Author Topic: LIVE: Proton-M launch with BADR-5 - 3 June 2010 (Read 35090 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.

Satori · « **Reply #20 on:** 06/03/2010 08:57 pm »

The BADR-5 satellite 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.

Target orbit at separation is apogee: 35,786 km (22,236 miles), perigee: 5,790 km (3,598 miles) wilth inclination of 19.0 degrees

Satori · « **Reply #21 on:** 06/03/2010 08:59 pm »

Satori · « **Reply #22 on:** 06/03/2010 09:02 pm »

This 8K82KM Proton-M/Briz-M weighs 705,000 kg (1,554,000 lbs), including payload, and has a length of 58.2 m (191 ft).

Satori · « **Reply #23 on:** 06/03/2010 09:03 pm »

Less than one hour for launch...

Satori · « **Reply #24 on:** 06/03/2010 09:04 pm »

ILS photo gallery is available at http://www.ilslaunch.com/BADR-5-Gallery

MikeMi. · « **Reply #25 on:** 06/03/2010 09:04 pm »

Quote from: Chris Bergin on 06/03/2010 06:00 pm

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

That's so true heh

Satori · « **Reply #26 on:** 06/03/2010 09:06 pm »

ILS webcast of this launch can be seen at http://badr5.imgondemand.com/

It will start at 2130UTC.

Satori · « **Reply #27 on:** 06/03/2010 09:07 pm »

Payload fairing view of Proton-M/Briz-M (93512/99513)

Satori · « **Reply #28 on:** 06/03/2010 09:08 pm »

Satori · « **Reply #29 on:** 06/03/2010 09:10 pm »

T-50 minutes...

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #30 on:** 06/03/2010 09:11 pm »

Article for the launch:

http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2010/06/live-ils-proton-m-launch-badr-5-extra-contracts/

Satori · « **Reply #31 on:** 06/03/2010 09:12 pm »

ugordan · « **Reply #32 on:** 06/03/2010 09:13 pm »

It's a shame so many Proton missions launch at night as it's a pretty impressive sight to see that vehicle take off.

Satori · « **Reply #33 on:** 06/03/2010 09:17 pm »

Satori · « **Reply #34 on:** 06/03/2010 09:26 pm »

Other launches that have taken place in this day in space history...

Gemini-IV (1965)
Gemini-IXA (1966)
OPS 1577 AFP-206 (F29) KH 7-29 (1966)
Cosmos 285 (DS-P1-Yu n.º 24) (1969)
OPS 1077 (KH8-22 GAMBIT) (1969)
Hawkeye-1 (Injun-6) (1974)
DS-U3-IK n.º 5 (1975 – Failure)
Cosmos 742 (Zenit-4MK) (1975)
Cosmos 1274 (Feniks n.º 942 / Yantar-2K) (1981)
Cosmos 1374 (BOR-4 n.º 404) (1982)
Cosmos 2187 (Strela-1M n.º 353) to Cosmos 2194 (Strela-1M n.º 353) (1992)
Inmarsat-III F-4 and Insat-2D (1997)

Satori · « **Reply #35 on:** 06/03/2010 09:26 pm »

Less than 45 minutes to launch. Everything looks good...

Satori · « **Reply #36 on:** 06/03/2010 09:29 pm »

Satori · « **Reply #37 on:** 06/03/2010 09:30 pm »

T-30 minutes...

Satori · « **Reply #38 on:** 06/03/2010 09:31 pm »

ILS webcast has started...

Satori · « **Reply #39 on:** 06/03/2010 09:32 pm »

Anyone for ILS webcast snapshots?

Satori · « **Reply #40 on:** 06/03/2010 09:33 pm »

Satori · « **Reply #41 on:** 06/03/2010 09:34 pm »

Satori · « **Reply #42 on:** 06/03/2010 09:34 pm »

Satori · « **Reply #43 on:** 06/03/2010 09:36 pm »

Satori · « **Reply #44 on:** 06/03/2010 09:38 pm »

Satori · « **Reply #45 on:** 06/03/2010 09:39 pm »

Satori · « **Reply #46 on:** 06/03/2010 09:40 pm »

T-20 minutes...

Satori · « **Reply #47 on:** 06/03/2010 09:43 pm »

Satori · « **Reply #48 on:** 06/03/2010 09:45 pm »

T-15 minutes...

Satori · « **Reply #49 on:** 06/03/2010 09:47 pm »

Satori · « **Reply #50 on:** 06/03/2010 09:48 pm »

Satori · « **Reply #51 on:** 06/03/2010 09:50 pm »

T-10 minutes... all good for launch!

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #52 on:** 06/03/2010 09:50 pm »

Heh, one of the engineers wrote a wedding proposal on the fairing...........and she said yes.

Satori · « **Reply #53 on:** 06/03/2010 09:55 pm »

T-5 minutes...

Robotbeat · « **Reply #54 on:** 06/03/2010 09:56 pm »

Quote from: Chris Bergin on 06/03/2010 09:50 pm

Heh, one of the engineers wrote a wedding proposal on the fairing...........and she said yes.

Awesome.

Good luck!

Satori · « **Reply #55 on:** 06/03/2010 09:56 pm »

Four minutes to launch...

notsorandom · « **Reply #56 on:** 06/03/2010 09:57 pm »

Just said the weather looks good for launch. Cloudy but thats not a constraint.

Satori · « **Reply #57 on:** 06/03/2010 09:57 pm »

T-3 minutes... All good!

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #58 on:** 06/03/2010 09:57 pm »

Surreal stuff with 120 seconds to go, as the ILS manager talks about the Russians stealing the American's BBQ receipes

Satori · « **Reply #59 on:** 06/03/2010 09:58 pm »

Two minutes away from the launch of Badr-5...

Satori · « **Reply #60 on:** 06/03/2010 09:59 pm »

60 seconds to launch...

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #61 on:** 06/03/2010 09:59 pm »

T-60 seconds.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #62 on:** 06/03/2010 10:00 pm »

LAUNCH!!

Satori · « **Reply #63 on:** 06/03/2010 10:01 pm »

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #64 on:** 06/03/2010 10:01 pm »

30 seconds "the mission is proceeding nominally."

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #65 on:** 06/03/2010 10:02 pm »

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #66 on:** 06/03/2010 10:02 pm »

Second stage ignition.

Staging: 1-2 Sep.

Satori · « **Reply #67 on:** 06/03/2010 10:02 pm »

Satori · « **Reply #68 on:** 06/03/2010 10:03 pm »

Satori · « **Reply #69 on:** 06/03/2010 10:04 pm »

Satori · « **Reply #70 on:** 06/03/2010 10:05 pm »

Satori · « **Reply #71 on:** 06/03/2010 10:06 pm »

Satori · « **Reply #72 on:** 06/03/2010 10:06 pm »

2 - 3 sep...

Payload fairing sep

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #73 on:** 06/03/2010 10:07 pm »

Staging: 2-3 sep.

Fairing Jettison.

Satori · « **Reply #74 on:** 06/03/2010 10:08 pm »

Empty PU-39 launch pad...

Satori · « **Reply #75 on:** 06/03/2010 10:08 pm »

Satori · « **Reply #76 on:** 06/03/2010 10:10 pm »

Satori · « **Reply #77 on:** 06/03/2010 10:12 pm »

Briz-M - Stage 3 sep...

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #78 on:** 06/03/2010 10:12 pm »

Staging: 3-4 sep.

On Breeze-M first burn.

Satori · « **Reply #79 on:** 06/03/2010 10:12 pm »

First Briz-M burn...

klausd · « **Reply #80 on:** 06/03/2010 10:13 pm »

Satori · « **Reply #81 on:** 06/03/2010 10:13 pm »

patchfree · « **Reply #82 on:** 06/03/2010 10:14 pm »

Perfect launch at the moment...

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #83 on:** 06/03/2010 10:20 pm »

First burn of Breeze-M complete.

LOS.

Satori · « **Reply #84 on:** 06/03/2010 10:22 pm »

Ok! That's all for me guys! Have a good night!

Remember that this a 9 hour long mission!!!

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #85 on:** 06/03/2010 10:25 pm »

Webcast over, thanks to Rui

kollapsderwellenfunktion · « **Reply #86 on:** 06/03/2010 11:39 pm »

second burn completed and confirmed.

edkyle99 · « **Reply #87 on:** 06/04/2010 03:48 am »

Third and fourth Briz M burns performed. Now in a five hour coast to apogee.

- Ed Kyle

Satori · « **Reply #88 on:** 06/04/2010 07:15 am »

Fifth burn confirmed. Waiting for satellite separation...

Satori · « **Reply #89 on:** 06/04/2010 07:17 am »

Launch images from Roscosmos at http://www.roscosmos.ru/main.php?id=2&nid=10995

Lewis007 · « **Reply #90 on:** 06/04/2010 07:21 am »

Another launch pic from the Khrunichev website

Satori · « **Reply #91 on:** 06/04/2010 07:28 am »

Launch time was 2200:07.997UTC.

Satori · « **Reply #92 on:** 06/04/2010 07:42 am »

Badr-5 separation confirmed by ILS. Congratulations for a successful mission!

TV Roscosmos video of the launch...

http://www.youtube.com/v/zia7P4ACmx8&hl=pt_PT&fs=1&

Satori · « **Reply #93 on:** 06/04/2010 07:45 am »

High resolution launch photo is available here.

According to Khrunichev, spacecraft separation took place at 0713:08.320UTC.

Satori · « **Reply #94 on:** 06/04/2010 07:50 am »

Press-release from ILS (http://www.ilslaunch.com/news-060410)

ILS PROTON SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHES BADR-5 FOR ARABSAT
4th ILS PROTON MISSION OF 2010; 6th PROTON IN 5 MONTHS

BAIKONUR COSMODROME, Kazakhstan, June 4, 2010 – International Launch Services (ILS), a leading launch services provider for the global commercial satellite industry, successfully carried the BADR-5 satellite to geosynchronous transfer orbit today on an ILS Proton for Arabsat of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Arabsat is the largest satellite operator in the Middle East and North Africa and has been ranked the ninth largest satellite operator in the world.

This was the fourth ILS Proton launch and the 6th overall Proton launch this year. The BADR-5 satellite, built by EADS Astrium and Thales Alenia Space, was also the 23nd consecutive successful Proton launch in 23 months.

The ILS Proton Breeze M launched from Pad 39 at the Cosmodrome at 4:00 a.m. today local time (6:00 p.m. EDT, 11:00 p.m. GMT). After a nine-hour, 13-minute mission, the Breeze M successfully released the BADR-5 satellite, weighing 5420 kg, into geosynchronous transfer orbit.

This was the 357th launch for Proton since its inaugural flight in 1965, and the 60th ILS Proton launch overall. The Proton Breeze M launch vehicle was developed and built by Khrunichev Research and Production Space Center of Moscow, one of the pillars of the Russian space industry and the majority shareholder in ILS.

The BADR-5 satellite was built on Astrium’s E3000 platform with a Thales Alenia Space supplied communications payload. BADR-5 will be collocated with the BADR-4 and BADR-6 Direct-to-Home satellites at Arabsat’s 26 degrees East longitude video “hot spot”. BADR-5 will provide the highest level of service within the MENA region. The satellite carries 56 Ku-band transponders 4 Ka-band transponders and has been designed to have a minimum expected service time of 15 years.

Frank McKenna, ILS President said, “It was an honor to be entrusted to launch BADR-5, a powerful satellite and the first of Arabsat’s 5th generation satellites to expand the communications capabilities for the region. Working with our long term partners at Astrium, Arabsat and Thales and our partner Khrunichev, this program was flawlessly coordinated from contract to launch. Our congratulations and thanks go out to the entire team for their tireless efforts and exceptional performance with this on time launch on ILS Proton. ”

“This was our 14th launch with ILS,” said Evert Dudok, CEO of Astrium Satellites, “and our experience with ILS and Khrunichev over the years has clearly demonstrated that they are a high performing team. As a world leader in telecommunication satellites, we are particularly pleased to be a key part of this important new step for this Arabsat mission of expansion and growth.”

Mr. Khalid Balkheyour, Arabsat President and CEO said, “The launch of BADR-5 on ILS Proton was a significant event, kicking off the expansion of our fleet with the first of the new 5th generation Arabsat satellites with an unprecedented service for the MENA region. A special thank you to our collective teams at ILS, Khrunichev, Astrium and Thales. This satellite was launched on-time with perfect execution and will support our leadership role in the providing telecommunication services to the Arab world.”

input~2 · « **Reply #95 on:** 06/05/2010 08:34 am »

Quote from: input~2 on 06/01/2010 12:11 pm

Still some discrepancies between the Khrunichev and the ILS published launch sequences:
Briz-M burns duration:
1st burn: 428s.(Khrunichev), 429s (ILS)
3rd burn: 725s.(Khrunichev), 729s (ILS)
4th burn: 305s (Khrunichev), 301s (ILS)

As was the case for SES-1 launch, the ILS figures appear to have been the nominal ones and most burns lasted less than planned:

Burn # nominal Briz-M telemetry
duration observations
1 429s 419s
2 1046s 1026s
3 729s 733s
4 301s no data
5 433s 427s

Liss · « **Reply #96 on:** 07/29/2010 11:58 am »

Another interesting disrepancy is the number of transponders.
As of May 29, ILS and others listed 46 Ku + 4 Ka.
By the day of launch, ILS started to show 56 Ku + 4 Ka, and Roscosmos said 56 only.
Arabsat's own "BADR-5 main data" fact sheet at http://www.arabsat.com/Uploads/Satellites/Files/634116914400156250.pdf still lists 46 + 4, and while they do list Ka-band uplink frequency, they do not show Ku-band downlink.
Meanwhile, the fact sheet list of downlinks matches the frequencies already in use by Badr-5 (e.g. 10729 MHz and others in 10.70-10.95 GHz downlink band).
So, I am at loss with this bird.