LIVE: Proton-M launch with XM-5 - October 14, 2010

[Chris Bergin]

Breeze-M first burn completed.

[Chris Bergin]

All nominal. Breeze-M LOS as expected. End of webcast.

Thanks as always to Rui!

[robertross]

Thanks as always to Rui!

Agreed! Thanks.

[ugordan]

The flash Chris mentioned looks like an optical effect...

Nah, it looks like a flareup of the engine plume. Not unusual for Proton, you can see smaller ones all the time.

[mooora]

the frame of the flash

[anik]

XM-5 Second Burn Completion
http://www.ilslaunch.com/xm-5-second-burn-completion/

As the Breeze M upper stage of our Proton M rocket continues its climb into space with the XM-5 satellite, we have received confirmation that the 2nd burn of the upper stage occurred and shut down as scheduled.

[William Graham]

The Briz-M has completed its third and fourth burns successfully, and the APT has been jettisoned.

http://www.ilslaunch.com/xm-5-third-and-fourth-burn-completion/

[William Graham]

Fifth burn completed successfully, spacecraft has separated.

http://www.ilslaunch.com/xm-5-mission-success/

[Lewis007]

Attached are two videos I recorded during the ILS broadcast; one shows the launch profile; the other the launch processing.

[eeergo]

Official launch replays from TV Roskosmos:



Impressive passage through the thin clouds, leaving a nicely defined hole!

[Satori]

Launch was at 1853:20.986UTC.

[Space Pete]

Sirius XM-5 Reaches the Targeted Orbit.

On Oct. 14, at 22:53 Moscow time, Proton-M rocket with Breeze-M upper stage successfully lifted off from Baikonur to orbit Sirius-XM5 satellite.
The launch was performed by Roscosmos companies. After separation of the rocket`s third stage, Breeze-M upper stage continued injection of the satellite.
 
This morning, at 08.05 MSK, in line with the injection sequence, the satellite separated from the upper stage. Sirius XM-5 is now in the targeted orbit.

Roscosmos PAO.

www.roscosmos.ru/main.php?id=2&nid=10583&lang=en

[Satori]

Upper stage Briz-M was delivered in Baikonur on august 24th, 2010.

http://www.roscosmos.ru/main.php?id=2&nid=12220

Does anyone knows when the Proton-M components were delivered in Baykonur?

[Stan Black]

Upper stage Briz-M was delivered in Baikonur on august 24th, 2010.

http://www.roscosmos.ru/main.php?id=2&nid=12220

Does anyone knows when the Proton-M components were delivered in Baykonur?

http://www.khrunichev.ru/main.php?id=1&nid=1754
http://www.khrunichev.ru/main.php?id=1&nid=1767

[Satori]

Upper stage Briz-M was delivered in Baikonur on august 24th, 2010.

http://www.roscosmos.ru/main.php?id=2&nid=12220

Does anyone knows when the Proton-M components were delivered in Baykonur?

http://www.khrunichev.ru/main.php?id=1&nid=1754
http://www.khrunichev.ru/main.php?id=1&nid=1767

Thanks Stan!