LIVE: Proton-M Launch With SkyTerra-1 - 14 November 2010

[Satori]

Hi!

I'm looking for the delivery dates of the Proton-M (93513) components to Baykonur and also de delivery date of the Briz-M (99516) upper stage.

Thanks!

[Stan Black]

Hi!

I'm looking for the delivery dates of the Proton-M (93513) components to Baykonur and also de delivery date of the Briz-M (99516) upper stage.

Thanks!

http://www.federalspace.ru/main.php?id=2&nid=11401
http://www.polet.ru/ru/archive/all/all/2010/7

[anik]

Boeing Space Wrestling with Antenna Glitch on SkyTerra 1
http://www.spacenews.com/satellite_telecom/101203-boeing-antenna-glitch-skyterra.html

PARIS — The SkyTerra 1 mobile communications satellite launched Nov. 14 for startup wireless broadband provider LightSquared has been unable to fully deploy its large reflector antenna, which is the key enabler for the company’s planned U.S. broadband network, industry officials said.

[rolfkap]

Looks like the problem has been resolved.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-12-14/falcone-wireless-venture-satellite-s-antenna-fixed-after-snag.html

--Rolf

[edkyle99]

Looks like the problem has been resolved.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-12-14/falcone-wireless-venture-satellite-s-antenna-fixed-after-snag.html

--Rolf

I wonder, did Boeing solve this problem with active thruster tweaking, etc., or did the problem simply "solve itself"? 

 - Ed Kyle