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Start-1 / EROS-B - April 25
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Chris Bergin
on 25 Apr, 2006 10:27
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"Start-1 rocket will launch Israel EROS-B satellite from Svobodny cosmodrome at 16:47:16 UTC"
Do we have any information on this for the purpose of coverage?
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#1
by
Polecat
on 25 Apr, 2006 10:39
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Maybe there is Israeli websites with good comments?
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#2
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Jester
on 25 Apr, 2006 10:42
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From the top of my head, its a spy/imaging sat. Originally planned to be a constellation of 4 EROS-B's but reduced to one
The EROS A1 has been in orbit since 5 December 2000
EROS-B is the heavier brother of the EROS-A, has a better camera (0.8m resolution at 600km against the A version of 1.8m both have a swath of around 13 km)
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#3
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Chris Bergin
on 25 Apr, 2006 10:42
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Polecat - 25/4/2006 11:39 AM
Maybe there is Israeli websites with good comments?
I'll look. I'll take anything, even some translated Russian (I really need to learn Russian, but it looks like a very hard lanuage!
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#4
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Chris Bergin
on 25 Apr, 2006 10:43
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Jester - 25/4/2006 11:42 AM
From the top of my head, its a spy/imaging sat. original planned to be a constellation of 4 EROS-B's but reduced to one
The EROS A1 has been in orbit since 5 December 2000
EROS-B is the heavier brother of the EROS-A, has a better camera (0.8m resolution at 600km against the A version of 1.8m both have a swath of around 13 km)
That's a good start
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#5
by
Jester
on 25 Apr, 2006 10:48
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Here is a picture, and it's not so much a spy sat. (altought it sure can be used as such) but a commercial, high-resolution satellite
Info:
Fuel Lifetime: at least 10 years at 600 km
Camera: Panchromatic & Multispectral
Sensor type: CCD-TDI up to 32 levels
On-board recorder: Two fully-redundant recorders at 120 Gbit each
Data transmission rate: 450 Mbit/sec
Weight: 360 kg
Length: 2.17 m
Power: 800 w
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#6
by
Chris Bergin
on 25 Apr, 2006 11:17
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Thanks. I reckon I can pan this out with the addition of Progress news
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#7
by
Tap-Sa
on 25 Apr, 2006 13:43
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#8
by
Skyrocket
on 25 Apr, 2006 14:28
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#9
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Jester
on 25 Apr, 2006 14:37
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#10
by
Jester
on 25 Apr, 2006 14:59
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BTW, one reason for this might be that they had originally planned more launches of EROS-A/B to build a bigger constellation (of 4) and they are behind on schedule, so they take the EROS-C spec. , and launch it as EROS-B and come with an even more advanced EROS-C in the future
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#11
by
eeergo
on 25 Apr, 2006 15:17
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Any info on the rocket?? I've never seen a Start-1 launch...nor heard of it!
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#12
by
Jester
on 25 Apr, 2006 15:27
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The Start-1 four-stage solid-fuel launcher performed its first demonstration launch from Plesetsk in March 1993 with a 225 kg payload on board
As you might see it's derived from the SS-25 / RS-12M intercontinental ballistic missile.
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#13
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Tap-Sa
on 25 Apr, 2006 15:38
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Now there's an agile pad infrastructure!
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#14
by
edkyle99
on 25 Apr, 2006 16:01
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#15
by
edkyle99
on 25 Apr, 2006 16:14
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#16
by
Skyrocket
on 25 Apr, 2006 16:31
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Jester - 25/4/2006 9:37 AM
Well then the makers should correct their site, because that is what THEY say it looks like.
http://www.iai.co.il/Default.aspx?docID=24919&FolderID=23860&lang=EN
Even the image name says B, so i'm guessing the opperator site got it wrong.
http://www.iai.co.il/pict/Space/ErosBM.jpg
Indeed, IAI should correct their site (This particular is from 2003). I have to dig up my sources, but what is now EROS-C was once, when it still was a constellation of four, EROS-B. When they changed their plans to a single EROS-B, they switched to a modified EROS-A design for the B-Generation and pushing the more advanced from B to C.
Gunter
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#17
by
eeergo
on 25 Apr, 2006 16:43
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Thank you very much, great images and info!
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#18
by
Flightstar
on 25 Apr, 2006 17:08
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Did it launch?
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#19
by
astropl
on 25 Apr, 2006 17:26
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