Author Topic: LIVE: Proton-M launch with Anik G1 satellite - April 15, 2013 (Read 47219 times)

Artyom. · « **Reply #20 on:** 04/12/2013 02:08 pm »

Roscosmos video of roll-out

Stan Black · « **Reply #21 on:** 04/12/2013 02:17 pm »

Quote from: Artyom. on 04/12/2013 02:08 pm

Roscosmos video of roll-out

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Nicolas PILLET · « **Reply #22 on:** 04/12/2013 03:23 pm »

Quote from: Galactic Penguin SST on 04/12/2013 01:28 pm

3. Who knows what kind of facilities those terrioists are targetting? I know that armored personnel carrier escort are common at the Cape and VAFB, and Kourou CSG has a few hundred French special forces stationed there....

It is not Special Forces, it is Troops from Foreign Legion (3rd Foreign Infantery Regiment).

input~2 · « **Reply #23 on:** 04/15/2013 08:41 am »

NOTAM for Proton first stage debris

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K0167/13 - ATS ROUTE SEGMENTS CLSD: 1.B822 BETIK-LUGER FROM 75 TO 120 KM 2.A113 TIROK-GISIR FROM 25 TO 65 KM. SFC - UNL, 16-17 APRIL 1830/1855, 15 APR 18:30 2013 UNTIL 17 APR 18:55 2013. CREATED: 14 APR 03:58 2013

input~2 · « **Reply #24 on:** 04/15/2013 09:33 am »

NOTAM for Proton second stage and fairing debris

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P1621/13 - ATS RTE SEGMENTS CLSD: A814 ARNUL-LANBI, B206 ARNUL-AKTAS, G489 TELRU-AKTAS. SFC - UNL, DAILY 1835-1905, 15 APR 18:35 2013 UNTIL 17 APR 19:05 2013. CREATED: 11 APR 09:38 2013

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P1681/13 - RESTRICTED AREA ACT: UNR1238. SFC - UNL, DAILY 1835-1905, 15 APR 18:35 2013 UNTIL 17 APR 19:05 2013. CREATED: 15 APR 09:44 2013

Satori · « **Reply #25 on:** 04/15/2013 10:04 am »

Moved for live coverage...

Ben the Space Brit · « **Reply #26 on:** 04/15/2013 12:10 pm »

It never ceases to give me a chill about the stages from Russian boosters dropping on dry land. I've seen pictures of locals living in hollowed out booster stages and the like. It's a totally different world when it comes to assessing safety risks and the like.

Artyom. · « **Reply #27 on:** 04/15/2013 12:23 pm »

State commission has given "go" for a fuelling of Proton-M rocket.
http://www.khrunichev.ru/main.php?id=1&nid=2789 (on Russian)

Prof68 · « **Reply #28 on:** 04/15/2013 12:54 pm »

Quote from: Ben the Space Brit on 04/15/2013 12:10 pm

It never ceases to give me a chill about the stages from Russian boosters dropping on dry land. I've seen pictures of locals living in hollowed out booster stages and the like. It's a totally different world when it comes to assessing safety risks and the like.

IMHO, assessment of safety for landing zones is very rational, except when irrational mindless followers of ecology religion step in.
Dry land - yes. Heavily populated land - definitely not. All dropping zones in Kazakhstan and Altai are semi-arid places or heavily forested hills, both with very low population density.
Poisonous fuel - yes. Stable poisonous fuel - definitely not. One of two components of proton fuel is a good fertilizer for plants. Other component is so unstable that 24 to 48 hours at sun rays is enough to completely degrade it to neutral compounds. Frankly, long-term dangers of kerosene/oxygen booster stages could be worse than for Proton stages.

input~2 · « **Reply #29 on:** 04/15/2013 01:07 pm »

Quote from: Prof68 on 04/15/2013 12:54 pm

Quote from: Ben the Space Brit on 04/15/2013 12:10 pm
It never ceases to give me a chill about the stages from Russian boosters dropping on dry land. I've seen pictures of locals living in hollowed out booster stages and the like. It's a totally different world when it comes to assessing safety risks and the like.
IMHO, assessment of safety for landing zones is very rational...

Have a look at these press reports on the Altaï situation

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19127713
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/1336392/Siberians-blighted-by-space-junk.html

Star One · « **Reply #30 on:** 04/15/2013 05:15 pm »

That second link which is eleven years old mentioned they were intending to make alterations to the Proton to mitigate the fuel issue, but the first BBC link makes no mention of if this has been done.