The rocket has been delivered on 18th July 2013.http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=26990.msg1076284#msg1076284
2014: Russia to launch EgyptSat-2 satellite built by RKK Energia. (As of January 2013).
Адаптация СУ изделия 11А511У-ПВБ по спецификации для запуска изделия 559ГК
Выдача заключения о технической готовности ракетного комплекса К11А511У и СЗБ 11С517А2М для запуска изделия 559ГК
This is the last ever Soyuz-U launch with a non-Progress payload?
Roscosmos claims a launch time of 15:25:07 UTC on April 16: http://www.roscosmos.ru/20430/Do such a precise launch time means that it is heading to SSO after all? (apparently the satellite is only 1.5 tonne-ish so the Soyuz-U, even without the Fregat, may be overkill for direct injection)Edit: http://rus.ruvr.ru/news/2013_08_29/Rossija-izgotovila-i-zapustit-k-koncu-goda-sputnik-dlja-Egipta-5839/ reports a 700 km altitude orbit for the satellite.
Interesting - it is the first launch of the Progress-M type fairing with a non progress-family payload.
Quote from: Skyrocket on 04/15/2014 10:49 amInteresting - it is the first launch of the Progress-M type fairing with a non progress-family payload.Except if you consider Gamma satellite as a non Progress-family payload...http://www.kosmonavtika.com/lancements/1990/11071990/11071990photos.html
I've lost the TsENKI feed... anyone with the same problem?
And we have EgyptSat-2 separation!
this is the last soyuz-u which does not carry progress, isn't it?
My congratulations !
Arianespace said this is the 1,819th launch of soyuz. Could I ask how do they figure out this number? Maybe they included launches of all the R-7 missiles and all the derived rockets, like Vostok, Voskhod and Molniya . Thanks :-)http://www.arianespace.com/news-press-release/2014/4-9-2014-1819-Soyuz-launch-success.asp
Quote from: siweifdu on 04/23/2014 12:20 amArianespace said this is the 1,819th launch of soyuz. Could I ask how do they figure out this number? Maybe they included launches of all the R-7 missiles and all the derived rockets, like Vostok, Voskhod and Molniya . Thanks :-)http://www.arianespace.com/news-press-release/2014/4-9-2014-1819-Soyuz-launch-success.aspThese numbers come from TsSKB Progress, they are for ALL R-7 based rockets, including missiles through Molniya, and they include several R-7 vehicles that did not actually "launch" in the usual sense. The following are the rockets from the list that, I believe, do not appear on every "launch" list. They also appear to not include the Soyuz 2.1v launch, an exclusion with which I concur because the NK-33 powered version is simply not an R-7. 7/10/63 pad explosion of 8A92 Vostok-2 when one booster engine shut down at liftoff.12/14/66 pad explosion of 11A511 Soyuz when escape tower fired inadvertently 27 minutes after a launch abort. Two injured on pad. 3/18/80 pad explosion of 8A92M Vostok-2M due Plestesk fueling accident prior to launch that killed 48. 9/26/83 11A511U Soyuz-U Soyuz T-10-1 escape tower firing due launch pad fire about 90 seconds before planned liftoff. Crew saved but launch vehicle destroyed. (All four pad accidents are included in TsSKB Progress vehicle totals.) - Ed Kyle
Izvestia and allegedly sources from RSC Energia report, that Egypt has lost communication with EgyptSat 2, less than a year since launch. Egypt's National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences (NARSS) deny this.Can anyone confirm?http://www.astrowatch.net/2015/04/has-egypt-lost-contact-with-its.html
EgyptSat-2 fails in orbitIn April 2015, rumors surfaced on the Internet that the EgyptSat-2 either completely failed in orbit or experienced attitude control problems. There were no official confirmation or denial from the official sources, but if the satellite was lost, it would functioned only one year out of 11-year life span in its technical specifications. It would also repeat an ill fate of its Ukrainian-built predecessor, which had also failed prematurely.According to industry sources, an expected dual failure in the flight control system rendered the satellite completely inoperable. The spacecraft apparently stopped reacting to commands from the ground, despite all efforts of mission control.By the end of April, the official Russian media confirmed the loss of the satellite citing unnamed sources. A report by the Interfax news agency said that both flight control computers onboard the spacecraft failed within 15 seconds of each other on April 12, 2015. According to the Izvestiya daily, the satellite failed on April 14.
