LIVE: Soyuz-2-1B – Resurs-P № 2 / Nuklon – 26th December 2014 (1855UTC)

• LIVE: Soyuz-2-1B – Resurs-P № 2 / Nuklon – 26th December 2014 (1855UTC) by Stan Black on 01 Sep, 2013 14:09
• Payload: Resurs-P № 2 47КС № Е150002
  Rocket: Soyuz-2-1B 14А14-1Б № Л15000-009 (11/134)
  Fairing: 81КС (ГО) 196КС (ПхО) № Т15000-001 (48/134)
  Launch site: Baikonur 17П32-6 (ПУ № 31/6)
  
  

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  State Rocket and Space Research and Production Centre «TsSKB-Progress»
  Государственный научно-производственный ракетно-космический центр «ЦСКБ-Прогресс»
  
  Resurs-P № 2
  
  

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  Создание оптико-электронного космического комплекса исследования природных ресурсов Земли и космической системы на его основе в составе двух космических аппаратов.

  2 215 178 080 Russian ruble
  Contract date: 2nd November 2010
  Contract number: 353-8532/10
  Contract period: from 2010 to 2013
  Delivery: 2013
  [source]
  
  Service life: 5 years
  
  Soyuz-2-1B
  
  

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  Ракета-носитель «Союз-2-1б» для запуска КА «Ресурс-П» № 2 (353.0001.002 ТУ)

  1 003 700 000 Russian ruble
  Contract date: 18th June 2012
  Contract number: 353-1131/12
  Contract period: April 2012 to 25th November 2013
  Delivery: fourth quarter 2013
  Delivered: 18th July 2013
  [source] [source]
  
   - This rocket is not going to be used for this launch; instead allocated the rocket ordered for Luch-5A.
  
  81КС
  
  

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  Изготовление и поставка ГО 81КС для запуска КА «Ресурс-П» № 2 (353У.0001.002 ТУ)

  85 817 000 Russian ruble
  Contract date: 12th April 2013
  Contract number: 353-С068/13/142
  Contract period: up to 25th November 2013
  Delivery: November 2013
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  196КС
  
  37 747 600 Russian ruble
  Contract date: 11th December 2013
  
  Service for Soyuz-2-1B
  
  

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  Проведение регламентных работ на ракете-носителе «Союз-2-1б» для запуска КА «Ресурс-П»

  13 636 600 Russian ruble
  Contract date: 1th November 2013
  Contract number: 353-С226/13/352
  Contract period: up to 25th November 2013
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   - location of work Baikonur Kosmodrom
  
  Soyuz-2-1B and fairing delivery to launch site
  
  

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  Подготовка к транспортировке, транспортировка, сопровождение ракеты-носителя (РН) «Союз-2» с ГО (СЗБ) для запуска КА «Ресурс-П» № 2 в эксплуатирующую организацию и возврат спецтранспорта на предприятие.

  16 254 100 Russian ruble
  Contract date: 26th December 2013
  Contract number: 353-С074/14/14
  Contract period: 1st January 2014 to 25th December 2014
  [source] [source] [source]
  
  Initial two satellite Resurs-P constellation
  
  

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  Создание оптико-электронного космического комплекса исследования природных ресурсов Земли и космической системы на его основе

  1 722 288 770 Russian ruble
  Contract date: 22nd November 2013
  Contract number: 353-8532/13/402
  Contract period: up to 25th November 2015
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  Centre for Operation of Land-Based Space Infrastructure (TsENKI)
  Центр эксплуатации объектов наземной космической инфраструктуры (ЦЭНКИ)
  
  Launch campaign & initial operation
  
  

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  Подготовка и запуск ракеты-носителя «Союз-2-1б» с КА «Ресурс-П» № 2. Проведение послепусковых работ. Управление КА № 2 средствами Минобороны России.

  440 452 644 Russian ruble 90 kopek
  Contract date: 2nd December 2013
  Contract number: 924-8532/13/389
  Contract period: up to 31st December 2015
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  M.V. Lomonosov Federal State University for Higher Professional Education, Research Institute of Nuclear Physics
  Федеральное государственное образовательное учреждение высшего профессионального образования «Московский государственный университет имени М.В.Ломоносова», Научно-исследовательский институт ядерной физики имени Д.В.Скобельцына (НИИЯФ МГУ)
  
  Nuklon
  
  

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  Создание комплекса научной аппаратуры Нуклон, обеспечивающей проведение исследований космических лучей высоких энергий и их химического состава

  753 500 000 Russian ruble
  Contract date: 19th April 2012
  Contract number: 808-5613/12
  Contract period: May 2012 to 25th November 2015
  [source]
  
   - Nuklon intended to be payload of an independent satellite, but instead to now fly piggyback on Resurs-P № 2
  
  

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• #1 by Stan Black on 26 Sep, 2013 18:41
• Routine maintenance on Soyuz-2-1B
  
  

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  Проведение регламентных работ на ракете-носителе «Союз-2-1б» для запуска КА «Ресурс-П»

  http://www.zakupki.gov.ru/pgz/public/action/orders/info/common_info/show?notificationId=7109477
  
  1st post updated.
  
  
• #2 by Stan Black on 03 Oct, 2013 16:37
• Launch campaign & initial operation
  
  

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  Подготовка и запуск ракеты-носителя «Союз-2-1б» с КА «Ресурс-П» № 2. Проведение послепусковых работ. Управление КА № 2 средствами Минобороны России. Шифр СЧ ОКР: «Ресурс-П» - «Запуск КА № 2»

  http://www.zakupki.gov.ru/pgz/public/action/orders/info/common_info/show?notificationId=7191769
  
  1st post updated.
  
  
• #3 by Stan Black on 22 Oct, 2013 16:06
• Initial two satellite Resurs-P constellation
  
  

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  «Создание оптико-электронного космического комплекса исследования природных ресурсов Земли и космической системы на его основе» Шифр: ОКР «Ресурс-П»

  http://www.zakupki.gov.ru/pgz/public/action/orders/info/common_info/show?notificationId=7333784
  
  1st post updated.
  
  
• #4 by Stan Black on 08 Nov, 2013 13:50
• Delivery of Soyuz & fairing to launch site
  
  

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  Транспортировка ракеты-носителя «Союз-2» с ГО (СЗБ) для запуска КА «Ресурс-П» № 2

  http://www.zakupki.gov.ru/pgz/public/action/orders/info/common_info/show?notificationId=7498909
  
  1st post updated.
  
  
• #5 by Stan Black on 15 Dec, 2013 17:59
• Tender from the Centre for Operation of Land-Based Space Infrastructure (TsENKI) for insurance to cover various launches, including «Meteor-M», «Luch-5V», «Elektro-L», «Resurs-P», «MKA-FKI», «Gonets-M»:-
  http://www.zakupki.gov.ru/223/purchase/public/purchase/info/common-info.html?noticeId=699599
  
  Direct links to the documents, dated 28th November 2013:-
  http://www.zakupki.gov.ru/223/purchase/public/download/download.html?id=3582627
  http://www.zakupki.gov.ru/223/purchase/public/download/download.html?id=3580483
  
  

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  Запуск космического аппарата: КА «Ресурс-П»
  Объект страхования: РН «Союз-2.1б», КА «Ресурс-П» №2
  Страховая сумма (лимит ответственности) млн.руб.: 3 619,920
  Дата запуска: III квартал 2014 г.

  
  

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  Launch of satellite: satellite Resurs-P
  Insured items: rocket Soyuz-2-1B, satellite Resurs-P №2
  The sum insured (limit of liability), million ruble: 3 619,920
  Launch date: 3rd quarter of 2014
• #6 by Stan Black on 06 Mar, 2014 15:51
• Quote from: anik on 06 Mar, 2014 14:52

  Aleksandr Kirilin from TsSKB-Progress has told to Interfax that the second Resurs-P will be launched in 4Q/2014, the third - early 2016.
  
• #7 by Galactic Penguin SST on 11 Nov, 2014 08:18
• Hmm.... TsSKB Progress mentioned last month that this satellite is ready to be shipped, yet as of today nothing has been reported about it going to Baikonur. Are there still any chance of it going off in December? 
  
  Also is it going to the same orbital plane as #1, or will it use another plane?
• #8 by Galactic Penguin SST on 17 Nov, 2014 11:13
• Quote from: Galactic Penguin SST on 11 Nov, 2014 08:18

  Hmm.... TsSKB Progress mentioned last month that this satellite is ready to be shipped, yet as of today nothing has been reported about it going to Baikonur. Are there still any chance of it going off in December? 
  
  Also is it going to the same orbital plane as #1, or will it use another plane?
  

  
  Finally delivered to Baikonur: http://www.samspace.ru/news/press_relizy/5150/
  
  Am I the only one who thinks that meeting the December 10 launch date seems.....tight? 
• #9 by Satori on 17 Nov, 2014 11:36
• Quote from: Galactic Penguin SST on 17 Nov, 2014 11:13

  Quote from: Galactic Penguin SST on 11 Nov, 2014 08:18

  Hmm.... TsSKB Progress mentioned last month that this satellite is ready to be shipped, yet as of today nothing has been reported about it going to Baikonur. Are there still any chance of it going off in December? 
  
  Also is it going to the same orbital plane as #1, or will it use another plane?
  

  
  Finally delivered to Baikonur: http://www.samspace.ru/news/press_relizy/5150/
  
  Am I the only one who thinks that meeting the December 10 launch date seems.....tight? 
  

  
  Probably it will not launch on December 10.
• #10 by Galactic Penguin SST on 24 Nov, 2014 11:36
• Launch is planned on December 26 at 19:00 UTC: http://itar-tass.com/kosmos/1593486
• #11 by Phillip Clark on 24 Nov, 2014 16:35
• Quote from: Galactic Penguin SST on 24 Nov, 2014 11:36

  Launch is planned on December 26 at 19:00 UTC: http://itar-tass.com/kosmos/1593486
  

  
  I wonder if it will be "live" - that would make my Christmas!
• #12 by Galactic Penguin SST on 27 Nov, 2014 10:52
• The spacecraft is being tested at MIK-112: http://www.federalspace.ru/21151/
  
  What is the planned orbital configuration of the 4 satellites of the Resurs-P system? (i.e. how many orbital planes are planned?)
• #13 by Stan Black on 27 Nov, 2014 16:37
• Quote from: Galactic Penguin SST on 27 Nov, 2014 10:52

  The spacecraft is being tested at MIK-112: http://www.federalspace.ru/21151/
  
  What is the planned orbital configuration of the 4 satellites of the Resurs-P system? (i.e. how many orbital planes are planned?)
  

  
  Originally there was to be just Resurs-P № 1 and № 2.
  Some information here:-
  http://www.geomatica.ru/pdf/2013_02/2013_02_66-69.pdf
  The first two are expected to survive for 5 years; whilst № 3, № 4 and № 5 up to 7 years. So with № 1 having launched in 2013, and № 4 due in 2018, is № 4 the replacement for № 1?
  http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=24942.msg1284954#msg1284954
• #14 by Galactic Penguin SST on 10 Dec, 2014 12:13
• Satellite now ready for transferral to Area 2B (i.e. "old Soyuz HIF") for final vacuum chamber tests: http://www.tsenki.com/news/news_tsenki/?ELEMENT_ID=116991
  
  

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• #15 by Galactic Penguin SST on 12 Dec, 2014 08:45
• Quote from: Galactic Penguin SST on 10 Dec, 2014 12:13

  Satellite now ready for transferral to Area 2B (i.e. "old Soyuz HIF") for final vacuum chamber tests: http://www.tsenki.com/news/news_tsenki/?ELEMENT_ID=116991
  

  
  Vacuum test currently undergoing; satellite will be moved to the fuelling station on December 15: http://www.federalspace.ru/21185/

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• #16 by input~2 on 21 Dec, 2014 12:01
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  P8762/14 -  ATS RTE SEGMENTS CLSD: A575 POBAL - SEROV NDB (SE), G713 OKATI - SADER. SFC - UNL, DAILY 1850-1950, 26 DEC 18:50 2014 UNTIL 27 DEC 19:50 2014. CREATED: 19 DEC 07:07 2014
• #17 by Phillip Clark on 22 Dec, 2014 06:06
• Is it too early to ask if we will have live coverage of the launch?
• #18 by input~2 on 22 Dec, 2014 06:59
• Detailed information on Resurs-P payload (in Russian)
  http://www.ntsomz.ru/ks_dzz/satellites/resurs_p
• #19 by Satori on 22 Dec, 2014 11:17
• Quote from: Phillip Clark on 22 Dec, 2014 06:06

  Is it too early to ask if we will have live coverage of the launch?
  

  
  TsENKI already has the header for the live coverage of this launch.
  
  http://www.tsenki.com/broadcast/
• #20 by Artyom. on 22 Dec, 2014 11:50
• Final Preparations for the Launch of the Spacecraft Resource-P №2
  
  
  Specialists from the space industry enterprises prepare the launch of LV "Soyuz-2.1b" with the Russian remote sensing spacecraft Resource-P № 2. All activities are carried out in accordance to the Schedule.
  In the assembly building site 112 specialists from JSC SRC Progress prepare the SC Resource-P № 2 to integrate it into the Ascent unit (AU). After encapsulation the AU will be transported to the site 31 and docked to the LV.
  
  At the same time experts from the FSUE TsENKI - Space Center South are preparing the Launch pad 31 for the lift off of ILV Soyuz-2.1b, which will deliver into orbit the satellite  Resource-P № 2.
  
  The Launch of the Resource-P» № 2 is scheduled to  Dec. 26 2014 at 10- 00 p.m. Moscow Time.
  
  http://en.federalspace.ru/20348/
• #21 by Artyom. on 22 Dec, 2014 13:05
• Launch is planned at 18:55 UTC.
• #22 by Galactic Penguin SST on 22 Dec, 2014 14:29
• #23 by Galactic Penguin SST on 23 Dec, 2014 16:38
• Assembly of the rocket and payload has been completed.
  
  Notice the ST-type fairing used.... 
  
  http://www.federalspace.ru/21212/

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• #24 by Stan Black on 23 Dec, 2014 18:47
• Quote from: Galactic Penguin SST on 23 Dec, 2014 16:38

  Assembly of the rocket and payload has been completed.
  
  Notice the ST-type fairing used.... 
  
  http://www.federalspace.ru/21212/
  

  
   Well this is where the article nomenclature just confuses me. For those flights with Fregat upper stage the fairing is referred to as 81КС, but is labelled 81КС1000-0; the serial numbers started with 001, and so far run up to 020. Same thing then? This is the first use of an 81КС without a Fregat upper stage, and introduces a new interstage adapter between the rocket and fairing and payload, the 196КС. It has 81КС1000А5-0 stamped on the side and serial number is 001. So a slight variation then? Note also there is no gaps in the serial numbers for the 14С738 fairing, which is used for Persona satellites. So that too is a variation of the same thing.
   Also the Soyuz rocket stages are 14С530000А1-0 and 14С540000А1-0 for the 1A variant, or 14С530000-0 and 14С540000-0 for the 1B. Two separate sequences of serial numbers.
   But what is odd, or so far unexplained to me, why the Progress launches changed from plane 11С517А2 to interstage 11С517А23000А1-0 with fairing 11С517А21000А1-0, but with the serial number continuing from 109 for Progress M-25M (the first on a Soyuz-2 rocket).
• #25 by input~2 on 23 Dec, 2014 18:49
• NOTAM
  K1734/14 -  ATS ROUTE SEGMENTS CLSD: 1.R366 ADRAT GOSPA FROM 325 TO 360KM 2.A299 DILIR GEDSA FROM 50 TO 90 KM SFC/UNL. 26 DEC 18:50 2014 UNTIL 26 DEC 19:50 2014. CREATED: 23 DEC 03:55 2014
• #26 by Artyom. on 24 Dec, 2014 06:17
• The launcher was transported to the launch pad.
  
  http://www.federalspace.ru/21213/ (in Russian)
• #27 by Artyom. on 24 Dec, 2014 07:01

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• #28 by Galactic Penguin SST on 24 Dec, 2014 07:24
• Details about the instruments of Resurs-P #2 and the launch sequence can be found here: http://www.mcc.rsa.ru/resurs_p_2.htm
• #29 by Artyom. on 24 Dec, 2014 11:29
• Video of the roll-out
  
  
• #30 by input~2 on 25 Dec, 2014 14:18
• "The new satellite "Resource-P" to double Russia's ability to monitor the Earth's surface"
  http://tass.ru/kosmos/1672825
• #31 by Satori on 26 Dec, 2014 10:29
• Moved for live coverage...
• #32 by Chris Bergin on 26 Dec, 2014 12:42
• Another super article via William Graham:
  http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2014/12/resurs-p-launch-russian-soyuz-2-1b/
• #33 by Phillip Clark on 26 Dec, 2014 13:16
• In William's desciption of the launch of Resurs-P 2 he might like to note that the symmetry of the separation of the four strap-on boosters (Bloks B, V, G and D) around the still burning core stage (Blok A) has been given the name "Korolyov Cross".   Of course, this is in honour of Sergei Korolyov whose design bureau was responsible for the original R-7 ICBM that this family of launchers is based upon.
• #34 by Artyom. on 26 Dec, 2014 15:52
• TsENKI webcast has started. Live from Baikonur Cosmodrome  !
  
  _{Oh, nostalgia}    ...

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• #35 by Prober on 26 Dec, 2014 16:21
• nice boiloff .....looks kind of windy
  
  Train beeps.....moved

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• #36 by Artyom. on 26 Dec, 2014 16:30

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• #37 by Artyom. on 26 Dec, 2014 16:37
• Tu-Tu 

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• #38 by Artyom. on 26 Dec, 2014 16:39

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• #39 by Prober on 26 Dec, 2014 16:40
• more trains.....player is working great today..
  

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• #40 by Artyom. on 26 Dec, 2014 16:43

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• #41 by Prober on 26 Dec, 2014 16:51
• enjoying these trains...toot toot
  

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• #42 by Artyom. on 26 Dec, 2014 16:54
• 60 mins to launch.

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• #43 by Prober on 26 Dec, 2014 16:59
• Launch - 55 min
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  Tower is a beauty today....
  

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• #44 by Artyom. on 26 Dec, 2014 17:07
• Beautiful  !

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• #45 by Artyom. on 26 Dec, 2014 17:14
• Service structure moving away..

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• #46 by Artyom. on 26 Dec, 2014 17:15

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• #47 by Artyom. on 26 Dec, 2014 17:18

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• #48 by Artyom. on 26 Dec, 2014 17:19
• Service tower retraction completed.

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• #49 by Artyom. on 26 Dec, 2014 17:19

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• #50 by Prober on 26 Dec, 2014 17:20
• nice side view ....all done  Launch -35

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• #51 by Satori on 26 Dec, 2014 17:20
• 35 minutes for launch...

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• #52 by Artyom. on 26 Dec, 2014 17:24
• 30 minutes for launch.

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• #53 by Artyom. on 26 Dec, 2014 17:33

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• #54 by Artyom. on 26 Dec, 2014 17:35
• T-20 mins

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• #55 by cartman on 26 Dec, 2014 17:36
• I just love that there are still people walking relatively close to the rocket
• #56 by Phillip Clark on 26 Dec, 2014 17:36
• Sorry to interrupt the excellent coverage, but I have often wondered what mass of LOX boils off during the countdown.   Does anyone know for a Soyuz launch please?   
• #57 by Prober on 26 Dec, 2014 17:38
• wow lots of boiloff and wind
  

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• #58 by Prober on 26 Dec, 2014 17:40
• -15 Mark

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• #59 by Satori on 26 Dec, 2014 17:45
• 10 minutes for launch... all looks good.
• #60 by Artyom. on 26 Dec, 2014 17:45
• T-10 mins

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• #61 by Galactic Penguin SST on 26 Dec, 2014 17:49
• Quote from: Hauerg on 26 Dec, 2014 17:48

  Link available for video?
  
  Read trough the read but could not find the link to videostream.
  

  
  http://www.tv-tsenki.com/live.php
  
  I think the launch key has been inserted for launch command issuing.
• #62 by Artyom. on 26 Dec, 2014 17:50
• «Ключ на старт!»
  
  Launch key inserted.

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• #63 by Artyom. on 26 Dec, 2014 17:56
• LAUNCH!

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• #64 by Chris Bergin on 26 Dec, 2014 17:57
• LAUNCH!!

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• #65 by Chris Bergin on 26 Dec, 2014 17:57

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• #67 by Prober on 26 Dec, 2014 17:57
• Launch !!!!

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• #68 by Artyom. on 26 Dec, 2014 17:58
• Booster sep.

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• #69 by Chris Bergin on 26 Dec, 2014 17:58
• Staging.

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• #70 by Prober on 26 Dec, 2014 17:59
• thx Artyom, friends Russia for an enjoyable launch..got to run 
• #71 by Artyom. on 26 Dec, 2014 18:00
• Second stage sep.
  
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• #72 by Artyom. on 26 Dec, 2014 18:01
• Fairing jettison.
• #73 by Galactic Penguin SST on 26 Dec, 2014 18:03
• Hmm why is the fuel train returning to the pad so soon? 
• #74 by Artyom. on 26 Dec, 2014 18:05
• Third stage cut-off and S/C separation!
• #75 by input~2 on 26 Dec, 2014 18:12
• Confirmation of launch success by TASS
  http://tass.ru/kosmos/1675623
• #76 by IanO on 26 Dec, 2014 18:15
• Congratulations for the 89th orbital launch attempt this year, the best annual launch rate since 1997!  Russia is on track with tomorrows Proton to launch almost as many of their rockets as in 2000.
• #77 by Nicolas PILLET on 26 Dec, 2014 18:29
• According to my classification (which counts Sea Launch and Soyuz at CSG as Russian launches), this was 3200th Soviet/Russian orbital launch !
• #78 by input~2 on 27 Dec, 2014 04:19
• 2 objects have been catalogued by USSTRATCOM
  2014-087A/40360 in 190 x 428 km x 97.29°
  2014-087B/40361 in 186 x 455 km x 97.28°
• #79 by Steven Pietrobon on 27 Dec, 2014 06:02
• Sorry to be late for the party! Here's a replay of the launch.
  
  
• #80 by Artyom. on 27 Dec, 2014 06:14
• Exact launch time - 18:55:50.141 UTC .
• #81 by Artyom. on 27 Dec, 2014 07:16
• Roscosmos video of the launch
  
  [youtube]QNHMOjBX2FY[/youtube]
• #82 by Galactic Penguin SST on 27 Dec, 2014 15:25
• http://www.federalspace.ru/21218/

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• #83 by Prober on 27 Dec, 2014 15:30
• Quote from: Steven Pietrobon on 27 Dec, 2014 06:02

  Sorry to be late for the party! Here's a replay of the launch.
  

  
  nothing to be sorry for mate.
  
  You have done more than your share in 2014;   All the best to you and your family in 2015
• #84 by Phillip Clark on 28 Dec, 2014 10:20
• Literature which is linked to this thread has shown that the mass of Resurs-P 2 is 6,392 kg.
  
  When Resurs-P 1 was launched its mass was given in Russian literature as 6,570 kg, the same figure which was often quoted for Resurs-DK.   
  
  Since Resurs-P 2 carries the extra mass of the Nuklon payload I would have thought that its mass would have been greater than Resurs-P 1.   Perhaps the P 1 mass has been mis-quoted of course.
• #85 by Yarrah on 28 Dec, 2014 11:07
• According to the link below, Resurs-P 1 weighed only 5691 kg
  
  http://www.mcc.rsa.ru/resurs_p.htm
• #86 by Phillip Clark on 28 Dec, 2014 11:17
• I was using the following link for the mass which I quoted: http://www.mcc.rsa.ru/resurs_p_2.htm.
  
  Maybe that is including units added to the satellite for the launch?
  
  So why should it be a tonne lighter than Resurs-DK and Resurs-P 1?
• #87 by input~2 on 29 Dec, 2014 06:47
• Quote from: input~2 on 27 Dec, 2014 04:19

  2 objects have been catalogued by USSTRATCOM
  2014-087A/40360 in 190 x 428 km x 97.29°
  2014-087B/40361 in 186 x 455 km x 97.28°
  

  Objects A and B have now been switched and the orbit of new Object A (S/C) has been raised to:
  331 x 471 km x 97.28°
• #88 by input~2 on 01 Jan, 2015 17:16
• Orbit of the S/C has now been circularized
  461 x 472 km @97.29° (epoch Jan 1, 0247UTC)
• #89 by Artyom. on 05 Jan, 2015 13:37
• The first photos from Resurs-P №2!
  
  http://www.federalspace.ru/21228/

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• #90 by Artyom. on 16 Jan, 2015 11:38
• New photos - http://www.federalspace.ru/21238/.
  
  

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• #91 by Star One on 16 Jan, 2015 12:02
• Is the release of all these images to help publicise the fact that their Earth Resources imaging is now available on a commercial basis?
• #92 by Stan Black on 02 Sep, 2015 18:04
• Thanks to Anik, we now know the rocket used to launch Resurs-P №2 had internal factory number 11/134; also written 11М134С for 11th machine of the 134th series. This rocket was prepared under contract №353-1121/08 between Roskosmos and TsSKB-Progress. It had been ordered to launch Luch-5A.
  
  http://fcs.vpk.ru/cgi-bin/uis/gk.cgi/ExtDataGk/View/1918820?class_suffix=Gk
  
  The rocket ordered for the launch of Resurs-P №2 had factory number 48/134. The fairing was used.
  
  http://www.zakupki.gov.ru/223/purchase/public/purchase/info/documents.html?noticeId=2775143
  http://www.zakupki.gov.ru/223/purchase/public/purchase/info/documents.html?noticeId=1491596
  http://www.zakupki.gov.ru/epz/contract/contractCard/common-info.html?reestrNumber=0173100007012000182
  http://www.zakupki.gov.ru/epz/contract/contractCard/common-info.html?reestrNumber=0173100007013000161
  http://www.samaratoday.ru/img/2014/12/KA-Resurs-P-2.jpg
  
  Rocket 48/134 is going to be the next 1B rocket shipped to Baikonur; but I am not sure what it will launch.
• #93 by B. Hendrickx on 26 Nov, 2018 22:58
• https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/3811631
  
  Quoting an unnamed source in the space industry, the Kommersant newspaper reported today that both Resurs-P nr. 2 and nr. 3 have been declared lost. Resurs-P nr. 2 began suffering from problems with its thermal control and computer systems in 2016 and never fully recovered from those.  Resurs-P nr. 3 was taken out of service in February 2017 when it began experiencing problems with the high-speed transmission system needed to relay pictures back to Earth. The loss of these satellites is a major setback, the more so because images relayed by these satellites are also used by the military to complement pictures obtained by photographic reconnaissance satellites. Both satellites had a design lifetime of five years. According to Kommersant, Resurs-P nr. 1 continues to relay data, but is also suffering from "numerous problems with on-board systems". Resurs-P nr. 4 and 5 are not scheduled for launch until November 2019 and November 2020, one year later than previously planned.
  
  Several hours after the publication of the Kommersant article, the Roscosmos press service confirmed that Resurs-P nr. 2 has been declared a total loss. However, engineers are still looking at the possibility of recovering Resurs-P nr. 3. See this TASS report:
  
  https://tass.ru/kosmos/5834861