LIVE: Soyuz-2-1A – Foton-M № 4 – 18th July 2014 (20:50 UTC)

[Artyom.]

[Galactic Penguin SST]

Is there a full list of experiments to be carried on board? Are there any foreign institutions that continues to participate like ESA did for the last 3 (maybe more than that) Foton missions?

Aha: http://www.federalspace.ru/20669/ 

An all Russian grouping, and quite interesting too.....wonder if there's a market/demand for similar recoverable independent spacecraft in the US or Europe (DragonLab?).....

[Stan Black]

http://www.mcc.rsa.ru/foton_4.htm

[Prober]

Any news on the status of live coverage for this flight?

The trend seems clear.  We've likely witnessed our last Russian launch failure.

It's a shame.  In recent years, until now, Russia's space program has been more unafraid and open to public scrutiny than that of the United States.   

 - Ed Kyle

think you might be right Ed
check the news Rosen just went off again with the UK airshow. 

[Satori]

I suppose that the launcher was transported to the launch pad today (?)

[Artyom.]

I suppose that the launcher was transported to the launch pad today (?)

I think the roll-out will be performed later.

[Satori]

I suppose that the launcher was transported to the launch pad today (?)

I think the roll-out will be performed later.

Yes, you are right. In this kind of mission, the late installation of experiments on board leads to a «late» transportation to the launch pad.

[Satori]

The last experiments were installed on Foton M n.º 4 today.

http://www.roscosmos.ru/20772/ (in Russian)

[Satori]

Some pictures od the Foton-M n.º 4 encapsulation posted on facebook... ups, and now also available at http://www.roscosmos.ru/20772/

[Artyom.]

The roll-out is planned for tomorrow at 13:00 UTC.

[russianhalo117]

Some pictures od the Foton-M n.º 4 encapsulation posted on facebook... ups, and now also available at http://www.roscosmos.ru/20772/

how many flights to date from USSR and Russia have used vertical fairing integration??

[Satori]

The roll-out is planned for tomorrow at 13:00 UTC.

Great! Thank you Artyom!

[Artyom.]

Biological objects (geckos, fruit fly, plant seeds) will take off tomorrow for a two-month space flight on the spacecraft "Foton-M" №4:

[Artyom.]

The roll-out has begun .

[Artyom.]

And the launcher was transported to the launch pad.

[Star One]

I seem to remember reading on here that there was some issues with some of the experiments on the last flight, was there any reporting on the follow up with these problems?

[Satori]

Images available at http://www.roscosmos.ru/20775/

[Satori]

...and two more pictures posted on Roscosmos facebook.

[Artyom.]

About a live broadcast:

Start: 18:50:00 UTC, July 18, 2014.
End: 21:50:00 UTC, July 18, 2014.

http://www.federalspace.ru/317/
http://www.tv-tsenki.com/live6.php

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