LIVE: Soyuz-2-1A - Cosmos 2495 (Kobalt-M) – Plesetsk – May 6, 2014 (1349UTC)

[siweifdu]

Excuse me. Could anybody provide some information about the events of the launch, such as the satellite separation time, separation orbit etc.? Many thanks!

[Galactic Penguin SST]

Excuse me. Could anybody provide some information about the events of the launch, such as the satellite separation time, separation orbit etc.? Many thanks!

It's listed in the article above and on the NSF article about the launch. 

[Chris Bergin]

Yeah, let's get it on this page too: The work of the superb William Graham.

http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2014/05/soyuz-2-1a-kobalt-m-reconnaissance-satellite/

Any chance of a launch image sometime soon?

[Artyom.]

Looks like it's in orbit: http://itar-tass.com/nauka/1169734

Yes, the satellite separated.

http://www.vesti.ru/doc.html?id=1553400&cid=7

My congratulations  !

[owais.usmani]

We have a video of the roll out:

http://tvzvezda.ru/news/forces/content/201405060211-hny0.htm

[Phillip Clark]

Cosmos 2392 has been catalogued as being 2014-025A / 39732: two elsets which are really identical so far, confirming the inclination as being 81.4 deg.

No sign of the Blok I third stage yet..

[ngilmore]

Excellent coverage and article as usual.

One clarification requested about the article: http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2014/05/soyuz-2-1a-kobalt-m-reconnaissance-satellite/

The spacecraft, No.564, is likely to be the penultimate Kobal’t, with the type being retired in favour of the more modern Persona series of satellites.

This sentence says it is the second to last, then seems to imply it is the last one. After reading this, I'm not sure if one more Kobal’t is expected or not.

[Phillip Clark]

There is one more Kobalt-M satellite left for launch, and it's expected to fly in about a year.

[Stan Black]

Excellent coverage and article as usual.

One clarification requested about the article: http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2014/05/soyuz-2-1a-kobalt-m-reconnaissance-satellite/

The spacecraft, No.564, is likely to be the penultimate Kobal’t, with the type being retired in favour of the more modern Persona series of satellites.

This sentence says it is the second to last, then seems to imply it is the last one. After reading this, I'm not sure if one more Kobal’t is expected or not.

Evidence for another:-

Блок оптический "Астрар-1" НРДК.202361.001 для комплектования опытного образца прибор БОКЗ-М для летной эксплуатации в составе изделия 11Ф695 № 565 (3321020): 2,00 ШТ;

http://www.zakupki.gov.ru/pgz/public/action/contracts/info/common_info/show?contractInfoId=9605335

Поставка ЭРИ для комплектования 2 штатных образцов прибора БОКЗ-М изделия 11Ф695 № 565 с проведением закупки, входного контроля, отбраковочных испытаний, диагностического неразрушающего контроля и выборочного разрушающего физического анализа

http://www.zakupki.gov.ru/pgz/public/action/contracts/info/common_info/show?contractInfoId=14999679

Also?

Ликвидация аппаратуры приборного отсека спускаемого аппарата серии «Космос», содержащей радиоактивные элементы – всего 3 штуки, из них: 2012 год -1 штука,
2013 год -1 штука, 2014 год -1 штука

http://www.zakupki.gov.ru/pgz/public/action/orders/info/common_info/show?notificationId=2876704

[input~2]

Cosmos 2392 has been catalogued as being 2014-025A / 39732: two elsets which are really identical so far, confirming the inclination as being 81.4 deg.

No sign of the Blok I third stage yet..

First object catalogued in 176 x 285 km x 81.41°

[input~2]

Spacecraft now called Cosmos-2495
http://itar-tass.com/nauka/1170279

[Satori]

Spacecraft now called Cosmos-2495
http://itar-tass.com/nauka/1170279

Can someone explain why are they calling Cosmos-2495 to this satellite?

[input~2]

Second object 2014-025B/39733 catalogued in:
176 x 280 km x 81.41°

[Satori]

Spacecraft now called Cosmos-2495
http://itar-tass.com/nauka/1170279

Can someone explain why are they calling Cosmos-2495 to this satellite?

Well, the only explanation I can find at this moment for this is that the three satellites from the first Soyuz-2.1v launch were also given Kosmos designations.

And so, if this is Kosmos-2495, then the last GLONASS-M satellite launched in March is Kosmos-2494.

[jcm]

Spacecraft now called Cosmos-2495
http://itar-tass.com/nauka/1170279

Can someone explain why are they calling Cosmos-2495 to this satellite?

Well, the only explanation I can find at this moment for this is that the three satellites from the first Soyuz-2.1v launch were also given Kosmos designations.

And so, if this is Kosmos-2495, then the last GLONASS-M satellite launched in March is Kosmos-2494.

But https://glonass-iac.ru/en/CUSGLONASS/index.php says that one is 2491.

[Galactic Penguin SST]

Spacecraft now called Cosmos-2495
http://itar-tass.com/nauka/1170279

Can someone explain why are they calling Cosmos-2495 to this satellite?

Well, the only explanation I can find at this moment for this is that the three satellites from the first Soyuz-2.1v launch were also given Kosmos designations.

And so, if this is Kosmos-2495, then the last GLONASS-M satellite launched in March is Kosmos-2494.

But https://glonass-iac.ru/en/CUSGLONASS/index.php says that one is 2491.

...and at http://www.sdcm.ru/smglo/grupglo?version=rus&site=extern it says it's K-2494. 

The only plausible explanation is that the payloads of the Dec. 28 Soyuz-2.1v launch were given K-2491-3. (unless of course the Russians are issuing numbers out of sequence) Maybe that's a similar deal to that the payloads of the STP-S26 launch given USA #s even when many of them are civilian...

[owais.usmani]

We have a video of the roll out:

http://tvzvezda.ru/news/forces/content/201405060211-hny0.htm

And now launch video:

http://tvzvezda.ru/news/forces/content/201405061819-7kjc.htm

[Targeteer]

Any thoughts as to why the russians are not launching into sun-synch for this system?  Limits on launch azimuth don't appear obvious...

[Phillip Clark]

Any thoughts as to why the russians are not launching into sun-synch for this system?  Limits on launch azimuth don't appear obvious...

The Persona-1 satellites are launched to SSO, as will be the Bars-M series, I believe.   It is simply that the Kobalt-M satellites were not designed to be launched to SSO.

As new imaging satellites come online they will use SSO, but remember that Kobalt-M has its roots in the 1970s Feniks satellites which flew to posigrade orbits.

[Satori]

Spacecraft now called Cosmos-2495
http://itar-tass.com/nauka/1170279

Can someone explain why are they calling Cosmos-2495 to this satellite?

Well, the only explanation I can find at this moment for this is that the three satellites from the first Soyuz-2.1v launch were also given Kosmos designations.

And so, if this is Kosmos-2495, then the last GLONASS-M satellite launched in March is Kosmos-2494.

But https://glonass-iac.ru/en/CUSGLONASS/index.php says that one is 2491.

...and at http://www.sdcm.ru/smglo/grupglo?version=rus&site=extern it says it's K-2494. 

The only plausible explanation is that the payloads of the Dec. 28 Soyuz-2.1v launch were given K-2491-3. (unless of course the Russians are issuing numbers out of sequence) Maybe that's a similar deal to that the payloads of the STP-S26 launch given USA #s even when many of them are civilian...

The SKRL spheres got Kosmos numbers. Aist didn't got a Kosmos number.