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#120
by
John44
on 28 Aug, 2015 16:58
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#121
by
jacqmans
on 28 Aug, 2015 18:11
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#122
by
jacqmans
on 28 Aug, 2015 18:13
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A check inspection of the SC Soyuz TMA-18M was performed
August 28, 2015
At Baikonur launch site the preparations continue for the launch of Soyuz TMA-18M transport manned vehicle under the International Space Station program.
In the assembly/test building (Sergey Alexandrovich VOLKOV (Roscosmos, Russia), Andreas Enevold MOGENSEN (ESA, Denmark) and Aydyn Akanovich AIMBETOV (KasKosmos, Republic Kazakhstan)) and backup (Oleg Ivanovich SKRIPOCHKA (Roscosmos, Russia), Thomas PESQUET (ESA, France) and Sergey Valerievich PROKOPIEV (Roscosmos, Russia)) crews of the Soyuz TMA-18M transportation manned spacecraft made a check inspection of the spacecraft in the launch configuration.
http://www.energia.ru/en/iss/iss45/photo_08-28.html
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#123
by
jacqmans
on 28 Aug, 2015 18:14
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Orbital module of the LV Soyuz-FG with SC Soyuz TMA-18M was transported for the general integration with LV
August 28, 2015
At Baikonur launch site the preparations continue for the launch of Soyuz TMA-18M transport manned vehicle under the International Space Station program.
Orbital module of the Soyuz-FG launch vehicle, containing the Soyuz TMA-18M manned spacecraft was transported from the spacecraft processing facility for the general integration with LV.
http://www.energia.ru/en/iss/iss45/photo_08-28_2.html
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#124
by
Galactic Penguin SST
on 29 Aug, 2015 21:58
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I guess everyone knows what Mogensen will do while at the ISS. What about Aimbetov? Given that his flight has been in the works for years before this seat opened up, I guess Kazakhstan's space agency and other science institutions had experiments planned for him in addition to additional assistance on Russian side experiments? If so, are there any detailed list for that?
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#125
by
Artyom.
on 30 Aug, 2015 08:01
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I guess everyone knows what Mogensen will do while at the ISS. What about Aimbetov? Given that his flight has been in the works for years before this seat opened up, I guess Kazakhstan's space agency and other science institutions had experiments planned for him in addition to additional assistance on Russian side experiments? If so, are there any detailed list for that?
From the media (only in Russian):
«Научная программа сейчас согласуется с РосКосмосом. Основные направления исследований - космический мониторинг: будут наблюдать за состоянием экологии, в частности, за состоянием Аральского моря, за перемещением пыльных бурь, за состоянием Каспийского моря и проблемам нефтезагрязнения. Кроме того, будет проведено исследование в сфере биотехнологии и биомедицины - исследование влияния космического полета на космонавта и др. Нашими учеными прорабатываются различные методики в этих сферах, а их апробация будет осуществляться на борту МКС», - сообщил Еркин Шаймагамбетов.
http://www.inform.kz/rus/article/2801694
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#126
by
Artyom.
on 30 Aug, 2015 12:03
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Today experts of Progress rocket and space center accomplished the general assembly of the Soyuz-FG rocket.
In compliance with the technical operation schedule, the upper composite was connected to the third stage of Soyuz-FG carrier rocket. After that, the emergency rescue system propulsion unit was connected to the upper composite, and the resulting aggregate was placed onto the transport and installation aggregate and connected to the composite of the first and the second stage of the carrier rocket.
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#127
by
njb
on 31 Aug, 2015 03:18
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The question is: what are they counting as a launch? I count only launches with liftoff (signal of liftoff contact; сигнал "Контакт подъёма" in Russian). I have verified with many sources, and I count this launch as 498th.
Is there a list of the 497 (up to now) launches from LC1?
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#128
by
Prof68
on 31 Aug, 2015 05:48
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The question is: what are they counting as a launch? I count only launches with liftoff (signal of liftoff contact; сигнал "Контакт подъёма" in Russian). I have verified with many sources, and I count this launch as 498th.
Is there a list of the 497 (up to now) launches from LC1?
More precisely this launch declared as 500 launch of Soyuz rocket. So Vostok, Voshod & Molniya launches should not count.
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#129
by
chewi
on 31 Aug, 2015 08:36
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#130
by
Satori
on 31 Aug, 2015 08:46
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The question is: what are they counting as a launch? I count only launches with liftoff (signal of liftoff contact; сигнал "Контакт подъёма" in Russian). I have verified with many sources, and I count this launch as 498th.
Is there a list of the 497 (up to now) launches from LC1?
More precisely this launch declared as 500 launch of Soyuz rocket. So Vostok, Voshod & Molniya launches should not count.
Yes, they do count, its the same rocket family. As anik said, this is the 498th launch from that pad.
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#131
by
chewi
on 31 Aug, 2015 09:32
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#132
by
anik
on 31 Aug, 2015 10:03
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Is there a list of the 497 (up to now) launches from LC1?
There were 460 orbital launches from launch pad 1. See them in a file in an attachment. It is in Russian, but search for "Байконур 1/5".
Also there were 37 suborbital launches from launch pad 1.
Dates are in Moscow time.
1. 15.05.1957 R-7
2. 12.07.1957 R-7
3. 21.08.1957 R-7
4. 07.09.1957 R-7
5. 30.01.1958 R-7
6. 29.03.1958 R-7
7. 04.04.1958 R-7
8. 24.05.1958 R-7
9. 10.07.1958 R-7
10. 24.12.1958 R-7
11. 17.02.1959 R-7
12. 25.03.1959 R-7
13. 31.03.1959 R-7
14. 09.05.1959 R-7
15. 31.05.1959 R-7
16. 09.06.1959 R-7
17. 18.07.1959 R-7
18. 30.07.1959 R-7
19. 14.08.1959 R-7
20. 18.09.1959 R-7
21. 22.10.1959 R-7
22. 25.10.1959 R-7
23. 02.11.1959 R-7
24. 21.11.1959 R-7
25. 27.11.1959 R-7
26. 23.12.1959 R-7A
27. 20.01.1960 R-7A
28. 24.01.1960 R-7A
29. 31.01.1960 R-7A
30. 18.03.1960 R-7A
31. 24.03.1960 R-7A
32. 04.06.1960 R-7
33. 05.07.1960 R-7A
34. 07.07.1960 R-7A
35. 14.10.1963 R-7A
36. 27.05.1966 R-7A
37. 25.06.1966 R-7A
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#133
by
jacqmans
on 31 Aug, 2015 11:16
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Copyrights: ESA-S. Corvaja, 2015.
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#134
by
njb
on 31 Aug, 2015 11:26
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Is there a list of the 497 (up to now) launches from LC1?
There were 460 orbital launches from launch pad 1. See them in a file in an attachment. It is in Russian, but search for "Байконур 1/5".
Thanks anik. That's brilliant
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#135
by
Galactic Penguin SST
on 31 Aug, 2015 15:16
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#136
by
John44
on 31 Aug, 2015 16:54
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#137
by
wally
on 01 Sep, 2015 08:07
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Was this flight prepared for Sarah Brightman or the alteration in the usual pace of rotating the crew is also due to the so called one-year mission? I don't recall any recent (though recent is fairly relative) 10-days stay on the ISS in the post-shuttle era. Why did they've changed the 3 months crew rotation rule?
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#138
by
tonyq
on 01 Sep, 2015 09:02
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Was this flight prepared for Sarah Brightman or the alteration in the usual pace of rotating the crew is also due to the so called one-year mission? I don't recall any recent (though recent is fairly relative) 10-days stay on the ISS in the post-shuttle era. Why did they've changed the 3 months crew rotation rule?
The one year mission means that there is no crew to rotate at this time, although the six month old Soyuz does need to be rotated. Hence, the opportunity for a short duration mission for two crew members. One of these seats was to be sold for a SFP (Brightman). although, in the event she withdrew (or whatever really happened).
Logically, there are unlikely to be any more SFP's or short-term missions, until (or if?) there is another one year mission.
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#139
by
Galactic Penguin SST
on 01 Sep, 2015 09:45
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Moved for live coverage!
