FAILURE: Proton-M/Briz-M launch with MexSat-1 - May 16, 2015 (05:47 UTC)

• FAILURE: Proton-M/Briz-M launch with MexSat-1 - May 16, 2015 (05:47 UTC) by Satori on 29 Jan, 2015 10:39
• MexSat-1 will be launched by a Proton-M/Briz-M on April 24, 2015.
• #1 by Stan Black on 29 Jan, 2015 15:15
• Tender from the Centre for Operation of Land-Based Space Infrastructure (TsENKI) for insurance to cover various launch sites; for preparation and launch of rockets «Proton», «Soyuz», «Zenit»:-
  http://www.zakupki.gov.ru/223/purchase/public/purchase/info/common-info.html?noticeId=1922237
  
  Direct link to document, dated 29th December 2014:-
  http://www.zakupki.gov.ru/223/purchase/public/download/download.html?id=10741151
  
  

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  РКН: КА «Мекссат-1», РН «Протон-М»
  Дата запуска: 2 кв. 2015
  Страховая сумма (лимит ответственности) млн.руб.: 2 558,10
  Страховая премия (максимальный тариф) млн.руб.: 17,9

  
  

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  Launch: satellite Mexsat-1, rocket Proton-M
  Launch date: 2nd quarter of 2015
  The sum insured (limit of liability), million ruble: 2 558,10
  Insurance premium (maximum tariff), million ruble: 17,9
• #2 by Stan Black on 31 Jan, 2015 07:15
• Satellite: Mexsat-1
  
  

  Operator:	Secretaria de Communicaciones y Transportes México
  Nation:	Mexico
  Contractors:	Boeing Satellite Systems
  Platform:	BSS-702HP
  Equipment:	L-band, Ku-band transponders
  Mass:	5,325 kilogrammes (at launch), 3,200 kilogrammes (start of operation)
  Service life:	15 years
  Launch vehicle:	Proton-M 8К82КМ with improved energy-mass characteristics (phase 3) № 93554
  Upper stage:	Briz-M 14С43 with improved energy-mass characteristics (phase 3) № 99555
  Fairing:	15,255 millimetre 14С75 with improved energy-mass characteristics (phase 3)
  Launch site:	Baikonur 8П882К-4Ф (ПУ № 39)
  Khrunichev I.L.S. contract:	ILS-SC-1202-686 dated 1st March 2012

  
  http://www.boeing.com/boeing/defense-space/space/bss/factsheets/702/mexsat/mexsat.page
  
  With thanks to Skyrocket:-
  http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/mexsat-1.htm
• #3 by Stan Black on 01 Apr, 2015 21:16
• Mission overview
  http://www.ilslaunch.com/sites/default/files/Centenario%20Mission%20Overview.pdf

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  Centenario Mission Overview.pdf
• #4 by Danderman on 01 Apr, 2015 22:04
• April 29 – MexSat-1 – Proton-M/Briz-M – Baikonur, 200/39
• #5 by Adonis1 on 03 Apr, 2015 18:50
• launch vehicle "Proton-M" and the upper stage "Breeze-M", for the launch of the Mexican satellite Communication «MexSat-1",  arrived yesterday to Baikonur Cosmodrome.
  
  tsenki.com
• #6 by Stan Black on 06 Apr, 2015 07:42
• Quote from: Adonis1 on 03 Apr, 2015 18:50

  launch vehicle "Proton-M" and the upper stage "Breeze-M", for the launch of the Mexican satellite Communication «MexSat-1",  arrived yesterday to Baikonur Cosmodrome.
  
  tsenki.com
  

  
  So they now deliver the Briz-M upper stage by train along with the Proton-M rocket? In the past they were flown in separately.
• #7 by Artyom. on 09 Apr, 2015 15:13
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  Operations on Mexican MexSat-1 Communications Satellite Continue at Baikonur
  
  
  Intensive pre-launch processing of Proton-M ILV with Breeze-M upper stage and the Mexican MexSat-1 communications satellite continues at Baikonur cosmodrome.
  
  Last Friday, MexSat-1 spacecraft was delivered to the cosmodrome and on Saturday it was unloaded from the container.
  
  Today, foreign experts supported by the teams of FSUE TsENKI division Yuzhny Space Center have started the autonomous tests of the satellite’s systems in the clean room of the assembly, integration, and test building of pad 92A-50 of the cosmodrome.
  
  Proton-M ILV and Breeze-M upper stage, designed for this launch, are undergoing autonomous tests in the same assembly, integration, and test building.
  
  The launch of Proton-M ILV with Breeze-M upper stage and the Mexican MexSat-1 communications satellite is scheduled for late April, 2015.
  
  MexSat-1 (often referred to as MexSat Centenario in the Mexican press) is manufactured upon the order of the Mexican Ministry for Transport and Communications by the American Boeing Satellite Systems. It was built on the basis of the Boeing 702 HP platform, weighs about 5,4 tons and carries retransmission antennas of three ranges. The satellite will be placed into the geostationary orbit to the point of 113° W and provide communications in Mexico and the central part of South America. The satellite is expected to function in orbit for 15 years. The MexSat system is aimed at supplying Mexico’s state and security agencies with land-line and mobile satellite communications. The satellite will also be used to organize telemedical networks, distance education, alert, and communication in emergency situations.
  
  Proton-M ILV and Breeze-M upper stage are manufactured by Moscow Khrunichev center.
  
  As well as other commercial launches, the upcoming launch is provided by International Launch Services, joint Russian-American enterprise, possessing an exclusive right of commercial use of the Russian Proton heavy carrier rocket.

  
  http://en.federalspace.ru/20425/
• #8 by Galactic Penguin SST on 15 Apr, 2015 03:40
• I'm still looking for the launch time on April 29 of this one in vain. Anyone knows this? 
• #9 by Galactic Penguin SST on 15 Apr, 2015 03:53
• Quote from: Galactic Penguin SST on 15 Apr, 2015 03:40

  I'm still looking for the launch time on April 29 of this one in vain. Anyone knows this? 
  

  
  Hmm this press release from the Mexican Government has this as both midnight Mexican time (from Mexico City I guess, which is UTC-5) and 13:00 in Baikonur (UTC+6), which is inconsistent. Which one is correct?
• #10 by russianhalo117 on 15 Apr, 2015 07:21
• we should be correct because we are extremely rarely wrong in our info
• #11 by Galactic Penguin SST on 15 Apr, 2015 08:25
• Quote from: russianhalo117 on 15 Apr, 2015 07:21

  we should be correct because we are extremely rarely wrong in our info
  

  
  Looks like the Baikonur time is the correct one - launch will be at 07:07 UTC.
  
• #12 by anik on 15 Apr, 2015 08:42
• Quote from: Galactic Penguin SST on 15 Apr, 2015 08:25

  Looks like the Baikonur time is the correct one - launch will be at 07:07 UTC

  
  And the source of this information is...
• #13 by Galactic Penguin SST on 15 Apr, 2015 08:45
• Quote from: anik on 15 Apr, 2015 08:42

  Quote from: Galactic Penguin SST on 15 Apr, 2015 08:25

  Looks like the Baikonur time is the correct one - launch will be at 07:07 UTC

  
  And the source of this information is...
  

  
  From yours truly  : http://novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/messages/forum14/topic14042/message1359200/#message1359200
• #14 by input~2 on 20 Apr, 2015 06:09
• Ten things to know about Centenario (in Spanish)
  http://www.cnnexpansion.com/tecnologia/2015/04/14/los-10-datos-del-satelite-mexicano-que-partira-a-fin-de-mes
• #15 by input~2 on 25 Apr, 2015 05:16
• Launch postponed due to satellite technical verifications
  http://www.invertia.com/noticias/mexico-pospone-lanzamiento-satelite-irregularidades-modelo-similar-3026702.htm
• #16 by Adonis1 on 27 Apr, 2015 16:13
• Μexsat (Centenario) launch poster

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• #17 by Chris Bergin on 27 Apr, 2015 18:30
• PROTON LAUNCH OF CENTENARIO SATELLITE POSTPONED
  
  BAIKONUR COSMODROME, Kazakhstan, April 27, 2015-The launch of a Proton launch vehicle with the Centenario satellite was postponed in order to investigate an anomalous condition discovered on another spacecraft and to re-confirm the flight worthiness of the Centenario satellite.
  
  
  The vehicle and satellite remain in a safe configuration at the launch site.
  
  The satellite was built by Boeing Satellite Systems International for the Mexican government’s Ministry of Communications and Transportation, the Secretaria de Comunicaciones y Transportes (SCT).
  
  For updated status on the Centenario mission, please check the ILS website, www.ilslaunch.com.
• #18 by Galactic Penguin SST on 29 Apr, 2015 14:54
• Currently the team is looking at a new launch date of May 15-16. Boeing et al. will decide on whether processing operations can restart by tomorrow: http://tass.ru/kosmos/1939439
• #19 by Satori on 09 May, 2015 13:40
• Some launch information about this mission from Khrunichev...

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