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#40
by
Josh_from_Canada
on 21 Feb, 2019 17:38
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#41
by
Artyom.
on 21 Feb, 2019 17:39
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#42
by
Chris Bergin
on 21 Feb, 2019 17:43
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HA! I can't deal with so much space drama!
Fregat hero status for this mission? Let's see!
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#43
by
Artyom.
on 21 Feb, 2019 18:01
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#44
by
Svetoslav
on 21 Feb, 2019 18:07
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This is what TASS reports:
https://tass.ru/kosmos/6146043There was a problem with the 3rd stage, but the Fregat upper stage corrected it.
3rd stage. This isn't good news for future launches.
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#45
by
Satori
on 21 Feb, 2019 18:13
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"The perigee of the satellite orbit was lower by 60 km after the third stage of the launch vehicle," the source said.
https://tass.ru/kosmos/6146043
So the problem was with the Blok-I, not the Fregat-M?
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#46
by
Svetoslav
on 21 Feb, 2019 18:18
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#47
by
Yellowstone10
on 21 Feb, 2019 18:21
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3rd stage. This isn't good news for future launches.
Worth noting that the Soyuz-2.1b does not use the same third-stage engine as the Soyuz-FG that's scheduled to launch Soyuz MS-12 on 14 March. (2.1b uses the staged-combustion RD-0124, while FG and 2.1a use the gas-generator RD-0110.)
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#48
by
russianhalo117
on 21 Feb, 2019 18:27
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3rd stage. This isn't good news for future launches.
Worth noting that the Soyuz-2.1b does not use the same third-stage engine as the Soyuz-FG that's scheduled to launch Soyuz MS-12 on 14 March. (2.1b uses the staged-combustion RD-0124, while FG and 2.1a use the gas-generator RD-0110.)
If it is the engine then that grounds 4 variants (includes pad specific variants) that use RD-0124. Until the fault tree is checked against the data it grounds all versions of Blok-I.
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#49
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Artyom.
on 21 Feb, 2019 18:29
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That is all right.
"The solar panels of the device opened. The first communication session [with the satellite] took place," the state Corporation said.
https://tass.ru/kosmos/6146111
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#50
by
gongora
on 21 Feb, 2019 18:35
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3rd stage. This isn't good news for future launches.
Worth noting that the Soyuz-2.1b does not use the same third-stage engine as the Soyuz-FG that's scheduled to launch Soyuz MS-12 on 14 March. (2.1b uses the staged-combustion RD-0124, while FG and 2.1a use the gas-generator RD-0110.)
It grounds 4 variants (includes pad specific variants) that use RD-0124.
The OneWeb launch would be affected by this? (Russian accident investigations don't always take very long.)
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#51
by
Yellowstone10
on 21 Feb, 2019 18:42
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Interestingly, this isn't the first case of a Soyuz-2.1b third stage shortfall followed by the Fregat making up the difference. Same thing occurred on 29 May 2016 with the launch of a GLONASS satellite from Plesetsk.
http://www.russianspaceweb.com/glonass54.htmlThe OneWeb launch would be affected by this? (Russian accident investigations don't always take very long.)
It's on a ST-B, so it could likely be postponed. RIA Novosti suggests the same:
https://ria.ru/20190221/1551211531.html
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#52
by
Chris Bergin
on 21 Feb, 2019 19:04
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Great work on the thread, Artyom! I know it's late there!
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#53
by
russianhalo117
on 21 Feb, 2019 19:09
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3rd stage. This isn't good news for future launches.
Worth noting that the Soyuz-2.1b does not use the same third-stage engine as the Soyuz-FG that's scheduled to launch Soyuz MS-12 on 14 March. (2.1b uses the staged-combustion RD-0124, while FG and 2.1a use the gas-generator RD-0110.)
It grounds 4 variants (includes pad specific variants) that use RD-0124.
The OneWeb launch would be affected by this? (Russian accident investigations don't always take very long.)
Yes. They have swapped out stages after an anomaly before via AN-124 with the Blok-I stages swapped at the airport.
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#54
by
input~2
on 21 Feb, 2019 20:16
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A first object has been cataloged:
2019-008A/44047 in 652 x 657 km x 98.02°
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#55
by
Steven Pietrobon
on 21 Feb, 2019 21:40
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From twitter
twitter.com/roscosmos/status/1098653021481984001
Launch photo.
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#56
by
Steven Pietrobon
on 21 Feb, 2019 21:49
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Video of the launch. Looks like Egypt got a live feed!
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#57
by
Artyom.
on 22 Feb, 2019 04:18
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Video of the launch. Looks like Egypt got a live feed!
No, this is footage of the launch of the EgyptSat 2 satellite (2014):
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#58
by
Artyom.
on 22 Feb, 2019 07:13
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#59
by
jacqmans
on 22 Feb, 2019 08:38
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02.22.2019 09:21
Satellite Egyptsat-A launched into working orbit and accepted for control
The Egyptsat-A satellite, launched on February 21 from the Baikonur cosmodrome at 19:47 Moscow time, was successfully launched into a working orbit and taken over by Russian specialists at the Egyptian Mission Control Center. All parameters of the onboard systems of the spacecraft are normal
The launch of the flight test program of the satellite, after which the spacecraft will be transferred to the control of the Egyptian side.
Satellite Egyptsat-A was created in the interests of the Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt. The spacecraft is designed to capture the earth's surface with high spatial resolution.
https://www.roscosmos.ru/26043/
