Author Topic: LIVE: Rokot/Briz-KM - Sentinel-3B - Plesetsk - April 25, 2018 (Read 31085 times)

Alter Sachse · « **Reply #20 on:** 04/20/2018 01:24 pm »

Quote from: zubenelgenubi on 03/27/2018 02:33 am

SFN Launch Schedule, updated March 26:
April 25, 1757 UTC

17:57:00 UTC

https://www.roscosmos.ru/24837/

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #21 on:** 04/20/2018 01:33 pm »

Is this the last Rokot launch? Question to me on Twitter.

Alter Sachse · « **Reply #22 on:** 04/20/2018 01:55 pm »

Quote from: Chris Bergin on 04/20/2018 01:33 pm

Is this the last Rokot launch? Question to me on Twitter.

No !
June ? Geo-IK 2 (13L)
December ? 3 x Rodnik

Galactic Penguin SST · « **Reply #23 on:** 04/20/2018 02:00 pm »

Quote from: Chris Bergin on 04/20/2018 01:33 pm

Is this the last Rokot launch? Question to me on Twitter.

There should be at least 3 more flights, 2 for Russian military payloads and another for civilian use. However it is indeed planned for retirement at the end of this year.

Quote from: B. Hendrickx on 04/17/2018 10:32 am

Quote from: B. Hendrickx on 04/17/2018 10:07 am
It looks like another trio of Rodnik (Strela-3M/14F132) satellites are being prepared for launch, possibly later this year. ISS Reshetnyov has released documentation related to the transportation of the 14F132 Block nr. 16 satellites from Krasnoyarsk to Plesetsk on an Ilyushin-76 airplane. A transport company is to be selected in early May. No date for the transport has been scheduled yet. The documents only say that the transport company will be notified of the date 30 days in advance.

http://zakupki.gov.ru/223/purchase/public/purchase/info/common-info.html?regNumber=31806361861

It will be interesting to see if this Rodnik launch carries another of the inspector satellites as a piggyback payload, as did the Rodnik launches on 25 December 2013 (Kosmos-2491) and 24 May 2014 (Kosmos-2499). True, the latest Rodnik launch on 23 September 2015 did not have an additional payload. The last of the Rokot-launched inspector satellites (Kosmos-2504) went up with a trio of civilian Gonets-M satellites on 31 March 2015.

Looks like the Rodnik launch is planned for this summer. In an interview last January the director of the Khrunichev Center expressed the hope that all four remaining Rokot boosters will be launched before the end of this year :
- 26 March-6 April : Sentinel-3B
- June : Ministry of Defense payload
- summer : Ministry of Defense payload
- October : Gonets-M trio

https://iz.ru/693686/dmitrii-strugovetc/v-stolitce-budet-izgotovleno-shest-raket-angara-a5

The payload for the June launch is a GEO-IK geodetic satellite.

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #24 on:** 04/20/2018 03:48 pm »

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SENTINEL-3B ON THE MOVE

Released

20/04/2018 1:30 pm

Copyright

ESA–S. Corvaja

Description

The Copernicus Sentinel-3B satellite cocooned in its rocket fairing has been moved from the cleanroom at the Plesetsk launch site to the general hall, ready to be placed on the train that will take it to the launch pad.

Sentinel-3B will ride into space on a Rockot on 25 April at 17:57 GMT (19:57 CEST). In orbit it will join its identical twin, Sentinel-3A, which was launched in 2016. This pairing of satellites provides the best coverage and data delivery for Copernicus. Sentinel-3B is the seventh Sentinel satellite to be launched for Copernicus. Its launch will complete the constellation of the first set of Sentinel missions for Europe’s Copernicus programme.

http://m.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2018/04/Sentinel-3B_on_the_move

bolun · « **Reply #25 on:** 04/21/2018 03:15 pm »

04/20/2018

Upper Composite Being Readied for Transfer to the Launch Pad

Yesterday the encapsulation of the fairing was finalized and the fairing mission logos glued on the fairing. At the end of the evening everybody signed the fairing and wrote personal wishes on the sticker.

The movement of the space head (Upper Composite) to the general hall is the main event on our plan today. Just before moving all parties made their last pictures and said goodbye. The first big group of people is leaving Plesetsk today.

Tomorrow Upper Composite will be transported to the launch site and integrated on the Rockot 2nd stage.

http://www.eurockot.com/2018/04/upper-composite-being-readied-for-transfer-to-the-launch-pad/

bolun · « **Reply #26 on:** 04/22/2018 12:17 pm »

04/21/2018

Upper Composite Transferred to the Launch Pad

Today the space head (Upper Composite) was transferred from the MIK (processing facility) to the launch pad where it was lifted and finally mated with the boosters.

In the evening this operation was followed by a successful electrical line check of the launch tower harness by Khrunichev and Thales.

http://www.eurockot.com/2018/04/upper-composite-transferred-to-the-launch-pad/

eeergo · « **Reply #27 on:** 04/23/2018 04:03 am »

Quote from: @esa

The countdown rehearsal was completed successfully today. Liftoff set for 17:57 GMT (19:57 CEST) on Wednesday 25 April.

https://twitter.com/esa/status/988097928526024710

input~2 · « **Reply #28 on:** 04/23/2018 08:17 am »

BARENTS SEA.
NORWAY.
DNC 22.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING
1730Z TO 1930Z DAILY 25 AND 26 APR
IN AREA BOUND BY
72-18-15N 030-54-30E, 72-10-15N 031-46-10E,
71-48-55N 032-18-27E, 71-31-42N 032-06-30E,
71-39-40N 031-16-30E, 72-00-55N 030-43-05E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 262030Z APR 18.//

Authority: NAVAREA XX 45/18 200530Z APR 18.

Date: 200559Z APR 18
Cancel: 26203000 Apr 18

input~2 · « **Reply #29 on:** 04/23/2018 08:51 am »

A0100/18 - DUE TO DEBRIS FROM RUSSIAN MISSILE LAUNCH, TEMPORARY DANGER AREA IS ESTABLISHED IN BGGL FIR WITHIN THE FOLLOWING LATERAL LIMITS: 773624N 0751200W 773545N 0740800W 770700N 0730600W 764725N 0742140W 764736N 0753542W 773624N 0751200W. FL195 - FL999, 25 APR 17:30 2018 UNTIL 25 APR 19:30 2018. CREATED: 16 APR 11:07 2018

A0152/18 - DUE TO DEBRIS FROM RUSSIAN MISSILE LAUNCH, TEMPORARY DANGER AREA IS ESTABLISHED IN BGGL FIR WITHIN THE FOLLOWING LATERAL LIMITS: 773624N0751200W 773545N0740800W 770700N0730600W 764725N0742140W 764736N0753542W 773624N0751200W. SFC - FL195, 25 APR 17:30 2018 UNTIL 25 APR 19:30 2018. CREATED: 16 APR 14:09 2018

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #30 on:** 04/23/2018 02:47 pm »

Photos from ESA

Alter Sachse · « **Reply #31 on:** 04/23/2018 03:54 pm »

Quote from: Alter Sachse on 04/20/2018 01:24 pm

Quote from: zubenelgenubi on 03/27/2018 02:33 am
SFN Launch Schedule, updated March 26:
April 25, 1757 UTC
17:57:00 UTC

https://www.roscosmos.ru/24837/

Specify: 17:57:38

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #32 on:** 04/24/2018 05:33 pm »

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#DEIMOS2 just captured #Plesetsk launch site 133 today (Apr. 24) where #Sentinel3-B is ready for tomorrow's launch! Best of luck to @ESA and @CopernicusEU 🚀

https://twitter.com/urthecast/status/988809969054244870

Mapperuo · « **Reply #33 on:** 04/25/2018 06:32 am »

Galactic Penguin SST · « **Reply #34 on:** 04/25/2018 07:07 am »

Moved for live coverage.

eeergo · « **Reply #35 on:** 04/25/2018 08:22 am »

Quote from: @ESAoperations

[1 m ago] Flight Control B-Team 'on console' in Main Control Room at ESOC. Sentinel-3B launch preparation in full flow.
[27 m ago] Launch minus 10 hours - Sentinel-3B team in Plesetsk have powered up the spacecraft and we have telemetry in ESOC - All looks good so far!
[2 h ago] Report from Sentinel-3B software support team - All systems Green in the ESOC control centre Main Control Room