Soyuz-2-1B/Fregat-M – Cosmos 2527 'GLONASS-M block 53S (S4)' – June 16, 2018

[Stan Black]

Payload: Uragan-M 14Ф113
Rocket: Soyuz-2-1B 14А14-1Б
Upper stage: Fregat 14С44
Fairing: 14С737
Launch site: Plesetsk 17П32-С4 (ПУ № 43/4)

GLONASS block 53S, also refered to as S4

State Rocket and Space Research and Production Centre «TsSKB-Progress»
Государственный научно-производственный ракетно-космический центр «ЦСКБ-Прогресс»

Soyuz-2-1B

Услуги по запуску космического аппарата системы ГЛОНАСС на ракете-носителе «Союз-2-1б»

Contract date: 25th November 2013
Contract number: 353-С203/14/2
1 168 484 000 Russian ruble
Contract period: 1st January 2014 to 12th December 2016
Delivery: 30th September 2016
[source]

Lavochkin Research and Production Association
Научно-производственное объединение имени С.А. Лавочкина

Fregat

Изготовление и поставка разгонного блока «Фрегат» с ПхО 14С227 для запуска КА ГЛОНАСС

Contract date: 24th May 2014
Contract number: 361-С204/14/160
442 626 360 Russian ruble
Contract period: to 1st November 2016
Delivery: by 1st November 2016
[source]

14С737

Изготовление и постав- ка СЗБ (ГО 14С737) для РН «Союз-2.1б» для запуска КА системы ГЛОНАСС

Contract date: 24th December 2013
Contract number: 361-С205/13/433
91 760 810 Russian ruble
Contract period: to 25th November 2016
Delivery: by 25th November 2016
[source]

Centre for Operation of Land-Based Space Infrastructure (TsENKI)
Центр эксплуатации объектов наземной космической инфраструктуры (ЦЭНКИ)

Launch campaign

Услуги по запуску КА системы ГЛОНАСС на ракете-носителе «Союз-2-1б»

Contract date: 3rd October 2016
Contract number: 924-С393/16/143
373 686 600 Russian ruble
Contract period: to 30th November 2018
[source]

Joint Stock Company «Information Satellite Systems» in the name of Academician M.F. Reshetnyova
Открытое акционерное общество «Информационные спутниковые системы» имени академика М.Ф. Решетнёва

[zubenelgenubi]

Is block 53S the same as no. 56?

Kosmos (Glonass-M n.Ί 59) - mid-June:
http://tass.ru/kosmos/5160513

Kosmos (Glonass-M n.Ί 56) - mid-June:
https://ria.ru/interview/20180428/1519484892.html
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Planned Russian space launches
(suborbital launches are not included!)

2018
Date – Satellite(s) – Rocket/Upper stage – Cosmodrome – Time

June May - Kosmos (Glonass-M n.Ί 56) - Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat-M - Plesetsk, 43/4

Changes on April 27

Edited April 30

[zubenelgenubi]

Cross-post:

June 17 - Kosmos (Glonass-M n.Ί 56)
http://tass.ru/kosmos/5201250

[zubenelgenubi]

Bump!  Less than 1 week to June 17 launch.

Any "new news"?

[VR2]

Launch time (window) to the Plane A is ~21:45 UT.

[input~2]

Seems like this one could go up June 16 from around 21:30 UTC


G3158/18 -  ATS RTE SEGMENTS CLSD: A303 SORIG - ABLAR, A491 SOTER - UKHTA VORDME (UHT), A834 AKADA - GISAN, B152 NEROL - GAPRA, B486 AKADA - MEDER, B714 SONIB - BAMON, T541 SONIB - BAMON, R822 GUBIR - TITKO, W23 ROTAT - UKHTA VORDME (UHT), W57 ABELU - BAROD. SFC - UNL, DAILY 2120-2350, 16 JUN 21:20 2018 UNTIL 17 JUN 23:50 2018. CREATED: 12 JUN 08:16 2018

E3955/18 -  FLW ATS RTE SEGMENTS CLSD: G356 TOBOLSK NDB (NH) - VOREG, N992 TOBOLSK NDB (NH) - NIKUL, P865 LERPI - INKOR, R211 TOBOLSK NDB (NH) - NIKUL, R372 PIRED - TOBOLSK NDB (NH), R717 TOBOLSK NDB (NH) - RISIR, W256 TOBOLSK NDB (NH) - ROMEV. SFC - UNL, DAILY 2120-2350, 16 JUN 21:20 2018 UNTIL 17 JUN 23:50 2018. CREATED: 12 JUN 08:26 2018

F1552/18 -  ROCKET LAUNCH FROM RUSSIA WILL TAKE PLACE FLW RECEIVED FROM GOVERNMENT OF RUSSIA: THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE OF RUSSIA PLANS TO LAUNCH A MISSILE INTO SPACE AND TO SINK ITS FRAGMENTS IN THE WATERS OF THE OCEAN. CHARACTERISTICS OF IMPACT AREA: S62 33.0 E162 33.6 S62 40.4 E163 00.0 S62 11.2 E163 00.0 S62 33.0 E162 33.6. SFC - UNL, DAILY 2120/2350, 16 JUN 21:20 2018 UNTIL 17 JUN 23:50 2018. CREATED: 08 JUN 11:22 2018
 

[Galactic Penguin SST]

Anatoly Zak indicates that the launch will be on June 17 instead.

[William Graham]

Anatoly Zak indicates that the launch will be on June 17 instead.

Could still be tonight. 21:30 UTC on 16 June is 00:30 Moscow Time on 17 June

[Liss]

Just observed the 'comet' from Moscow. Awesome :-)

[Chris Bergin]

Just observed the 'comet' from Moscow. Awesome :-)

That sound hopeful. Hey, any photo of that view from Moscow?

(Thanks for adding that!)

[Chris Bergin]

William's article!
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/06/soyuz-2-1b-launches-new-glonass-spacecraft/

[smoliarm]

Anatoly Zak
‏
@RussianSpaceWeb
 7m7 minutes ago
CONFIRMED: A #Soyuz rocket liftoff with GLONASS-M No. 56 satellite

https://twitter.com/RussianSpaceWeb/status/1008104892634927106

[Liss]

Just observed the 'comet' from Moscow. Awesome :-)

That sound hopeful. Hey, any photo of that view from Moscow?

See above. Only a starting point is seen as the yellowish part. The vehicle moved to the right but that part disappeared just in a minute.

[Chris Bergin]

Just observed the 'comet' from Moscow. Awesome :-)

That sound hopeful. Hey, any photo of that view from Moscow?

See above. Only a starting point is seen as the yellowish part. The vehicle moved to the right but that part disappeared just in a minute.

Nice! Would have been more so if it was like the Falcon 9 over Los Angeles. World Cup fans would have freaked out!

[zubenelgenubi]

Just observed the 'comet' from Moscow. Awesome :-)

That sound hopeful. Hey, any photo of that view from Moscow?

See above. Only a starting point is seen as the yellowish part. The vehicle moved to the right but that part disappeared just in a minute.

So, a "Petrozavodsk IFO"?

The Great Soviet UFO Coverup
https://www.debunker.com/texts/soviet_coverup.html
By NSF contributor Jim Oberg!

[Galactic Penguin SST]

Launch time was 21:46 UTC.

[Steven Pietrobon]

UFO report! Translation.

"Citizens of Moscow, YAROSLAVL and other Russian cities have recorded this Saturday an unusual brilliant gust furrowing the night sky. While some believe that it is a UFO, others suggest that it could be the Soyuz-2.1 B missile launched from the Russian Baikonur Plesetsk a few hours earlier."

[Steven Pietrobon]

More UFOs! Set to Blue Danube. :-)

[Galactic Penguin SST]

Launch time was 21:46 UTC.

21:46:28 UTC according to Anatoly Zak.

[Targeteer]

Roscosmos Facebook page

Сегодня с Государственного испытательного космодрома ПЛЕСЕЦК боевым расчетом Космических войск ВКС осуществлен пуск ракеты космического назначения в составе ракеты-носителя «Союз-2.1б», разгонного блока «Фрегат» и российского навигационного космического аппарата «Глонасс-М». Пуск ракеты-носителя и выведение космического аппарата на расчетную орбиту прошли в штатном режиме.

В расчетное время космический аппарат «Глонасс-М» был выведен на целевую орбиту разгонным блоком «Фрегат» и принят на управление наземными средствами Космических войск ВКС. С космическим аппаратом установлена и поддерживается устойчивая телеметрическая связь. Бортовые системы космического аппарата «Глонасс-М» функционируют нормально.

Разработчиками и производителями ракеты-носителя «Союз-2.1б», разгонного блока «Фрегат», космического аппарата «Глонасс-М» являются предприятия РОСКОСМОСА РКЦ «Прогресс», НПО Лавочкина и «Информационные спутниковые системы» имени академика М.Ф.Решетнева.

Today, from the state test launch site, a space-based missile was launched with the launch of the soyuz-2.1 b rocket, the booster block of the frigate and the Russian navigational spacecraft glonass-M. - the carrier and the removal of the spacecraft into the design orbit have been made available.

At the estimated time, the GLONASS-M spacecraft was placed in the target orbit of the satellite frigate and was taken to the management of the ground-based space troops of CCS. A sustained inter-Agency communication has been established and maintained with the spacecraft. Glonass-m systems are functioning well.

The manufacturers and manufacturers of the soyuz-2.1 b launch vehicle, the booster frigate, GLONASS-M, are enterprises roskosmos RCC " progress ", ngo study and " Information Satellite Systems " named academician м.ф.решетнева. (chuckles)

[Galactic Penguin SST]

More photos from the Russisn MoD:

[Liss]

And a lot of 'UFO' images: https://vk.com/wall-727032_154703

[input~2]

http://www.interfax.ru/russia/617252
http://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/5298414

[input~2]

2 objects have been cataloged

2018-053A/43508 in 19124 x 19195 km x 64.77° (Cosmos-2527)
2018-053B/43509 in 19153 x 19500 km x 64.80°

[Artyom.]

I first saw the flight of the Soyuz launch vehicle over my city!    

[whiztech]

And a lot of 'UFO' images: https://banned/wall-727032_154703

apparently vee kay is banned here..

there's a short 'UFO' video from AstroAlert's Facebook page in one of the comment

https://www.facebook.com/astroalert/posts/2040359339514776

direct video link:
https://www.facebook.com/100005084688082/videos/902981759881305/

[Alter Sachse]

According to Russian sources it is Kosmos 2527
Glonass serial number 80056556 (56L)

[Nicolas PILLET]

[GWR64]

According to the TLEs, which I found,  Glonass M 756 should now be between slot 4 and 5.
ahead of Glonass-M 734

[Alter Sachse]

According to Russian sources it is Kosmos 2527
Glonass serial number 80056556 (56L)

Soyuz 2.1b serial number L15000-020 (Manufactured 2011 !!)

Fregat M 112-06

https://www.raumfahrer.net/forum/smf/index.php?topic=4142.msg425894#msg425894

http://www.russianspaceweb.com/glonass-m-56.html

[GWR64]

Soyuz 2.1b serial number L15000-020 (Manufactured 2011 !!)

I will never understand this system.

On Gunter`s Space Page stands:

1851     7   Soyuz-2-1b                    T15000-016       13.03.2016    Ba LC-31/6   A   Resurs-P 3

http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_lau_fam/r-7.htm

This rocket was manufactured in 2013, or when ? Should #016 not come before #020 ?

[Stan Black]

Soyuz 2.1b serial number L15000-020 (Manufactured 2011 !!)

I will never understand this system.

On Gunter`s Space Page stands:

1851     7   Soyuz-2-1b                    T15000-016       13.03.2016    Ba LC-31/6   A   Resurs-P 3

http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_lau_fam/r-7.htm

This rocket was manufactured in 2013, or when ? Should #016 not come before #020 ?

Т15000-016 (48/134) is an oddity and I think it might be older then the letter T implies. It was paid for from a contract for two rockets, the other is Т15000-025 (8/136). These two were required for Resurs-P №2 and Progress M-UM (the node module Prichal). Both required 4th quarter 2013; and that is also indicated by the Т in the serial number.
http://www.zakupki.gov.ru/epz/contract/contractCard/document-info.html?reestrNumber=0173100007012000182

So why is one prepared in the 134th series of rockets, the other 136th?

Half of the rockets in the 134th series appear to be dated 2009. The year is taken from the contracts, and also ties up with the serial number of the rocket.

In most cases the rockets and fairings have the same factory number. I think perhaps rocket 48/134 was being manufactured for Progress M-UM, and why that rocket had an associated 81КС type fairing. For the Resurs-P the narrower 17С13А7 fairing is standard. At some point Koronas-Nuklon was added to Resurs-P №2 and it required the wider 81КС type fairing?

Or possibly seeing that Resurs-P №2 was going to happen, TsSKB Progress started building a rocket before the customer ordered it?

So rocket Т15000-016 (48/134) did not fly with fairing Т15000-001 (48/134).
The rocket that is to be used for Progress M-UM is Т15000-025 (8/136), however the fairing being prepared is 4/137 (i.e. not the original).
http://www.zakupki.gov.ru/223/purchase/public/purchase/info/documents.html?noticeId=1789789

As for Л15000-020 (32/135). It started off for I think Spektr-RG, then associated with Luna-Glob, Meteor-M №2-2, and then Arktika-M №1.

[GWR64]

Thanks for your explanation. 
I had wondered that in 2011 already the 2.1b number 020 was built.
There is for example L15000-009  (Resurs-P 2 ?) and L15000-011 (Meteor-M 2).
The rockets with military numbers between, make the confusion perfect. 

Edit, off Topic; look old Rocket pictures: Resurs-P 2 was L15000-009 (2011), but Resurs-P 1 was I15000-013 (2010?)
So does not work as I think so. 

[Stan Black]

Thanks for your explanation. 
I had wondered that in 2011 already the 2.1b number 020 was built.
There is for example L15000-009  (Resurs-P 2 ?) and L15000-011 (Meteor-M 2).
The rockets with military numbers between, make the confusion perfect. 

Edit, off Topic; look old Rocket pictures: Resurs-P 2 was L15000-009 (2011), but Resurs-P 1 was I15000-013 (2010?)
So does not work as I think so. 

Rocket И15000-013 (31/134) flew with fairing И15000-001 (31/134). That one is not confusing. No strange date. Rocket flew with intended passenger.
http://www.fcp-faip.ru/cgi-bin/uis/gk.cgi/ExtDataGk/View/1918821?class_suffix=Gk
http://www.fcp-faip.ru/cgi-bin/uis/gk.cgi/ExtDataGk/View/4946526?class_suffix=Gk

Л15000-009 is another rocket that adds to the confusion. I think it was for Ekspress-RV1. Then found itself without a payload.

[Targeteer]

Russian Ministry of Defense Facebook page

https://www.facebook.com/mod.mil.rus/videos/2109016896007722/?t=19

[Steven Pietrobon]

On YouTube.

[starbase]

Great video!

[GWR64]

Glonass M 756 is on working point 5 in operation since today.
After a very slow dirft to his working point. (very unusual with low engine use)

He replaces Glonass M 734. https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=45557.msg1814534#msg1814534
The workaround did not work for long. Since 08/06/2018 Glonass M 734 is dead again.