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Soyuz-2-1B/Fregat-M – GLONASS-M block 55S (S6) – May 27, 2019 (06:23 UTC)
by
Stan Black
on 10 Feb, 2018 15:33
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Payload:
Uragan-M 14Ф113
Rocket:
Soyuz-2-1B 14А14-1Б
Upper stage:
Fregat 14С44
Fairing:
14С737Launch site:
Plesetsk 17П32-С4 (ПУ №
43/3)
GLONASS block 55S, also refered to as S6
State Rocket and Space Research and Production Centre «TsSKB-Progress»Государственный научно-производственный ракетно-космический центр «ЦСКБ-Прогресс»Soyuz-2-1BИзготовление и поставка РН «Союз-2-1б» для запуска КА системы ГЛОНАСС
Contract date: 17th December 2015
Contract number: №353-С203/15/332
1 207 409 350 Russian ruble
Contract period: to 25th November 2017
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Lavochkin Research and Production AssociationНаучно-производственное объединение имени С.А. ЛавочкинаFregatИзготовление и поставка разгонного блока (РБ) «Фрегат» с переходным отсеком (ПхО) 14С227 для запуска космического аппарата системы ГЛОНАСС
Contract date: 31st October 2016
Contract number: №361-С204/16/177
482 930 650 Russian ruble
Contract period: to 25th November 2018
Delivery: by 25th November 2017
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14С737Изготовление и поставка сборочно-защитного блока (головного обтекателя) 14С737 для запуска космического аппарата системы ГЛОНАСС
Contract date: 16th September 2016
Contract number: №361-С372/16/105
99 679 000 Russian ruble
Contract period: to 25th November 2018
Delivery: by 25th November 2017
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Centre for Operation of Land-Based Space Infrastructure (TsENKI)Центр эксплуатации объектов наземной космической инфраструктуры (ЦЭНКИ)Launch campaignУслуги по запуску КА системы ГЛОНАСС на ракете-носителе «Союз-2-1б»
Contract date: 3rd October 2016
Contract number: 924-С394/16/146
384 509 290 Russian ruble
Contract period: to 25th November 2018
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Joint Stock Company «Information Satellite Systems» in the name of Academician M.F. ReshetnyovaОткрытое акционерное общество «Информационные спутниковые системы» имени академика М.Ф. Решетнёва
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#1
by
zubenelgenubi
on 17 Dec, 2018 17:36
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#2
by
zubenelgenubi
on 01 Feb, 2019 01:28
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#3
by
GWR64
on 03 Feb, 2019 16:26
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Cross-post:
Glonass-M №58 - May
https://ria.ru/20190131/1550180453.html
The Glonass M 736 mentioned in this article works again. first off.
Maybe the current eclipse period of 736 is over.
In February 2016, there were major problems during one eclipse period (earth-shadow) with 736, 737 and 738. The last two were lost.
We'll see if the launch of Glonass-M 758 is related to 736.
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#4
by
zubenelgenubi
on 24 Mar, 2019 21:02
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Cross-post:
https://ria.ru/20190323/1552047895.html
Google translation
Preliminary, in mid-May, a launch from Soyuz-2.1b with the Fregat upper stage and the Glonass-M navigation satellite is scheduled to be maintained to maintain the orbital force,” said the agency interlocutor.
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#5
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Olaf
on 07 Apr, 2019 07:34
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https://ria.ru/20190407/1552452675.html"The launch of the Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle with the Fregat accelerating unit and the Glonass-M navigation satellite from the Plesetsk cosmodrome is scheduled for May 13," the agency’s source said.
According to the source, it was previously assumed that the Glonass-M satellite would be the first to be launched from the launch complex recently upgraded for Soyuz-2 missiles (launcher number 3 at site 43), but plans have changed, and now to send space the apparatus into orbit will be used by a different launch complex (launcher number 4, site 43), which was reconstructed under Soyuz-2 in the early 2000s.
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#6
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Artyom.
on 15 Apr, 2019 08:37
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#7
by
zubenelgenubi
on 16 Apr, 2019 15:27
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Any idea which Glonass slot this satellite will take?
And therefore, any idea of the launch time?
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Also, if there are no other Kosmos-designated satellites launched beforehand, this will be Kosmos 2534.
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EDIT 5/16; cross-post:
Glonass launch in May will be the 1900th launch of a rocket from the R7 family.
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#8
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Alter Sachse
on 17 Apr, 2019 07:03
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#9
by
GWR64
on 17 Apr, 2019 19:30
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Any idea which Glonass slot this satellite will take?
And therefore, any idea of the launch time?
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Also, if there are no other Kosmos-designated satellites launched beforehand, this will be Kosmos 2534.
Continue Plane 2 (I think) 717 or 723. But it's just a guess, they have many old Satellites,
and I can not look behind the facade.
The launch rate is too low.
Edit:
http://www.iss-reshetnev.com/media/news/news-150419Glonass-M satellite readies for launch
A Glonass-M navigation satellite, designed and built by ISS-Reshetnev Company, has already been delivered to the Plesetsk cosmodrome.
The Glonass-M satellite left ISS-Reshetnev’s facilities and was securely delivered to the Plesetsk cosmodrome on April 13.
As of now, a joint team of technical specialists from ISS-Reshetnev Company and the cosmodrome are preparing the satellite and its separation system for the upcoming launch. Work to be performed includes mating the satellite to the separation system, its connecting with the upper stage, a series of component and integrated tests.
Launch of the Glonass-M satellite is scheduled for May 13, 2019. It will be sent to orbit as part of the Federal Target Program aimed at the sustainment of the GLONASS orbital constellation. When in orbit, the new Glonass-M satellite will replace a retired one that has already outlived its designed lifespan.
More than half of the Glonass-satellites are over the designed lifespan.
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#10
by
zubenelgenubi
on 17 Apr, 2019 19:44
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<snip>
Fregat not Fregat-M
Is the "vanilla" model of Fregat used or available anymore? The last use I find on
Gunter's page is for the second and final Pleiades-HR launch from Kourou in December 2012.
Also, all the recent previous Glonass-M launches have used Fregat-M.
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#11
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Satori
on 17 Apr, 2019 21:51
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Also, all the recent previous Glonass-M launches have used Fregat-M.
No.
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#12
by
zubenelgenubi
on 17 Apr, 2019 22:48
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#13
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Alter Sachse
on 18 Apr, 2019 06:49
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#14
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GWR64
on 18 Apr, 2019 14:51
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#15
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Alter Sachse
on 20 Apr, 2019 13:38
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An example in the Novator 11/2018
Glonass-M on Fregat (Plessezk)
Metop-C on Fregat-M (CSG)
https://www.laspace.ru/upload/novator/%E2%84%9611_18.pdf
In the same document on page 3:
"Разгонный блок «Фрегат-М» является модификацией РБ «Фрегат» для
запусков из Гвианского космического центра..."
"The Fregat-M upper stage is a modification of the Fregat booster for
launches from the Guiana Space Center."
("Fregat booster" rather "Fregat stage")
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#16
by
zubenelgenubi
on 27 Apr, 2019 23:08
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#17
by
Salo
on 28 Apr, 2019 04:58
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https://ria.ru/20190428/1553118948.htmlGoogle translate:
MOSCOW, Apr 28 - RIA News. The launch of the Glonass-M navigation satellite from the Plesetsk cosmodrome, scheduled for May 13, was postponed to May 27, a source in the rocket and space industry told RIA Novosti on Sunday.
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#18
by
Salo
on 19 May, 2019 18:50
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#19
by
zubenelgenubi
on 20 May, 2019 01:29
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Given the NOTAM time interval above (0600-0800 UTC), what orbital plane might this satellite launch to and which satellite might this satellite replace?
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#20
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Alter Sachse
on 26 May, 2019 19:46
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Are there any photos of the rollout ?
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#21
by
Satori
on 26 May, 2019 21:10
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Do we have the serial numbers for this mission?
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#22
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GWR64
on 26 May, 2019 21:20
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#23
by
russianhalo117
on 26 May, 2019 22:39
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Do we have the serial numbers for this mission?
Ones previously assigned to this mission were stolen and reassigned to this years ES-A launch. No new serials have been announced yet via the site Stan Black accesses.
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#24
by
zubenelgenubi
on 27 May, 2019 03:31
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An answer to a FAQ from new NSF readers: This is a Russian military launch, from Plesetsk. There (most likely) will not be any live launch coverage.
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Heads-up, literally!
Could there be "UFO" (should be IFO) sightings of this launch? It's less than a month before the Northern summer solstice. In the weeks bracketing summer solstice at sub-arctic latitudes, evening twilight transitions directly into morning twilight.
EDIT--launch time is in morning daylight across European Russia and Siberia.
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#25
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tehwkd
on 27 May, 2019 03:43
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tip - F1294/19
shaft - B3087/19
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#26
by
Steven Pietrobon
on 27 May, 2019 06:23
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Launch should be happening about now.
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#27
by
Steven Pietrobon
on 27 May, 2019 06:26
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Launch! Launch was at 9:23 Moscow time (6:23 UTC). Launch pad 4 from site 43 was used.
""Soyuz-2.1 b " Launch vehicle with "GLONASS-M" satellite launched from Plesetsk Cosmodrome "
https://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/6473934
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#28
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Steven Pietrobon
on 27 May, 2019 06:37
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If I parsed the Google translation correctly, the payload is in orbit. Still a ways to go before reaching MEO.
"All pre-launch operations and media start were in normal mode. "Means of the ground automated control complex of spacecraft of the Russian orbital group carried out control of launch and flight of the launch vehicle ",-the Ministry of Defense said."
"In 09:26 MSK was taken to support by ground means of the main test space center named after G. S. Titov Space troops Aerospace forces of Russia ",-the department said."
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#29
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Chris Bergin
on 27 May, 2019 06:42
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#30
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tehwkd
on 27 May, 2019 06:49
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#31
by
Steven Pietrobon
on 27 May, 2019 07:07
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Separation was at 6:32 UTC, 9 minutes after launch.
" "Space head of the space rocket of middle class " Soyuz-2.1 b "As a part of the booster block " frigate "and spacecraft " Glonass-m "in the estimated time-09:32 MSK-nominally separated from the third stage of the booster " Union-2.1 B ",-the department said."
https://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/6473934
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#32
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tehwkd
on 27 May, 2019 10:14
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#33
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Chris Bergin
on 27 May, 2019 10:18
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Great news, but wow - Soyuz rockets really don't care about the weather!
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#34
by
Galactic Penguin SST
on 27 May, 2019 10:27
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Great news, but wow - Soyuz rockets really don't care about the weather!
"I don't need what SCE to AUX! And what's
AC-67 anyway?"
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#35
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Chris Bergin
on 27 May, 2019 10:55
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#36
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Alter Sachse
on 27 May, 2019 11:08
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#37
by
Galactic Penguin SST
on 27 May, 2019 12:00
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#38
by
PM3
on 27 May, 2019 12:01
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#39
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KenigOld
on 27 May, 2019 12:23
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tehwkd
on 27 May, 2019 12:51
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#41
by
KenigOld
on 27 May, 2019 13:01
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#42
by
Salo
on 27 May, 2019 14:11
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#43
by
GWR64
on 27 May, 2019 17:13
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2019-030A
1 44299U 19030A 19147.50093225 -.00000027 00000-0 00000+0 0 9998
2 44299 64.7971 280.2581 0005411 257.0165 231.3114 2.12953676 03
source celestrak
Perigee: 19128 km
Apogee: 19155 km
Inclination: 64.8 deg
RAAN: 280.3 deg fits to plane 2
Currently, Glonass M758 is ahead of Glonass M723 and slightly slower.
All right, despite lightning.
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#44
by
owais.usmani
on 27 May, 2019 17:43
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What the......
Man how come it survive that? Its no joke a raging rocket being hit by lightning bolt head on...it could have exploded instantly!
I guess they dodged a bullet here!
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#45
by
A12
on 27 May, 2019 18:08
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What the......
Man how come it survive that? Its no joke a raging rocket being hit by lightning bolt head on...it could have exploded instantly!
I guess they dodged a bullet here!
After all, they were launching a "Hurricane" satellite, what goes around comes around...
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#46
by
GWR64
on 27 May, 2019 18:23
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2019-030B
1 44300U 19030B 19147.49698888 -.00000028 00000-0 00000+0 0 9996
2 44300 64.7723 280.1756 0069427 61.9981 62.6223 2.10608147 03
source celestrak
the Fregat
Perigee: 19152 km
Apogee: 19509 km
Inclination: 64.8 deg
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#47
by
Nicolas PILLET
on 27 May, 2019 20:04
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Umm....Mr. Rogozin? I don't think you are in the right position to post this..... 
I don't understand your post. He is Roscosmos' general director. He appears to be in the perfect position to congratulate all the teams involved in this launch after the success...
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#48
by
edkyle99
on 27 May, 2019 21:14
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What the......
Man how come it survive that? Its no joke a raging rocket being hit by lightning bolt head on...it could have exploded instantly!
I guess they dodged a bullet here!
Aircraft get hit by lightning all the time, why can't a rocket? AC-67 not-withstanding. Remember that AC-67 was lost because "the lightning strike resulted in a single random upset of a memory location in the Centaur Digital Computer Unit (DCU)". Meanwhile, Apollo 12's Saturn V Instrument Unit plowed right through two lightning strikes and kept going (the upset was on the CSM, which called for a manual reset). It should be possible to design flight systems to handle lightning strike voltage transients.
- Ed Kyle
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#49
by
Lewis007
on 28 May, 2019 04:59
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Some pics were posted on the VK page of Roscosmos
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#50
by
GWR64
on 10 Jun, 2019 16:20
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The orbit of Glonass M 758 was raised a bit, to accelerate the drift to the working point.
COSMOS 2534 [GLONASS-M]
1 44299U 19030A 19160.60426975 -.00000023 00000-0 00000+0 0 9992
2 44299 64.7852 279.8012 0006564 49.8638 29.5006 2.12569483 282
19156 km x 19189 km
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#51
by
GWR64
on 22 Jun, 2019 06:14
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#52
by
zubenelgenubi
on 24 Jun, 2019 22:50
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Is this officially Kosmos 2534?
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#53
by
anik
on 25 Jun, 2019 01:00
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Is this officially Kosmos 2534?
Yes.
