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#20
by
anik
on 27 Jan, 2008 06:49
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Jirka Dlouhy - 27/1/2008 1:33 AM
Is other opportunity to launch Sumbandilla atop of another launcher? Do You have any information?
Quotes from previous page:
anik - 9/11/2007 9:33 PM
Skyrocket - 9/11/2007 9:18 PM
Any info on the status of this launch?
Only rumour published here...
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#21
by
osiossim
on 18 Feb, 2008 08:51
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#22
by
Skyrocket
on 18 Feb, 2008 09:00
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osiossim - 18/2/2008 10:51 AM
Russian launches for foreigner satellites turn out to be more problematic. We saw Sumbandilasat, lets see if Theos will manage or not....
Simple commercial contracts are not really mor problematic, but it becomes mor problematic, when politcal decissions are involved or other deals are connected with the launch deal - as it is probably in the Sumbandila case:
"The disagreement is said to involve a second Russian satellite, which the South African Defence Ministry did not want to use."
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#23
by
osiossim
on 18 Feb, 2008 09:40
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Skyrocket - 18/2/2008 12:00 PM
Simple commercial contracts are not really mor problematic, but it becomes mor problematic, when politcal decissions are involved or other deals are connected with the launch deal - as it is probably in the Sumbandila case:
Sumbandilasat was 6.5m optical satellite for scientific purposes. Russians wanted to use advantage of this launch and wanted to establish TT&C station in SA which refers to the "Russian Satellite" on the news. It used to be a commercial launch at the begining, I assume, then Russians' request made it political....
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#24
by
anik
on 30 May, 2008 13:55
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SA, Russia to meet next month to finalise Sumbandila satellite launchhttp://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article.php?a_id=134155 "South Africa and Russia were finalising the details for the launch of the multi-billion rand Sumbandila science satellite later this year, the Department of Foreign Affairs said at the weekend.
Foreign Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma said the two countries have agreed to meet before the end of June to "thrash out details" of the launch of the South African satellite.
The Minister was speaking at the South Africa-Russia intergovernmental committee on Trade and Economic Cooperation in Moscow, which was attended by high-level Russian delegates, as well as South African Minerals and Energy DG Sandile Nogxina, and representatives from Eskom, Umthobo Resources, Diamond Trader, Mintek, PetroSA, Pelawan and Sekoko Mining"
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#25
by
osiossim
on 02 Jun, 2008 10:05
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SA, Russia to meet next month to finalise Sumbandila satellite launch
http://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article.php?a_id=134155
"South Africa and Russia were finalising the details for the launch of the multi-billion rand Sumbandila science satellite later this year, the Department of Foreign Affairs said at the weekend.
Foreign Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma said the two countries have agreed to meet before the end of June to "thrash out details" of the launch of the South African satellite.
The Minister was speaking at the South Africa-Russia intergovernmental committee on Trade and Economic Cooperation in Moscow, which was attended by high-level Russian delegates, as well as South African Minerals and Energy DG Sandile Nogxina, and representatives from Eskom, Umthobo Resources, Diamond Trader, Mintek, PetroSA, Pelawan and Sekoko Mining"
New seperation ring and other environmental tests will delay the launch as well as force Sunspace to change the structure, if they go something different than Shtil.
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#26
by
ASTUTE
on 02 Jun, 2008 19:24
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New seperation ring and other environmental tests will delay the launch as well as force Sunspace to change the structure, if they go something different than Shtil.
Unfortunately Shtill is out of discussing thus Kompas is out of discussing as well.
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#27
by
osiossim
on 10 Jun, 2008 06:36
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#28
by
anik
on 01 Jul, 2008 20:17
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Russia and SA to discuss alternative launch option for Sumbandilahttp://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article.php?a_id=136940"A Russian delegation is due in South Africa in the near future to discuss an alternative launch option for South Africa’s Sumbandila satellite.
Sumbandila-Sat was originally meant to have been launched last year from a Russian submarine. However, the Russian Ministry of Defence refused to authorise the launch. Russia’s civilian space agency, Roskosmos, nevertheless wishes to honour its agreement with South Africa to launch the satellite.
The Russian delegation will be discussing the possible launch of the South African satellite on a Russian civilian rocket from the world-renowned Baikonur Cosmodrome"
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#29
by
osiossim
on 02 Jul, 2008 06:19
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#30
by
William Graham
on 02 Jul, 2008 06:51
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Russia and SA to discuss alternative launch option for Sumbandila
http://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article.php?a_id=136940
Is there any other launcher than Dnepr which launches from Baikonur?
Soyuz, Proton, Zenit and Strela to name four. It says civilian, not commercial.
I suspect that it will end up on the Soyuz-2.1b launching at the end of the year with a Meteor satellite. Anik listed a "foreign satellite" as being part of the payload.
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#31
by
osiossim
on 02 Jul, 2008 09:49
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No, I meant launch to LEO orbit from Baikonur. Strela has not successfully flight yet, Zenith doesnt launch to LEO. Does Proton used to launch to LEO orbit?
The most relevant candidate seems like Dnepr, if ISCK can really launch from Baikonur again.
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#32
by
Skyrocket
on 02 Jul, 2008 11:15
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No, I meant launch to LEO orbit from Baikonur. Strela has not successfully flight yet, Zenith doesnt launch to LEO. Does Proton used to launch to LEO orbit?
The most relevant candidate seems like Dnepr, if ISCK can really launch from Baikonur again.
Strela has flown once in 2003, Zenit and Proton have flown numerous LEO Missions.
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#33
by
anik
on 29 Aug, 2008 15:23
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#34
by
Skyrocket
on 02 Sep, 2008 12:24
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So Kompas-3 will fly alone on the Shtil booster or will it also be launched piggyback on another mission?
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#35
by
osiossim
on 10 Sep, 2008 09:30
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So Kompas-3 will fly alone on the Shtil booster or will it also be launched piggyback on another mission?
It could be unlikely if Sun Space return her face to Makayev once again!
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#36
by
osiossim
on 15 Sep, 2008 08:25
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#37
by
anik
on 24 Sep, 2008 15:28
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Quote from
http://johnhelmer.net/?p=504"This week [September 8-14 - anik], Vyacheslav Mikhailchenko, spokesman for Roskosmos, told BD that an agreement is now in place for the Sumbandila launch to take place. The timing, he said, is likely to be between December 25 of this year and March 25, 2009; and will depend on the launching schedule at Baikonour. “Agreement on launch of the satellite was reached, and now the specialists are working on the technical issues. The launch will run in compliance with a governmental decree, which is being prepared now. There are technical questions, and since both parties have reached an agreement, this decree is a purely technical procedure the Russian side is obliged to resolve.”"
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#38
by
osiossim
on 25 Sep, 2008 12:58
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#39
by
osiossim
on 26 Nov, 2008 08:43
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