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Soyuz-2-1b/Fregat-M - EKS #3 - Plesetsk 43/4 - September 26, 2019 (07:46 UTC) by zubenelgenubi on 17 Sep, 2019 18:56
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Tundra (EKS, 14F142)
A new NOTAM indicates an orbital launch from Plesetsk between September 26 and 30.
If it is the next Tundra satellite, and the launch is successful and occurs during the NOTAM period, it should receive the designation Kosmos 2541.
Cross-post; map image attached:There is a NOTAM for 26 to 30 September.
F2571/19
N2599/19
Period: 2019-09-26T07:00:00.000Z - 2019-09-30T09:00:00.000Z
ROCKET LAUNCH FROM RUSSIA WILL TAKE PLACE FLW RECEIVED FROM GOVERNMENT OF RUSSIA: THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE OF RUSSIA PLANS TO LAUNCH MISSILE MISSION NUMBER IN THE SPACE AND TO SINK ITS FRAGMENTS IN THE WATERS OF THE OCEAN. CHARACTERISTICS OF IMPACT AREA: S55 12.0 E162 26.0 S44 50.0 E146 43.0 S44 17.0 E147 40.0 S54 17.0 E163 00.0 S54 49.0 E163 00.0 S55 12.0 E162 26.0
Followed by; cross-post:According to NK forum
http://novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/messages/forum14/topic16307/message1891392/#message1891392
the above NOTAM zone is in good agreement with previous EKS Tundra launches.
So presumably this launch is Tundra #3.
I wonder could it be for Neitron instead? 63 degrees inclination is pretty standard for radar sats.
If this Neitron goes to "Molniya orbit" - then, yes - it could be.
However, if it goes to LEO at 63° inclination...
It seems doubtful to me that reentry zones could match so close - for such different launch schemes.
Anyway, NOTAM's set, there will be a launch - then we will know more
See also; cross-post:https://twitter.com/LaunchStuff/status/1173963914813616129
Probably launching in a few days?
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#1 by Alter Sachse on 18 Sep, 2019 13:35
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Launch window 07:00-09:00 UTC
EKS 1 2015 Nov 17 06:33:41 (Kosmos 2510)
EKS 2 2017 May 25 06:33:56 (Kosmos 2518) -
#2 by tehwkd on 18 Sep, 2019 14:34
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The hour difference could be because EKS-1 & EKS-2 were launched during standard time period.
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#3 by tehwkd on 22 Sep, 2019 06:10
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Still go for the 26th as indicated by the route closure near launch siteQuote
Q5326/19 - ATS RTE W57 SEGMENT ABELU - BAROD CLSD. SFC - UNL, 26 SEP 07:00 2019 UNTIL 26 SEP 09:00 2019. CREATED: 22 SEP 05:45 2019
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#4 by Nicolas PILLET on 22 Sep, 2019 06:57
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I had a launch chronology for the second launch. I guess it wil be the same next week.
https://www.kosmonavtika.com/lancements/2017/25052017/25052017.html -
#5 by tehwkd on 22 Sep, 2019 09:19
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Q5327/19 - 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). SFC - UNL, DAILY 0700-0900, 26 SEP 07:00 2019 UNTIL 30 SEP 09:00 2019. CREATED: 22 SEP 06:25 2019
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#6 by Steven Pietrobon on 26 Sep, 2019 07:00
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The launch window is now open.
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#7 by tehwkd on 26 Sep, 2019 07:59
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#8 by Galactic Penguin SST on 26 Sep, 2019 08:00
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https://ria.ru/20190926/1559147542.html
Liftoff confirmed at 07:46 UTC. -
#9 by Steven Pietrobon on 26 Sep, 2019 08:05
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Tass press release.
https://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/6931370
Soyuz-2.1b rocket with satellite for the Ministry of Defence launched from Plesetsk
Pre-launch operations and the launch itself were carried out as a regular, the agency said
MOSCOW, September 26. /TASS/. The Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle was launched on Thursday from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome with a spacecraft created in the interests of the Russian Defence Ministry. This was reported to journalists in the press service of the Russian military department.
"At 10:46 Moscow time, the launch of the Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle with space it is in the interests of the Russian Defence Ministry," the press service noted.
According to the agency, the pre-launch operations and the launch itself were carried out as a regular. Controlled the rocket's takeoff of a ground-based automated control system.
The Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle is being escorted by ground-based controls. At 10:48 Moscow time, the rocket was accepted for escort by ground means of the Main Test Space Centre. S.G. Titov of the Space Forces of the Air and Space Forces," the ministry said.
Flight tests of the Soyuz-2 rockets began at the northern launch site in November 2004. In 15 years, 40 Soyuz-2 launches of the 1a, 1b and 1v modernisation phases have been carried out from Plesetsk. The start on September 26 was the fourth in 2019, the Defence Ministry said.
The Soyuz-2 series was replaced by the Soyuz-U rockets launched from Plesetsk in 1973-2012. During this time, 435 launches of Soyuz-U type rockets were carried out from Plesetsk, and 430 satellites of various purposes were delivered to orbit. -
#10 by Chris Bergin on 26 Sep, 2019 08:10
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#11 by B. Hendrickx on 26 Sep, 2019 08:19
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Just as a reminder: everything that is known about Tundra's current and future payloads is summed up in the EKS/Tundra program thread:
https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=46327.0
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#12 by tehwkd on 26 Sep, 2019 09:36
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3rd stage re-entry caught by someone in south Australia: https://www.instagram.com/p/B23kMipBHJA/
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#13 by Alter Sachse on 26 Sep, 2019 10:22
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Designation should be Kosmos 2541
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#14 by Galactic Penguin SST on 26 Sep, 2019 12:15
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Per the launch timeline from the previous EKS launch the satellite should have already been separated.... -
#15 by B. Hendrickx on 26 Sep, 2019 12:48
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#16 by Alter Sachse on 26 Sep, 2019 15:57
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A longer video
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#17 by tehwkd on 26 Sep, 2019 15:58
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Better view of the 3rd stage re-entry https://www.facebook.com/953coastfm/videos/896573887388822/
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#18 by Salo on 26 Sep, 2019 16:23
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https://ria.ru/20190926/1559174584.html
Google translate:QuoteMOSCOW, Sep 26 - RIA News. Launched on Thursday from the Plesetsk cosmodrome, the Kosmos-2541 military satellite was included in the catalog of space objects of the Russian space control system, the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry told reporters.
"Specialists from the Space Forces Space Control Center of the Space Forces entered the Main Catalog of Space Objects of the Russian space control system information on the Frigate upper stage and the Kosmos-2541 spacecraft," the department said. -
#19 by whiztech on 26 Sep, 2019 17:07
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1 44552U 19065A 19269.66044141 -.00001219 00000-0 00000+0 0 9997
2 44552 63.8300 71.3445 6968693 269.9318 223.6146 2.01597401 04
2019-065A/44552 - 38,537 km x 1,646 km, 63.83º -
#20 by SMS on 26 Sep, 2019 19:02
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https://twitter.com/anik1982space/status/1177256743073697793Quote
Soyuz-2-1B launch vehicle No. 78072176 for today's launch from Plesetsk
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#21 by jacqmans on 27 Sep, 2019 08:11
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09/26/2019 17:37
Start from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Today, on September 26, 2019, at 10:46 Moscow time, from the Plesetsk State Testing Cosmodrome in the Arkhangelsk Region, the combat crew of the VKS Space Forces successfully launched the Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle with a spacecraft in the interests of the Russian Ministry of Defense.
The launch of the launch vehicle and the launch of the spacecraft into the calculated orbit took place as usual. Two minutes after the launch, the Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle was accepted for escort by means of the ground-based automated control complex of the German Titov Main Test Space Center.
At the estimated time, the spacecraft was launched into the target orbit and taken into control by the ground-based means of the aerospace forces. A stable telemetric communication has been established and maintained with the satellite, its on-board systems are functioning normally.
This is the fourth launch of the Soyuz-2 launch vehicle from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in 2019. Flight tests of the Soyuz-2 space rocket complex began at the Plesetsk cosmodrome on November 8, 2004. Over the past fifteen years, 40 launches of Soyuz-2 launch vehicles of modernization stages 1a, 1b and 1c were carried out from the northern spaceport.
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#22 by Phillip Clark on 27 Sep, 2019 08:29
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09/26/2019 17:37
This is the fourth launch of the Soyuz-2 launch vehicle from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in 2019. Flight tests of the Soyuz-2 space rocket complex began at the Plesetsk cosmodrome on November 8, 2004. Over the past fifteen years, 40 launches of Soyuz-2 launch vehicles of modernization stages 1a, 1b and 1c were carried out from the northern spaceport.
https://www.roscosmos.ru/26863/
"1c"
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#23 by nsn on 27 Sep, 2019 08:36
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"1c"
"1в" in Google translation. -
#24 by Phillip Clark on 27 Sep, 2019 08:41
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"1c"
"1в" in Google translation.
I have just looked at the Russian original and it should translate as 1A, 1B and 1V, the first three letters of the Cyrillic alphabet. -
#25 by Alter Sachse on 08 Oct, 2019 08:16
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Kosmos 2541 has reached the final orbit.
63.83° 717.59 min 1643x38702 km
