Author Topic: Soyuz-2-1a/Fregat-M – Meridian-M № 9 – Plesetsk 43/3 - Feb 20, 2020, 08:24 UTC  (Read 15454 times)

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https://twitter.com/RussianSpaceWeb/status/1134470859765231618

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Russian Minister of Defense: Two upgraded Meridian-M military communications satellites to be launched before the end of 2019.

Here is some new information on military satellites being developed by ISS Reshetnev.

MERIDIAN-M

There is a significant amount of procurement documentation on Russia’s government procurement website that is based on a contract signed between the Ministry of Defense and ISS Reshetnev on 29 March 2016  (contract number  1619187308361452246001779). The documentation does not mention a project name, but one of the documents refers to an on-board radio complex called 14R57 (Tsitron). It is known from other sources that this is the on-board radio complex of the Meridian satellites. Therefore, it looks like the contract signed in March 2016 is for the modified Meridian-M (14F112M) satellites.

According to a TASS report last May four Meridian-M satellites were ordered in 2017 (which somehow does not correspond with the contract date). The report quoted ISS Reshetnev director Testoyedov as saying the first one would be finished in late 2018, the second in 2019, the third in 2020 and the fourth in 2022. Defense minister Shoigu said the two first would be launched before the end of 2019.

https://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/6495532

These are the Meridian satellites with serial numbers 18 to 21. Nr. 18 was launched on 30 July and recently published tender documentation for the transportation to Plesetsk of nr. 19 shows its launch can be expected shortly.
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A reminder that Meridian-M satellites do not receive a Kosmos designation.
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I've taken a closer look at the documentation for the shipment of Meridian-M nr. 19 to Plesetsk, which is here:
http://zakupki.gov.ru/223/purchase/public/purchase/info/documents.html?regNumber=31908188469

Unless I've overlooked something, the planned date for the shipment is not mentioned. All that can be learned from the documentation is that the shipment will be carried out with an Ilyushin-76 plane owned by the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center. Whether this will happen before the end of this year is not clear. 

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Cross-post; this launch delayed into 2020:
Will there be any more orbital launches, other than 1 Proton and the last Rokot, before the New Year's and Russian Orthodox Christmas holidays?

Rogozin said 3 launches including launch from CSG obviously.
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Cross-post:
The NK forum lists the unidentified Soyuz launch from Plesetsk in January 2020 as for the ninth Meridian-M satellite, not earlier than the end of January:
http://novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/messages/forum21/topic16307/message1927031/#message1927031
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Meridian-M in January is confirmed by the Commander of the SpaceForce. Will be launched from43/3.
https://www.militarynews.ru/story.asp?rid=1&nid=524467&lang=RU
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The next launch of the Meridian-M spacecraft is scheduled for January 2020, "said Golovko.
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F0178/20 - ROCKET LAUNCH FROM RUSSIA WILL TAKE PLACE FLW RECEIVED FROM GOVERNMENT OF RUSSIA: THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE OF RUSSIA PLANS TO LAUNCH MISSILE IN THE SPACE AND TO SINK ITS FRAGMENTS IN THE WATERS OF THE OCEAN. CHARACTERISTICS OF IMPACT AREA: S56 23 00 E163 00 00 S49 15 00 E151 00 00 S46 30 00 E155 00 00 S51 33 00 E163 00 00 S56 23 00 E163 00 00. SFC - UNL, PRI LAUNCH DATE 200124 1000-1200 ALT LAUNCH DATE 200125 1000-1200, 24 JAN 10:00 2020 UNTIL 25 JAN 12:00 2020. CREATED: 15 JAN 10:54 2020
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E0369/20 - ATS RTE CLSD WI SEGMENTS: G356 ROMNA - 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 ROMEV - ROMNA. SFC - UNL, DAILY 1000-1200, 24 JAN 10:00 2020 UNTIL 25 JAN 12:00 2020. CREATED: 20 JAN 06:25 2020

Q0274/20 - ATS RTE SEGMENT CLSD AS FLW: W57 ABELU - BAROD. SFC - UNL, DAILY 1000-1200, 24 JAN 10:00 2020 UNTIL 25 JAN 12:00 2020. CREATED: 20 JAN 06:11 2020

Q0272/20 - ATS RTE SEGMENTS CLSD: A303 SORIG - ABLAR A491 SOTER - UKHTA VORDME (UHT) R822 GUBIR - TITKO. SFC - UNL, DAILY 1000-1200, 24 JAN 10:00 2020 UNTIL 25 JAN 12:00 2020. CREATED: 20 JAN 06:05 2020

Q0275/20 - ATS RTE SEGMENTS CLSD: A834 AKADA - GISAN B152 NEROL - GAPRA B486 AKADA - MEDER B714 SONIB - BAMON T541 SONIB - BAMON W23 ROTAT - UKHTA VORDME (UHT). SFC - UNL, DAILY 1000-1200, 24 JAN 10:00 2020 UNTIL 25 JAN 12:00 2020. CREATED: 20 JAN 06:11 2020
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Do we know if the launcher was transported to the launch pad?

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http://novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/messages/forum12/topic17153/message1938187/#message1938187

schedule launch time (prime): 10:23:04 UTC / 24.01.2020;
(reserve): 10:18:35 UTC / 25.01.2020.
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There is a word that the launch slips one day, to 01/25/2020

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Postponement to an indefinite date
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oops looks like its not the launch complex  ::)

https://twitter.com/anik1982space/status/1220723028096700416

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Start delayed indefinitely. A space rocket will be removed from the launch complex and returned to the assembly and test building. The problem was not in the launch complex systems, but in the third stage of the Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle.

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https://ria.ru/20200126/1563884578.html

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MOSCOW, JAN 26 - RIA Novosti. The launch of the Meridian-M military communications satellite on the Soyuz-2 carrier rocket from the Plesetsk launch site, postponed on Friday for technical reasons, is tentatively scheduled for February 9, a source at the launch site told RIA Novosti.

Earlier, a RIA Novosti source in the rocket and space industry reported that the launch of Meridian-M was postponed from January 24 for an indefinite period due to problems with the third stage of the rocket, which will require the return of "Soyuz-2" in the assembly and testing building.

"The problem arose in the cable network of the third stage of the launch vehicle. Due to the impossibility to search and eliminate the malfunction at the launch complex, the rocket was removed from the launch and sent to the assembly and testing building," the agency's interlocutor said.

According to him, the preliminary date of launch is February 9. "However, if the problem with the cable network cannot be solved, then a new third stage will have to be delivered to Plesetsk," added the source.

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https://ria.ru/20200201/1564131379.html
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"The specialists in Plesetsk were not able to pinpoint the cause of the malfunction in the cable network of the third stage of the Soyuz-2 rocket, so it was decided to deliver a new third stage to the cosmodrome," the source said.
According to him, in this regard, the launch is tentatively scheduled for February 20. “Accordingly, the launch scheduled for February 28 from the Plesetsk navigation satellite“ Glonass-M ”had to be moved around March 15,” the source added.

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F0495/20 - ROCKET LAUNCH FROM RUSSIA WILL TAKE PLACE FLW RECEIVED FROM GOVERNMENT OF RUSSIA: THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE OF RUSSIA PLANS TO LAUNCH MISSILE IN THE SPACE AND TO SINK ITS FRAGMENTS IN THE WATERS OF THE OCEAN. CHARACTERISTICS OF IMPACT AREA: 562300S 1630000E 491500S 1510000E 463000S 1550000E 513300S 1630000E 562300S 1630000E. SFC - UNL, DAILY 0800/1000, 20 FEB 08:00 2020 UNTIL 21 FEB 10:00 2020. CREATED: 10 FEB 19:53 2020
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E1361/20 - ATS RTE SEGMENTS CLSD:
G356 ROMNA - 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 ROMEV - ROMNA. SFC - UNL, DAILY 0800-1000, 20 FEB 08:00 2020 UNTIL 21 FEB
10:00 2020. CREATED: 16 FEB 07:19 2020

Q0944/20 - ATS RTE SEGMENTS CLSD:
A834 AKADA - GISAN,
B152 NEROL - GAPRA,
B486 AKADA - MEDER,
B714 SONIB - BAMON,
T541 SONIB - BAMON,
W23 ROTAT - UKHTA VORDME (UHT). SFC - UNL, DAILY 0800-1000, 20 FEB 08:00 2020
UNTIL 21 FEB 10:00 2020. CREATED: 16 FEB 07:02 2020

Q0943/20  - FLW ATS RTE CLSD IN SEGMENTS:
A303 SORIG - ABLAR,
A491 SOTER - UKHTA VORDME (UHT),
R822 GUBIR - TITKO. SFC - UNL, DAILY 0800-1000, 20 FEB 08:00 2020 UNTIL 21 FEB
10:00 2020. CREATED: 16 FEB 06:33 2020
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