Proton-M/DM-03 - Angosat-2 - Baikonur 81/24 - 12 October 2022 (15:00 UTC)

[owais.usmani]

That's correct. My understanding is that DM3 (without the hyphen) used the RD-58S engine up to 2006 with Proton-K and DM-03 used the RD-58MF engine from 2010 with Proton-M.

https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_lau_det/proton-k_blok-dm3.htm
https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_lau_det/proton-m_blok-dm-03.htm

You're correct : DM3 and DM-03 are not the same thing.

But RD-58MF is still a distant project and has not flown yet.

Then it looks like these Wikipedia articles need to be updated, as they mention DM-03 version using RD-58MF engine.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RD-58
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blok_DM-03

[Alter Sachse]

How many more Protons are there to be launched?

There should still be about a dozen Proton (phase 3 and phase 4)
But there are hardly any satellites for the Proton.
On the list are:
Electro L No. 4
Electro L No. 5
Ekspress AMU 4 (?)
Luch 5/Olimp

[input~2]

any know tle and norad of satellite >?

2022-131A/54033 in 233 x 36201 km x 48.87° epoch Oct 12 20:37 UTC
(reflecting upper assembly, not satellite orbit)

[Rondaz]

Blastoff! Russia launches Angosat-2 atop Proton-M rocket

[Rondaz]

AngoSat-2 satellite, launched on Proton, entered the calculated orbit.

Roskosmos: AngoSat-2 satellite, launched on Proton, entered the calculated orbit.

01:14 10/13/2022 (updated: 01:19 10/13/2022)

BAIKONUR COSMODROME, Oct 13 - RIA Novosti. The telecommunications satellite AngoSat-2, built in Russia by order of Angola, went into orbit after being launched on a Proton-M rocket from Baikonur, Roskosmos reported.

"AngoSat-2 arrived at its space destination. On the night of October 13, the AngoSat-2 Angolan satellite, created by the Roscosmos enterprise, was launched into a given orbit," the state corporation said.

The rocket was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 18.00. After 10 minutes, she launched the upper stage DM-03 with a satellite onto a suborbital trajectory. To deliver the device to the calculated orbit, the "accelerator" had to turn on its main engine three times.

AngoSat-2 will be placed in a geostationary orbit at a height of 36 thousand kilometers at a point of 23 degrees east longitude. The device, weighing about 1.7 tons, will be able to cover the entire African continent, as well as European countries, with telecommunications services .

Angola will be able to take the satellite into operation after carrying out all the necessary technical and technological procedures. This will happen approximately three months after launch.

AngoSat-2 is designed to provide fixed and mobile communication services, digital TV and radio broadcasting and high-speed Internet access. The satellite is designed for 15 years of operation.

On the eve of the launch, the Minister of Telecommunications, Information Technology and Public Relations of Angola, Mario Augusto Da Silva Oliveira, told reporters that AngoSat-2 will connect all corners of the big territory of Angola with high-quality communication.

As Russian Ambassador to Luanda Vladimir Tararov said earlier in an interview with RIA Novosti , the satellite will provide not only civilian, but also military needs, for example, border protection. Also, the African country will be able to provide telecommunications services through AngoSat-2 to neighboring states. To work with the apparatus in Angola, a mission control and satellite control center was built.

In April 2018, Russia and Angola agreed to build AngoSat-2 to replace AngoSat-1. The creation of the second satellite was initially entrusted to the enterprise where the first apparatus was built - RSC Energia , but in May 2020 it became known that, in agreement with the Angolan side, this work was transferred to the Reshetnev ISS .

https://ria.ru/20221013/kosmos-1823556888.html

[Nicolas PILLET]

How many more Protons are there to be launched?

Twelve. Ten of them are already built. The other two will be built in 2023.

There are payloads already assigned to fiev of these twelve launchers.

https://tass.ru/kosmos/16038235

[Rondaz]

CelesTrak has GP data for 1 object from the launch (2022-131) of ANGOSAT-2 atop a Proton-M rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome on Oct 12 at 1500 UTC:

https://twitter.com/TSKelso/status/1580316826356981760

[owais.usmani]

Do we know if the satellite is communicating successfully and has been taken over by ground controllers?

[input~2]

Satellite now drifting West above GEO to planned orbital slot

2022-131A/54033 in 36179 x 36195 km x 0.03°
Epoch: Oct 14, 14:27 UTC

[input~2]

Do we know if the satellite is communicating successfully and has been taken over by ground controllers?

https://rna.ao/rna.ao/2022/10/14/angosat-2-e-controlado-a-partir-da-funda-por-equipa-de-jovens-angolanos/

[russianhalo117]

Do we know if the satellite is communicating successfully and has been taken over by ground controllers?

http://russianspaceweb.com/angosat2.html

At a post-launch press-conference, Head of Roskosmos Yuri Borisov said that Angosat-2 had established communications with ground control, deployed its solar panels and began establishing three-axis orientation in space. According to Angolan officials, the routine operation of Angosat-2 was scheduled to begin 90 days after launch.

[Rondaz]

One object cataloged so far from the Angosat-2 launch, in a 36179 x 36194 km x 0.03 deg orbit, 400 km above GEO and drifting 5 deg west per day, currently over 71 deg E.  This may be the payload, drifting to its target location at 23E, with the Blok DM-03 not yet tracked..

https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1581504501332447232

[GWR64]

... This may be the payload, drifting to its target location at 23E, with the Blok DM-03 not yet tracked..

Blok DM is still not found.
Also the Fregat upper stage from the Glonass launch is lost, presumably after the 2nd burn for the 'graveyard orbit'.
Too many new objects for US SPACETRACK, i think.

[Rondaz]

Angosat-2 reached its planned position in the geostationary orbit. The Russian-built communications satellite for Anogola was launched on a Proton rocket on October 12.

https://twitter.com/RussianSpaceWeb/status/1588544740764811265

[input~2]

ANGOSAT-2 satellite is now operational
https://ggpen.gov.ao/?p=7417

[FutureSpaceTourist]

https://twitter.com/russianspaceweb/status/1598760282897223680

Angosat-2 satellite, built by Russian company ISS Reshetnev for the government of Angola and launched on a Proton rocket on Oct. 12, is declared fully operational today: russianspaceweb.com/angosat2.html