Author Topic: Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat - OneWeb F5 (x36) - Vostochny - 25 March 2021 (02:47 UTC) (Read 17812 times)

zubenelgenubi · « **on:** 01/16/2021 06:49 pm »

This is the launch thread for the OneWeb Flight 5 launch, the second OneWeb launch from Vostochny LC 1S, of 36 satellites for the OneWeb constellation.

A great thread about the news of and discussion about the OneWeb constellation is here: OneWeb constellation

And for the previous OneWeb launches:
Soyuz-STB/Fregat-M (VS21) - OneWeb (x6) - (21:37 UTC) February 27, 2019 [from Kourou]

Soyuz-2-1b/Fregat - OneWeb Fl. 2 (x34) - Baikonur - Feb 6, 2020, 21:42 UTC

Soyuz-2-1b/Fregat - OneWeb Fl. 3 (x34) - Baikonur - March 21, 2020, 17:06 UTC

Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat - OneWeb F4 (x36) - Vostochny - December 18, 2020 (12:26 UTC)
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Cross-post following exit from bankruptcy; my bold:

Quote from: PM3 on 12/11/2020 12:58 pm

Quote from: Google Translate
A total of 6 or 7 launches from the Vostochny cosmodrome are planned in 2021. The first launch is scheduled for February 25. 36 communication satellites of the British company OneWeb will be sent to Earth orbit, a source in the rocket and space industry told RIA Novosti today.

https://radiosputnik.ria.ru/20201211/1588704918.html

SMS · « **Reply #1 on:** 01/25/2021 11:51 pm »

https://ria.ru/20210126/perenos-1594568671.html

Launch has been postponed to not earlier than March 25, 2021. It's possibly to more late date.

gongora · « **Reply #2 on:** 01/31/2021 04:10 pm »

Satellites could ship to the launch site in the first half of February.

gongora · « **Reply #3 on:** 02/06/2021 01:59 am »

Quote from: gongora on 01/31/2021 04:10 pm

Satellites could ship to the launch site in the first half of February.

Or maybe not.

russianhalo117 · « **Reply #4 on:** 02/06/2021 05:31 pm »

Quote from: gongora on 02/06/2021 01:59 am

Quote from: gongora on 01/31/2021 04:10 pm
Satellites could ship to the launch site in the first half of February.

Or maybe not.

two separate shipment filings and both dismissed not at the request of the customer rather at request of there final Airport destination UHBB on behalf of the cosmodrome. Now it says dismissed and not cancelled so it will be rescheduled at anytime via a new filing.

gongora · « **Reply #5 on:** 02/10/2021 06:34 pm »

gongora · « **Reply #6 on:** 02/23/2021 08:33 pm »

An-124 arrived at KSC today. The OneWeb flight was approved for the time period starting Feb. 24.

gongora · « **Reply #7 on:** 02/24/2021 06:22 pm »

https://twitter.com/OneWebSatellit1/status/1364656379026374656

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✈️ Prep and Liftoff: We’re excited to send off our next batch of 36 satellites to @OneWeb.

gongora · « **Reply #8 on:** 02/24/2021 07:39 pm »

The satellites are on their way. The flight took off about 15 minutes ago.
https://www.flightradar24.com/VDA4210/26e8eba1

Mammutti · « **Reply #9 on:** 02/26/2021 02:22 pm »

https://twitter.com/roscosmos/status/1365320523991965699/

Quote from: Roscosmos

The 36 spacecraft of @OneWeb arrived at #Vostochny Cosmodrome

On February 27, begins the preparation of the spacecraft for the launch scheduled for March aboard the Soyuz-2.1 b launch vehicle with the Fregat upper stage.

More: http://en.roscosmos.ru/21941/

Salo · « **Reply #10 on:** 02/27/2021 05:37 am »

https://www.glavkosmos.com/en/36-oneweb-satellites-arrive-at-the-vostochny-spaceport/

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MOSCOW, February 26. – The 36 spacecraft of OneWeb - the company jointly owned by the UK Government and Bharti Global - arrived at Ignatievo airport (Blagoveshchensk) by an An-124-100 aircraft on Friday. The specialists of the Vostochny Space Center (a branch of TsENKI, part of Roscosmos) transported all 36 satellites to the Spaceport. On February 27, begins the preparation of the spacecraft for the launch scheduled for March 25 aboard the Soyuz-2.1 b launch vehicle with the Fregat upper stage.

GWR64 · « **Reply #11 on:** 02/27/2021 11:28 am »

https://twitter.com/OneWeb/status/1364760779082371073

Then RA-82047 takes off on her long journey.
Shuttle Landing Facility -> Bangor -> Moscow -> Blagoveshchensk and then by truck to Vostochny.

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/vi4210
http://www.roscosmos.ru/30091/

5 white satellite containers (No. 03,10,07,08 and 04)
Space for 40 satellites, obviously again 4 places remained empty.

Alter Sachse · « **Reply #12 on:** 03/16/2021 06:11 am »

https://twitter.com/OneWeb/status/1371654814422159365

Prep for #OneWebLaunch 5 continues with our team working hard in Vostochny. 36 OneWeb satellites are now fully integrated to the dispenser and preparing for encapsulation to the fairing. Stay tuned for more updates.

SMS · « **Reply #13 on:** 03/18/2021 11:35 am »

https://ria.ru/20210318/vostochnyy-1601759750.html

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The time of the first launch from the Vostochny cosmodrome in 2021 has become known

MOSCOW, 18 March - RIA Novosti. The launch of 36 British communication satellites OneWeb by the Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket with the Fregat upper stage from the Vostochny cosmodrome is planned at 5:47 am Moscow time on March 25, a spokesman for the Roscosmos press service told RIA Novosti.
"The launch is scheduled for March 25 at 5:47 Moscow time (11:47 local time)," - said the agency's interlocutor.
Earlier, RIA Novosti sources in the industry reported that three launches of 36 British OneWeb communication satellites in each are planned from Vostochny in 2021, and two more launches are also possible.

SMS · « **Reply #14 on:** 03/18/2021 03:11 pm »

https://twitter.com/OneWeb/status/1372580874831691778

Alter Sachse · « **Reply #15 on:** 03/18/2021 04:49 pm »

https://www.roscosmos.ru/30398/

Specialists at the Vostochny Space Center (a branch of the Center for Ground-Based Space Infrastructure Facilities Operation at the Vostochny launch site, part of Roskosmos State Corporation) used a transbuilder gallery to transport the space head module, assembled the day before, to the assembly and test body of the launch vehicle. The part of the rocket includes the Fregat upper stage and spacecraft installed on the transition farm of the satellite company OneWeb.

In accordance with a comprehensive training schedule, the specialists jointly calculated the docking of the upper stage with the third stage of Soyuz-2.1b rocket in the assembly hall of the Vostochny cosmodrome. "The package" (the first and second stages of the launcher) was moved onto the transport and installation unit. In the next few days there will be a general assembly of the space rocket, which is the final operation before taking it to the launch pad.

Translated with www.DeepL.com

SMS · « **Reply #16 on:** 03/18/2021 04:51 pm »

Flight ST30: Arianespace to hit its stride with next OneWeb launch

The next Arianespace mission is planned from Vostochny Cosmodrome with Soyuz on March 25, to deliver 36 satellites into orbit.

By operating this fifth flight on behalf of OneWeb, Arianespace will bring the total fleet to 146 satellites in Low Earth Orbit. Arianespace is proud to share in the fulfilment of its customer’s ultimate ambition: providing internet access for everyone, everywhere.

Flight ST30, the second commercial mission performed by Arianespace and its Starsem affiliate from the Vostochny Cosmodrome, will put 36 of OneWeb’s satellites into a near-polar orbit at an altitude of 450 kilometers. The mission will have a total duration of three hours and 51 minutes and will include nine separations of four satellites, that will raise themselves to their operational orbit. This launch will bring up to speed Arianespace’s operations this year to the benefit of OneWeb, and will raise to 146 the number of satellites deployed for the global telecommunications operator.

OneWeb’s mission is to bring internet everywhere to everyone, by creating a global connectivity platform through a next generation satellite constellation in low Earth orbit. OneWeb’s constellation will deliver high-speed, low-latency connectivity services to a wide range of customer sectors including aviation, maritime, backhaul services, as well as governments, emergency response services and more. Central to its purpose, OneWeb seeks to bring connectivity to every place where fiber cannot reach, and thereby bridge the digital divide.

Once deployed, the OneWeb constellation will enable user terminals that are capable of offering 3G, LTE, 5G and Wi-Fi coverage, providing high-speed access globally – by air, sea and land.

OneWeb Satellites, a joint venture between OneWeb and Airbus Defence and Space, is the constellation’s prime contractor. The satellites were built thanks to its leading-edge satellite manufacturing process that can build up to two satellites a day on a series production line dedicated to the assembly, integration, and testing of the satellites.

A total of 110 OneWeb satellites have already been orbited by Arianespace: the first six were successfully orbited by Arianespace from French Guiana on February 27, 2019. On February and March 2020, Arianespace and its Starsem affiliate successfully launched 68 OneWeb satellites from Baikonur Cosmodrome on two successful Soyuz flights. On December 2020, the team successfully delivered an additional 36 satellites into orbit, with first commercial flight operated from new Vostochny Cosmodrome.

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Press Kits - Soyuz Flight ST30 (2.1 MB - pdf)

Alter Sachse · « **Reply #17 on:** 03/18/2021 06:17 pm »

https://twitter.com/Arianespace/status/1372587144586403843

Alter Sachse · « **Reply #18 on:** 03/19/2021 10:02 am »

Alter Sachse · « **Reply #19 on:** 03/19/2021 03:32 pm »

https://www.roscosmos.ru/30417/

and www.russian.space