Author Topic: Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat - OneWeb F9 (x34) - Baikonur - 21 August 2021 (22:13 UTC) (Read 86397 times)

Alter Sachse · « **on:** 06/24/2021 07:32 am »

https://www.roscosmos.ru/31612/

In parallel with the Vostochny launch, scheduled activities continue at the Baikonur Cosmodrome for the OneWeb spacecraft launch program. After preparing the necessary ground equipment, specialists from the Yuzhny Space Center (a branch of the Ground-Based Space Infrastructure Facilities Operation Center) and the Lavochkin Research and Production Association (part of Roskosmos State Corporation) began pneumovacuum tests of the Fregat upper stage.

This work is taking place on the technical complex of Site 31 of the Baikonur Cosmodrome. They are carried out in preparation for the launch of the launch vehicle "Soyuz-2.1b" and 34 satellites OneWeb from Baikonur. It will be the third launch of the OneWeb spacecraft from Baikonur.

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zubenelgenubi · « **Reply #1 on:** 07/04/2021 04:04 am »

Cross-posts; my bold:

Quote from: zubenelgenubi on 01/28/2021 09:21 am

Quote from: Salo on 01/28/2021 06:04 am
https://tass.ru/kosmos/10565159
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MOSCOW, January 28. / TASS /. Roscosmos plans to carry out eight launches under the OneWeb program from the Baikonur, Vostochny and Kuru cosmodromes. This was announced to TASS by the Deputy General Director of Roscosmos for International Cooperation Sergei Savelyev.
"Three spacecraft launches [each] are planned from the Baikonur and Vostochny cosmodromes within the framework of the OneWeb project," Saveliev said.
According to the deputy general director, two cluster launches are also planned from the Kourou cosmodrome in French Guiana.

Quote from: Salo on 01/28/2021 06:08 am
https://tass.ru/kosmos/10565073
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"In 2021, the Russian side plans to carry out 10 launches with Soyuz-2 and Soyuz-ST carrier rockets in the interests of foreign customers," Saveliev said.
According to the deputy general director of the state corporation, four of them will pass from the Baikonur cosmodrome and three each from Vostochny and Kuru (French Guiana). At the same time, the launch of the apparatus of the European global satellite navigation system Galileo is expected from the Kuru cosmodrome.
In the second quarter of 2021, the launch of the Earth remote sensing spacecraft CAS500-1 is planned from Baikonur in the interests of the Republic of Korea with a group of 34 foreign and Russian spacecraft launched as an associated payload.

Three 36 OneWeb satellite cluster launches from Vostochny--a match between the two PRs.

Four launches from Baikonur: the CAS500-1 rideshare flight, and three 34 OneWeb satellite cluster launches.

Apparently, the CAS500-2 rideshare flight is delayed into 2022?

Quote from: SMS on 04/20/2021 12:39 am

https://ria.ru/20210420/raketa-1729024386.html

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The dates of all commercial launches of Soyuz missiles from Russian cosmodromes scheduled for 2021 have been tentatively determined; the dates of launches from Baikonur have been added to the previously indicated launch dates for the British OneWeb satellites from Vostochny: August 2 and 26, September 18 and at the end of December, RIA Novosti reported two source in the rocket and space industry.

The first launch of Soyuz-2 in 2021 with 36 OneWeb devices from Vostochny was carried out on March 25. The next launch from the Vostochny cosmodrome, according to the customer, Arianespace , is scheduled for the night of April 26. As a source in the rocket and space industry told RIA Novosti earlier, launches on May 27 and July 1 will follow.

"The next four cluster launches of 34 devices each will be made from Baikonur on August 2 and 26, September 18 and December 23, 2021," the agency's source said.

Another informed source confirmed this information to RIA Novosti, but added that another date is being discussed for the winter launch - December 26.

Earlier, OneWeb reported that the April launch will be dedicated to the 60th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin 's flight into space. The first astronaut of the planet will be depicted on the mission emblem.
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Quote from: Rondaz on 06/21/2021 12:57 am

Source: One of the OneWeb satellite launches from Baikonur postponed.

03:09 06/21/2021

Source: one of the OneWeb satellite launches from Baikonur was postponed to 2022 for the sake of economy

MOSCOW, June 21 - RIA Novosti. One of the four launches of British communications satellites OneWeb from the Baikonur cosmodrome , planned in 2021, has been postponed until next year to save money, a source in the rocket and space industry told RIA Novosti.

In April, another agency source reported that launches on behalf of OneWeb from Baikonur this year are slated for August 2 and 26, September 18 and the end of December.

"Now the schedule is as follows: August 2, September 9 and the end of December. One launch has been postponed until 2022 in order not to pay additional money to Kazakhstan for using the area of the fall of the first stage of the Soyuz-2 launch vehicle," the agency's source said.

Another source confirmed this information, adding that the deployment of the OneWeb grouping will not be affected by this, since the missing launch is planned to be carried out from the Vostochny cosmodrome on October 7.
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https://ria.ru/20210621/sputnik-1737834226.html

anik · « **Reply #2 on:** 07/05/2021 08:57 am »

August 5.

Rondaz · « **Reply #3 on:** 07/09/2021 03:17 pm »

Baikonur prepares to launch the next batch of OneWeb spacecraft

07/09/2021 17:56

At Baikonur, the reloading of the Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket package for mission 35 and the mechanical assembly cycle of the Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket (stages 1 and 2) for the OneWeb spacecraft launch mission 36 were completed. The operations were carried out in accordance with a comprehensive training schedule by a joint team of specialists from the Yuzhny Space Center (a branch of the Center for Operation of Ground-Based Space Infrastructure Facilities) and the Progress Rocket and Space Center (part of the Roscosmos State Corporation).

The work took place at the technical complex of the Center for Testing Technical Complexes of the Yuzhny Space Center, in the assembly and testing building of site No. 31. After the assembly of the "package", the launch vehicle for mission No. 36 will be in storage mode. The launch of this rocket with the Fregat upper stage and 34 OneWeb spacecraft is scheduled for the fall from the Vostok launch complex of site No. 31 of the Baikonur cosmodrome.

After the carrier rocket package is transferred to the workplace for the OneWeb mission No. 35, work will begin on preparations for the general assembly of the ILV. The launch is scheduled for early August.

LEO OneWeb spacecraft are designed to provide terrestrial consumers with high-speed Internet directly via satellite communications. The orbital constellation will consist of 18 planes with 36 vehicles each.

https://www.roscosmos.ru/31827/

Rondaz · « **Reply #4 on:** 07/09/2021 04:37 pm »

Roscosmos has confirmed the timing of the next launch from Baikonur.

18:50 07/09/2021

Roscosmos confirmed the timing of the next launch of OneWeb satellites from Baikonur in early August

MOSCOW, July 9 - RIA Novosti. Roscosmos confirmed the information of the RIA Novosti source about the next launch of OneWeb satellites from Baikonur in early August.

Earlier, a source in the rocket and space industry told RIA Novosti that the next launch of the British communications satellites OneWeb by the Russian Soyuz carrier rocket is planned to be carried out from the Baikonur cosmodrome on August 5.

"The launch is scheduled for early August," Roscosmos said in a statement.

Another launch is planned from Baikonur in the fall.

As sources in the rocket and space industry told the agency, two more launches are expected from Baikonur in September and December, one launch from Vostochny is scheduled for October, and one launch from Kuru in November.

Earlier, the press service of the Glavkosmos company (an enterprise of the Roscosmos state corporation) told RIA Novosti that in 2021 8-10 Soyuz rocket launches with OneWeb satellites are planned from the Baikonur , Vostochny and Kuru cosmodromes , of which four have already been completed.

The contract between Arianespace and OneWeb for 21 launches of Soyuz rockets from the Baikonur, Vostochny and Kuru cosmodromes was signed in June 2015. In September 2020, OneWeb announced that the number of contracted Soyuz launches had been reduced to 19. Eight have already been completed: two from Baikonur, five from Vostochny and one from Kuru, 254 satellites have been launched into orbit.

OneWeb is set to begin providing commercial satellite communications services in late 2021, and by June 2022, it intends to deploy a constellation of 648 first-generation satellites, which will provide broadband Internet access to users around the world with full coverage of the Earth's surface .

https://ria.ru/20210709/zapusk-1740667249.html

Rondaz · « **Reply #5 on:** 07/09/2021 04:43 pm »

At the # Baikonur cosmodrome, they are preparing for two launches of spacecraft #OneWeb at once - summer and autumn.

The reloading of the "package" of the Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket for mission No. 35 and the assembly of the "package" of the Soyuz-2.1b rocket for mission No. 36:

https://twitter.com/roscosmos/status/1413516413432696834

Rondaz · « **Reply #6 on:** 07/12/2021 12:16 pm »

#Baikonur prepares to launch next batch of @OneWeb satellites Satellite

The Soyuz-2.1b Mission 35 carrier rocket package was transferred and the Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket (stages 1 and 2) for the #OneWeb launch Mission 36 mechanical assembly was completed:

https://twitter.com/roscosmos/status/1414527641374310401

Rondaz · « **Reply #7 on:** 07/13/2021 10:50 pm »

Sources reported about the postponement of the Soyuz launch from Baikonur.

01:08 14.07.2021

Sources announced the postponement of the Soyuz launch from Baikonur due to the unavailability of OneWeb satellites

MOSCOW, July 14 - RIA Novosti. The launch of the British communications satellites OneWeb by the Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket from the Baikonur cosmodrome, scheduled for August 5, has been postponed for at least a week due to the unavailability of the vehicles, three sources in the rocket and space industry told RIA Novosti.

Earlier, another source in the industry told RIA Novosti that the launch of OneWeb satellites is scheduled for August 5. Later, Roskosmos confirmed that the launch was scheduled for early August.

"The launch of OneWeb satellites has been postponed for at least a week due to problems encountered during their production," the source said.

According to another source, the start was tentatively postponed to August 13, but this date depends on how quickly the problems are resolved.

Another interlocutor of RIA Novosti said that for the launch on August 5, 34 OneWeb satellites had to be delivered to the cosmodrome on July 13, but this did not happen. He also confirmed a start shift by at least a week.

Earlier, the press service of the Glavkosmos company (a Roscosmos enterprise) told RIA Novosti that in 2021, eight to ten Soyuz rocket launches with OneWeb satellites are planned from the Baikonur , Vostochny and Kuru cosmodromes , of which four have already been completed. According to sources in the rocket and space industry, another launch in the interests of OneWeb from Vostochny is scheduled for October, three launches are also expected from Baikonur in August, September and December, and one launch from Kuru in November.

The contract between Arianespace and OneWeb for 21 launches of Soyuz rockets from the Baikonur, Vostochny and Kuru cosmodromes was signed in June 2015. In September 2020, OneWeb announced that the number of contracted Soyuz launches had been reduced to 19. Eight have already been completed: two from Baikonur, five from Vostochny and one from Kuru, 254 satellites have been launched into orbit.

OneWeb is set to begin providing commercial satellite communications services in late 2021, and by June 2022, it intends to deploy a constellation of 648 first-generation satellites, which will provide broadband Internet access to users around the world with full coverage of the Earth's surface .

https://ria.ru/20210714/start-1741171206.html

zubenelgenubi · « **Reply #8 on:** 07/17/2021 08:02 am »

Cross-post:

Quote from: Salo on 07/17/2021 04:45 am

https://ria.ru/20210717/kosmos-1741632558.html
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MOSCOW, July 17 - RIA Novosti. The launch of the British communications satellites OneWeb by the Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket from the Baikonur cosmodrome, scheduled for August 5, has been postponed until August 20-21 due to problems with the devices, a source in the rocket and space industry told RIA Novosti.

Rondaz · « **Reply #9 on:** 07/17/2021 12:27 pm »

The source announced the postponement of the Soyuz launch from Baikonur for two weeks.

Source: launch of Soyuz rocket from Baikonur postponed for another week due to OneWeb satellites

03:06 17.07.2021 (updated: 05:08 17.07.2021)

MOSCOW, July 17 - RIA Novosti. The launch of the British communications satellites OneWeb by the Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket from the Baikonur cosmodrome , scheduled for August 5, has been postponed until August 20-21 due to problems with the devices, a source in the rocket and space industry told RIA Novosti.

Earlier, another source in the industry told RIA Novosti that the launch of OneWeb satellites is slated for August 5. Later, Roskosmos confirmed that the launch was scheduled for early August. However, then several more RIA Novosti sources in the industry reported that problems arose during the production of the devices, so their launch was postponed for at least a week - until August 13.

"Now the delivery of 34 OneWeb satellites to Baikonur is scheduled for July 28, and the start is for August 20-21," the agency's source said.

According to him, at an American plant in Florida, some devices will have to be replaced with low-quality components.

Earlier, the press service of the Glavkosmos company (a Roscosmos enterprise) told RIA Novosti that in 2021, eight to ten Soyuz rocket launches with OneWeb satellites are planned from the Baikonur, Vostochny and Kuru cosmodromes , of which four have already been completed. According to sources in the rocket and space industry, another launch in the interests of OneWeb from Vostochny is scheduled for October, three launches are also expected from Baikonur in August, September and December, and one launch from Kuru in November.

The contract between Arianespace and OneWeb for 21 launches of Soyuz rockets from the Baikonur, Vostochny and Kuru cosmodromes was signed in June 2015. In September 2020, OneWeb announced that the number of contracted Soyuz launches had been reduced to 19. Eight have already been completed: two from Baikonur, five from Vostochny and one from Kuru, 254 satellites have been launched into orbit.

OneWeb is set to begin providing commercial satellite communications services in late 2021, and by June 2022, it intends to deploy a constellation of 648 first-generation satellites, which will provide broadband Internet access to users around the world with full coverage of the Earth's surface .

https://ria.ru/20210717/kosmos-1741632558.html

Rondaz · « **Reply #10 on:** 07/26/2021 05:40 pm »

The latest batch of One Web satellites just departed the SLF. An Antinov flying over Titusville on departure has become a monthly occurrence.

https://twitter.com/julia_bergeron/status/1419615119517040645

Rondaz · « **Reply #11 on:** 07/30/2021 06:13 pm »

The Baikonur Cosmodrome is preparing to launch #OneWeb : https: // roscosmos.ru/32054/

All work is carried out as part of the # Glavkosmos contracts with the European launch services provider #Arianespace and #Starsem

https://twitter.com/roscosmos/status/1421158730201174020

https://twitter.com/roscosmos/status/1421158767199244297

Rondaz · « **Reply #12 on:** 07/31/2021 01:09 pm »

The next launch of Soyuz-2.1b with 36 OneWeb satellites is scheduled from the Baikonur cosmodrome on August 20.

https://twitter.com/Rogozin/status/1421450137658957826

Alter Sachse · « **Reply #13 on:** 08/01/2021 10:30 am »

36 ??

GWR64 · « **Reply #14 on:** 08/01/2021 12:37 pm »

Quote from: Alter Sachse on 08/01/2021 10:30 am

36 ??

36 I don't think so.
The profile in Baikonur is different from that in Vostoschni. Payload fairing will be removed later in Baikonur.
Fregat can take less fuel, burns shorter during Oneweb launches from Baikonur.
The target-orbit is a few kilometers higher from Baikonur.
I don't know whether the "Vostoschni-Soyuz" would have a better performance even with an identical profile.

michaelmalinsky · « **Reply #15 on:** 08/01/2021 01:11 pm »

anik · « **Reply #16 on:** 08/01/2021 01:26 pm »

19.08 22:23

Rondaz · « **Reply #17 on:** 08/05/2021 01:54 pm »

Preparation of the launch complex has begun at the Baikonur cosmodrome

08/05/2021 16:52

At the Baikonur cosmodrome, preparations have begun for the Vostok launch complex of site No. 31 under the Oneweb spacecraft launch program. On the morning of August 2, 2021, a joint calculation of specialists from the Yuzhny Space Center (a branch of the Center for the Operation of Ground Space Infrastructure Objects, part of the State Corporation Roscosmos) took place.

The participants of the upcoming launch were assigned the tasks of preparing the launch equipment and systems. After that, the specialists of the Yuzhny Space Center proceeded to perform technological operations in accordance with the integrated schedule for the OneWeb spacecraft launch program.

The event took place taking into account all the sanitary and epidemiological measures taken to prevent and limit the spread of the new coronavirus infection.

https://www.roscosmos.ru/32093/

Rondaz · « **Reply #18 on:** 08/05/2021 02:00 pm »

At the Baikonur cosmodrome, preparations have begun for the Vostok launch complex of site No. 31 under the #OneWeb spacecraft launch program .

https://twitter.com/roscosmos/status/1423281876194643969

Rondaz · « **Reply #19 on:** 08/05/2021 11:11 pm »

Sources have named the date of the next launch of "Soyuz" from the Kuru cosmodrome.

Sources said that the next launch of the Soyuz rocket from the Kuru cosmodrome is planned for the end of November.

01:05 08/06/2021

MOSCOW, August 6 - RIA Novosti. The next launch of the Russian Soyuz carrier rocket from the Kourou cosmodrome in French Guiana is scheduled for late November, another launch is expected before the New Year, but it may be postponed until 2022, two sources in the rocket and space industry told RIA Novosti.

"On November 23 from the Guiana Space Center, it is planned to launch two European Galileo navigation satellites with a Soyuz-ST rocket," the agency's source said.

According to him, another launch of Soyuz-ST is scheduled for December 29 with 34 British communication satellites OneWeb , but it may be postponed until January 2022.

Another source confirmed this information, adding that the OneWeb satellites were originally supposed to fly first in November, and the Galileo launch was planned in December.

Since October 2011, 25 Russian Soyuz-ST missiles have been launched from the Kuru cosmodrome. One of the launches in August 2014 ended with the launch of the European navigation satellites Galileo into an off-design orbit due to the accident of the Fregat upper stage.

https://ria.ru/20210806/soyuz-1744601593.html