Author Topic: Proton-M/DM-03 - Elektro-L № 4 - Baikonur 81/24 - 5 February 2023 (09:12 UTC)  (Read 27113 times)

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Elektro-L

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Launch year 2021 or 2022:
https://twitter.com/anik1982space/status/1217438642131668993

the list of remaining solid launches of Proton-M:
- Express-80/103 (2020)
- ExoMars (2020)
- MLM (2020-2021)
- Express-AMU3 / 7 (2021)
- Electro-L No. 4 (2021-2022)
- unknown (2022)
- AngoSat-2 (2022)
- Electro-L No. 5 (2022)
- Express-AMU4 (2022-2023)
- NEM (2023)

Proton-M stage serial number 93568:
For Elektro-L №4 and №5, Proton-M №93568 and №93570 are currently allocated.
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Проведение регламентных работ (ежегодного технического обслуживания) на PH «Протон-М» №93568 для запуска космического аппарата «Электро-Л» №4.
https://www.zakupki.gov.ru/epz/contract/contractCard/document-info.html?reestrNumber=4770238802720000119
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Проведение регламентных работ (ежегодного технического обслуживания) на PH «Протон-М» №93570 для запуска космического аппарата «Электро-Л» №5.
https://www.zakupki.gov.ru/epz/contract/contractCard/document-info.html?reestrNumber=4770238802720000124
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Launch year 2022:
At CGMS-49 in May, Roscosmos provided an updated launch schedule for Elektro-L, Arktika-M, and Meteor-M.

As of 11 May:

Elektro-L №4: 2022
Elektro-L №5: 2023
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DM-03 upper stage 7L:
Per the link below the table lists the Blok DM-03 Phase I Variant I original assignments and the reassignments from the cancelled Glonass-M triplet
and other launches and those that are now unassigned. Blok DM-03 Phase IIa (Baikonur only) will tentatively debut following the completion of the Blok DM-03 Phase I Variant I order assignments. Note that Blok DM-03 Phase IIa stages are as far as I can find unassigned.
https://www.russianspaceweb.com/block-dm03.html

Baikonur launch complex 81/24:
Apparently there's still two active pads for Proton. Site 81 Pad 24 and Site 200 Pad 39.
https://ria.ru/20211203/baykonur-1761987597.html

The launches of Elektro-L No. 4 and 5 are planned from 81/24.
Do you have a source indicating that the Elektro-L No.4 and No.5 will be launched from Site 81/24?

The contract for the launch campaign between Roskosmos and TSENKI shows the following:-
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- стартовый комплекс 8П882К (СК);
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Site 81 is 8П882К, where as 200 is 8П882К-4Ф.

Launch year 2023:
https://ria.ru/20220719/spektrometr-1803387972.html
Meteor-MP satellite spectrometer will provide twice as much data [July 19]
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In 2023, the launch of Elektro-L No. 4 is expected, and in 2024, the fifth such satellite.

Launch vehicle delivered:
https://www.roscosmos.ru/38565/

"Proton-M" launch vehicle was delivered to Baikonur Cosmodrome

A train with a rocket carrier rocket "Proton-M" arrived from the Moscow Rocket and Space Plant of the Khrunichev State Space Research and Production Center (included in the State Corporation "Roscosmos") at the Baikonur Cosmodrome.

The blocks of the launch vehicle were transported to the technical complex of the cosmodrome.

Soon the assembly and testing facility is scheduled to begin preparing Proton-M for the launch campaign.

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Luna 25 - 13 July,
Glonass k2 - NET April,
Proton launch - 19 February ( there are tours on this day)

Proton should be for Electro-L No. 4:
https://twitter.com/katlinegrey/status/1599068657359163392
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#ProtonM to launch the Electro-L №4 satellite arrived at Baikonur! The launch is scheduled for February 2023.
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The #ElectroL №4 satellite has been delivered to Baikonur this week. If everything goes by the plane, it will be the first Russian launch next year, on February 5, 2023, and one of two Proton launches in the same month.

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Roscosmos has confirmed the launch date and time (T-0 09:12:52 UTC) with the Proton rocket due for roll-out tomorrow: https://t.me/roscosmos_gk/8269
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https://twitter.com/katlinegrey/status/1621082728354705411

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#ProtonM has been rolled out early in the morning to the Pad 81 on Baikonur.

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Vehicle already on the launch pad.
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How many Protons left ?

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How many Protons left ?
If the Elektro-L No.4 is launched, there are five Protons left to be launched. The answer to this question has already been discussed elsewhere on this forum:
https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=17568.440

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How many Protons left ?
If the Elektro-L No.4 is launched, there are five Protons left to be launched. The answer to this question has already been discussed elsewhere on this forum:
https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=17568.440

Where are you getting "five Protons left to be launched."?  If you look back at your own posts in the thread you linked, you'll find one saying there are a lot more than five Protons left in inventory.

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How many Protons left ?
If the Elektro-L No.4 is launched, there are five Protons left to be launched. The answer to this question has already been discussed elsewhere on this forum:
https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=17568.440

Where are you getting "five Protons left to be launched."?  If you look back at your own posts in the thread you linked, you'll find one saying there are a lot more than five Protons left in inventory.
There was a report by the TASS news agency in January of last year mentioning ten completed Protons and four more in the process of manufacture. One of the completed Protons launched the Angosat-2, and another of the completed Protons is being prepared to launch the Elektro-L No.4. The "five Protons left to be launched" that I mentioned have been assigned to launch the Luch 5, Ekvator, Ekspress AMU-4, Elektro-L No.4, and the Ekspress AMU-5 and Ekspress AMU-6.

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So you think because no other payloads have been publicly announced there won't be any more Proton launches?

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12 Protons left, including this one.

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https://twitter.com/tgmetsfan98/status/1621964056641822723

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Russia's first orbital launch of the year is slated for 09:12 UTC tomorrow, a Proton-M mission to deploy the Elektro-L weather satellite to geostationary orbit.

Article by Justin Mooney (@OGNovuh):

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2023/02/elektro-l4/

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Roscosmos stream has started. For some reason, the technical stream link has been deleted.
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T-40 minutes.
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