Oct. 22 • Ariane 5 • SES 17 & Syracuse 4ALaunch window: TBDLaunch site: ELA-3, Kourou, French Guiana
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. Ten have already been completed: four from Baikonur, five from Vostochny and one from Kuru, 322 satellites have been launched into orbit.OneWeb expects 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 surface coverage.
MOSCOW, August 22. / TASS /. Flight trajectories from the Baikonur cosmodrome during the launches of the British communications satellites OneWeb will be modified to increase the number of vehicles launched at a time. This is stated in the message of Roskosmos, distributed on Sunday."Currently, work is underway to optimize flight trajectories from Baikonur, taking into account the fact that the size of the satellites is slightly larger than expected," the message says.As specified in the state corporation, research is being carried out to launch 36 OneWeb spacecraft from Baikonur, and not 34, as at present. Now 36 such satellites can be launched into orbit from the Vostochny cosmodrome. "This difference is due to the higher energy characteristics of the rocket within the given inclination and the full correspondence of the areas of fall of the stages of the carrier", - noted in Roskosmos.
https://www.roscosmos.ru/32694/Containers with two Fregat-MT upper stages developed by the Lavochkin Science and Production Association (part of Roskosmos State Corporation) were shipped from the seaport of St. Petersburg to French Guiana. They are intended for use in upcoming launch campaigns operated by the European launch services provider Arianespace.
Telecommunications start-up Skyloom chooses Ariane 64, operated by European launch service company Arianespace, to deploy first geostationary lasercom relay node. The Ariane 64 will deliver Skyloom’s Node-1 as part of a new rideshare mission product.Arianespace will launch Skyloom’s first geostationary lasercom relay node, a telecommunications start up based in Oakland, California. This innovative satellite will be part of a rideshare mission aboard Arianespace’s next-generation heavy-lift vehicle, the Ariane 64. This vehicle, set to debut in mid-2022 is capable of reaching more reference orbits due to its re-startable Vinci upper-stage. Another virtue of the rideshare missions prepared and performed by Arianespace on their launchers, especially on Vega and, soon, on Ariane 6 and Vega C, is the remarkably lower price point for its customers, along with unrivalled versatility and agility to meet the company’s customers’ needs.
Skyloom signs contract with Arianespace for first launchQuoteTelecommunications start-up Skyloom chooses Ariane 64, operated by European launch service company Arianespace, to deploy first geostationary lasercom relay node. The Ariane 64 will deliver Skyloom’s Node-1 as part of a new rideshare mission product.Arianespace will launch Skyloom’s first geostationary lasercom relay node, a telecommunications start up based in Oakland, California. This innovative satellite will be part of a rideshare mission aboard Arianespace’s next-generation heavy-lift vehicle, the Ariane 64. This vehicle, set to debut in mid-2022 is capable of reaching more reference orbits due to its re-startable Vinci upper-stage. Another virtue of the rideshare missions prepared and performed by Arianespace on their launchers, especially on Vega and, soon, on Ariane 6 and Vega C, is the remarkably lower price point for its customers, along with unrivalled versatility and agility to meet the company’s customers’ needs.
Between GEO satellites and demand from constellations and other customers, he said he was optimistic about the prospects of the Ariane 6, scheduled to make its first launch in the second quarter of 2022. The business plan for the rocket was based on 11 launches a year. “With the perspective we have now for demand, it’s not a dream to consider that we can make it and maybe go beyond.”
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/first-demand-driven-mission-gsat-24-to-be-dedicated-for-tata-sky-nsil-to-launch-satellite-on-ariane-5/articleshow/86687077.cms[dated October 1]Quotelooking at a February 2022 launch,” Radhakrishnan told TOI.
looking at a February 2022 launch,” Radhakrishnan told TOI.
The second COSMO SkyMed Second Generation satellite (CSG-2) was planned to be launched with VEGA-C within 2021, but the launcher development has been impacted by the VV15 and VV17 failures and, above all, by the COVID pandemic. The delays, postponing the VEGA-C Maiden Flight to Q1 2022, with a consequent tight schedule of launches in 2022, made the launch period of CSG-2 no longer compatible with the needs of the COSMO Mission. Since Arianespace backlog was already full on Soyuz and Ariane systems in 2021, it was not possible to have a European back-up solution compliant with the CSG-2 schedule, thus an alternative solution with the US provider SPACE X has been adopted allowing to keep the CSG-2 launch within the current year. In line with its long-lasting support ensured to the European launch industry, ASI confirmed its trust in Arianespace and VEGA-C capabilities by contracting the launch of the CSG-3 satellite, planned for 2024. Moreover, other future launch opportunities for ASI missions with VEGA-C are under discussion, confirming Arianespace as a key partner for the Agency.
OneWeb@OneWebGet ready for #OneWebLaunch11!Lift-off commences on 14th October at 5:40am EST/ 10:40am BST from the Vostochny Cosmodrome, and will take us over halfway to completing our constellation!
Jeff Foust @jeff_foustNASA’s Eric Smith says at APAC that there are 11 days of schedule margin for the JWST launch on Dec. 18. On that day, a three-hour window opens at 7:20 am EST. Launch windows open on “essentially” any day after that if needed.
Earlier, the press service of the Glavkosmos company (a subsidiary of Roscosmos) told RIA Novosti that in 2021 from the Baikonur, Vostochny and Kuru sites, 8 to 10 launches of Soyuz rockets with OneWeb satellites are planned, of which seven have already been completed. ... As sources in the rocket and space industry clarified to the agency, the next launch is expected from Baikonur on December 27, from the Kuru cosmodrome on January 6, 2022, and then on January 27 again from Baikonur.
Launch window: 01:01 to 03:30 UTC
Launch: 00:35 UTC
Launch at 12:10 UTCIs there still a 3 hour launch window: 12:10-15:10 UTC?
MOSCOW, October 21. / TASS /. Three launches of Soyuz-ST carrier rockets are expected in 2022 from the Kourou cosmodrome in French Guiana. Ruslan Mukhamedzhanov, Director General of the Center for Operation of Ground-Based Space Infrastructure Facilities (TSENKI, part of Roscosmos), announced this in an interview with TASS. "Three launches are planned in 2022, the first of which is expected on January 6," Mukhamedzhanov said. One launch is expected this year, he added. The Soyuz-ST launch vehicle will launch the spacecraft of the European navigation system Galileo into orbit. "The launch is scheduled for November 30, 2021 (December 1 Moscow time)," Mukhamedzhanov said.
MOSCOW, October 21. / TASS /. The contracts for two launches of the Soyuz-ST launch vehicle were signed for 2023. Ruslan Mukhamedzhanov, Director General of the Center for Operation of Ground-Based Space Infrastructure Facilities (TsENKI, part of Roscosmos), announced this in an interview with TASS. "Contracts for two more launches have been signed for 2023," Mukhamedzhanov said, answering the relevant question. According to the general director of TsENKI, work is underway on new contracts for the launch of a payload with Soyuz rockets from the Kuru cosmodrome.