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#20
by
jacqmans
on 05 Mar, 2008 14:46
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#21
by
Jester
on 06 Mar, 2008 02:24
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Hello from Baikonur !
Rest of the Team arrives on the 11th of March, unloading of the Antonov is planned for the 13th of March
Live updates on L2 soon
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#22
by
jimvela
on 06 Mar, 2008 03:48
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Is it just me, or does that S/C look MIGHTY sparse?
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#23
by
jacqmans
on 06 Mar, 2008 16:10
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Second Galileo spacecraft prepares for launch
6 March 2008
Yesterday, members of the media visited ESA-ESTEC, the agency's European Research and Technology Centre, to see and learn about GIOVE-B, the second Galileo in-orbit validation satellite, before it is packed for shipping to the launch site.
http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMQGHK26DF_index_0.html
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#24
by
jacqmans
on 07 Mar, 2008 09:05
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#25
by
jacqmans
on 13 Mar, 2008 13:13
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13.03.2008 second experimental satellite of the European global navigation system GALILEO will be neglected from Baikonur into space
http://www.roscosmos.ru/NewsDoSele.asp?NEWSID=3012Today, on 13 March, into 7.50 Moscow time on the airfield "anniversary" of spaceport Baikonur completed landing the aircraft An-124, which delivered to the spaceport automatic spacecraft Gstb-v2/b ("ZHSTB-V2/B", for the designation of satellite also it adapts abbreviation Giove- giove-v - Galileo In- orbits Validation Element) and accessory equipment for it. After the fulfillment of the necessary customs procedures and unloading, the satellite will be transported into the assembly and testing housing of area 112, where it will pass launch preparation to the clean camera of company StarSem ("StarSem").
This is the second experimental satellite of the European global navigation system GALILEO, the first was neglected from Baikonur on 28 December, 2005.
The launch of space rocket "Soyuz-fG" with the starting block "frigate" and by European navigation satellite from the area of 31 spaceports is planned to the end of April of 2008.
Automatic spacecraft is intended by mass about 700 kg. for the testing under the actual conditions of a number of the newest technologies of the future European system of global positioning and must be injected into orbit by the height of more than 23000 km with inclination 56. The period of active existence of satellite is 12 years.
the Polnomasshtabnaya operation of system Galileo is planned after 2010, when in orbit be brought out 30 satellites of system - 27 operating and 3 reserve.
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#26
by
DmitryP
on 13 Mar, 2008 13:51
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I hope SOYUZ-FG would not "neglect" Giove-B into space, as the first line reads. Be careful with the dictionaries, launch is a correct word for "zapuskat" in this context.
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#27
by
Satori
on 13 Mar, 2008 17:09
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DmitryP - 13/3/2008 9:51 AM
I hope SOYUZ-FG would not "neglect" Giove-B into space, as the first line reads. Be careful with the dictionaries, launch is a correct word for "zapuskat" in this context.
LOL, this was a Babel Fish translation (I think)... for some reason it translates launch to 'neglect'...
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#28
by
catfry
on 14 Mar, 2008 14:51
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Let's hope that the second GALILEO test satellite, after all this time, finally get's neglected!
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#29
by
William Graham
on 14 Mar, 2008 15:41
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Thread title: "Soyuz FG, Giove-B, April 27, 3008"
Let's hope it doesn't take that long to get it off the ground
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#30
by
jacqmans
on 14 Mar, 2008 15:53
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I has taken long before anyone saw that..LOL, I can't change it...
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#31
by
Satori
on 20 Mar, 2008 09:35
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The special ESA website for the launch is
here.
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#32
by
Jirka Dlouhy
on 23 Mar, 2008 18:45
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#33
by
jacqmans
on 29 Mar, 2008 10:30
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28.03.2008 in Baikonur continues work on launch preparation Of rKN"Soyuz-FG" with the navigation satellite of the European system "of Galileo"
http://www.roscosmos.ru/NewsDoSele.asp?NEWSID=3115 At the spaceport Baikonur continues the work on preparation for the starting of carrier rocket "Soyuz-fG" of production "QSKB- progress" and the European navigation satellite Gstb-v2/b (European system of navigation "Galileo"). European specialists in the clean camera of company StarSem on the area of 112 spaceports conduct the autonomous tests of automatic spacecraft.
Today into 9.00 Moscow time on the airfield "anniversary" of spaceport Baikonur completed landing aircraft An-124 "Ruslan", who delivered in Baikonur starting block the "frigate" of production GKNPTS im. M.V.Khrunicheva. Work on the customs cleaning of load is carried out, preparation for the transport of container with the starting block on the area of 31 spaceports, where in the clean camera of assembly and testing housing starting block will be prepared for the starting, occurs.
The launch of space rocket "Soyuz-fG" with the starting block "frigate" and by the European navigation satellite Gstb-v2/b from the area of 31 spaceports is planned for 1 hour 16 minutes on 27 April, 2008.
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#34
by
Jester
on 29 Mar, 2008 10:39
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Also the fairing has arrived on the same flight
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#35
by
jacqmans
on 04 Apr, 2008 13:54
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Euronews this week looks at Galileo
4 April 2008
Galileo, Europe's global navigation satellite system, is becoming a reality. It will provide a highly accurate, guaranteed global positioning service under civilian control. The first Galileo In-Orbit Verification Element (GIOVE) spacecraft, GIOVE-A, has successfully completed its mission. GIOVE-B is being prepared for launch later this month at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMG6GXMMEF_index_0.html
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#36
by
Jirka Dlouhy
on 04 Apr, 2008 20:45
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#37
by
anik
on 07 Apr, 2008 19:09
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http://www.federalspace.ru/NewsDoSele.asp?NEWSID=3168GIOVE-B satellite has been transported for the fuelling today. Also the preparation of Fregat upper stage to the fuelling are finishing.
"Soyuz FG, Giove-B, April 27, 2008" thread is moved into "Galileo/GIOVE-B Update" thread and then the whole thread is renamed as "GIOVE-B launch - April 26"
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#38
by
anik
on 11 Apr, 2008 15:24
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#39
by
anik
on 15 Apr, 2008 16:51
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