Author Topic: Sea/Land Launch schedule (Read 296164 times)

anik · « **Reply #300 on:** 12/11/2013 09:30 am »

There will be only one Sea Launch mission in 2014: in April with Eutelsat 3B.

Salo · « **Reply #301 on:** 12/11/2013 10:34 am »

Launched:

Date – Satellite(s) – Zenit type/Upper Stage – Organization – Time (UTC)

2013
February 1 - Intelsat 27 - 3SL/DM-SL - SL - 06:55:59 (Launch failure)
August 31 – Amos-4 – 3SLB/DM-SLB – SIS - 20:04:59.753

Sheduled:

Date – Satellite(s) – Zenit type/Upper Stage – Organization – Time (UTC)

2014
April - Eutelsat-3B - 3SL/DM-SL - SL - TBD

2015
~~2014~~ TBD - Asiasat (TBD) - 3SL/DM-SL - SL - TBD
TBD - EchoStar (TBD) - 3SL/DM-SL - SL - TBD

Changes on December 11th

Olaf · « **Reply #302 on:** 12/16/2013 04:55 am »

Here an article, how Sea Launch thinks about its future.
http://www.satellitetoday.com/launch/2013/12/13/a-heavyweight-battle-how-sea-launch-plans-to-stay-afloat-with-spacex-in-its-waters/

Salo · « **Reply #303 on:** 12/31/2013 11:12 pm »

Sheduled:

Date – Satellite(s) – Zenit type/Upper Stage – Organization – Time (UTC)

2014
~~April 15 (TBD)~~ May 4 24 - Eutelsat-3B - 3SL/DM-SL - SL - ~~23:04:55~~
yearend - TBD - 3SL/DM-SL - SL - TBD

2015
~~TBD - Asiasat (TBD) - 3SL/DM-SL - SL - TBD~~
TBD - EchoStar (TBD) - 3SL/DM-SL - SL - TBD

2016
TBD - Angosat, Energia 100 - 3SL/DM-SL - SL - TBD

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anik · « **Reply #304 on:** 01/09/2014 04:11 pm »

I was told that there will not be Sea Launch missions in 2015.

And undisclosed customer for launch in 2016 is:

Peter B. de Selding ‏@pbdes
Sea Launch, in rare double mission, to launch AngolaSat (Angola comsat) and Energia 100 (Russian bdband) sats together in 1H 2016.

Skyrocket · « **Reply #305 on:** 01/09/2014 04:24 pm »

Quote from: anik on 01/09/2014 04:11 pm

I was told that there will not be Sea Launch missions in 2015.

And undisclosed customer for launch in 2016 is:

Peter B. de Selding ‏@pbdes
Sea Launch, in rare double mission, to launch AngolaSat (Angola comsat) and Energia 100 (Russian bdband) sats together in 1H 2016.

AFAIK the name of the satellite is "AngoSat", not "AngolaSat"

http://www.energia.ru/en/news/news-2012/news_12-28_3.html

SIM city · « **Reply #306 on:** 01/14/2014 01:12 pm »

2 missions in 3 years won't cover the $50M annual fixed cost for those ships...

owais.usmani · « **Reply #307 on:** 01/23/2014 04:30 pm »

Quote from: SIM city on 01/14/2014 01:12 pm

2 missions in 3 years won't cover the $50M annual fixed cost for those ships...

Expect Sea Launch to file for another bankruptcy shortly (this time chapter 7)

anik · « **Reply #308 on:** 03/17/2014 06:58 pm »

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1403/17sealaunch/

"Sea Launch is in negotiations with an undisclosed customer for a launch in late 2014 to follow the Eutelsat 3B mission. Sea Launch's suppliers promise to deliver a rocket in time for a launch opportunity before the end of the year, Gugkaev said.

"We have a slot available," Gugkaev said. "We have a white tail for the end of this year, so we are just waiting for some confirmation from one of our customers."

Sea Launch has a preliminary agreement with EchoStar Corp.'s satellite subsidiary for launch of a direct broadcasting payload in 2015"

SIM city · « **Reply #309 on:** 03/21/2014 06:47 pm »

Why, per the schedule above, are they launching the same satellite twice?

Salo · « **Reply #310 on:** 04/01/2014 01:44 pm »

EUTELSAT 3B Mission Status Update
March 31, 2014

During the final “dry” roll-out phase of integrated launch vehicle (ILV) processing at Home Port in support of the EUTELSAT 3B mission, a discrepancy in the nominal movement of the cable-mast and the Zenit-2S LV lateral plate occurred while installing the ILV onto the launch pad. This caused mechanical damage to the lateral plate housing located on the inter-stage truss of the LV. Resolution of this condition will result in a delay to the planned April 15, 2014 launch date.

A decision was made to de-mate the Payload Unit and Block-DM-SL onboard the Sea Launch Commander to resolve the issue, establish the root cause and perform additional checks of the interface between the launch vehicle and ground support equipment connectors.

Once the above tasks have been completed, Sea Launch will announce an updated schedule and launch day for EUTELSAT 3B.

The EUTELSAT 3B satellite was not powered on during the operation on the launch vehicle and was unaffected. It remains in a safe configuration.

http://www.sea-launch.com/missions-q11372-EUTELSAT_3B.aspx

anik · « **Reply #311 on:** 04/01/2014 01:55 pm »

Sergey, Eutelsat 3B launch date is May 4th.

russianhalo117 · « **Reply #312 on:** 04/07/2014 05:39 pm »

Quote from: SIM city on 03/21/2014 06:47 pm

Why, per the schedule above, are they launching the same satellite twice?

i think this one may either be a launch on need payload and/or a reassignment to Zenit-3SL to speed it up.

Salo · « **Reply #313 on:** 04/24/2014 06:35 pm »

Sheduled:

Date – Satellite(s) – Zenit type/Upper Stage – Organization – Time (UTC)

2014
May 24 30 - Eutelsat-3B - 3SL/DM-SL - SL
yearend - TBD - 3SL/DM-SL - SL - TBD

2015
TBD - EchoStar (TBD) - 3SL/DM-SL - SL - TBD

2016
TBD - Angosat, Energia 100 - 3SL/DM-SL - SL - TBD

Changes оn April 24th

input~2 · « **Reply #314 on:** 05/01/2014 07:08 pm »

"The launch of the EUTELSAT 3B satellite is now scheduled for 26 May at 14:10 Pacific Daylight Time (21:10 UTC, 23:10 CEST) at the opening of a 54-minute launch window."
http://www.sea-launch.com/missions

Salo · « **Reply #315 on:** 05/03/2014 10:00 pm »

Launched:
Date – Satellite(s) – Zenit type/Upper Stage – Organization – Time (UTC)
May 26 - Eutelsat-3B - 3SL/DM-SL - SL - 21:09:59.119

Sheduled:

Date – Satellite(s) – Zenit type/Upper Stage – Organization – Time (UTC)

2015
~~~~yearend 2014~~ NET January - TBD - 3SL/DM-SL - SL - TBD~~

2016
~~4th quarter 2015~~ early - EchoStar (TBD) - 3SL/DM-SL - SL - TBD
TBD - Angosat, Energia 100 - 3SL/DM-SL - SL - TBD

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Adonis1 · « **Reply #316 on:** 06/09/2014 03:19 pm »

Sea Launch platform moves from California to the Crimea?

http://izvestia.ru/news/572053

Skyrocket · « **Reply #317 on:** 06/09/2014 03:32 pm »

Quote from: Adonis1 on 06/09/2014 03:19 pm

Sea Launch platform moves from California to the Crimea?

http://izvestia.ru/news/572053

What would be the point in basing the Sea Launch platform at the Crimea? The Russian far east coast makes much more sense, as the platform has to travel to the equator for launch..

Prober · « **Reply #318 on:** 06/09/2014 06:29 pm »

Someone better make sure all the bills are paid in Full before leaving Port.

Boeing you listing?

baldusi · « **Reply #319 on:** 06/09/2014 06:46 pm »

Quote from: Prober on 06/09/2014 06:29 pm

Someone better make sure all the bills are paid in Full before leaving Port.

Boeing you listing?

Doesn't Boeing makes the fairing and abstract the vehicle interface so it has no ITAR issues? Don't they use TDRS for range, and thus depend on being an US company?
I guess they could adapt the Land Launch fairing, and switch to Lutch, but I believe the Lutch data hole is exactly on the easter Pacific.