Plan of the Russian launches in December 2005

• #20 by Sergi Manstov on 09 Dec, 2005 11:38
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  anik - 30/11/2005  1:10 PM
  
  Plan of the Russian launches in December 2005:
  
  December 26 – Baikonur – Soyuz-FG/Fregat – GIOVE A
  

  
  http://en.rian.ru/russia/20051209/42408272.html
• #21 by Andy L on 18 Dec, 2005 03:27
• Any update on the status of the new launch date for the December 6 – Baikonur – Proton-M/Briz-M – AMC-23 (WorldSat-3)?
  
  Busy time coming up for the Russians and one ESA on the 21st too!
• #22 by anik on 18 Dec, 2005 06:29
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  Andy L - 18/12/2005  7:27 AM
  
  Any update on the status of the new launch date for the December 6 – Baikonur – Proton-M/Briz-M – AMC-23 (WorldSat-3)?

  
  The new launch date is December 29...
• #23 by Andy L on 19 Dec, 2005 04:17
• Thanks Anik. I see there is a two day delay another launch. Would anyone be kind enough to make a new list of Russian launches in th period of December and early January?
• #24 by anik on 19 Dec, 2005 14:27
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  Andy L - 19/12/2005  8:17 AM
  
  Would anyone be kind enough to make a new list of Russian launches in the period of December and early January?

  
  The current plan of the Russian launches in December 2005:
  
  December 20 – Plesetsk – Kosmos-3M – Gonets-D1M
  December 21 – Baikonur – Soyuz-U – Progress M-55
  December 25 – Baikonur – Proton-K/DM-2 – two Glonass-M and one Glonass
  December 28 – Baikonur – Soyuz-FG/Fregat – GIOVE-A
  December 29 – Baikonur – Proton-M/Briz-M – AMC-23 (WorldSat-3)
• #25 by anik on 19 Dec, 2005 15:26
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  anik - 19/12/2005  6:27 PM
  
  December 20 – Plesetsk – Kosmos-3M – Gonets-D1M

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• #26 by Andy L on 19 Dec, 2005 17:03
• Thank you Anik. YOU ROCK!!
• #27 by anik on 19 Dec, 2005 20:22
• Kosmos-3M rocket with Gonets-D1M satellite will be launched from Plesetsk cosmodrome at 19:40 UTC on December 20, according to Roskosmos website… Gonets-D1M is the satellite for Russian low-orbital system of a personal satellite communication…
• #28 by Chris Bergin on 20 Dec, 2005 14:13
• Very little information around on this launch - maybe more when it's launched. I'll add a few lines into the story I'm writing at the moment.
• #29 by anik on 20 Dec, 2005 16:04
•   Oops!... Excuse me, please, but I should add with the big delay, that Kosmos-3M rocket will launch TWO satellites today - Gonets-D1M and Rodnik!... Rodnik is the satellite for Russian Ministry of Defense...
• #30 by anik on 20 Dec, 2005 18:42
• Rodnik satellite will become Kosmos-2416 when will achieve the orbit...
• #31 by Andy L on 20 Dec, 2005 19:01
• I can't work out the timezones, but did it launch already and did it go well? Thanks for your brilliant coverage Anik!
• #32 by astropl on 20 Dec, 2005 19:13
• The launch of a Cosmos-3M rocket with two satellites   onboard   from  the  Plesetsk  space  pad  in  Russia's Arkhangelsk  region,  which  was originally planned for Tuesday evening, has been  postponed  to  Wednesday,  December  21,  Russian Space Forces
  spokesman Alexei Kuznetsov told Interfax on Tuesday.
  "A  mechanical  fault  in the automatic systems was revealed during the pre-launch procedures, and therefore the rocket launch was postponed to Wednesday," Kuznetsov said.
  The rocket was to put into orbit a Cosmos spacecraft to operate for the Russian Defense Ministry needs and a Gonets-M satellite, which is to replenish  an  orbiting  constellation  of  satellites incorporated in a multifunctional personal satellite communications system.
  Gonets-M  transmits  digital,  speech,  text,  and  video data. The Gonets system   is   designed   to   transmit   urgent   reports  during environmental   disasters,   maintain   hot   links  in  districts  with inadequately   developed   infrastructure,   provide   the  exchange  of commercial,  medical,  scientific, and technological information between individual computers, and collect environmental information.
  New launch time is 19:34:19 GMT.
  
• #33 by Andy L on 20 Dec, 2005 19:27
• Thank you!
• #34 by Chris Bergin on 20 Dec, 2005 19:30
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  anik - 20/12/2005  5:04 PM
  
    Oops!... Excuse me, please, but I should add with the big delay, that Kosmos-3M rocket will launch TWO satellites today - Gonets-D1M and Rodnik!... Rodnik is the satellite for Russian Ministry of Defense...

  
  Rodnik, what a great name!
• #35 by Chris Bergin on 20 Dec, 2005 19:37
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  astropl - 20/12/2005  8:13 PM
  
  The launch of a Cosmos-3M rocket with two satellites   onboard   from  the  Plesetsk  space  pad  in  Russia's Arkhangelsk  region,  which  was originally planned for Tuesday evening, has been  postponed  to  Wednesday,  December  21,  Russian Space Forces
  spokesman Alexei Kuznetsov told Interfax on Tuesday.
  "A  mechanical  fault  in the automatic systems was revealed during the pre-launch procedures, and therefore the rocket launch was postponed to Wednesday," Kuznetsov said.
  The rocket was to put into orbit a Cosmos spacecraft to operate for the Russian Defense Ministry needs and a Gonets-M satellite, which is to replenish  an  orbiting  constellation  of  satellites incorporated in a multifunctional personal satellite communications system.
  Gonets-M  transmits  digital,  speech,  text,  and  video data. The Gonets system   is   designed   to   transmit   urgent   reports  during environmental   disasters,   maintain   hot   links  in  districts  with inadequately   developed   infrastructure,   provide   the  exchange  of commercial,  medical,  scientific, and technological information between individual computers, and collect environmental information.
  New launch time is 19:34:19 GMT.
  

  
  Thanks Astropl,
  
   That's THREE launches tomorrow now! This one, Soyuz-U – Progress M-55 and the Ariane 5.
• #36 by anik on 20 Dec, 2005 19:40
• Thanks for the information, astropl!
• #37 by Chris Bergin on 20 Dec, 2005 19:40
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  astropl - 20/12/2005  8:13 PM
  
  The launch of a Cosmos-3M rocket with two satellites   onboard   from  the  Plesetsk  space  pad  in  Russia's Arkhangelsk  region,  which  was originally planned for Tuesday evening, has been  postponed  to  Wednesday,  December  21,  Russian Space Forces
  spokesman Alexei Kuznetsov told Interfax on Tuesday.
  "A  mechanical  fault  in the automatic systems was revealed during the pre-launch procedures, and therefore the rocket launch was postponed to Wednesday," Kuznetsov said.
  The rocket was to put into orbit a Cosmos spacecraft to operate for the Russian Defense Ministry needs and a Gonets-M satellite, which is to replenish  an  orbiting  constellation  of  satellites incorporated in a multifunctional personal satellite communications system.
  Gonets-M  transmits  digital,  speech,  text,  and  video data. The Gonets system   is   designed   to   transmit   urgent   reports  during environmental   disasters,   maintain   hot   links  in  districts  with inadequately   developed   infrastructure,   provide   the  exchange  of commercial,  medical,  scientific, and technological information between individual computers, and collect environmental information.
  New launch time is 19:34:19 GMT.
  

  
  Thanks Astropl,
  
   That's THREE launches tomorrow now! This one, Soyuz-U – Progress M-55 and the Ariane 5.
• #38 by astropl on 21 Dec, 2005 05:12
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  Chris Bergin - 20/12/2005  9:37 PM
   That's THREE launches tomorrow now! This one, Soyuz-U – Progress M-55 and the Ariane 5.

  
  Yes, three in one day (exactly in 5 hours!) - it's clearly visible here on my site: http://astro.zeto.czest.pl/plan.htm - in Polish, but I think it's no big problem
• #39 by Chris Bergin on 21 Dec, 2005 13:14
• Great info, Astropl - I can understand it, and you have the times - which is very helpful, thanks
  
  Best wishes to Poland.