Proba-V + попутные ПН - Vega (VV02) - 07.05.2013 - Куру

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http://www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2013/1031.asp

Vega's three-satellite payload is integrated and ready for launch

April 19, 2013 – Vega Flight VV02

The payload "stack" for Vega's second mission from French Guiana has been completed and is ready for installation on the lightweight launch vehicle at the Spaceport.

This milestone completes the integration of all three payloads to be orbited on the May 2 mission, and underscores the capabilities of Arianespace's latest launcher family member to accommodate a variety of satellite passengers.

The payload stack begins with Vietnam's 120-kg. VNREDSat-1 and the 1.3-kg. ESTCube-1 Estonian student nanosatellite, which are positioned inside a dispenser container system called Vespa. Installed atop the Vespa dispenser is Proba-V, a 160-kg. spacecraft for the European Space Agency (ESA).

To complete the integration process, the payload stack was encapsulated inside Vega's payload fairing – readying it for transfer from the S5 preparation facility to the Spaceport's ZLV launch site.

The May 2 flight – which follows Vega's qualification mission in February 2012 – marks the debut of Europe's VERTA (Vega Research and Technology Accompaniment) program – which is to demonstrate the light-lift vehicle's flexibility and versatility. At a planned minimum of two launches annually, this ESA program will allow the smooth transition of Vega into Arianespace's commercial operations.

After its deployment by Vega on the upcoming flight, Proba-V will begin the satellite's mission of mapping land cover and vegetation growth across the Earth every two days. The miniaturized ESA satellite is to provide data for the instrument's worldwide scientific user community and service providers once its in-orbit commissioning is completed.

Proba-V was produced by prime contractor QinetiQ Space Belgium and carries a new, advanced version of the Vegetation instrument – the latest in a series already deployed on France's full-sized Spot-4 and Spot-5 satellites, which have been observing the planet since 1998 after their launches by Arianespace.

The Astrium-built VNREDSat-1 will support the Vietnamese government's initiative to create an infrastructure enabling better studies of climate change effects, improving predictions for natural disasters and optimizing the country's natural resource management. It was built on behalf of the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology.

ESTCube-1 is to test electric solar wind sail technologies and help establish an Estonian infrastructure for future space projects. This satellite was produced in a collaboration of students from Tartu University, Estonian Aviation Academy, Tallinn University of Technology and University of Life Sciences – and developed in conjunction with the Finnish Meteorological Institute and the German Space Center (DLR).

Once in orbit, ESTCube-1 will deploy a small conductive tether which is to be electrically charged to 500 Volts using electron guns contained within the 10 x 10 x 10-cm. cubesat.

Key steps in integrating the Vega payload "stack" are shown in these photos.


The P2 Plate – on which VNREDSat-1 is mounted along with ESTCube-1 – is lowered into the Vespa dispenser.


Vespa's top-off with its cover


was followed by the placement of Proba-V atop the dispenser, readying the stack for encapsulation in Vega's payload fairing – visible in the background.


The integrated payload stack is readied for its transfer from the Spaceport's S5 preparation facility to the ZLV launch site for Vega.

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http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Technology/Proba_Missions/Proba-V_launch_diary_part_3

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http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Technology/Proba_Missions/Proba-V_carrying_radiation_detector_from_CERN_to_space

Proba-V carrying radiation detector from CERN to space
22 April 2013


SATRAM payload aboard Proba-V

As ESA's Proba-V minisatellite monitors terrestrial vegetation, it will also survey the space surrounding itself. A new detector chip based on technology first developed for CERN's Large Hadron Collider is carried on the satellite's exterior to measure space radiation.

Less than a cubic metre in volume, Proba-V is hosting five additional technology experiments along with its main vegetation-monitoring payload. These include two radiation instruments to sample the charged particles the minisatellite will encounter across its orbit.

The larger of the pair is the wide-view Energetic Particle Telescope built by a consortium led by QinetiQ Space in Belgium, the satellite's prime contractor.


EPT

In addition, a smaller instrument based on a 'Timepix' chip complements the main radiation detector.

"The flight on Proba-V will be the first time this chip is exposed to outer space," says Zdeněk Kozáček of the Czech Research Centre (CSRC), prime contractor for the SATRAM (Space Application of Timepix-based Radiation Monitor) payload.

Timepix uses a 256 x 256-pixel silicon sensor. The pixels – each about 55 micrometres square, around half the thickness of an average human hair – incorporate individual signal electronics, making them sensitive to individual quanta of ionising radiation.
CERN's Large Hadron Collider

The chip's origin goes back to deep underneath the Swiss–French border: CERN needed a detector with sufficient sensitivity and dynamic range to gather snapshots of what would be coming from the Large Hadron Collider when it became operational.

"Having developed this technology, the Medipix collaboration was established to expand its usage outside the high energy physics field," explains  Zdenek Vykydal of the Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics of the Czech Technical University of Prague (IEAP CTU), partnering with CSRC for SATRAM.


Proba-V

"The starting point was to apply it to X-ray radiography, but this state-of-the-art detector has turned out to be so powerful and flexible, the range of applications is really large.

"It's been used for everything from composite materials testing to imaging insect bodies, from neutron tomography to examining antique paintings."

A prominent member of the Medipix consortium, IEAP CTU has previously developed read-out interfaces, data acquisition and processing software for the family of chips, as well as advanced calibration methods.

This technology's potential for space was clear, adds Carlos Granja of IEAP CTU: "Precise particle track pattern analysis – like reconstructing a road accident from skid marks – allows identification of the types and energies of charged particles, as well as tracing back their trajectories to provide a sky mapping of their source of origin.

"Working with NASA and the University of Houston, these same chips are already flying in space, serving as highly miniaturised dosimeters for crewmembers of the International Space Station, though these are installed inside pressurised modules rather than outside in open space."

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http://www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2013/1032.asp

Vega's second Spaceport mission: the launcher is assembled and ready for final checkout

April 23, 2013 – Vega Flight VV02

The lightweight Vega marked its latest step toward a planned May 2 launch as the basic build-up of this latest member in Arianespace's launcher family is now complete in French Guiana following the integration of a three-satellite payload.

The vehicle's "upper composite" – consisting of the mission's Proba-V, VNREDSat-1 and ESTCube-1 satellite passengers inside their protective payload fairing – was installed atop Vega at the Spaceport's ZLV launch site during the weekend.

This activity occurred inside the protective mobile gantry at the ZLV facility, which then was partially rolled back to allow for radio frequency tests with Vega in its launch configuration.

The Proba-V passenger on Vega's upcoming mission is a 160-kg. spacecraft for the European Space Agency, designed to map land cover and vegetation growth across the Earth every two days.  It was produced by prime contractor QinetiQ Space Belgium and carries a new, advanced version of the Vegetation instrument.

Vietnam's 120-kg. VNREDSat-1 optical satellite will support the country's initiative to create an infrastructure that enables better studies of climate change effects, improving predictions for natural disasters and optimizing the country's natural resource management.  It was built by Astrium on behalf of the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology.

Completing the payload is Estonia's ESTCube-1student nanosatellite, which will test electric solar wind sail technologies and help establish an Estonian infrastructure for future space projects. The 1.3-kg. cubesat was produced in a collaboration of students from the Estonian Aviation Academy, Tallinn University of Technology, Tartu University and the University of Life Sciences – and developed in conjunction with the Finnish Meteorological Institute and the German Space Center (DLR).

The May 2 Vega flight – designated VV02 in Arianespace's mission numbering system – marks the debut of the Europe Space Agency's VERTA (Vega Research and Technology Accompaniment) program to demonstrate the light-lift vehicle's flexibility and versatility. It follows Vega's qualification mission, performed from the Spaceport in February 2012.

Tailored for the orbiting of small- to medium-sized satellites, Vega was developed in a European Space Agency program led by Italy's ASI space agency and industrial prime contractor ELV SpA.  Vega joins the two other members of Arianespace's vehicle family: its medium-lift Soyuz and heavyweight Ariane 5.


The "upper composite" of Vega's three satellite passengers – encapsulated by the protective payload fairing – is lowered into position atop the lightweight launcher inside the ZLV launch facility's mobile gantry.

[Petrovich]

Еще не выведена, но... в принципе все верно, первая изготовленная  

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http://www.arianespace.com/news-press-release/2013/4-25-2013-VV02-launch-postponed.asp

Arianespace VV02 – Proba-V, VNREDSat-1 and ESTCube-1: Launch postponed by 24 hours

Evry, April 25, 2013

To carry out additional checks on the mobile gantry system used on the Vega launch complex (SLV), the European Space Agency (ESA) and Arianespace have decided to postpone the Vega launch VV02 for 24 hours. It was originally scheduled for the night of May 2 to 3.

Liftoff is scheduled for the night of May 3 to 4, 2013, at exactly:

 11:06:31 pm (local time in French Guiana, on May 3, 2013)
 10:06:31 pm (Washington, DC)
 02:06:31        (UTC) on May 4, 2013
 4:06:31 am   (Paris)
 9:06:31 am   (Hanoi)

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http://www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2013/1035.asp

Arianespace's launcher cadence continues with four missions being prepared for Ariane 5, Soyuz and Vega

April 26, 2013 – Arianespace Flights VA214, VA213, VS05 and VV02
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Completing the parallel launch activity are preparations for the second lightweight Vega mission from the Spaceport's SLV launch site. To orbit a three-satellite payload of the Proba-V, VNREDSat-1 and ESTCube-1 spacecraft, Flight VV02 is set for May 3.  Its ESTCube-1 passenger weighs 1.3 kg. – making it one of the smallest satellites to be orbited by Arianespace.

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http://www.arianespace.com/images/launch-kits/launch-kit-pdf-eng/VV02-PROBA-V-VNREDSat-1-GB-1.pdf

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http://www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2013/1037.asp

Vega is readied for its May 3 liftoff with a three-satellite international payload

May 1, 2013 – Vega Flight VV02

The second Vega mission from French Guiana has entered its final preparation phase as the lightweight launcher is readied for a nighttime liftoff on May 3 with a trio of satellites as its payload.

Activity at the Spaceport's SLV launch site during recent days included completion of fueling for Vega's AVUM bipropellant upper stage, which will inject the flight's Proba-V, VNREDSat-1 and ESTCube-1 payloads into their respective orbits.

This mission's launch on Friday is set for a precise moment: 11:06:31 p.m., local time at the Spaceport, for a flight lasting 2 hours, 48 seconds from liftoff to separation of the final spacecraft in its payload "stack."

The flight profile calls for Proba-V – the upper payload – to be released from its position atop Vega's VESPA (Vega Secondary Payload Adapter) dispenser system at 55 minutes and 27 seconds after liftoff.  It will be followed by VNREDSat-1 and ESTCube-1, both of which are riding inside the VESPA dispenser.

During the mission, the initial powered phase will be performed by the Vega's three solid propellant stages (designated the P80, Zefiro-23 and Zefiro-9), lasting 6 minutes and 19 seconds.  The AVUM upper stage will be ignited for four separate burns for the payload deployment sequence, followed by a final burn that deorbits the upper stage to ensure that it does not remain as a debris threat.

Vega will release its satellites into Sun-synchronous orbits.  Proba-V is to be injected at an altitude of 820 km., while VNREDSat-1 and ESTCube-1 are intended for separations at 665 km. orbital altitudes.

Proba-V (which is named from the acronym: Project for On-Board Autonomy and Vegetation) is part of the Proba spacecraft series developed by the European Space Agency (ESA) in supporting the development of new space technologies.  Its primary objective is to continue the mission performed by the Vegetation instruments carried on Spot 4 and 5 satellites – which also were launched by Arianespace.

Built by QinetiQ Space Belgium, the Proba-V platform weighs 140 kg. and will be placed into the same orbit as the Spot remote-sensing satellites.

The VNREDSat-1 optical satellite is part of Vietnam's initiative to create an infrastructure enabling better studies of climate change effects, improving predictions for natural disasters and optimizing the country's natural resource management.  This 120-kg. spacecraft was built by Astrium on behalf of the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST).

ESTCube-1 is Estonia's first satellite, designed and built by a team of students at the country's National University of Tartu, under supervision of the Estonian Space Office.  The project involved a collaboration of students from the Estonian Aviation Academy, Tallinn University of Technology and the University of Life Sciences – and was developed in conjunction with the Finnish Meteorological Institute and the German Space Center (DLR). In addition to extending a small conductive tether for testing of electric solar wind sail technologies, the 1.33-kg. cubesat will help establish an Estonian infrastructure for future space projects.

Vega is tailored for launching 1,500-kg.-class payloads to a reference altitude of 700 km., providing Arianespace with a light-lift vehicle capable of accommodating scientific and governmental satellites, as well as commercial payloads.  It was developed in an ESA program financed by Italy, France, Germany, Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Sweden.

The Vega launcher's design authority and prime contractor is Italy's ELV company – a joint venture of Avio and the Italian Space Agency.  Arianespace handles launch operations, with Vega completing its launcher family, joining the medium-lift Soyuz and heavyweight Ariane 5 in side-by-side operations at the Spaceport.

Vega's launch on May 3 is designated VV02 in Arianespace's mission numbering system, and represents the debut of ESA's VERTA (Vega Research and Technology Accompaniment) program, which will demonstrate the light-lift vehicle's flexibility and versatility.   The first Vega flight was performed from the Spaceport in February 2012, and served as the vehicle's qualification mission.


With the SLV launch site's mobile service gantry partially withdrawn, the lightweight Vega is shown in its mission-ready configuration.

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http://www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2013/1038.asp

Ready for liftoff: Vega is authorized for its May 3 flight fr om the Spaceport

May 2, 2013 – Vega Flight VV02

The second Vega mission from French Guiana has been given its "green light" for liftoff tomorrow night, following completion of the launch readiness review earlier today at the Spaceport.

This assessment – held prior to each flight of an Arianespace launcher family member – confirmed that the lightweight vehicle and its multi-passenger payload are flight-ready, along with the Spaceport's infrastructure and the network of downrange tracking stations.

The mission is designated VV02 in Arianespace's numbering system, and it will be performed from the Spaceport's SLV launch site – wh ere the Vega was assembled and now stands in a flight-ready configuration, protected by a mobile gantry that will be withdrawn prior to liftoff.

All is set for a May 3 launch beginning precisely at 11:06:31 p.m., local time at the Spaceport in French Guiana, with the flight lasting 2 hours, 48 seconds from liftoff to separation of the final spacecraft in its payload "stack" – which is composed of the Proba-V, VNREDSat-1 and ESTCube-1 satellites.

Proba-V – produced by prime contractor QinetiQ Space Belgium for the European Space Agency – is to be deployed first in the flight sequence, injected from its position atop Vega's VESPA (Vega Secondary Payload Adapter) dispenser system.

It will be followed by release of the two spacecraft riding inside the VESPA dispenser: VNREDSat-1, which was manufactured by Astrium on behalf of the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST); and the ESTCube-1 cubesat that was built by a collaboration of students from Tartu University, Estonian Aviation Academy, Tallinn University of Technology and University of Life Sciences – and developed in conjunction with the Finnish Meteorological Institute and the German Space Center (DLR).

Tomorrow's Vega launch is part of multiple missions in the European Space Agency's VERTA (Vega Research and Technology Accompaniment) program, which is to demonstrate the launch system's capabilities in orbiting small- to medium-sized satellites. Vega was developed in a European program led by Italy's ASI space agency and industrial prime contractor ELV SpA.

With Vega as a member of Arianespace's launcher family, the company is able to launch payloads of all sizes – operating this lightweight vehicle along with the medium-lift Soyuz and heavyweight Ariane 5 in side-by-side operations from the Spaceport.


The VV02 mission's three satellite passengers are encapsulated in the Vega payload fairing, which is shown in an aerial photo of the Spaceport's SLV launch site (photo at left) and illustrated by the cutaway drawing at right.

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http://www.videocorner.tv/videocorner2/live_flv/index.php?langue=en
http://www.videocorner.tv/videocorner2/live_flv/index_fr.php?langue=fr (французская версия)
http://spaceinvideos.esa.int/esalive

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Да, из-за погодных условий...

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The weather conditions being unfavourable over the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, the European Space Agency (ESA) and Arianespace have decided to postpone VV02. VV02 will place into orbit the Proba-V, VNREDSat-1 and ESTCube-1 satellites.
Another launch date will be decided depending on the evolution of the weather conditions in Kourou.

http://www.arianespace.com/news-press-release/2013/5-4-2013-VV02-launch-postponed.asp

[Reader]

ТАЛЛИН, 4 мая — РИА Новости, Николай Адашкевич. Запуск первого эстонского спутника ESTCube-1, который планировалось отправить в космос утром в субботу с космодрома Куру во Французской Гвиане, отложен из-за сильного ветра, предполагается, что он состоится через два дня, сообщило в субботу Эстонское телевидение.
Спутник будет выведен на орбиту новейшей ракетой-носителем Vega Европейского космического агентства (ЕКА). Вместе с эстонским спутником в космос отправятся европейский спутник дистанционного зондирования Proba-V и вьетнамский спутник VNREDSat-1A.
Мини-спутник был разработан и изготовлен эстонскими студентами и преподавателями для испытаний технологии солнечного паруса. По проекту Пекки Яанхунена из Института метеорологии Финляндии, с помощью нанопроводов, в два-три раза тоньше человеческого волоса, можно заставить космический аппарат передвигаться, используя поток исходящих от Солнца заряженных частиц.
В открытом космосе ESTCube-1 должен выпустить 15-метровый алюминиевый нанопровод — электрический солнечный парус

http://ria.ru/science/20130504/935801621.html
P.S. Попутный вопрос к уважаемому Петровичу, к теме не относится. В эстонском советском приписном удостоверении, в девизе "Meie Nõukogude kodumaa Eest" было еще какое-нибудь слово? 

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Reader пишет:
 P.S. Попутный вопрос к уважаемому Петровичу, к теме не относится. В эстонском советском приписном удостоверении, в девизе "Meie Nõukogude kodumaa Eest" было еще какое-нибудь слово?
 

Да нет, в девизе "За нашу Советскую Родину" трудно чего добавить. Может только Kodumaa с большой буквы, как Родина , а eest как "за". 
А что такое приписное удостоверение ? Мимо меня как-то это все прошло...

[Salo]

Та бумажка, которую выдавали до получения военного билета.

[Reader]

Приписное свидетельство обязаны выдать после прохождения  первоначальной постановки на воинский учет (после прохождения  медкомиссии)

У нас в группе было 2 человека из Таллина, я почему-то запомнил как: "Meie Nõukogude liis kodumaa Eest". Значит, ошибался - меня этот пустячок лет 25 мучает почему-то, спасибо!
P.S. Кстати, русский говорил, что выражения "За нашу Советскую Родину" он никогда не слышал. А эстонец знал ...