http://space.flatoday.net/2012/01/cape-gets-six-of-nine-launches-in-15b.html
ЦитироватьThursday, January 12, 2012
Cape Gets Six Of Nine Launches In $1.5B Pact
Six of nine critical national security missions to be launched by United Launch Alliance under a $1.5 billion Pentagon contract will blast off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in the 2014 timeframe, the company said today.
The payloads launching from the Cape include:
++ AFSPC-4 on a Delta IV from Space Launch Complex 37.
++ The Navy's Mobile User Objective System (MUOS-3) on an Atlas V from Space Launch Complex 41.
++ National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) L-33 on an Atlas V at SLC-41.
++ National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) L-67 on an Atlas V from SLC-41.
++ GPS IIF-10 on a Delta IV from SLC-37.
++ Another GPS on Delta IV from SLC-37.
Payloads blasting off from Vandeberg Air Force Base in central California include:
++ Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP-19) on an Atlas V from Space Launch Complex 3.
++ National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) L-39 on an Atlas V from SLC-3.
++ Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP-20) on a Delta IV from Space Launch Complex 6.
"United Launch Alliance (ULA) is pleased to support the United States Government request in authorizing the launch services for nine critical national security satellites," the company said in a statement.
"This order represents a continuation of the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) launch services support ULA has provided for the government over the last five years. Since its inception in December 2006, ULA has successfully launched 56 times including missions for national security, NASA and commercial customers. We remain committed to providing safe, reliable, cost-effective missions to support the warfighters throughout the world that defend our freedom."
ЦитироватьFBO DAILY ISSUE OF AUGUST 21, 2010 FBO #3192
SOLICITATION NOTICE
V -- AFSPC-4 MISSION - SMC 10-57 AFSPC-4 MISSION
Notice Date
8/19/2010
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336419 — Other Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing
Contracting Office
Department of the Air Force, Air Force Space Command, SMC - Space and Missile Systems Center, 483 North Aviation Blvd, El Segundo, California, 90245-2808
ZIP Code
90245-2808
Solicitation Number
SMC10-57
Archive Date
9/21/2010
Point of Contact
Lorraine Lewis-Wilson, Phone: 310-653-3689, Yasemin Akman-Lloyd, Phone: 310-653-3345
E-Mail Address
LorraineLewis-Wilson@losangeles.af.mil, yasemin.akman-lloyd@losangeles.af.mil
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SMC 10-57 AFSPC-4 MISSION AFSPC-4 MISSION The United States Air Force Space and Missile System Center, Launch and Range Systems Wing is contemplating issuing a sole source request for proposal to United Launch Services L.L.C. for launch services in support of Air Force AFSPC-4 mission.
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http://www.fbodaily.com/archive/2010/08-August/21-Aug-2010/FBO-02246488.htm
AFSPC-4 == Air Force Space Command-4
http://www.defense.gov/contracts/contract.aspx?contractid=4702
У Пьетробона нашелся AFSPC-2:
ЦитироватьNov 12 Atlas V AFSPC 2
Понять бы еще, где первый...
Тьфу, зараза!
По ходу дела - это AEHF теперь так обзывается... :? Зря запаниковал... :oops:
ЦитироватьAir Force Space Command
Инспектор спутников? :)
ЦитироватьПо ходу дела - это AEHF теперь так обзывается... :?
А расшифровывается как?
ЦитироватьЦитироватьПо ходу дела - это AEHF теперь так обзывается... :?
А расшифровывается как?
Advanced Extremely High Frequency. Связник, наследник "Милстара".
Это то да, а AFSPC-4 так и расшифровывается Air Force Space Command? Странное имя для спутника :)
ЦитироватьЭто то да, а AFSPC-4 так и расшифровывается Air Force Space Command?
Именно так: http://www.defense.gov/contracts/contract.aspx?contractid=4702
Т.е. спутник назван по имени хозяина.
Первый запустили на Атласе, второй собираются на нем же, а четвертый на Дельте (которой версии?). К чему бы это? :)
ЦитироватьК чему бы это? :)
Обычная практика в ULA. С WGS'ами та же самая картина, да и с другими серийными спутниками - аналогично.
Продолжение дискуссии:
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=8184.msg850242#msg850242
ЦитироватьЦитироватьЦитироватьЦитироватьInteresting discussion here (http://www.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=12554). So AFSPC-4 = AEHF-4 and the earlier mysterious AFSPC-2 = AEHF-2? Any takers?
I don't buy it. AFSPC-2 was scheduled for launch on an Atlas V 541, AEHF uses a 531. Also, I have it on good authority that AFSPC-2 was cancelled, and I have also seen them both on the same manifest.
There was also a report that AFSPC-2 required that the Centaur be qualified for an extended mission, which would not be consistent with an AEHF - the launch of AEHF-1 lasted about 50 minutes from liftoff to spacecraft separation.
AEHF-2 uses an Atlas V(531), while AFSP-2 was to be a 541
BTW: does any one know, what AFSPC-1 and AFSPC-3 are?
Rocket details laid out in Air Force's 9-launch orderЦитироватьNine national security spacecraft ranging from spy platforms to navigation birds, communications satellites and weather observatories have been entrusted to Atlas 5 and Delta 4 rockets in a $1.5 billion booster purchase through the Air Force's Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program, the Defense Department has announced.
Split between five Atlas and four Delta missions, the payloads will be launched into orbit under firm-fixed-price contracts with rocket-maker United Launch Alliance that was formed five years ago to blend Lockheed Martin's and Boeing's EELV programs into one consolidated organization to serve the government.
The Air Force pushed for ULA's creation to ensure both rocket lines remained viable and alive, while reducing overhead costs and erasing duplication in efforts between the two aerospace giants.
ULA has delivered 56 launches to date, all successfully, for Air Force, National Reconnaissance Office, NASA and commercial customers. Its 57th mission is scheduled for Thursday night from Cape Canaveral with a Defense Department communications satellite.
The Air Force sought, developed, funded and now enjoys the fruits of the EELV program that began in the 1990s as a modular system that would carry all of the military's satellite fleets -- from the smallest to gigantic craft -- into space.
Today's Atlas 5 and Delta 4 boosters replaced the previous Atlas 2, Delta 2 and Titan 4 rockets in carrying the nation's military craft, doing so successfully and cheaper than the heritage systems, officials note.
"There will be multiple EELV buys in (calendar year) 2012," according to the Space and Missile Systems Center's Launch and Range Systems Directorate.
This initial purchase of 9 boosters supports national security space requirements in Fiscal Year 2014, Air Force officials said, and a "second and larger procurement" will be made shortly as a block buy of rockets.
"The solicitation for this procurement is being prepared and is planned to be released (in the) first quarter of 2012. This solicitation will require ULA to propose a range of prices for different rates of booster deliveries over periods between 3 and 5 years. The specific duration of the procurement and number of boosters is scheduled for determination at a date after proposal receipt and evaluation," the Launch and Range Systems Directorate said.
The military's launch services structure includes oversight, insight and management of the ULA contractor workforce to ensure each of the flights are flown successfully, including the program bass at the Space and Missile Systems Center at Los Angeles Air Force Base and the support squadrons at the launch sites.
It's all part of the infrastructure set up to guide the various spacecraft to the right orbit that are relied upon by deployed military warfighters, intelligence analysts, policy-makers and even the millions of civilans around the world who use GPS.
While EELV critics question the costs of Atlas 5 and Delta 4, the Air Force and ULA have been working to reduce pricing by changing the military's purchasing strategy. The new plan would stabilize the situation and cut costs by enabling ULA to order materials and piece-parts in bulk to build rockets in assembly line fashion at the Decatur, Ala., factory each year instead of ordering one rocket at a time, officials contend.
ULA has about 3,600 employees spread across the country at its production facilities, engineering headquarters and launch bases.
This latest deal covers nine launches:
An Atlas 5-401 rocket with a four-meter nose cone, no solid-fuel boosters and single-engine Centaur will launch the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program 19 (DMSP 19) global weather observatory from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.
An Atlas 5-551 rocket with a five-meter nose cone, five solid-fuel boosters and single-engine Centaur will launch the third Mobile User Objective System (MUOS 3) communications satellite for the U.S. Navy from Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.
An Atlas 5-541 rocket with a five-meter nose cone, four solid-fuel boosters and single-engine Centaur will launch the National Reconnaissance Office's classified NROL-67 mission from Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.
An Atlas 5-401 rocket with a four-meter nose cone, no solid-fuel boosters and single-engine Centaur will launch the National Reconnaissance Office's classified NROL-33 mission from Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.
An Atlas 5-501 rocket with a five-meter nose cone, no solid-fuel boosters and single-engine Centaur will launch the National Reconnaissance Office's classified NROL-39 mission from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.
A Delta 4 Medium with a four-meter nose cone and no solid boosters will launch the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program 20 (DMSP 20) global weather observatory from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.
A Delta 4 Medium+ (4,2) rocket with a four-meter nose cone and two solid boosters will launch the Air Force Space Command-4 mission from Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.
And a pair Delta 4 Medium+ (4,2) rockets with four-meter nose cones and two solid boosters will launch two missions carrying Global Positioning System navigation satellites to maintain and upgrade the orbiting constellation from Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. One flight will support the GPS Block 2F satellite program and the other will cover either 2F or the future GPS 3 series.
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1201/18eelvbuy/
А это что за зверушка? :) Будут ли запускать, и если будут, то когда?
http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/jmaps.htm
http://www.satellitetoday.com/st/headlines/33739.html
http://www.doncio.navy.mil/CHIPS/ArticleDetails.aspx?ID=2331
JMAPS Star Catalog to Improve Satellite and Weapon Systems AccuracyЦитироватьBy Nicole Collins - January-March 2011
The stars will align with the launch of the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) Joint Milli-Arcsecond Pathfinder Survey (JMAPS) spacecraft. The program recently transitioned from an Office of Naval Research (ONR) science and technology (S&T) program to a Program Executive Office (PEO) Space Systems acquisition category (ACAT) II program within SPAWAR.
The JMAPS mission is to produce a star catalog that will enhance military operations both terrestrially and in space by improving the output and accuracy of satellites along with many of the U. S. military's strategic weapons systems. JMAPS satisfies emerging requirements to meet future needs for high accuracy sensors and weapons systems by enabling the nation to conduct operations from space that are not technically feasible with current levels of accuracy.
"Space assets and many weapons systems use star catalogs, but the data they use is steadily degrading. By re-baselining the catalog, JMAPS will improve current performance and pave the way for a host of new technologies," said Lt. Cmdr. Sam Messer, JMAPS program manager for PEO Space Systems.
Whether using imagery to plan precision strikes or monitoring developing storms to assist in humanitarian relief, U.S. military forces rely on space as an enabler. Satellites and weapons across the spectrum of warfare utilize key satellite technologies like star catalogs to ensure accuracy and position. End-users ultimately benefit from improvements in the products and capabilities JMAPS provides that are critical to today's warfighting needs.
A team of space acquisition and technical experts build the spacecraft, develop the ground processing system and manage the program. PEO Space Systems, under the guidance of Rear Adm. Liz Young, is continuing to lead and foster the unique partnership established with the United States Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and United States Naval Observatory (USNO). Both NRL and USNO are experts in their respective fields.
CollinsNRL has a proud heritage of spacecraft development dating back to 1960 when it launched GRAB I, the nation's first operational intelligence satellite. USNO traces its renowned history in the fields of timing, navigation and astronomy to the 1830s. Together, NRL and USNO have assembled the best team of managers, scientists and engineers to execute the JMAPS mission.
"NRL works hand-in-hand with PEO Space Systems, the program manager, and USNO, the principal investigator. The exciting part of this program is that the three organizations all bring complementary capabilities," said Mr. Paul DeLaHunt, project manager for JMAPS at NRL.
NRL's primary responsibility for the JMAPS program is to construct the satellite that has two major elements designed to support the overall mission of collecting pertinent star data. One element is the design architecture of the spacecraft bus. The second element is the lightweight, high performance, and state-of-the-art instrument constructed with silicon carbide power optics, silicon mirrors, and a silicon carbide structure to minimize mass and maximize performance. The instrument utilizes hybrid complementary metal oxide semiconductor detectors to support the necessary performance and readout capability for JMAPS. The satellite's configuration while stowed for launch measures approximately 1 meter in each dimension and weighs approximately 220 kilograms.
"Without the agility, precision attitude knowledge, precision attitude control and jitter capability created by the tightly coupled spacecraft bus and instrument, the mission would not be possible," DeLaHunt said.
Upon launch, the spacecraft JMAPS will observe stars for the next 37 months. Data are collected and processed on board the spacecraft and transmitted to the mission operations center located at the NRL Blossom Point Tracking Facility several times a day.
After the data is collected at Blossom Point, the information is transferred to the U.S. Naval Observatory's Science Operation Center, located at its Washington, D.C. facility. The Naval Observatory is responsible to the Department of Defense for the maintenance and upgrade of the nation's reference frames, including the celestial reference frame. As data arrive at USNO, mission scientists monitor the instrument, and process and analyze the data providing mission planning information back to NRL. The final step in the process is the generation and delivery of the full star catalog to the Navy, which occurs one year after the end of the flight mission.
"In addition to the Department of Defense applications for which the mission is being flown, an advanced star catalog and technology will benefit other users, including the commercial satellite community and NASA. Potential NASA applications of these new, advanced capabilities include improving the ability to navigate within our solar system and enabling the discovery of planets outside our solar system," said Dr. Bryan Dorland, principal investigator for JMAPS at the USNO.
The newly transitioned ACAT II JMAPS program is focusing on delivering a star catalog that meets the program's key performance parameters that ultimately align with SPAWAR Commander Rear Adm. Patrick Brady's goal of providing vital capabilities to the fleet while achieving the Navy's vision for information dominance.
Nicole Collins is a public affairs specialist with the SPAWAR corporate communications office.
Судя по: http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/rgs_dissertations/2011/RAND_RGSD291.pdf
поедет не в одиночестве
ЦитироватьIn 2013, the first ESPA standard service
launch mission will be rideshared on the AFSPC-4 launch mission.
http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/angels.htm
ЦитироватьANGELS
(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/90845.jpg)
ANGELS [OSC]
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory's (AFRL) Space Vehicles Directorate, based at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., awarded in 2007 a $29.5 million contract to Orbital for the ANGELS (Autonomous Nanosatellite Guardian for Evaluating Local Space) satellite program.
The ANGELS program is part of AFRL's continuing effort to develop new small satellite technologies capable of providing localized monitoring and awareness in space. The program builds on AFRL's XSS-10 (http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/xss-10.htm) and XSS-11 (http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/xss-11.htm) small satellite programs, which explored rendezvous, proximity operations and station-keeping techniques with very small satellites. Such capabilities are applicable to a broad range of defense and civilian space missions. The program will culminate in the launch of a small satellite into geosynchronous orbit, where it will perform a series of monitoring and maneuvering tests around a larger satellite to be designated at a later time.
Nation: USA
Type / Application: Technology
Operator: Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)
Contractors: Orbital Sciences Corp. (OSC)
Equipment:
Configuration:
Propulsion:
Power: Deployable solar array, batteries
Lifetime:
Mass:
Orbit: GEO
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=33420.msg1128868#msg1128868
ЦитироватьChris Bergin пишет:
Per L2, the next launch from SLC-37 will be the Delta IV with AFSPC-04.
"Launch scheduled > 02/27/14; launch window: 0300E-0700E (Range approved)"
В этом году ожидается пополнение сабжей данного топика аппаратами для новых задач:
GEOSYNCHRONOUS SPACE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS PROGRAM (GSSAP) (http://www.afspc.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=21389)
Глянул тут (http://www.spaceflightnow.com/orion/eft1/140315delay/#.UybCXs6yrRY)причину переноса EFT-1 Orion-а:
ЦитироватьSources indicated the Orion launch delay will make room in the Delta 4 manifest for the launch of two satellites for the Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program, or GSSAP, a recently-declassified program to track and survey objects populating the geosynchronous orbital arc 22,300 miles over the equator.
The existence of the covert GSSAP satellites was announced by Gen. William Shelton, head of U.S. Space Command, in February. They were scheduled to launch in late 2014 -- after the Orion test flight -- but can now be flown sooner.
Ориентировочно на июнь 2014: http://msdb.gsfc.nasa.gov/MissionData.php?mission=AFSPC-4
http://www.afspc.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=21389
ЦитироватьU.S. Air Force Fact Sheet
GEOSYNCHRONOUS SPACE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS PROGRAM (GSSAP)
U.S. Air Force Fact Sheet
GEOSYNCHRONOUS (GEO) SPACE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS (SSA) PROGRAM (GSSAP)
Mission/Vision
GSSAP satellites will be a space-based capability operating in the near-geosynchronous orbit regime supporting U.S. Strategic Command space surveillance operations as a dedicated Space Surveillance Network (SSN) sensor.
GSSAP satellites will support Joint Functional Component Command for Space (JFCC SPACE) tasking to collect space situational awareness data allowing for more accurate tracking and characterization of man-made orbiting objects. It will have a clear, unobstructed and distinct vantage point for viewing resident space objects orbiting earth in a near-geosynchronous orbit without the disruption of weather or atmosphere that can limit ground-based systems. Data fr om GSSAP will uniquely contribute to timely and accurate orbital predictions, enhancing our knowledge of the geosynchronous orbit environment, and further enabling space flight safety to include satellite collision avoidance.
GSSAP satellites will communicate information through the world-wide Air Force Satellite Control Network (AFSCN) ground stations, then to Schriever Air Force Base, CO wh ere satellite operators of the
1st Space Operations Squadron (1 SOPS), 50th Space Wing, will oversee day-to-day command and control operations.
GSSAP satellites are projected to launch aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV M+ (4,2) booster configuration from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL on July 23, 2014.
General Characteristics
Mission: Space Surveillance
Primary Contractor: Orbital Sciences Corporation
Orbit: Approximately 22,300 miles (35,970 km)
В НК №5 есть про него.
(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/46115)
Delta IV to Launch AFSPC-4
http://www.ulalaunch.com/delta-iv-to-launch-afspc4.aspx
Rocket/Payload: Delta IV AFSPC-4 Mission ArtworkA Delta IV Medium+ (4,2) will launch the AFSPC-4 mission for the U.S Air Force.
Date/Site/Launch Time: Wednesday, July 23, from Space Launch Complex (SLC)-37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.
Launch Notes: AFSPC-4 will be the 33rd ULA mission for the U.S. Air Force. It will be the eighth of 15 planned missions ULA is slated to launch in 2014, and ULA's 85th since the company formed in 2006.
Mission Description: The AFSPC-4 mission will deliver two Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program (GSSAP) satellites to near-geosyn¬chronous orbit and will also carry an Automated Navigation and Guidance Experiment for Local Space (ANGELS) satellite.
The twin GSSAP spacecraft will support U.S. Strategic Command space surveillance operations as a dedicated Space Surveillance Network (SSN) sensor. The GSSAP will also support Joint Functional Component Command for Space (JFCC SPACE) tasking to collect space situ¬ational awareness data, allowing for more accurate tracking and characterization of man-made orbiting objects.
The ANGELS satellite is managed by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Space Vehicles Directorate. As part of AFRL's research in advanced Space Situational Awareness (SSA), ANGELS examines techniques for providing a clearer picture of the environment surrounding our nation's vital space assets.
(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/46124) (https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/46125)
(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/46126) (https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/46127)
Брошюра
http://www.ulalaunch.com/uploads/docs/Mission_Booklets/DIV/div_afspc-4_mob.pdf
(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/46128)
И что же мы видим на этой картине...
Две совы, одна больше, другая меньше. два субспутника, типа митексов?
Четыре звёздочки, одна выделена- 4 спутника, первый либо выведен на орбиту, либо этот и есть первый.
Что за попутчик такой посмотрим отдельно. но патчик симпатичный.
Крокодил зачётный, прямо Гена, чебуратора только не хватает. Кого он там в охапку тащит?
На последнем патче две фигуры и пять звёздочек. Почему звёздочек 5?
ЦитироватьG.K. пишет:
Крокодил зачётный, прямо Гена, чебуратора только не хватает. Кого он там в охапку тащит?
Одна - сова а второе - молоток с крыльями совы. Намёк на поражающие свойства второго аппарата?
Везде бросается в глаза парность эмблем.
Почему номер "4"? Что было первыми тремя? Два Митекса и вторая пара здесь?
Крокодила стабильно присутствует на эмблемах канавераловских запусков. Это скорее маскот полигона, чем ракеты или ПН.
Что такое MMXIV в переводе с римских цифр на человеческие?
А при чём тут "Анжелс"?
Цитироватьche wi пишет:
Mission Description : The AFSPC-4 mission will deliver two Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program (GSSAP) satellites to near-geosyn¬chronous orbit and will also carry an Automated Navigation and Guidance Experiment for Local Space (ANGELS) satellite.
А! Виноват! Выше не прочитал. Блин, почему этот движок не возвращает к крайнему непрочитанному сообщению...
ЦитироватьSharicoff пишет:
Что такое MMXIV в переводе с римских цифр на человеческие?
Вроде как 2014
ЦитироватьСтарый пишет:
Одна- сова а второе - молоток с крыльями совы
Не. Не так. Одно сова, а второе- это попутный спутник, он ангелом зовётся, отсюда и крылья. И не молоток, а две солнечные панели (ака ручка) и корпус (ака сам ударник)
ЦитироватьСтарый пишет:
Везде бросается в глаза парность эмблем
Так в цитатке так и написано, что два будет
ЦитироватьСтарый пишет:
А при чём тут "Анжелс"?
Субспутник же.
ЦитироватьSharicoff пишет:
Что такое MMXIV в переводе с римских цифр на человеческие?
M-тысяча, две M- две тысячи, X-десяток, V-пять, I-единица. Итого две тысячи, десять и пятёрка без единицы. Итого 2014.
ЦитироватьСтарый пишет:
Что было первыми тремя? Два Митекса и вторая пара здесь?
Здравый вопрос.
ЦитироватьSharicoff пишет:
Крокодила стабильно присутствует на эмблемах канавераловских запусков.
Так что такое зелёное он тащит на орбиту?
ЦитироватьG.K. пишет:
ЦитироватьСтарый пишет:
Одна- сова а второе - молоток с крыльями совы
Не. Не так. Одно сова, а второе- это попутный спутник, он ангелом зовётся, отсюда и крылья. И не молоток, а две солнечные панели (ака ручка) и корпус (ака сам ударник)
Точно. А зелёное это я так понимаю сам крокодил. Зелёная маска на глаза и накидка на плечи.
ЦитироватьСтарый пишет:
накидка на плечи.
На которой, как водится, что-то нарисовано. Но не понять чего...
ЦитироватьG.K. пишет:
Так что такое зелёное он тащит на орбиту?
Зеленое - это его собственная тушка и лапки. А вот узорчик на тушке - там м.б. что-то и удастся прочитать, при должном внимании и воображении.
ЦитироватьСтарый пишет:
Почему номер "4"? Что было первыми тремя? Два Митекса и вторая пара здесь?
Вряд ли. Надо смотреть по запускам объектов, заточенных под задачи ККП. Что здесь можно вспомнить? Митекс. SBSS. STSS-ATRR с оговорками.
В 2010 году AFSPC-2 планировался с Канаверала на Atlas V 541. Та самая конфигурация, на которой недавно улетел NROL-67. Возможно на этом NRO-шном спутнике стоит дополнительная ПН в интересах AFSPC?
Причем для нужд миссии AFSPC-2 по носителям типа EELV были профинансированы некие дополнительные работы - "extended mission kit" (см. первую страницу данной темы).
А то - может быть гипотетическая дополнительная ПН AFSPC-2 стоит даже и не на NROL-67, а на ступени от этого запуска?
ЦитироватьSharicoff пишет:
а на ступени от этого запуска?
Ступень должна тогда пищать. Слушайсат- в привате, увч-сатком давно не обновлялся, Пири нету. Печаль-тоска.
ЦитироватьSharicoff пишет:
Возможно на этом NRO-шном спутнике стоит дополнительная ПН в интересах AFSPC?
Хорошая мысль. Но не факт. Мне кажется, что такой инспектор должен активно маневрировать. А спутник с другим назначением- стоять на месте.
ЦитироватьSharicoff пишет:
- "extended mission kit"
А вот это уже намекает на ступень.
ЦитироватьG.K. пишет:
Почему звёздочек 5?
На патчах пусков Атласа и Дельты у них часто эти пять звёзд (обычно в виде буквы
V), вроде как относятся к этому (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5th_Space_Launch_Squadron) подразделению американских ВВС
Почему здесь в линию - х.з., может вариация.
ЦитироватьG.K. пишет:
На которой, как водится, что-то нарисовано. Но не понять чего...
Хаотично разбросанные вопросительные знаки? :)
По эмблеме ANGELS.
(http://novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/bitrix/components/bitrix/forum.interface/show_file.php?fid=46125&width=500&height=500)
ЦитироватьThe current ANGELS program began in 2007, focused on meeting the country's need to improve methods for monitoring an increasingly contested space environment. The research and development effort resulted in the current microsatellite design that achieves a high level of safety and experiment flexibility.
Orbital Sciences Corporation of Dulles, Virginia, is the project's prime contractor responsible for overall system design and development. ATA Aerospace of Albuquerque, New Mexico is the project's integration and test contractor and provides essential satellite operations support. Payload providers include Moog Broad Reach Engineering of Tempe, Arizona, NASA Goddard, ATA Aerospace, MIT/Lincoln Laboratory and Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) of San Diego, California.
Orbital Sciences Corporation, ATA Aerospace, NASA Goddard, MIT/Lincoln Laboratory на эмблеме присутствуют.
Moog Broad Reach Engineering of Tempe и Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) есть в описании, но нет на эмблеме.
Aerospace Corp. и SDTD есть на эмблеме, но нет в описании.
ЦитироватьG.K. пишет:
ЦитироватьСтарый пишет:
накидка на плечи.
На которой, как водится, что-то нарисовано. Но не понять чего...
Как не смотрю , но получается куча вопросительных знаков
Получается, что запускать должны в Северное полушарие, при этом везде 2 пирамиды, одна та что на долларе, а её как бы закрывает(ставит в тень) большая
ЦитироватьВВК пишет:
Получается, что запускать должны в Северное полушарие,
Запускать будут на ГСО.
ЦитироватьSharicoff пишет:
Запускать будут на ГСО.
Там просто везде карта широты Канады и Гренландии, орбитальная позиция может позволить весеть в том районе?
Они не будут висеть, они будут дрейфовать вдоль ГСО, один на запад, другой на восток.
ЦитироватьSharicoff пишет:
Они не будут висеть, они будут дрейфовать вдоль ГСО, один на запад, другой на восток.
Но примерно по одной широте?
ЦитироватьВВК пишет:
Но примерно по одной широте?
До пуска это неизвестно.
ЦитироватьВВК пишет:
ЦитироватьSharicoff пишет:
Они не будут висеть, они будут дрейфовать вдоль ГСО, один на запад, другой на восток.
Но примерно по одной широте?
Примерно на одной, скорее всего.
Если и будет наклонение относительно плоскости экватора - то оно будет небольшое (но думаю, что будет нулевое наклонение).
ЦитироватьSharicoff пишет:
Примерно на одной, скорее всего.
Я это и хотел сказать, только корявым языком.
ЦитироватьG.K. пишет:
До пуска это неизвестно.
Но эмблемы как бы предлагают эту мысль
ЦитироватьSharicoff пишет:
Зеленое - это его собственная тушка и лапки
А мне кажется на нем что-то одето, может маскировочный халат. И все время пирамида в пирамиде как бы защита, т.к внутри та что на баксах рисуют. Потом помните предыдущий какой-то пуск был, а там валькирия с глазом всевидящим и там есть мотив, что она чего-то сама хорошо видит, а сама как бы ослепляет, т.е. светом закрывает прячет, а здесь тень от пирамиды
ЦитироватьTwo spacecraft that will track man-made objects and deter threats in geosynchronous orbit were hauled to the launch pad today and mounted atop a United Launch Alliance Delta 4 booster rocket.
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/delta/d368/payload.html
Время пуска отсюда (https://www.kennedyspacecenter.com/events/2014/july/launch-delta4-afspc4.aspx): July 23, 7:03 pm
23:03 UTC / 3:03 MSK
ЦитироватьВВК пишет:
И все время пирамида в пирамиде как бы защита, т.к внутри та что на баксах рисуют.
Пирамида с глазом - типичный масонский символ.
ЦитироватьSharicoff пишет:
ЦитироватьВВК пишет:
И все время пирамида в пирамиде как бы защита, т.к внутри та что на баксах рисуют.
Пирамида с глазом - типичный масонский символ.
Замечание сколь бесспорное, столь и бессмысленное... :D
..извините. :oops:
ЦитироватьSharicoff пишет:
ЦитироватьВВК пишет:
И все время пирамида в пирамиде как бы защита, т.к внутри та что на баксах рисуют.
Пирамида с глазом - типичный масонский символ.
Я имел ввиду , что бакс это основной символ юнисайцев, как бы основа государственности, т.е. не просто защита там президента-главного командера(наверно был бы герб), пипла(тут бы стат-у-у-ю Свободы можно было ждать), или ихнее военное командование(любого героя ихнего фентази я бы понял), а так именно по-мне получается, что для них это крутая штука, может самая главная в ихнем уме
ЦитироватьВВК пишет:
а так именно по-мне получается, что для них это крутая штука, может самая главная в ихнем уме
Сложно сказать. Вполне возможно, что они над нами просто откровенно глумятся, сочиняя свои патчи. :-)
ЦитироватьSharicoff пишет:
ЦитироватьВВК пишет:
а так именно по-мне получается, что для них это крутая штука, может самая главная в ихнем уме
Сложно сказать. Вполне возможно, что они над нами просто откровенно глумятся, сочиняя свои патчи.
Скорее всего
ЦитироватьSharicoff пишет:
Вполне возможно, что они над нами просто откровенно глумятся, сочиняя свои патчи.
но слишком часто совпадают они с реальностью.
ЦитироватьSharicoff пишет:
А то - может быть гипотетическая дополнительная ПН AFSPC-2 стоит даже и не на NROL-67, а на ступени от этого запуска?
Ужель та самая Немесис?
ЦитироватьВиктор Воропаев пишет:
Ужель та самая Немесис?
Немезис вроде как по НРОшному ведомству проходит, а тут Космическое командование?
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/delta/d368/preview.html#.U8wvGkD-5eI
ЦитироватьGeosynchronous orbit surveillance set to launch
BY JUSTIN RAY
SPACEFLIGHT NOW
Posted: July 20, 2014
CAPE CANAVERAL -- Twin inspector spacecraft and a microsatellite testbed will share a Delta 4 rocket ride into space Wednesday evening fr om Cape Canaveral.
(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/234753.jpg)
Credit: ULA video
The 205-foot-tall United Launch Alliance booster rocket is scheduled for liftoff at 7:03 p.m. EDT (2303 GMT) fr om Complex 37.
The countdown begins with final preparations to retract the 33-story mobile service gantry away fr om the Delta 4 rocket. Once the tower is pulled back around 11 a.m. EDT, pad configuration steps will be completed before the site is cleared of all workers.
Fueling, which begins in the early afternoon, is a multi-hour process will load the cryogenic liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen tanks on both stages of the rocket.
Once clocks enter the last phase of the countdown at T-minus 4 minutes, the vehicle will be armed, pressurized and placed on internal battery power.
In the final 15 seconds of the count, the radial outward-firing ignitors, or ROFIs, will be triggered beneath the main engine to burn away excess hydrogen and the terminal countdown sequencer rack, or TCSR, will assume control of the last 10 seconds.
The main engine will begin its ignition sequence start at T-minus 5 seconds. Flowing hydrogen through the engine for cooling, the fuel will strike the ROFIs and create the trademark Delta 4 fireball.
(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/234754.jpg)
Photo credit: Walter Scriptunas II / Scriptunas Images (http://www.scriptunasimages.com/Spaceflight/USAF-GPS-IIF-5-Launch/)
Once the engine is up and running at full thrust, it passes a pre-planned health check and the solid strap-on boosters are commanded to light at T-0 for liftoff on 1.2 million pounds of thrust.
The three swing arms will pull away as the rocket ascends from the launch pad, then executes pitch and yaw maneuvers to obtain the proper heading and minimize aerodynamic stresses on the vehicle.
Delta pushes through Mach 1 in 47 seconds and the region of maximum air pressure at 59 seconds as the RS-68 main engine consumes liquid hydrogen and supercold liquid oxygen. The twin solid motors burn out at 94 seconds and jettison at 100 seconds.
Approaching main engine cutoff four minutes into flight, the vehicle is burning propellants at a rate of 1,000 pounds per second. The first stage propels the Delta to 11,000 mph over 80 miles in altitude and 200 miles downrange of the launch pad before the Common Booster Core stage separates, the upper stage lights and the payload shroud jettisons.
The rocket then goes into a news blackout.
But the final destination: geosynchronous orbit 22,300 miles above the planet.
It will take several hours and work by the rocket's cryogenic upper stage to reach the high ground to deploy the two Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program, or GSSAP, satellites and release ANGELS, a microsatellite riding a ring-like adapter below the primary passengers.
Together, the two different projects make up the Air Force Space Command mission No. 4, a once-classified flight until GSSAP was unveiled to the public by AFSPC commander William Shelton in February.
"The GSSAP will uniquely contribute to timely and accurate orbital predictions, enhancing our knowledge of the geosynchronous orbit environment and further enabling spaceflight safety to include satellite collision avoidance. ANGELS, a microsatellite, is designed to achieve a high level of safety and experimental flexibility," said Jim Sponnick, ULA's vice president for Atlas and Delta programs.
All three satellites were built by Orbital Sciences.
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Credit: ULA
GSSAP will fly one satellite just below and its twin just above the geosynchronous satellite belt wh ere spacecraft match the Earth's rotation and appear fixed above a certain spot along the equator on the globe.
"From that unique vantage point they will survey objects in the GEO belt and allow us both to track known objects and debris and to monitor potential threats that may be aimed at this critically important region," said Douglas Loverro, deputy assistant secretary of defense for space policy, at the Department of Defense.
"In short, threats can no longer hide in deep space."
It is wh ere the U.S. military operates a number of critical communications, missile warning and reconnaissance platforms, making it key to tracking man-made objects for U.S. Strategic Command and characterizing threats in that orbit.
"Up in geosynchronous orbit, 22,300 miles up in space, some of our most precious satellites fly in that orbit. The reason they're there obviously is to be able to look down and surveil vast pieces of the Earth and also provide communications support," said Shelton. "It is capability in existential circumstances for the United States. The President will rely on these for information that he needs and to provide communications out to the forces he needs to get to.
"But because our assets in GEO are so valuable, we've been building additional space surveillance capability over that orbital regime in any number of ways," said Shelton.
"The electro-optical payload on GSSAP gives us very close-up neighborhood watch capability that helps prevent surprise, and that protects our assets in GEO."
In 2010, the Air Force launched the Space Based Space Surveillance satellite that flies in low-Earth orbit but can track some geosynchronous objects.
"This satellite brings persistence and timeliness to our GEO coverage that isn't available from ground-based sensors or from ground-based radars or optical sensors or from our low Earth orbiting satellites. We must continue the unique capability of SBSS and build the follow-on program to sustain the capability," said Shelton.
But adding the GSSAP will put inspectors at the geosynchronous belt itself.
(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/234751.jpg)
Credit: USAF
"This neighborhood watch program will complement our ground based sensors and our SBSS by producing (space situation awareness) data from a unique perspective not achievable by sensors some 22,000 miles away," said Shelton.
"To bring all this data together we are building a new system at the Joint Space Operations Center at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. And the JSpOC Mission System will give us a much better capability to be proactive versus reactive in Space.
"We are really data rich, but we don't have the system that can ingest disparate data from all kinds of sensors, fuse it together, bring all source intelligence into the picture; bring things like missile defense radars into the space surveillance realm, telescopes from around the world. The JSpOC Mission System will give us that capability to do this and to do it very well in a high performance computing environment."
Shelton added that the Air Force routinely tracks about 23,000 objects on a daily basis. "There are some 500,000 objects in space, so a big traffic management problem and a big threat to fragile spacecraft," he said.
Co-passenger ANGELS is a technology testbed from the Air Force Research Laboratory. Officially called the Automated Navigation and Guidance Experiment for Local Space, the microsatellite will demonstrate autopilot space situational awareness in geosynchronous orbit.
(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/234752.jpg)
Credit: USAF
ANGELS, will fly above the GPS constellation but use those positioning signals to test maneuverability around the spent Delta 4 upper stage. It's also equipped with a space situational awareness sensor payload "to evaluate techniques for detection, tracking and characterizing of space objects, as well as, attribution of actions in space," according to the AFRL fact sheet.
The launch will be the 368th for a Delta rocket, the 27th Delta 4 and the 12th to fly in the Medium+ (4,2) configuration with a pair of strap-on solid motors. For United Launch Alliance, it is the company's 33rd flight for the Air Force and the 85th launch overall since 2006.
For tips on taking pictures of the launch, see our photography guide (http://www.scriptunasimages.com/Launch-Photo-Guide).
For details on wh ere the best spots are to see the launch, see the viewing guide (http://www.launchphotography.com/Delta_4_Atlas_5_Falcon_9_Launch_Viewing.html).
And if you will be away from your computer but would like to receive occasional updates, sign up for our Twitter feed (http://twitter.com/spaceflightnow/) to get text message updates sent to your cellphone. U.S. readers can also sign up from their phone by texting "follow spaceflightnow" to 40404. (Standard text messaging charges apply.)
About the author
Justin Ray has been a reporter with Spaceflight Now since the website's inception in November 1999. The online news service, based at Cape Canaveral, has documented U.S. and international space news with a specialty of live launch coverage.
Prior to that, Justin worked for two years as an aerospace reporter at the Florida Today newspaper and its pioneering Space Online website. He began his career as an intern at Patrick Air Force Base's public affairs office in 1996 and wrote for the Missileer base newspaper.
The Ohio native has covered 134 Delta rocket launches, 94 Atlas flights, 65 space shuttle missions, 46 Pegasus launches and the entire construction of the International Space Station, plus scientific spacecraft such as the Mars rovers and Cassini.
He attended college at the University of Central Florida and now resides in Viera, Florida.
Прогноз по погоде пока не очень (30% на благоприятные условия)
http://www.patrick.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-071220-067.pdf
(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/46615) (https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/46616) (https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/46617) (https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/46618)
Москва. 23 июля. INTERFAX.RU - Американские ВВС в среду запустят два разведывательных спутника для выявления потенциальных угроз для своих космических аппаратов, сообщают западные СМИ.
США впервые выведут такие аппараты на орбиту на высоте 35,9 тыс. км, где работают важнейшие американские спутники связи. Ранее Вашингтон осуществлял космическую разведку либо с Земли, либо со спутников, находящихся на более низких орбитах.
Как ожидается, запуск будет произведен с мыса Канаверал.
Командующий воздушно-космическими силами США генерал Уильям Шелтон отметил, что новые спутники усилят военные возможности Вашингтона по вычислению угроз стратегическим американским спутникам на высоких орбитах.
Смотрите оригинал материала на http://www.interfax.ru/business/387305
Это про этот пуск?
(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/46627)
ЦитироватьVlasov пишет:
Это про этот пуск?
Да.
Для порядку:
ЦитироватьATLANTIC OCEAN - FLORIDA - CAPE CANAVERAL:
EASTERN RANGE OP# D0004 DELTA-IV AFSPC-04
Eastern Range OPS will be conducting hazardous operations surface to unlimited within the following areas.
A: From 2834N 8034W
TO 2833N 8019W
TO 2830N 8013W
TO 2828N 8013W
TO 2827N 8021W
TO 2827N 8023W
TO 2829N 8033W To Beginning
B: From 2830N 7941W
TO 2830N 7926W
TO 2822N 7926W
TO 2822N 7941W To Beginning
C: From 2409N 5657W
TO 2338N 5508W
TO 2331N 5511W
TO 2401N 5659W To Beginning
Hazard periods for Primary and backup Launch Day:
Primary: 23 / 2303Z Thru 24 / 0039Z Jul 14. T-0 IS 2303Z.
Backup: 24 / 2259Z Thru 25 / 0035Z Jul 14. T-0 IS 2259Z.
Перенос?
ЦитироватьAFSPC launch on a DeltaIV is rescheduled for July 24 pending resolution of ground environmental control system item.
ЦитироватьULA @ulalaunch (https://twitter.com/ulalaunch) 6h (https://twitter.com/ulalaunch/status/492063419470991362)
#AFSPC4 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/AFSPC4?src=hash) launch time on July 24 is 6:59 p.m. EDT at the opening of a 65-minute window.
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ЦитироватьSCRUB. Stormy summertime Florida weather will prohibit the Delta 4 rocket from launching tonight. The launch team has been directed to set up for another try tomorrow at 6:55 p.m. EDT.
ЦитироватьULA @ulalaunch · 11 мин.
The #AFSPC4 launch on a #DeltaIV is rescheduled for July 25 (tomorrow). 65-min launch window opens at 6:55 pm EDT.
Цитироватьbavv пишет:
ЦитироватьULA @ulalaunch· 11 мин.
The #AFSPC4 launch on a #DeltaIV is rescheduled for July 25 (tomorrow). 65-min launch window opens at 6:55 pm EDT.
Это 26-го в 1.55 ЛМВ, я правильно посчитал?
ЦитироватьВВК пишет:
Это 26-го в 1.55 ЛМВ, я правильно посчитал?
2.55 ЛМВ
Цитироватьche wi пишет:
ЦитироватьВВК пишет:
Это 26-го в 1.55 ЛМВ, я правильно посчитал?
2.55 ЛМВ
Спасибо!
прогноз опять те же 70% overall probability of violating weather constraints (Anvil Clouds, Lightning, Cumulus Clouds)
ЦитироватьSpaceflight101 LIVE @S101_Live 13 мин. (https://twitter.com/S101_Live/status/492802129678327809)
Five weather rules are currently RED and will likely remain NO GO for some time. #AFSPC4 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/AFSPC4?src=hash) pic.twitter.com/mg6UP6RFNu (http://t.co/mg6UP6RFNu)
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ЦитироватьULA @ulalaunch · 18 мин.
Weather is NOT within launch commit criteria for #AFSPC4 launch on a #DeltaIV; however, we are proceeding in case it clears
ЦитироватьРетвитнул(а) ULA (https://twitter.com/ulalaunch)
Mitchell Rudin @AlligatorClick (https://twitter.com/AlligatorClick) 1 мин. (https://twitter.com/AlligatorClick/status/492806838597869568)
56 minutes remaining in flight window. No new launch time set.
И снова не летит.
ЦитироватьSCRUB. Tonight's launch attempt has been called off due to thunder and lightning at Cape Canaveral.
Когда теперь?
http://www.ulalaunch.com/delta-iv-to-launch-afspc4.aspx?title=Delta+IV+to+Launch+AFSPC-4&Category=2
ЦитироватьThe launch is rescheduled for Saturday, July 26 from Space Launch Complex-37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. The launch time is 6:51 p.m. EDT at the opening of a 65-minute window.
27 июля в 02:51 ЛМВ.
ЦитироватьSalo пишет:
27 июля в 02:51 ЛМВ.
Спасибо.
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/delta/d368/status.html
Цитировать2155 GMT (5:55 p.m. EDT)
A check of the weather now shows RED for the following rules: lightning, electrical potential, cumulus clouds and flight thru precip.
2151 GMT (5:51 p.m. EDT)
Now 60 minutes till launch window opens! The Delta 4 rocket launching GSSAP and ANGELS is known as the Medium+ (4,2) model. It has a common first stage with two solid rocket boosters, a cryogenic second stage and a 4-meter-diameter payload shroud.
The first stage is fueled by supercold liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen. The RS-68 main engine, made by Aerojet Rocketdyne, generates about 663,000 pounds of thrust. Known as the Common Booster Core, or CBC, the stage measures about 150 feet in length, 16 feet in diameter and weighs 54,000 pounds unfueled.
The strap-on solids are known as Graphite Epoxy Motors, or GEM 60s, built by ATK. They are five feet in diameter, 53 feet long and generate 280,000 pounds of thrust each.
The second stage features a restartable Aerojet Rocketdyne RL10B-2 engine burning liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen. The total thrust is 24,750 pounds.
Protecting the payload during atmospheric ascent is the payload fairing measuring 39 feet in length and 13 feet in diameter. It is a composite nose cone built in two halves.
The Delta 4 stands 205 feet tall, weighs 721,000 pounds at launch and generates about 1.2 million pounds of thrust at liftoff.
Трансляция:
http://www.ulalaunch.com/webcast.aspx
ЦитироватьSpaceflight101 LIVE @S101_Live · 7 сек.
The 65-minute launch window is now open. Storms are slowly moving out and there is some hope that the weather will clear. #AFSPC4
Язык твита: английский. Переведено с помощью Bing
Теперь открыта окно запуска 65 минут. Бури медленно движутся и есть некоторая надежда, что погода будет ясно. #AFSPC4
ЦитироватьAmericaSpace @AmericaSpace 10 мин
Not looking good for @ulalaunch & #AFSPC4 tonight.
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Цитировать@ShuttleAlmanac · 12 мин
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William Kann @wkann · 17 мин.
Simple rule of nature: rockets attract storms!! Hopefully the weather will improve on monday @ulalaunch. #AFSPC4 #DeltaIV
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Простое правило природы: ракеты привлекают бури!! Надеемся, что погода улучшится в понедельник @ulalaunch. #AFSPC4 #DeltaIV
Вот это молния :o Не везёт Дельте с погодой.
ЦитироватьSpaceflight Now @SpaceflightNow 49 сек. (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow/status/493171291185496064)
The next Delta 4 rocket launch attempt is planned for Monday.
ЦитироватьInsideKSC @InsideKSC · 4 мин.
SCRUB: For the fourth time in as many days, the @ulalaunch Delta IV #AFSPC4 launch has been scrubbed at CCAFS SLC-37B.
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The July 28 #AFSPC4 webcast will begin at 6:23 p.m. EDT #DeltaIV http://www.ulalaunch.com
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28 июля #AFSPC4Трансляция начнется в 6:23 вечера EDT #DeltaIV http://www.ulalaunch.com
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The #AFSPC4 launch is rescheduled for Monday, July 28. The launch time is 6:43 p.m. EDT at the opening of a 65-minute window. #DeltaIV
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#AFSPC4Запуск был перенесен на понедельник, 28 июля. Время запуска-6:43 вечера EDT на открытии 65-минутный окна. #DeltaIV
29 июля в 02:43-03:48 ЛМВ.
Прогноз 60% на благоприятные погодные условия
http://www.patrick.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-071220-067.pdf
(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/46714)
2158 GMT (5:58 p.m. EDT) Now 45 minutes till launch. (http://www.spaceflightnow.com/delta/d368/status.html)
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There is an isolated storm moving across the Cape. The following rules are RED currently: electrical potential, flight thru precip., lightning, anvils and cumulus clouds.
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The weather officer expects the RED rules to clear around 6:50 p.m. EDT and the Phase 2 lightning warning to lift around 6:25 p.m.
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The launch conductor has given a briefing to the launch team for procedures inside the final four minutes of the count.
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The flight thru precip. rule just went green.
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The team has caught up on activities, so they are holding for the weather.
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The following rules are RED currently: electrical potential, lightning, anvils and cumulus clouds.
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The electrical potential rule just went GREEN.
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Now expecting all the rules to be clear by 7:22 p.m
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The cumulus cloud rule has lifted.
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NEW TIME! Liftoff has been reset for 7:28 p.m. EDT.
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The anvil cloud rule has gone GREEN. Just lightning is left to clear.
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Weather is observed GO and forecast GO for launch.
Улетела.
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T-minus 10 seconds, sequencer now controlling, 8, 7, 6, 5, ignition sequence start, 2, 1, and LIFTOFF! Liftoff of the Delta 4 rocket and the Air Force Space Command mission No. 4, providing space situational awareness in geosynchronous orbit. And the vehicle has cleared the tower!
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The United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket has flown into a pre-arranged news blackout following jettison of the rocket's payload shroud. The veil of secrecy surrounding the launch of this clandestine satellite cargo means no further information about the progress of the ascent, upper stage engine firings or release of the payload will be announced in real-time.
И что така секретна, что даже фоток со старта не будет?
http://youtu.be/JOfuKw7XEy4 (http://youtu.be/JOfuKw7XEy4)
ULA Delta IV finally launches AFSPC-4 mission
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2014/07/ula-delta-iv-afspc-4-mission/
(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/46716) (https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/46717)
С космодрома на мысе Канаверал запущены два американских спутника-шпионаhttp://itar-tass.com/nauka/1346489
ЦитироватьНЬЮ-ЙОРК, 29 июля. /Корр. ИТАР-ТАСС Андрей Бекренев/. С космодрома на мысе Канаверал, штат Флорида, в понедельник состоялся запуск ракеты-носителя Delta 4 с двумя разведывательными спутниками, которые будут использоваться военно-воздушными силами США для слежки за иностранными космическими аппаратами.
Ракета стартовала в 19:28 по времени Восточного побережья США (03:28 мск вторника).
Вместе со спутниками-шпионами Delta 4 также доставила в космос экспериментальный микроспутник ВВС США программы ANGELS.
Выводом космических аппаратов на орбиту занималась компания United Launch Alliance - совместное предприятие Boeing и Lockheed Martin.
В соответствии с требованиями заказчика примерно через пять минут после запуска отслеживание полета сторонними наблюдателями было прекращено. Как сообщили представители United Launch Alliance, старт прошел в штатном режиме. Первоначально запуск был намечен на 23 июля, но неоднократно переносился из-за технических неполадок и плохой погоды.
Программа GSSAP
Доставленные в космос аппараты стали первыми спутниками новой программы американских военных GSSAP, о которой стало известно лишь в феврале 2014 года. Ее цель - наблюдение за космическими аппаратами на геосинхронной орбите. Предполагается, что спутники-шпионы будут выведены на орбиту высотой около 35,9 тыс. км.
"На геосинхронной орбите находится множество наших спутников, которые ведут слежку за объектами на Земле и обеспечивают связь. Эти аппараты имеют для США очень большое значение, поэтому мы создаем там дополнительные функциональные возможности, которые позволят избежать сюрпризов и защитить наши системы", - заявил глава Космического командования ВВС США генерал Уильям Шелтон.
Как отмечают СМИ, военные США всерьез обеспокоены тем, что другие страны, в частности, Китай, активно разрабатывают космическое и противоспутниковое оружие, которое способно вывести из строя американское коммуникационное оборудование в космосе.
В 2010 году США отправили на низкую околоземную орбиту аппарат Космического базирования для наблюдения за космосом (SBSS). С помощью установленного на его борту чувствительного оптического телескопа он следит за различными объектами в космосе, в том числе на геосинхронной орбите.
СПУТНИКИ GSSAP
Спутники GSSAP были созданы корпорацией Orbital Sciences. Они способны маневрировать в пространстве и оснащены новейшими оптико-электронными приборами, которые позволят получать изображения иностранных аппаратов и информацию об их работе. Спутники-шпионы способны также отслеживать ситуацию с орбитальным "мусором". В 2016 году американские ВВС планируют отправить на орбиту еще два спутника GSSAP. Стоимость и технические детали программы не раскрываются.
United Launch Alliance Marks 85th Successful Launch by Delivering Three Satellites into Orbit for the U.S. Air Force
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV rocket successfully launched the AFSPC-4 mission for the U.S. Air Force on July 28 at 7:28 p.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex-37. This is ULA's eighth launch in 2014, and the 85th successful launch since the company was formed in December 2006.
"The ULA team is proud to have delivered the twin Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program (GSSAP) spacecraft to orbit today," said Jim Sponnick, ULA vice president, Atlas and Delta Programs. "We are privileged to work with a top notch U.S. government and contractor mission team that is committed to mission success."
This mission was launched aboard a Delta IV Medium-plus (4,2) configuration Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) using a single ULA common booster core powered by an Aerojet Rocketdyne RS-68 main engine, along with two ATK GEM-60 solid rocket motors. The upper stage was powered by an Aerojet Rocketdyne RL10B-2 engine, with the satellite encapsulated in a 4-meter-diameter composite payload fairing.
In addition to the two GSSAP satellites delivered to near-geosynchronous orbit, the secondary payload, Automated Navigation and Guidance Experiment for Local Space (ANGELS) satellite is managed by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL).
"This launch marks the first EELV secondary payload adapter (ESPA) to launch on a Delta rocket," said Sponnick. "This mission represents an excellent utilization of rideshare capabilities that has enabled a low-cost way for the AFRL ANGELS team to flight demonstrate future spacecraft technologies."
The twin GSSAP spacecraft will support U.S. Strategic Command space surveillance operations as a dedicated Space Surveillance Network sensor. The GSSAP will also support Joint Functional Component Command for Space to collect space situational awareness data, allowing for more accurate tracking and characterization of man-made orbiting objects. ANGELS examines techniques for providing a clearer picture of the environment surrounding our nation's vital space assets.
ULA's next launch is the Atlas V GPS IIF-7 mission for the Air Force scheduled for Aug. 1 from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.
The EELV program was established by the United States Air Force to provide assured access to space for Department of Defense and other government payloads. The commercially developed EELV program supports the full range of government mission requirements, while delivering on schedule and providing significant cost savings over the heritage launch systems.
With more than a century of combined heritage, United Launch Alliance is the nation's most experienced and reliable launch service provider. ULA has successfully delivered more than 80 satellites to orbit that provide critical capabilities for troops in the field, aid meteorologists in tracking severe weather, enable personal device-based GPS navigation and unlock the mysteries of our solar system. ULA – Bringing rocket science down to earth.
http://www.ulalaunch.com/ULA-Delta-IV-Launches-AFSPC-4.aspx
(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/46724) (https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/46725) (https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/46726) (https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/46727) (https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/46728)
Delta IV AFSPC-4 Launch Highlights
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSVAqlo_beI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSVAqlo_beI)
Интересно , а камеру с таким объективом(приближением) у нас чтоб появилась, что должно произойти?
Наверно не правильно спросил? Насколько дорога по стоимости такая камера? Это интересно потому, как наличие скажем такой камеры на Байконуре, просто добавило бы интереса к нашим запускам и сделало их более привлекательным.
ЦитироватьВВК пишет:
Интересно , а камеру с таким объективом(приближением) у нас чтоб появилась, что должно произойти?
Наверно не правильно спросил? Насколько дорога по стоимости такая камера? Это интересно потому, как наличие скажем такой камеры на Байконуре, просто добавило бы интереса к нашим запускам и сделало их более привлекательным.
На суборбитальные любительские ракеты ставят оборудование стоимостью около $500 для трансляции видео в FullHD прямо с борта. Я так понимаю, было бы желание.
Цитироватьprofan пишет:
ЦитироватьВВК пишет:
Интересно , а камеру с таким объективом(приближением) у нас чтоб появилась, что должно произойти?
Наверно не правильно спросил? Насколько дорога по стоимости такая камера? Это интересно потому, как наличие скажем такой камеры на Байконуре, просто добавило бы интереса к нашим запускам и сделало их более привлекательным.
На суборбитальные любительские ракеты ставят оборудование стоимостью около $500 для трансляции видео в FullHD прямо с борта. Я так понимаю, было бы желание.
Спасибо за ответ. Но тут просто видимо не понятно я все же излагаю. Речь идет о том, что юсанайцы при запуске своих РН сопровождают своими видеокамерами , с хорошим разрешением (при хорошей погоде конечно) чуть ли не на сто км , при этом, насколько я понял, они могут вести и в ИК-диапозоне, при этом качество и приближение объекта очень приличное, можно хоть детали рассматривать и сопла по-отдельности сквозь пламя, я про такую камеру хочу поговорить, может нас в Роскосмосе услышат да и купят на радость любителям космонавтики, она же ПН не уменьшает.
Да все понятно про наземную камеру. Но она IMHO нужна не только , или скорее не столько для увлечения зрителей космонавтикой, а как средство объективного контроля. А вот вид Земли с высоты 5, 20, 100 км в цвете и высоком разрешении - зрелище завораживающее.
Цитироватьprofan пишет:
Да все понятно про наземную камеру. Но она IMHO нужна не только , или скорее не столько для увлечения зрителей космонавтикой, а как средство объективного контроля. А вот вид Земли с высоты 5, 20, 100 км в цвете и высоком разрешении - зрелище завораживающее.
Так сколько стоит не подскажите?
Цитироватьche wi пишет:
С космодрома на мысе Канаверал запущены два американских спутника-шпиона
http://itar-tass.com/nauka/1346489
ЦитироватьВместе со спутниками-шпионами Delta 4 также доставила в космос экспериментальный микроспутник ВВС США программы ANGELS.
Надо сказать, этот "ангелочек" оказался очень интересной зверушкой. Начинали с наноспутника, а закончили вот этаким изделием:
В любительском каталоге появился набор TLE на объект, идентифицированный Маккантсом, как ступень "Дельты" (GSSAP r), соответствующий орбите высотой 36134 х 36214 км, периодом 1455.9 мин и наклонением 0.41 градуса. На снимке с 40-см телескопа НИЦАГ Монголии , полученном 27 августа, желающие могут поискать и ангела-хранителя...
(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/47761)
http://spacenews.com/new-u-s-air-force-space-surveillance-satellites-require-great-precision/
ЦитироватьNew U.S. Air Force Space Surveillance Satellites Require Great Precision
by Mike Gruss — January 12, 2015
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The Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program (GSSAP) satellites are capable of approaching and observing nearly 600 satellites in geosynchronous orbit, two former chief scientists for Air Force Space Command wrote in the November-December issue of the Air & Space Power Journal. Credit: U.S. Air Force/Sierra Nevada Corp.
WASHINGTON — Two high-orbiting U.S. Air Force space surveillance satellites that launched in July must show "unprecedented" maneuvering accuracy given their potential to cause damage in a heavily used belt of Earth orbit, according to a professional journal published by the service.
The Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program (GSSAP) satellites are capable of approaching and observing nearly 600 satellites in geosynchronous orbit, two former chief scientists for Air Force Space Command wrote in the November-December issue of the Air & Space Power Journal, a professional journal published by the Air Force Research Institute.
Air Force officials publicly disclosed the previously classified space surveillance program in February 2014 and have acknowledged that the satellites would perform rendezvous and proximity maneuvers to allow close-up looks at spacecraft in geosynchronous orbits, some 36,000 kilometers above Earth's surface.
According to an Air Force fact sheet, the two-satellite system will operate in a "near-geosynchrous orbit regime" to provide accurate tracking and characterization of man-made orbiting objects. Satellites with missions including communications and missile warning operate in geosynchronous orbit.
The new capability requires extra careful handling, Gene McCall and John Darrah wrote in the article, titled "Space Situational Awareness: Difficult, expensive — and necessary (http://www.au.af.mil/au/afri/aspj/digital/pdf/articles/2014-Nov-Dec/SLP-Mccall_Darrah.pdf)." Both men have served as chief scientist at Space Command.
"Assuredly, the Air Force and its contractors well understand that the GSSAP vehicles must possess unprecedented accuracy in terms of propulsion and positioning," the article said. "A collision will result in significant political and financial problems; moreover, it could produce debris capable of contaminating a large portion of the geosynchronous orbit. Certainly, maneuvering operations will generate very tense times at the satellite control center at Schriever."
The GSSAP satellites, built by Orbital Sciences Corp. of Dulles, Virginia, are controlled by operators at Schriever Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Gen. John Hyten, the commander of Air Force Space Command, told SpaceNews in December that the service is taking it very slowly in testing the GSSAP satellites on orbit. "We're taking a very deliberate approach to checking the satellites out to make sure we understand exactly how they work, exactly how the systems are characterized, exactly what we see and understand," he said.
Hyten said he expected it would be several months before the satellites were fully operational. Two additional satellites are notionally scheduled to launch in 2016.
Eventually, the article said, the Air Force should deploy the capability to closely observe all non-U.S. satellites regardless of orbit, noting that the GSSAP program is a good first step.
McCall and Darrah also suggested that the Air Force study building a fleet of what they call "companion" space vehicles to keep tabs on non-U.S. satellites that may "contribute significantly to an adversary's war plans." The possibly reusable satellites would orbit at altitudes ranging from 150 to 2,000 kilometers.
"The companions should occupy the same orbit as the satellite of interest in close proximity to observe the actions and functions of the target," the article said. "It may be possible to design a generic companion satellite that will function as a monitor for a large class of foreign assets, or we may need to field a special satellite for each foreign asset. In either case, costs of construction, launch, and operation will be significant factors in deciding whether to deploy such devices."
http://satobs.org/seesat/Feb-2015/0131.html
Цитировать2014-43D / 40102 / GSAP r was not alone in drifting slowly westward when observed last night. About 20 arcmin to the south was a very faint object I believed to be 06-24A / 29240 / MiTEx 1. It was about two degrees west of position predicted using Mike's inttles data but diverged steadily from the predicted track during almost two hours of observations. I can find no other object to match in either USSTRATCOM or ISON data.
A third object, also very faint, was within about 30 arcsec of the rocket and perfectly fits ISON data for their object 145503 which may be 14-43C / 40101 / ANGELS.
(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/53058)
GSSAP_r + ANGELS, сумма пяти кадров, полученных К. Поляковым на 40-см телескопе обсерватории на г. Шаджатмаз, Карачаево-Черкессия
По заявке неназванного заказчика GSSAP'ы дважды фоткали объекты на геосинхронных орбитах. Заказчик остался доволен.
http://spacenews.com/space-surveillance-sats-pressed-into-early-service/
http://spacenews.com/secretive-angels-satellite-part-of-new-space-experiments/
ЦитироватьSecretive ANGELS satellite part of new space experiments
by Mike Gruss (http://spacenews.com/author/mike-gruss/) — April 14, 2016
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The secretive ANGELS satellite launched as part of the Air Force Space Command-4 mission in July 2014. Credit: United Launch Alliance.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado – The U.S. Air Force is using a little-discussed satellite that launched in 2014 as part of ongoing experiments that look at how the Defense Department and intelligence community would act during a war in space.
Gen. John Hyten, the head of Air Force Space Command, said during a press briefing here that the Defense Department has used the Automated Navigation and Guidance Experiment for Local Space, or ANGELS, satellite during recent space experiments.
The satellite launched to geosynchronous orbit in July 2014 as part of the Air Force Space Command-4 mission, but Air Force leaders have rarely, if ever, discussed the satellite in public since then.
Hyten said during a press briefing here at the Space Symposium that the Air Force has "done a bunch of interesting things with the ANGELS experiment."
Those experiments have taken place at the Joint Space Operations Center at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the Defense Department's space operations nerve center, and at the newer Joint Interagency Combined Space Operations Center at Schriever Air Force Base here in Colorado Springs, which is a joint effort between the DOD and intelligence community, he said.
He did not elaborate further.
Managed by the Air Force Research Lab at Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico, the satellite is intended to test multiple techniques "for providing a clearer picture of the environment around our vital space elements," according to an Air Force ANGELS fact sheet from 2014. The satellite aimed at improving methods for monitoring an increasingly contested space environment.
The ANGLES satellite was expected to spend its first year after launch monitoring the used Delta 4 upper stage of its launch vehicle from about 50 kilometers away and then gradually move closer until it was eventually only a few kilometers away. That experiment was expected to last about one year.
The Orbital ATK-built satellite also includes high-performance accelerometers that could be used to examine ways to reduce the probability of on-orbit collisions, the Air Force fact sheet.
GSSAP-2 - всё.
U.S. deactivates GSSAP surveillance satellite, two new ones in the works (https://spacenews.com/u-s-deorbits-gssap-surveillance-satellite-two-new-ones-in-the-works/)
ЦитироватьThe Space Systems Command confirmed that GSSAP Space Vehicle 2, in orbit since 2014, has been deactivated.
"GSSAP 2 has run through the passivation and end of life checklist. It is now in a graveyard orbit," Lt. Col. Greg Fertig, deputy program manager at the Space Systems Command's GSSAP Program Office, said Aug. 14 in a statement to SpaceNews.
GSSAP 2 was one of six satellites made by Northrop Grumman that the U.S. Air Force began to launch in 2014. The remaining five are still in service. The newest pair of GSSAPs launched in 2022.
The satellites are operated by Space Force units at Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado. The Space Operations Command announced Aug. 2 that GSSAP 2 was out of service.