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ЦитироватьSeptember 6 - O3b (4 sats) - Soyuz-STB/Fregat-MT (VS06) - Sinnamary ELS

Salo
М.б. лучше Куру/Синнамари ELS (для облегчения поиска по форуму)?

А Союза-СТБ для этого недостаточно?

Пуск ушёл на конец сентября.

Цитироватьche wi пишет:
Синнамари

Что такое вообще Синнамари? Поселок к северо-западу от Куру? А Протоны откуда запускают? Из Байконура или из Байхозы?

ЦитироватьAnatoly Zak пишет:
 Что такое вообще Синнамари? Поселок к северо-западу от Куру? А Протоны откуда запускают? Из Байконура или из Байхозы?

Сергей поддался влиянию дамы :)
http://novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/messages/forum12/topic13093/message1009786/#message1009786

ЦитироватьZOOR пишет:
Сергей поддался влиянию дамы  :)

Я конечно ни в коем случае не против дам  8) , но, позволю себе заметить, что, наверно, стоит иметь одно имя для одного космодрома. ;)

Satellites are delivered for Arianespace's next Soyuz mission with O3b Networks

(http://www.arianespace.com/images/missionup-dates/2013/1081-pano1.jpg)

O3b Networks satellites for Arianespace's next launch to help "bridge the digital divide" are now in French Guiana as the pace accelerates for this Soyuz mission from the Spaceport, which is targeted for late September.

The spacecraft – built by Thales Alenia Space – arrived this morning aboard a chartered Ilyushin IL-76 cargo jetliner that landed at Félix Eboué Airport near the capital city of Cayenne, followed by their transfer via road to the Spaceport's S5 payload preparation facility.

They will be readied for the upcoming Arianespace Soyuz launch, designated Flight VS06 in the company's launcher family numbering system, which signifies the sixth liftoff of the medium-lift workhorse from French Guiana.

As preparations begin with O3b Networks' satellites, the launcher for Flight VS06 is taking shape across the Spaceport in the MIK launcher integration building – located within the Soyuz ELS launch site near the town of Sinnamary.

Flight VS06 will be the second Soyuz mission for O3b Networks, following Arianespace's June 25 orbiting of the initial four satellites.  It provided the first step in O3b Networks' creation of a space-based constellation to deliver telecommunications and Internet services over Asia, Africa, South America, Australia and the Middle East – combining the global reach of satellite coverage with the speed of a fiber-optic network.

http://www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2013/1081.asp

ЦитироватьAnatoly Zak пишет:
 А Протоны откуда запускают?

Полигон Тюратам.

P.S. Я за Куру или ГКЦ

http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=32270.msg1091776#msg1091776

ЦитироватьJester пишет:
FM8 arrival end of August.    
                  
(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/20253)
(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/20252)

http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=32270.msg1091777#msg1091777

ЦитироватьJester пишет:
One of 4 O3b-F2 satellites in S5C

Канадские Radarsatы, британские O3b... Какие разносторонние женщины ЦЭНКИ...

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Так летний союз пускаем (30 сентября)? Или осенний?LL пишет:

ЦитироватьКакие разносторонние женщины ЦЭНКИ...

Тетки как тетки!

ELS (L'ensemble de lancement Soyuz) входит составной частью в состав Гвианского Космического Центра  (Le Centre Spatiale Guyanaise) наравне с ELA и ELV. Посёлок Синнамари никакого отношения к ГКЦ не имеет, за исключением того, что там проживает российская команда.  Посёлок проживания выбран по критерию близости к ELS. (Есть поселочек ещё ближе – Комби, но он уж слишком мал).
Так, что правильно использовать: ELS, ГКЦ. Куру также можно упоминать, по желанию, так как там находятся ряд объектов инфраструктуры ГКЦ и в, в частности, порт доставки.
Дополнительный аргумент. Вы же не пишете: три Гонца-М – Рокот/Бриз-КМ – 133/3, Плесецк, Мирный?

Запуск ракеты "Союз" с космодрома Куру отложили на месяц
http://www.interfax.ru/news.asp?id=327405

Москва. 6 сентября. INTERFAX.RU - Планировавшийся на 30 сентября запуск ракеты-носителя "Союз-СТ" с космодрома Куру во Французской Гвиане перенесен примерно на месяц, сообщили в пятницу "Интерфаксу" в российской ракетно-космической отрасли.

"Запуск перенесен из-за неготовности блока космических аппаратов О3Б", - уточнил он.

Так, с этого момента подробнее, пожалуйста.
Если кто в курсе....

Ситуация такая:
- по O3B был риск переноса достаточно давно, оценка была как раз месяц
- в прошлый понедельник работавшие с O3B пришли к заключению, что свои проблемы они решат на месте и перенос не нужен.
Внимание, вопрос: это до Интерфакса новость с задержкой в несколько недель просочилась или это что-то новое от O3B? 

Наши пишут про перенос с вероятностью в 99%

Заказчик обнаружил проблемы с уже выведенными спутниками (практически со всеми). До поиска причины, с КА готовившихся к запуску, слито топливо и они отправлены изготовителю. Перенос гораздо больше чем на месяц

ЦитироватьРазъём пишет:
и они отправлены изготовителю

Это точно, информация актуальная?
Извините, что повторяю вопрос, но ровно то же было и 3 недели назад, а примерно 2 недели назад O3B вообщил Арианэспас, что проблема разрешима на месте и переноса не требуются. Если информация актуальная, то это значит, что изменили свое решение они совсем недавно...
Для меня это важно, так как это может повлиять на пуски Gaia и SWARM.

На пуски Gaia и SWARM повлиять не должно.

ЦитироватьРазъём пишет:
На пуски Gaia и SWARM повлиять не должно

Может не повлиять, если Арианэспас не станет настаивать на переносе Gaia на несколько дней раньше.

Странно... не далее как 6 сентября под этот пуск закрыли опасные зоны:

ЦитироватьA0286/13 - RESTRICTED AREA SOR4 ACTIVATED. 29 SEP 09:00 2013 UNTIL 10 OCT 19:34 2013. CREATED: 06 SEP 15:23 2013

A0285/13 - DANGEROUS AREA SOD3 ACTIVATED. DAILY: 1726-2004, 30 SEP 17:26 2013 UNTIL 10 OCT 20:04 2013. CREATED: 06 SEP 15:20 2013

A0287/13 - TEMPORARY DANGEROUS AREA ACTIVATED DUE TO ROCKET LAUNCHING SOYOUZ ZA/V706-VS06 LATERAL LIMITS AS FOLLOWS QUADRILATERAL: 0529N04936W 0515N04935W 0514N05014W 052905014W. AMSL - UNL, DAILY 1726-2004, 30 SEP 17:26 2013 UNTIL 10 OCT 20:04 2013. CREATED: 06 SEP 15:33 2013

A0288/13 - TEMPORARY DANGEROUS AREA ACTIVATED DUE TO ROCKET LAUNCHING SOYOUZ ZB/V706-VS06 LATERAL LIMITS AS FOLLOWS QUADRILATERAL: 0529N04355W 0501N04356W 0503N04512W 0530N04512W. AMSL - UNL, DAILY 1726-2004, 30 SEP 17:26 2013 UNTIL 10 OCT 20:04 2013. CREATED: 06 SEP 15:39 2013

Для меня выгладит странным также и то, что O3B 2 недели назад уже приняли решение, что "чинить" будут на месте и быстро...

http://www.spacenews.com/article/satellite-telecom/37121o3b-delays-launch-to-2014-for-additional-spacecraft-testing

ЦитироватьO3b Delays Launch to 2014 for Additional Spacecraft Testing
By Peter B. de Selding | Sep. 9, 2013

PARIS — Startup satellite broadband provider O3b Networks on Sept. 9 said its planned Sept. 30 launch of four satellites aboard a European Soyuz rocket has been delayed until early 2014 "for additional testing" to be conducted by the company.
O3b, based in Britain's Channel Islands, did not detail the nature of the problem, which will delay the company's commercial service start date. O3b launched its first four satellites earlier this year and had been counting on the second group of four — with a third to be launched in 2014 — to start commercial introduction of its high-speed broadband delivery.
In addition to whatever issue O3b has on its satellites, the company is fighting for access to the Europeanized Soyuz rocket, whose 2014 manifest is already crowded with launches of Europe's Galileo satellite navigation constellation.
 
(http://www.spacenews.com/sites/spacenews.com/files/styles/large/public/images/articles/O3bShipping_O3b4X3.jpg) (http://www.spacenews.com/sites/spacenews.com/files/images/articles/O3bShipping_O3b4X3.jpg)
O3b launched its first four satellites earlier this year (shown here in a shipping container) and had been counting on the second group of four — with a third to be launched in 2014 — to start commercial introduction of its high-speed broadband delivery. Credit: O3b photo

то же по-русски
http://ria.ru/science/20130910/962142597.html (http://ria.ru/science/20130910/962142597.html)

Оно и к лучшему. А то ведь Франции захотелось превентивных ракетно-бомбовых ударов... Не все же с этим согласны.

Заявки на районы падения аннулированы.

Но не все:

ЦитироватьN0031/13 - TEMPO RESTRICTED AREA (ROCKET STAGE FALL V706-VS06) 045002N0410903W, 045811N0410836W, 045904N0395929W, 051111N0393805W, 044800N0393819W ACT. AMSL - UNL, DLY 1726/2004, 30 SEP 17:26 2013 UNTIL 10 OCT 20:04 2013. CREATED: 23 SEP 14:27 2013

http://www.spacenews.com/article/satellite-telecom/37528o3b-satellites-returned-to-manufacturer-for-testing

ЦитироватьO3b Satellites Returned to Manufacturer for Testing
By Peter B. de Selding | Oct. 3, 2013
(http://www.spacenews.com/sites/spacenews.com/files/styles/large/public/images/articles/SteveCollar_O3B02_0.jpg) (http://www.spacenews.com/sites/spacenews.com/files/images/articles/SteveCollar_O3B02_0.jpg)
O3b Chief Executive Steve Collar said the power anomaly observed on at least two of the first four O3b spacecraft launched in June is not serious enough to compromise their mission. Credit: 03b photo

PARIS — Startup satellite broadband provider O3b Networks has returned its second group of four spacecraft to their manufacturing facility in Italy after calling off a planned late-September launch because of a signal power anomaly on the first four satellites, O3b Chief Executive Steve Collar said Oct. 2.
The four newer satellites, which had been scheduled for a Sept. 30 launch aboard a Europeanized Soyuz rocket from Europe's Guiana Space Center on the northeast coast of South America, were flown to prime contractor Thales Alenia Space's Rome production plant for what Collar said is likely to be two or three weeks of tests.
In an interview, Collar reiterated that the power anomaly observed on at least two of the first four O3b spacecraft launched in June is not serious enough to compromise their mission. It has not become more serious in the several weeks since it was first discovered, he said. Collar said the company acted out of caution in pulling the spacecraft from the manifest of commercial launch services provider Arianespace.
Surrendering its September launch slot aboard the Soyuz is likely to force O3b to wait until early 2014 for a new place on the manifest. Next up on the Soyuz is the European Space Agency's Gaia star mapping satellite, scheduled for launch Nov. 20. Given the nearly seven weeks it takes to transition from one Soyuz launch to another, the O3b mission would in any event be unlikely until early 2014.
Collar said O3b, which is based in Britain's Channel Islands, will not begin talks with Evry, France-based Arianespace on a new launch date until the tests in Rome determine what the power issue is on the orbiting spacecraft and whether it is serious enough to require satellite modifications.
O3b has a third set of four satellites under construction at Thales Alenia Space. These had been scheduled for a mid-2014 launch aboard a Europeanized Soyuz. Collar said that remains the objective but conceded that Arianespace's Soyuz manifest for 2014 at this point looks just as crowded as the 2013 Soyuz manifest did a year ago.
Europe's Galileo satellite constellation, whose initial launches are two satellites at a time aboard the Soyuz, has been delayed until late spring 2014. If that schedule holds, demand for Soyuz in 2014 may exceed the planned four liftoffs during the year.
Collar stressed that O3b's relations with Arianespace, which were strained due to launch manifest debates before the June launch of the first satellites, are now excellent.

Delayed O3b Satellites Should be Ready for March Launch
By Peter B. de Selding | Nov. 1, 2013

http://www.spacenews.com/article/satellite-telecom/37953delayed-o3b-satellites-should-be-ready-for-march-launch

PARIS — The four O3b broadband satellites that missed their scheduled September launch following discovery of a suspected component defect will be the subject of a design review the week of Nov. 4 that should enable repairs to be made in time for a March launch, O3b Chief Executive Steve Collar said Nov. 1.

Collar said that the first four O3b satellites, already in orbit, have not exhibited any further degradation to their performance since mid-September, when a signal anomaly first tipped O3b and manufacturer Thales Alenia Space to a possible problem.

In an interview, Collar said he was nonetheless happy, in retrospect, to have called off the planned late-September launch of the second batch of satellites aboard a Europeanized version of Russia's Soyuz rocket.

Collar said the design review at Thales Alenia Space's Rome facility in all likelihood will validate the proposed repair work. In that case, he said, the satellites' digital timing units could be replaced in time to ship the satellites to Europe's Guiana Space Center, on the northeast coast of South America, by mid-February in view to a March launch.

Collar said that once O3b and Thales Alenia Space have set a firm shipment date, O3b will approach launch services provider Arianespace to set a firm launch date.

The same component issue that delayed O3b has more recently delayed the launch of Europe's Gaia star-mapping science satellite, whose scheduled Nov. 20 liftoff was scrapped.

Gaia managers have said the location of the suspect timing unit on their satellite makes it easy to remove. In O3b's case, the units are much further embedded into the satellites, which was one reason why the spacecraft were returned from the launch site to the Rome manufacturing plant.

Gaia has remained at the spaceport, with its defective timing unit returned to Italy. The repaired unit will be shipped back to the launch base in time for a Dec. 20 launch.

Gaia отправила оба транспондера быстро, купив им билеты бизнес-классом, чтобы не рисковать перевозить в багажном отсеке и не попадать в руки грузчикам :)

http://www.spacenews.com/article/launch-report/39321logjam-at-european-spaceport-puts-arianespace-in-a-ticklish-spot

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But a commercial customer, O3b Networks of Britain's Channel Islands, also has reserved a Soyuz launch slot and is under commercial pressure to put satellites into operation as soon as possible. That makes five payload packages vying for only four Soyuz slots in 2014.
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Sitting quietly in the back of the conference room was O3b Chief Executive Steve Collar. Collar said the satellite timing unit glitch that had forced his late-2013 launch to move to 2014 has been remedied and that the satellites would be ready to launch "within two weeks" once Arianespace gives a launch date. O3b has been tentatively set for a June launch. Collar said he is confident that his launch slot is secure in mid-2014.
While only one batch of O3b satellites has been launched to date, the company is already experienced in defending its launch slots against showcase European government programs. 
One industry official said Arianespace, under its contract with O3b, could be subject to financial penalties if it misses the June slot by more than a few weeks.
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Пуск ожидается в середине августа.

http://www.spacenews.com/article/launch-report/39868ses-leans-on-arianespace-to-give-galileo-launch-slot-to-o3b

ЦитироватьSES Leans on Arianespace To Give Galileo Launch Slot to O3b  
By Peter B. de Selding | Mar. 14, 2014  
 
(http://www.spacenews.com/sites/spacenews.com/files/styles/large/public/images/articles/O3bLaunch_AS4X3.jpg?itok=uc1h62r5) (http://www.spacenews.com/sites/spacenews.com/files/images/articles/O3bLaunch_AS4X3.jpg)
SES says an O3b satellite launch is crucial to the business' health because a defect on the in-orbit spacecraft is at risk of taking one or more of them out of service at any moment. Credit: Arianespace photo
   
WASHINGTON — Satellite fleet operator SES is threatening to cease future dealings with European launch services provider Arianespace unless SES's O3b Networks broadband satellites are given a spring launch slot also coveted by the European Commission for the commission's Galileo spacecraft, industry officials said.
SES, which is the world's second-largest commercial fleet owner, is further saying that a launch before late this year of a second four-pack of O3b satellites — the first four were launched in June 2013 — is crucial to the business' health because a defect on the in-orbit spacecraft is at risk of taking one or more of them out of service at any moment.
O3b began offering commercial services the week of March 10 with its first four satellites, but needs a six-satellite constellation to provide the full suite of fixed and mobile broadband services. A failure of one of the current satellites would shut down the commercial service, creating an urgency at SES and O3b for the second launch.
O3b Chief Executive Steve Collar said the next four satellites, which were pulled from the Arianespace launch manifest last year once the hardware defect became known, will be shipped to Europe's Guiana Space Center, on the northeast coast of South America, by early April.
SES has enlisted the aid of the Luxembourg government to battle the European Commission for priority access to the Europeanized Russian Soyuz launch vehicle ahead of the two Galileo positioning, navigation and timing satellites, which like the O3b spacecraft are behind schedule. 
Commission officials are anxious to get the Galileo system into orbit. Commission Vice President Antonio Tajani has been pressuring the European Space Agency and European industry to assure that six Galileo satellites are launched this year.
One official familiar with the state of the Galileo program said the next two satellites — the first of 22 under construction by a consortium led by OHB AG of Bremen, Germany — would be ready to ship to the spaceport by early April.
The O3b and Galileo passengers are thus expected to arrive at the launch site at about the same time, which will create a nightmare scenario for Evry, France-based Arianespace as it would need to disappoint one of two powerful constituencies.
Luxembourg-based SES has been making eyes at Arianespace competitor Space Exploration Technologies Corp. and its less-costly Falcon 9 rocket and has only one launch currently scheduled on the heavy-lift Ariane 5. But as the owner of a 50-satellilte fleet, SES will be launching three or four satellites per year in the coming years just to maintain its current orbital inventory. In the past two decades it has been one of Arianespace's biggest customers.
While still a startup, a successful O3b would offer Arianespace multiple future launches beyond the two remaining on Arianespace's Soyuz manifest. SES officials have said a successful O3b ultimately could become a constellation of 100 or more satellites if demand develops.
O3b, based in Britain's Channel Islands, is developing a global broadband-delivery network using a constellation of satellites in an unusual 8,000-kilometer equatorial orbit.
SES, which purchased a large equity stake in O3b and was initially skeptical of its promise, has since become convinced that it can become a healthy business. SES's stake in the company gives the Luxembourg operator a path to eventual full control of O3b.
SES Chief Executive Romain Bausch said here March 11 during the Satellite 2014 conference that the first satellites are performing better than planned, delivering 1.6 gigabits per second of throughput per beam compared to 1.2 gigabits originally forecasted.
SES spokesman Yves Feltes on March 12 declined to discuss the O3b anomaly beyond saying the company was determined to get the second group of four satellites launched as quickly as possible.
But an onboard subsystem called the centralized power supply and frequency generator unit on the spacecraft proved defective. One industry official said that the defect does not undermine the day-to-day functioning of the satellites but that the trajectory of the anomaly is not knowable. 
"You can't model when it might overheat, and when the problem might lead to a failure of the satellite," this official said. "It could, in fact, be in a few months, which is why the second group of satellites is so important. The risk to the business if it cannot add four healthy satellites relatively soon is real."
One industry official said that while O3b may not have many options beyond the Europeanized Soyuz, SES has multiple options besides Arianespace to launch its core business of direct-broadcast television satellites.

ЦитироватьSalo пишет:
 http://www.spacenews.com/article/launch-report/39868ses-leans-on-arianespace-to-give-galileo-launch-slot-to-o3b

ЦитироватьSES Leans on Arianespace To Give Galileo Launch Slot to O3b
By Peter B. de Selding | Mar. 14, 2014
 
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Luxembourg-based SES has been making eyes at Arianespace competitor Space Exploration Technologies Corp. and its less-costly Falcon 9 rocket and has only one launch currently scheduled on the heavy-lift Ariane 5. But as the owner of a 50-satellilte fleet, SES will be launching three or four satellites per year in the coming years just to maintain its current orbital inventory. In the past two decades it has been one of Arianespace's biggest customers.....

Вроде получается что СЭС прямо говорит что у Арианспейс появился конкурент, к которому если что они могут обратится, но при этом говорят типа ускоряйтесь и будет у Вас много работы. Я правильно перевел?

http://www.spacenews.com/article/launch-report/40118galileo-delay-could-save-arianespace-from-difficult-decision

ЦитироватьGalileo Delay Could Save Arianespace from Difficult Decision
By Peter B. de Selding | Apr. 4, 2014  
(http://www.spacenews.com/sites/spacenews.com/files/styles/large/public/images/articles/O3bLaunch_AS4X3.jpg) (http://www.spacenews.com/sites/spacenews.com/files/images/articles/O3bLaunch_AS4X3.jpg)  
O3b and SES had asked Arianespace to reserve the June Soyuz launch for four O3b satellites (above, initial launch of O3b satellites). Credit: Arianespace photo

KOUROU, French Guiana — A confrontation between the European Commission and the world's second-largest commercial satellite fleet operator about priority access to a June launch slot appears to have been resolved with delays in the delivery of the commission's spacecraft, government and industry officials said.
As a result, a June slot for a Europeanized Russian Soyuz rocket is all but certain to be given to O3b Networks, a startup broadband satellite operator that badly needs to add to its in-orbit constellation.
Based in Britain's Channel Islands, O3b's biggest shareholder is SES of Luxembourg, one of the biggest customers for European Ariane 5 heavy-lift rockets, which are operated alongside Soyuz and the small-satellite Vega launcher at Europe's spaceport here on the northeast coast of South America.
O3b and SES had asked launch service provider Arianespace to reserve the June Soyuz launch for four O3b satellites. The sooner they were launched, O3b and SES said, the less likely it was that a defect on the current four-satellite constellation would lead to a shutdown of O3b's fledgling commercial business.
But the European Commission, which has become perhaps Arianespace's biggest single customer, was adamant that it wanted three Soyuz launches this year to be able to provide initial services from its Galileo positioning, navigation and timing constellation by late this year or early 2015.
Four Galileo satellites are in orbit. The commission had said that a minimum of 10 were needed to provide initial services, meaning the equivalent of three Soyuz campaigns, each carrying two Galileo satellites.
Both O3b and Galileo are late, having missed launch opportunities in 2013. O3b needed to correct the defect in the first four satellites, discovered only weeks before the second O3b launch. Galileo's first two satellites were delayed when it developed that their antennas would need to be replaced.
But Galileo and O3b have now overcome these problems and, until recently, were both targeting arrivals here sometime in April. That would force Arianespace into a difficult choice.
O3b has said its four satellites are ready for delivery. Arianespace Chief Executive Stephane Israel, briefing reporters here April 4 after the Soyuz launch, confirmed that the O3b spacecraft were packed and ready for shipment from continental Europe as early as the week of April 7.
Two officials said the prime minister of Luxembourg wrote the 20-nation European Space Agency, among others, urging that O3b not be shunted aside because of political pressure from the European Commission to launch Galileo.
ESA Director-General Jean-Jacques Dordain, speaking to reporters here April 3 after the Soyuz launch, said it now appeared that the two Galileo satellites would not be shipped before the first week of May.
It is Arianespace's job to decide launch priority, Dordain said, adding that political pressure from Luxembourg on the one hand and the European Commission on the other is a normal reaction of people defending their home teams.
Dordain also said that Galileo needs only eight satellites in orbit, not 10, to begin initial services. He said he remains committed to delivering six satellites to the spaceport in 2014, but that even if only four of them are launched, ESA can keep its word to the European Commission with respect to the start of Galileo services by early 2015.
Israel declined to say how Arianespace would decide the issue, but stressed that any decision would made only after consulting with ESA, the European Commission and O3b.
Arianespace's past policy has been to accord launch slots on a first-come, first-served basis in cases when satellites miss their initially contracted launch dates.
Arianespace has scheduled three more Soyuz launches in 2014 after the successful first mission April 3. O3b has another four-satellite pack awaiting launch and had hoped for a slot late this year. That is now likely to slip to 2015, industry officials said.
Assuming it secures two launches this year starting in August, the commission's Galileo program has 18 more satellites to launch. Officials said it is possible that O3b and Galileo will be fighting anew next year for the earliest possible Soyuz slot.

Цитироватьanik пишет:
O3b - 27 июня.

ЦитироватьSalo пишет:

Цитироватьanik пишет:
O3b - 27 июня.

Galileo победил? У них вроде май. Даешь больше "Союзов" с Куру, а то ведь передерутся ;) .

Галилео в августе.

ЦитироватьSalo пишет:
Галилео в августе.

Спасибо. Не посмотрел уточненный план.

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/soyuz/vs08/140424shipment/#.U1uEs6L-5eI

ЦитироватьO3b satellites next in Soyuz queue in French Guiana
BY STEPHEN CLARK
SPACEFLIGHT NOW
Posted: April 24, 2014
 
After correcting a defect discovered on four spacecraft already in orbit, Thales Alenia Space has shipped the second group of four O3b Networks Ltd. broadband communications satellites to French Guiana for final launch preparations and fueling ahead of liftoff in June, officials announced Thursday.
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Artist's concept of O3b satellites in orbit. Credit: Thales Alenia Space
 
 The O3b communications satellites are next on the Soyuz launch manifest at the Guiana Space Center in South America, with their arrival at the launch base occurring two weeks before the shipment of Europe's first two fully operational Galileo navigation satellites.
The Galileo satellites are due to be transported to French Guiana on May 7 from the European Space Agency's test center in the Netherlands, according to Mario de Lepine, a spokesperson for Arianespace, which operates the Soyuz launcher from the Guiana Space Center.
The launch of the first two Galileo Full Operational Capability, or FOC, satellites is scheduled for August, de Lepine said.
Although ESA claims the Galileo satellites would be ready for launch before the end of June, officials said Arianespace's decision to launch the O3b satellites first was based on which payload arrived at the launch site first.
The O3b satellites were scheduled for launch in September 2013, and the satellites were already in French Guiana preparing for launch before the four spacecraft were shipped back to the Thales Alenia Space factory in Rome to repair a defect discovered on four identical satellites launched for O3b in June 2013.
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One of the four O3b satellites is loaded into a shipping container at Thales Alenia Space in Rome. Credit: O3b Networks
 
 O3b Networks, based in the Channel Islands, never officially disclosed the specific problem detected on the company's first four satellites. Sources familiar with the glitch said the defect was in the spacecraft's communications system, but they declined to reveal details.
The launch of the second set of four O3b satellites is currently scheduled for around June 27, and an additional four O3b payloads are on track for liftoff on another Soyuz flight in November.
"Our satellites are now on their way to French Guiana and will be launched in late June," said Steve Collar, CEO of O3b Networks, in a press release Thursday. "In the meantime, we continue to roll out our commercial service, bringing up customers on the initial constellation."
O3b's name stands for the "other 3 billion," referring to the number of people beyond the reach of fiber connectivity. The satellites are designed to link customers in developing countries with the global Internet infrastructure from a unique orbit about 5,000 miles, or 8,000 kilometers, over the equator.
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 [SIZE=-2]The O3b satellites depart the Thales Alenia Space factor in Rome. Credit: O3b Networks[/SIZE]
 
 The startup company inaugurated service in March with its current fleet of four satellites. Telecom Cook Islands was the first customer to use the satellite-based broadband service, and Collar said in March that O3b had demonstrated high-speed connectivity on Royal Caribbean's cruise liner Oasis of the Seas.
"The reaction that we have had so far from customers and end users has been spectacular. We have been saying that O3b will deliver 'fiber from the sky' and our customers are now telling us that they are experiencing exactly that," Collar said in a statement. "The combination of high speed and low latency is compelling. We can't wait to get our next four satellites in orbit and to bring more customers and services online."
The company says tests with customers have attained throughput of up to 1.6 gigabits per second and round trip latency below 150 milliseconds, beyond the system's designed capabilities.
Because O3b took the first slot in Arianespace's Soyuz manifest, the launch of the first two Galileo FOC satellites is expected some time in August, officials said.
The Galileo navigation system is a joint project between ESA and the European Commission, the executive body of the European Union.
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 [SIZE=-2]One of the first two Galileo FOC satellites during testing. Credit: ESA[/SIZE]
 
 Arianespace aims to launch four Soyuz rockets from French Guiana this year. One of the missions is already in the books after the successful deployment of Europe's Sentinel 1A satellite in orbit April 3, marking the first launch for the EU's flagship Copernicus Earth observation program.
European officials are pushing to launch six Galileo satellites this year, which may be feasible if Arianespace opts to put four spacecraft on a single Ariane 5 rocket mission at the end of 2014. Officials say the development of a special satellite dispenser to accommodate four Galileo satellites on an Ariane 5 rocket is on track to be ready for launch by December.

Follow Stephen Clark on Twitter: @StephenClark1 (http://www.twitter.com/stephenclark1/).

http://www.o3bnetworks.com/media-centre/press-releases/2014/o3b-satellites-begin-journey-to-le-centre-spatial-guyanais

Цитировать24 April, 2014
O3b satellites begin journey to Le Centre Spatial Guyanais

Company preparing for launch of satellites 5-8 in its constellation
St. John, Jersey, Channel Islands –O3b Networks  announces that its second group of 4 satellites have begun their journey from the Thales Alenia Space facility in Rome to the launch site from Le Centre Spatial Guyanais (CSG) at Kourou in French Guiana.
The company's first 4 satellites, which we were launched in 2013, are operating successfully in orbit. Telecom Cook Islands was the first customer to be brought up on the constellation earlier this year. Many more customers are completing testing and will be turning up commercial service before the next launch.
Tests with customers have attained stunning throughput of up to 1.6Gbps and round trip latency below 150msec. Live interoperability testing reveals that O3b's innovative Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) satellite constellation can support the low latency required for cutting edge 4G/LTE technologies.
Steve Collar, CEO of O3b Networks said:
"Our satellites are now on their way to French Guiana and will be launched in late June. In the meantime, we continue to roll out our commercial service, bringing up customers on the initial constellation."
  "The reaction that we have had so far from customers and end users has been spectacular.   We have been saying that O3b will deliver 'Fiber from the Sky' and our customers are now telling us that they are experiencing exactly that.  The combination of high speed and low latency is compelling.  We can't wait to get our next 4 satellites in orbit and to bring more customers and services on line."

С интересов узнал (http://spaceflightnow.com/soyuz/vs08/140424shipment/#.U1yg21cfMaY), что название O3b означает "other 3 billion", оставшиеся 3 миллиарда, символизирующее число людей в мире без доступа к быстрому (оптика) интернету.

http://www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2014/1162.asp

Цитировать The second cluster of O3b Networks satellites is welcomed in French Guiana for an Arianespace Soyuz launch
 
April 28, 2014 – Soyuz Flight VS08
O3b Networks spacecraft for Arianespace's next launch to help "bridge the digital divide" have been delivered to French Guiana, marking a key step in preparations for this upcoming Soyuz mission fr om the Spaceport.
The four satellites arrived this month aboard a chartered Antonov An-124 cargo jetliner that landed at Félix Eboué Airport near the capital city of Cayenne, and were transferred by road to the Spaceport – wh ere pre-launch processing is to commence.
This next Soyuz mission is designated Flight VS08 in Arianespace's launcher family numbering system, signifying the eighth liftoff of the medium-lift workhorse since its 2011 introduction at French Guiana.
The launch follows Arianespace's June 2013 orbiting of the initial four O3b satellites, which were produced by Thales Alenia Space and provided the first step in O3b Networks' creation of a space-based constellation to deliver telecommunications and Internet services over Asia, Africa, South America, Australia and the Middle East.
 Using the constellation of satellites to be lofted by Arianespace, O3b Networks' strategy is to provide billions of consumers and businesses in nearly 180 countries with low-cost, high-speed, low latency Internet and mobile connectivity.

(http://www.arianespace.com/images/missionup-dates/2014/1162-1.jpg)    
One of O3b Networks' satellites delivered to French Guiana is unloaded in its protective shipping container from the An-124 cargo jetliner.

(http://www.arianespace.com/images/missionup-dates/2014/1162-2.jpg)
All four spacecraft are ready for their convoy from Cayenne's Félix Eboué Airport to the Spaceport.

http://www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2014/1167.asp

ЦитироватьPre-launch processing begins for the O3b Networks satellites to be orbited on Arianespace's upcoming Soyuz flight

May 6, 2014 – Soyuz Flight VS08
The next four satellites to serve O3b Networks in providing emerging market connectivity worldwide have entered their checkout phase at the Spaceport in French Guiana, readying them for launch on an Arianespace Soyuz mission planned for late June/early July.
These spacecraft are now inside the Spaceport's S1B clean room facility, and are being removed fr om the individual shipping containers that protected them during a trans-Atlantic cargo jetliner flight from Europe to the equatorial launch site.
The O3b Networks satellites were produced by Thales Alenia Space, and have a trapezoidal-shaped main body to facilitate their integration on the Soyuz vehicle's payload dispenser system. Outfitted with Ka-band transponders, the four spacecraft are to be positioned after launch at a medium-orbit altitude of 8,062 km.
This upcoming Soyuz mission is designated Flight VS08 in Arianespace's launcher family numbering system, signifying the eighth liftoff of the medium-lift workhorse from the Spaceport since its 2011 introduction at French Guiana.
Arianespace orbited the initial four O3b Networks satellites on another Soyuz mission performed in June 2013. It marked the first step in O3b Networks' creation of a space-based constellation to provide billions of consumers and businesses in nearly 180 countries with low-cost, high-speed, low latency Internet and mobile connectivity – delivering services over Asia, Africa, South America, Australia and the Middle East.
 Soyuz is part of Arianespace's three-member launcher family, which also includes the heavy-lift Ariane 5 and lightweight Vega – which also are operated at the Spaceport.

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One of the four O3b Networks satellites is removed from its shipping container inside the Spaceport's S1B clean room facility,

(http://www.arianespace.com/images/missionup-dates/2014/1167-2.jpg)
wh ere each of these Ku-band spacecraft will be entering their pre-launch processing

Очередная российская ракета-носитель "Союз-СТ" готовится к запуску с космодрома Куру в июле
http://armstass.su/?page=article&aid=127989&cid=25

ЦитироватьБЕРЛИН, 21 мая. (АРМС-ТАСС). Очередная российская ракета-носитель "Союз-СТ" готовится к запуску с космодрома Куру, который запланирован на июль. Всего с космодрома Куру в этом году планируется осуществить четыре запуска ракет "Союз-СТ", первый из которых был успешно осуществлен 4 апреля.

Как сообщил корреспонденту АРМС-ТАСС на международном авиакосмическом салоне ИЛА-2014 заместитель генерального директора "ЦСКБ-Прогресс" Сергей Тюлевин, всего в Гвианском космическом центре в настоящее время имеется две российские ракеты "Союз-СТ". Тюлевин напомнил, что действующим контрактом предусматривается поставка 21 ракеты "Союз" в интересах французского оператора пусковых услуг "Арианспейс", семь из которых уже успешно стартовали с космодрома Куру. В апреле текущего года было подписано допсоглашение к основному контракту на поставку еще семи российских ракет.

Техническими специалистами "Арианспейс" и российской стороны прорабатывается возможность использования различных ракет-носителей семейства "Союз" для выведения существующих на рынке полезных нагрузок. В целом весь опцион включает производство 50 ракет для французского оператора.

http://www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2014/1172.asp

ЦитироватьJuly 10th launch date set for Arianespace's Soyuz mission with O3b Networks' second satellite cluster

June 5, 2014 – Soyuz Flight VS08

Arianespace's next Soyuz flight from the Spaceport in French Guiana – which will loft four O3b Networks satellites to bring connectivity to the "other three billion" people in emerging markets – is now scheduled for July 10.

Liftoff of the Soyuz ST-B launcher is planned for 3:55:56 p.m. local time in French Guiana.

Designated Soyuz Flight VS08 in the company's numbering system, this is the eighth launch of Arianespace's medium-lift vehicle from French Guiana and Soyuz' second mission for O3b Networks – following a June 2013 launch of the company's first four satellites.

Launched into a circular orbit at an altitude of 7,830 km., O3b Networks' second cluster of satellites will join its space-based constellation to deliver low-cost, high-speed, low latency Internet and mobile connectivity services over Asia, Africa, South America, Australia and the Middle East.

Launch window for VS08:

UTC
At 18:55:56 on July 10, 2014

Payload fueling begins for Arianespace's Soyuz flight with the next four O3b Networks satellites
http://www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2014/1174.asp

ЦитироватьThe upcoming Arianespace Soyuz mission for O3b Networks has entered its next phase of preparations, as fueling is now underway in French Guiana with this global satellite service provider's second batch of spacecraft – which will deliver connectivity to emerging markets worldwide.

Fueling of these four satellites, which is taking place inside the Spaceport's S5 payload preparation building, will be completed in separate processes – clearing the way for integration on a dispenser system that will deploy each during Arianespace's July 10 flight with its workhorse Soyuz launcher.

Thales Alenia Space produced the O3b Networks spacecraft, which have a trapezoidal-shaped main body to facilitate their installation on the Soyuz dispenser.  Equipped with Ka-band transponders, the satellites are to be positioned after launch at a medium-orbit altitude of 8,062 km.

O3b Networks' initial four satellites were orbited on another Arianespace Soyuz mission performed in June 2013. It marked the first step in O3b Networks' creation of a space-based constellation to provide billions of consumers and businesses in nearly 180 countries with low-cost, high-speed, low latency Internet and mobile connectivity – delivering services over Asia, Africa, South America, Australia and the Middle East.

The approaching July 10 mission is designated Flight VS08 in Arianespace's launcher family numbering system, signifying the eighth liftoff of the medium-lift Soyuz from the Spaceport since its 2011 introduction at French Guiana.

(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/44451)

«Союз в ГКЦ»: пусковая кампания идет по графику


На комплексе запуска «Союз» в Гвианском космическом центре (Французская Гвиана) продолжаются работы в рамках пусковой кампании ракеты-носителя (РН) «Союз-СТ-Б» с космическим аппаратом (КА) «О3В».

В настоящее время в монтажно-испытательном корпусе специалистами предприятий Роскосмоса проводятся работы по подготовке РН «Союз-СТ-Б» к электрическим и пневмовакуумным испытаниям, а в техническом комплексе сооружения «S3В» ведутся работы по заправке разгонного блока «Фрегат» компонентами ракетного топлива.
В соответствии с графиком пусковой кампании на 19 июня запланировано начало комплексных испытаний систем стартового комплекса (СК) перед вывозом, приемом и установкой ракеты-носителя.

Особенностью СК в Гвианском космическом центре является раздельная транспортировка трех ступеней РН (горизонтально) и космической головной части (вертикально) с последующей сборкой РКН на пусковой установке с использованием мобильной башни обслуживания.
Ракета-носитель «Союз-СТ» — модификация российской трехступенчатой РН «Союз-2» с разгонным блоком (РБ) «Фрегат-МТ» и головным обтекателем (ГО) СТ (ø 4,11 м), адаптированная к условиям запуска из ГКЦ.

Запуск ракеты-носителя «Союз-СТ-Б» с космическим аппаратом «О3В» запланирован на 10 июля с.г.

http://www.federalspace.ru/20697/

http://www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2014/1175.asp

ЦитироватьThe O3b Networks payload "cluster" takes form for Arianespace's upcoming Soyuz launch

June 19, 2014 – Soyuz Flight VS08

Payload integration is underway for the four O3b Networks connectivity satellites to be orbited by Arianespace on its next Soyuz mission, scheduled for liftoff on July 10 from the Spaceport in French Guiana.

This integration involves a step-by-step installation of the spacecraft on a tube-shaped dispenser system, with the activity taking place inside the Spaceport's S5 payload preparation facility.

The dispenser will release O3b Networks' four satellites into a medium-altitude Earth orbit during the mission, enabling these platforms to join the company's initial batch of connectivity spacecraft lofted by Arianespace aboard another Soyuz in June 2013.

Thales Alenia Space produced the Ka-band relay platforms, which have a liftoff mass of approximately 700 kg. each and will create a constellation providing telecommunications and Internet services over Asia, Africa, South America, Australia and the Middle East – combining the global reach of satellite coverage with the speed of a fiber-optic network.

The July 10 flight will be Arianespace's eighth mission from French Guiana with its workhorse medium-lift Soyuz, and carries the VS08 designation in the company's launcher family numbering system.  Soyuz joins Arianespace's other two launchers in service at the Spaceport: the heavy-lift Ariane 5, and lightweight Vega.

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(http://www.arianespace.com/images/missionup-dates/2014/1175-3.jpg)
The second of four O3b Networks satellites to be orbited on Arianespace's upcoming Soyuz mission is integrated on the dispenser system during activity in the Spaceport's S5 payload preparation building.  Soyuz Flight VS08 will be the second performed for O3b Networks.

Fuelling complete
http://www.o3bnetworks.com/additional-pages/blog/fuelling-complete

ЦитироватьIn just two weeks O3b's second set of birds will launch from Kourou, French Guiana. We have successfully completed the fuelling phase of the launch campaign. Satellite FM6 was the last of the four satellites to be fuelled. Now complete, this marks the end of the launch campaign's fuelling phase. The final satellite is now being prepared for mating to the dispenser.

At this end of the week, we will enter the final stretch of the launch campaign, know as the Combined Operations phase (POC).

This phase will take 10 days and consists of moving the satellite / dispenser from the Hazardous Processing Facility (HPF / S5A) to the S3B building on D minus 7 (Launch Day minus 7 days).  Here the satellite / dispenser will be mated to the FREGAT (Soyuz upper stage) and then encapsulated (Fairing Integration) on D minus 5.  The Upper Composite (satellites / dispenser / FREGAT) will then be transferred to the launch pad / ZLS and hoisted on top of the launcher on D minus 3.  After final checkouts, the satellites will be ready to be launched on D0 (Day of Launch).

Stay tuned as we make our descent to the launch pad...July 10, 2014

(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/44700)

http://www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2014/1177.asp

ЦитироватьO3b's satellite cluster receives its orbital "kick" for the upcoming Arianespace Soyuz launch

July 2, 2014 – Soyuz Flight VS08

The next satellite cluster for O3b Networks' affordable, high-speed connectivity system has been mated to its Fregat upper stage in French Guiana, marking one of the final steps in Arianespace's Soyuz launch campaign for a liftoff next week from the Spaceport.

During operations in the Spaceport's S3B payload preparation facility, the four satellites – which previously were integrated on their tube-shaped dispenser system – have been mated atop Soyuz' Fregat upper stage. The highly flexible Fregat stage will perform multiple burns during Arianespace's July 10 flight, deploying the spacecraft into orbit.

This week's mating operation with Fregat will be followed by Soyuz' subsequent rollout to the ELS launch complex near the French Guiana town of Sinnamary, allowing the satellite payload to be installed on the medium-lift workhorse launcher.

The July 10 mission, designated Flight VS08 in Arianespace's launcher family numbering system, will be the eighth with Soyuz since the vehicle's 2011 introduction at the Spaceport – joining the company's heavy-lift Ariane 5 and lightweight Vega.

Flight VS08 will be the second Arianespace mission at the service of O3b Networks, following the orbiting of its initial four satellites with Soyuz in June 2013.

O3b Networks' Ka-band relay platforms will create a satellite constellation for telecommunications and Internet services that combine high speed and affordable costs for billions of people across the world who do not yet have adequate internet access. Thales Alenia Space produced the spacecraft, which have a liftoff mass of approximately 700 kg. each.

Launch window for VS08

UTC
At 18:55:56 on July 10, 2014

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The mating of O3b Networks' four satellites to the Fregat upper stage is shown in this series of photos, beginning with its hoisting inside the Spaceport's S3B payload preparation facility, and their positioning atop Fregat – which is covered by gold-colored thermal insulation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTsRDwdp-Ho (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTsRDwdp-Ho)

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http://www.o3bnetworks.com/additional-pages/blog

Вывоз на старт в понедельник 7 июля

Комплект предупреждений для всех заинтересованных лиц:

ЦитироватьA0209/14 - RESTRICTED AREA SOR4 ACTIVATED. 09 JUL 09:00 2014 UNTIL 20 JUL 20:10 2014. CREATED: 26 JUN 18:01 2014

A0210/14 - DANGEROUS AREA SOD3 ACTIVATED. DAILY:1720-2040, 10 JUL 17:20 2014 UNTIL 20 JUL 20:40 2014. CREATED: 26 JUN 18:01 2014

N0032/14 - TEMPO RESTRICTED AREA ( ROCKET STAGE FALL VS08 ) 0449N04109W, 0500N04109W, 0459N03959W, 0510N03938W, 0447N03938W ACT. MSL - UNL, 10 JUL 00:00 2014 UNTIL 20 JUL 23:59 2014. CREATED: 04 JUL 01:26 201

A0213/14 - TEMPORARY DANGEROUS AREA ACTIVATED DUE TO ROCKET LAUNCHING SOYOUZ ZC/VS08 LATERAL LIMITS AS FOLLOWS QUADRILATERAL: 0526N03938W 0448N03939W 0450N04109W 0529N04108W. AMSL - UNL, DAILY 1720-2040, 10 JUL 17:20 2014 UNTIL 20 JUL 20:40 2014. CREATED: 27 JUN 11:59 2014

A0212/14 - TEMPORARY DANGEROUS AREA ACTIVATED DUE TO ROCKET LAUNCHING SOYOUZ ZB/VS08 LATERAL LIMITS AS FOLLOWS QUADRILATERAL: 0529N04355W 0501N04356W 0503N04512W 0530N04512W. AMSL - UNL, DAILY 1720-2040, 10 JUL 17:20 2014 UNTIL 20 JUL 20:40 2014. CREATED: 27 JUN 10:43 2014

A0211/14 - TEMPORARY DANGEROUS AREA ACTIVATED DUE TO ROCKET LAUNCHING SOYOUZ ZA/VS08 LATERAL LIMITS AS FOLLOWS QUADRILATERAL: 0529N04936W 0515N04935W 0514N05014W 0529N05014W. AMSL - UNL, DAILY 1720-2040, 10 JUL 17:20 2014 UNTIL 20 JUL 20:40 2014. CREATED: 26 JUN 18:01 2014

NAVAREA IV 514/14
 WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
 FRENCH GUIANA.
 ROCKETS.
 1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 1720Z TO 2040Z DAILY
 10 JUL THRU 10 AUG IN AREAS BOUND BY:
 A. 05-29.0N 049-36.0W, 05-15.0N 049-35.0W,
 05-14.0N 050-14.0W, 05-29.0N 050-14.0W. 
 B. 05-29.0N 043-55.0W, 05-01.0N 043-56.0W,
 05-03.0N 045-12.0W, 05-30.0N 045-12.0W.
 C. 05-26.0N 039-38.0W, 04-48.0N 039-39.0W,
 04-50.0N 041-09.0W, 05-29.0N 041-08.0W.
 2. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 1810Z TO 2010Z DAILY
 10 JUL THRU 10 AUG IN AREA BOUND BY
 05-22.0N 052-52.2W, 05-25.9N 052-37.3W,
 05-21.7N 052-31.6W, 05-10.5N 052-38.5W.
 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 102140Z AUG 14.//
 Authority: MARINE GUYANE SOYUZ VS08 131505Z JUN 14.
 Date: 
 Cancel: 10214000 Aug 14

ЦитироватьArianespace ‏@Arianespace · 5 ч.
Photo highlight: #Soyuz (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Soyuz?src=hash) is shown suspended over its launch pad after being raised to the vertical position #VS08 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/VS08?src=hash) pic.twitter.com/T0o9fc4lIa (http://t.co/T0o9fc4lIa)
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 (https://twitter.com/Arianespace/status/486253593713205249/photo/1)

bavv, первое же фото - это Байконуровский "Союз", с Метеором который ;) .

Подготовка к пуску ракеты-носителя «Союз-СТ-Б» с космодрома во Французской Гвиане продолжается
http://www.federalspace.ru/20756/

Цитировать7 июля в Гвианском космическом центре (Французская Гвиана) был осуществлен вывоз ракеты-носителя «Союз-СТ-Б» на стартовый комплекс, решение о котором было принято совместной российско-европейской комиссией.

В соответствии с графиком пусковой кампании к ракете космического назначения была подведена мобильная башня обслуживания, с помощью которой стартовые расчеты предприятий российской космической промышленности продолжили подготовку ракеты-носителя к пуску.

В первый стартовый день специалисты предприятий Роскосмоса и Европейского космического агентства завершили проверку ракеты-носителя «Союз-СТ-Б» перед стыковкой с космической головной частью в составе разгонного блока «Фрегат-МТ» и четырьмя космическими аппаратами «О3В». Затем была выполнена транспортировка космической головной части на стартовый комплекс, и проведена ее механическая стыковка с ракетой-носителем.

Сегодня совместные расчеты приступят к выполнению работ в соответствии с графиком второго стартового дня, в ходе которого запланированы проверки стыковки космической головной части с ракетой-носителем, автономные проверки разгонного блока «Фрегат-МТ», проверки ракеты космического назначения «Союз-СТ-Б» и генеральные испытания.

Пуск ракеты-носителя «Союз-СТ-Б» с космическими аппаратами «О3В» запланирован на 22:55 мск 10 июля 2014 года.

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Пресс-служба Роскосмоса | 08.07.2014, 10:37

ЦитироватьАртём Жаров пишет:
bavv , первое же фото - это Байконуровский "Союз", с Метеором который .

И подпись тоже об этом как бы намекает: "Soyuz Rocket arrives at Launch Pad for Meteor-M Launch on Tuesday"  :)

Flight VS08 / O3b - Soyuz ST-B
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hX5EBrNnZks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hX5EBrNnZks (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hX5EBrNnZks)

http://www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2014/1179.asp

ЦитироватьSoyuz rolls out to the launch zone for Arianespace's July 10 mission at the service of O3b Networks  
 (https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/222757.jpg)Soyuz is shown suspended over the launch pad after being raised to the vertical position by its transporter/erector rail car. At left is the Spaceport's purpose-built mobile gantry, which moves forward to provide a protective environment for integration of the launcher's "upper composite" – containing the Fregat upper stage, the mission's four satellite passengers and the payload fairing.

 July 7, 2014 – Soyuz Flight VS08
The Soyuz for Arianespace's next medium-lift mission has arrived at the launch zone in French Guiana, where it stands ready to receive the four satellite passengers that will join O3b Networks' pioneering high-speed connectivity system.
Applying procedures that have been followed since the workhorse Soyuz launcher inaugurated the space age, the basic three-stage vehicle for Arianespace's July 10 flight emerged this morning fr om its integration building in the Spaceport's northwestern sector.
Soyuz subsequently was moved on a transporter/erector rail car to the ZLS launch zone using the familiar horizontal transfer process – followed by its erection to the vertical orientation and positioning over the launch pad, suspended in place by four large support arms.
With this step completed, all was ready for the purpose-built 53-meter-tall mobile gantry to be moved into position around the launcher, providing a protected environment for installation of the "upper composite" – which consists of the four O3b Networks spacecraft, the Fregat upper stage and the ST-type payload fairing.
Arianespace's July 10 flight is scheduled to lift off precisely at 3:55:56 p.m. local time in French Guiana, with its satellite passengers to be deployed during a flight lasting 2 hrs., 22 min.  Total payload lift performance is estimated at 3,204 kg., which includes a combined mass of approximately 2,800 kg. for the four spacecraft. 
These O3b Networks Ka-band relay platforms – which were produced by Thales Alenia Space – will create a satellite constellation for telecommunications and Internet services that combine high speed and affordable costs for billions of people across the world who do not yet have adequate internet access. 
This week's launch will mark Arianespace's eighth Soyuz mission from the Spaceport since this workhorse vehicle's French Guiana service entry in October 2011, as well as the company's second mission at the service of O3b Networks – following the orbiting of its initial four satellites with Soyuz in June 2013.

Preparations with the Flight VS08 Soyuz launcher's "upper composite" are highlighted in the photo series.

(http://www.arianespace.com/images/missionup-dates/2014/1179-1.jpg)
The vehicle's payload fairing is adorned with a logo for this mission's customer, O3b Networks;

(http://www.arianespace.com/images/missionup-dates/2014/1179-2.jpg)
while the company's four connectivity spacecraft are shown being encapsulated by their protective fairing.

(http://www.arianespace.com/images/missionup-dates/2014/1179-3.jpg)
The upper composite is loaded on a special transporter for transfer to the launch zone – wh ere it will be integrated on Soyuz.

http://www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2014/1180.asp

ЦитироватьO3b Networks' four satellites are integrated on Soyuz for Arianespace's July 10 mission

July 8, 2014 – Soyuz Flight VS08

Arianespace's next medium-lift Soyuz to be launched from French Guiana is now complete following the integration of its "upper composite," made up of four O3b Networks connectivity satellites, their protective payload fairing and the Fregat upper stage.

This activity was performed at the Spaceport's ZLS launch complex near the town of Sinnamary. It began with the upper composite's transfer from the S3B payload preparation facility on a special transporter, and was followed by hoisting to the upper level of a purpose-built mobile gantry – which provides a protected environment for the vertical installation.

Final checkout of the Soyuz launcher is now underway, leading up to the Arianespace liftoff planned on Thursday, July 10 at precisely 03:55:56 p.m. local time in French Guiana. This mission is designated Flight VS08 in the company's numbering system, representing the workhorse Soyuz' eighth flight from French Guiana.

The upcoming launch's payload – four Thales Alenia Space-produced satellites that will join O3b Networks' pioneering high-speed connectivity system – are to be deployed during a flight lasting 2 hrs., 22 min. Equipped with Ka-band transponders, the satellites will be positioned at a medium-orbit altitude of 8,062 km.

Total payload lift performance is estimated at 3,204 kg., including a combined mass of approximately 2,800 kg. for the four spacecraft – which will create a constellation providing telecommunications and Internet services over Asia, Africa, South America, Australia and the Middle East, combining the global reach of satellite coverage with the speed of a fiber-optic network.

Flight VS08 will be the second Arianespace mission at the service of O3b Networks, following the orbiting of its initial four satellites with Soyuz in June 2013.

Launch window for VS08
Moscow, Russia
At 10:55:56 p.m. on July 10, 2014

(http://www.arianespace.com/images/missionup-dates/2014/1180-1.jpg)
Integration of Flight VS08's "upper composite" is shown in these photos from the Spaceport's ZLS launch complex at French Guiana, beginning with its delivery by a special transporter to the mobile gantry that protects Arianespace's Soyuz.

(http://www.arianespace.com/images/missionup-dates/2014/1180-2.jpg)
This composite – composed of O3b Networks' four spacecraft, the Fregat upper stage, plus the protective payload fairing – was then hoisted inside the gantry,

(http://www.arianespace.com/images/missionup-dates/2014/1180-3.jpg)
and installed atop the workhorse medium-lift vehicle in the gantry's upper level to complete its build-up.

http://www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2014/1181.asp

ЦитироватьSoyuz is a "go" for Arianespace's launch to complete O3b Networks' basic satellite network

July 9, 2014 – Soyuz Flight VS08

Arianespace's second Soyuz launch at the service of O3b Networks has been approved for liftoff tomorrow fr om the Spaceport in French Guiana on a flight to complete the basic satellite constellation for this customer's pioneering connectivity service.

The medium-lift mission will loft four relay spacecraft that are to join an initial four orbited by Arianespace on a Soyuz launch in June 2013.  These eight satellites will constitute the network framework to provide fast, flexible and affordable connectivity for O3b Networks customers in emerging markets.

Today's go-ahead for Flight VS08 was given following the readiness review, a regular milestone before every Arianespace mission, which validated the go-status of Soyuz and its satellite payload, along with the Spaceport's launch site infrastructure and the ground stations that will track the mission.

After deployment by Soyuz, the four Thales Alenia Space-produced satellites – each with a liftoff mass of approximately 700 kg. – will be located at a medium-orbit altitude of 8,062 km.

Tomorrow's mission will be the eighth flight by Arianespace's medium-lift Soyuz from the Spaceport, wh ere it was introduced in 2011 to join the company's heavy-lift Ariane 5 and lightweight Vega.

http://www.arianespace.com/images/launch-kits/launch-kit-pdf-eng/VS08-launchkit-GB.pdf

Ребяты!
Надеюсь этот пуск мы увидим?
Или то же запретят трансляцию?

ЦитироватьIva пишет:
Ребяты!
Надеюсь этот пуск мы увидим?
Или то же запретят трансляцию?

Подумайте, прежде чем писать: кто может запретить Arianespace показывать пуск купленной ею ракеты с эксплуатируемого ею космодрома?

Цитироватьanik пишет:

ЦитироватьIva пишет:
Ребяты!
Надеюсь этот пуск мы увидим?
Или то же запретят трансляцию?

Подумайте, прежде чем писать: кто может запретить Arianespace показывать пуск купленной ею ракеты с эксплуатируемого ею космодрома?

Хто-хто, Zolotukhin

ЦитироватьDeso пишет:
Хто-хто, Zolotukhin

"Но как, Холмс?!" (с)

"Элементарно, Ватсон" (Хотя в книгах такой фразы нет) (с) Вчера же этот доктор Мориарти как-то умудрился отобрать у всех присутствовавших на Плесецке телефоны. В этот раз тихоокеанский оптико-волоконный кабель перережет.  "Дьявол — хитрый!.. Хитрый, дьявол!!!" (с)

Цитироватьanik пишет:

ЦитироватьDeso пишет:
Хто-хто, Zolotukhin

"Но как, Холмс?!" (с)

Вежливо. (с)

В предыдущем запуске Союза с куру на нем стояли рокеткамы . Репортаж был отличный . Надеюсь что этот раз то же установят

Цитироватьanik пишет:

ЦитироватьIva пишет:
Ребяты!
Надеюсь этот пуск мы увидим?
Или то же запретят трансляцию?

Подумайте, прежде чем писать: кто может запретить Arianespace показывать пуск купленной ею ракеты с эксплуатируемого ею космодрома?

Думать боюсь! В нашем мире возможно всё!
- на "-5 мин" залепят камеры пластилином - и усё! А я хочу посмотреть! :D

... fueling of the Soyuz launcher is complete

Где ждать трансляции?

тут (http://www.videocorner.tv/videocorner2/live_flv/index.php?langue=en#.U77XFIF_sxg)

- 30 мин

Только заметил - интересно - Soyuz Flight VS08 - т.е. нумерация сквозная, а не привязана к запуску конкретной ПН

- 20 мин

Пошла трансляция

http://www.arianespace.tv/index.htm
http://www.livestream.com/spaceflightnow

(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/46217)

(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/46218) (https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/46219)

- 5 мин

(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/46220)

(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/46221)(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/46222)

- 1 мин

Пошла.

"Подъём" сказал комментатор.

Облака съели зрелище :(

(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/46223)

Есть он-боард камера! Так вот как это смотрится на Союзе...

Сброс ГО

ГО на мультике ""ушёл.

Отделение 2 ст.

(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/46224) (https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/46225)

Тетка жжот глаголом :D

Отделение 3 ст.

3-я ступень отработала

(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/46226)

РКЦ Прогресс на своем уровне

"Союз-СТ" с евроспутниками O3b стартовал из Французской Гвианы
http://ria.ru/space/20140710/1015461965.html

ЦитироватьМОСКВА, 10 июл — РИА Новости. Российская ракета-носитель "Союз-СТ" с четырьмя европейскими спутниками научного назначения O3b запущена c экваториального космодрома Куру (Французская Гвиана), сообщил РИА Новости представитель Роскосмоса.

"Старт состоялся в 22.55 мск. Отделение космических аппаратов будет производиться попарно: первые два спутника — в 02.00 мск, последующие два — в 02.22 мск", — отметил собеседник агентства.

Спутники O3b предназначены для создания новой европейской среднеорбитальной космической системы связи, а также предоставления телекоммуникационных услуг и скоростного доступа в интернет в странах Азии, Африки, Латинской Америки и Ближнего Востока.

Разработанная на базе ракеты "Союз-2" российская ракета-носитель "Союз-СТ" предназначена для обеспечения коммерческих запусков космических аппаратов с космодрома Куру (Французская Гвиана).

Ракета-носитель "Союз-СТ" адаптирована к требованиям Гвианского космического центра в части безопасности (прием телекоманд с Земли на прекращение полета), системы телеизмерений (передатчики, работающие в дециметровом диапазоне с европейской структурой кадра телеметрии) и условий эксплуатации (повышенная влажность, морская транспортировка и другие).

Ракета-носитель "Союз-СТ" оснащена соответствующим международным требованиям головным обтекателем типа СТ, что, в сочетании с использованием разгонного блока "Фрегат-МТ", позволяет обеспечить выведение на орбиту самого широкого спектра полезных нагрузок.

ЦитироватьПалкин пишет:
Есть он-боард камера!

прошлый запуск

Умеют же люди показывать!
А наши, вообще, вернулись в былые времена... :(

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2htW2TbMmNM (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2htW2TbMmNM)

Всё, пошёл спать. :)
Удачи Фрегату.

ЦитироватьМОСКВА, 10 июл — РИА Новости. Российская ракета-носитель "Союз-СТ" с четырьмя европейскими спутниками научного назначения O3b запущена c экваториального космодрома Куру (Французская Гвиана), сообщил РИА Новости представитель Роскосмоса.
"Старт состоялся в 22.55 мск. Отделение космических аппаратов будет производиться попарно: первые два спутника — в 02.00 мск, последующие два — в 02.22 мск", — отметил собеседник агентства.

Что-то у собеседника МИА "Россия сегодня" с математикой все плохо... Отделение аппаратов планируется в 00:56:03 и 01:18:23 ЛМВ... А, ну понятно, собеседник не в ту колонку посмотрел!  :D

... и ни одна ракета не переракетит эту ракету по ракетности!  :D  

ЦитироватьРоссийская ракета-носитель "Союз-СТ" с четырьмя европейскими спутниками научного назначения O3b

:?:

Все спутники отделились!

Народ поздравляет друг друга :-) Ура :-)

Здорово, орбита необычная, и все пучком. Жаль, что мне от этого пуска пользы никакой - O3b не планирует раздавать интернет в розницу, только провайдерам.

TLE выведения от БЦ ИПМ
ftp://ftp.kiam1.rssi.ru/pub/gps/kuru/20140710_o3b/

Ждем 6-го маневра

Ну и отлично
От владельцев КА http://www.o3bnetworks.com/3206

ЦитироватьO3b confirms that its four satellites have been successfully launched from French Guiana.

Le Centre Spatial Guyanais (CSG), Kourou, French Guiana: O3b confirms that its four satellites have been successfully launched from the Space Center in French Guiana.

O3b CEO Steve Collar said: "We are thrilled at the successful launch of our satellites. They will now go through a period of in-orbit testing before being fully integrated into our network as we continue to bring customers up across the world. The exciting O3b journey continues and we are already looking forward to our third launch early next year."

2 phobos24 (http://novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/user/17006/) 6-го маневра не дождались? На СпейсТреке пока только 40079, 40081, 40082

Мои поздравления всем причастным к Союзу, Фрегату и старту в Куру! :D

Слава богу!
Последние три дня подряд - положительные эмоции, хоть и с изрядной долей кислинки!
Репортаж-то был всего один...

Поздравления всем причастным, отличная работа.

ЦитироватьZOOR пишет:
2 phobos24 (http://novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/user/17006/) 6-го маневра не дождались? На СпейсТреке пока только 40079, 40081, 40082

Дождался, только не выложил ночью файлы. Сейчас есть на моем сайте

Причем тут SpaceTrack?

(https://forum.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/file/46228)

Цитироватьphobos24 пишет:
Дождался, только не выложил ночью файлы. Сейчас есть на моем сайте

Спасибо!

Цитироватьphobos24 пишет:
Причем тут SpaceTrack?

Хотел посмотреть орбиту увода там :oops:

Цитировать45-й старт с разгонным блоком «Фрегат»
http://www.laspace.ru/rus/news.php#403

10 июля в 22:55 мск с космодрома Куру во Французской Гвиане был выполнен успешный пуск ракеты-носителя «Союз-СТ-Б» с разгонным блоком (РБ) «Фрегат» производства НПО им. С.А. Лавочкина и четырьмя европейскими спутниками «О3b». Для «Фрегата» это стал 45-й успешный старт.

После штатного отделения головного блока ракеты-носителя РБ «Фрегат» продолжил «буксировку» космических аппаратов. От разгонного блока спутники отделялись попарно: первые два спутника в 02.00 мск, далее РБ прошел активный участок на двигателях малой тяги и в 02.22 мск, в соответствии с циклограммой полета, на целевых орбитах оказались еще два аппарата.

Добавим, что созданный НПО им. С. А. Лавочкина разгонный блок – это автономный робот с искусственным интеллектом, он обеспечивает весь процесс выведения космических аппаратов в соответствии с полетным заданием без вмешательства с Земли. Логика работы Фрегата предусматривает самостоятельное парирование ошибок по точности работы последней ступени ракеты–носителя.

В настоящее время ФГУП «НПО им. С. А. Лавочкина» способно изготавливать и запускать приблизительно 10 разгонных блоков «Фрегат» различной модификации в год. В дальнейшем НПО намерено увеличить производственные мощности изготовления блоков.

Стоит отметить, что в этом году наш разгонный блок отправлялся в космос уже с трех космодромов, один из которых находится в Южной Америке (Куру), второй в пустыне Казахстана (Байконур), а третий самый северный космодром в мире (Плесецк). Каждая из этих стартовых площадок имеет собственные особенности, но уникальность РБ «Фрегат», его универсальность дает возможность участвовать в таких запусках.

В этом году произведено 6 стартов с «Фрегатом», за которые наш разгонный блок доставил на орбиту Земли 15 космических аппаратов!

Поздравляем всех сотрудников НПО им. С. А. Лавочкина с успешным 45–м запуском разгонного блока!

А пресс-служба-то не в курсе, во сколько на самом деле отделились спутники O3b от "Фрегата-МТ"...

На этом пуске были камеры на ракете?

нет, съёмки были с камер с предыдущего пуска, а остальное - мультик.

Очень люблю "Семёрку"... Даёшь 2000-й юбилей!

Мои поздравления всем причастным!!!

А интересно так много импульсов Фрегат часто делал?

Полная запись трансляции:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9c7fCGEeG8

Цитироватьche wi пишет:
Полная запись трансляции:
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9c7fCGEeG8

Вроде как уже удалили.

На канале Arianespace есть 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_BgchaV8WA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_BgchaV8WA)

ЦитироватьВВК пишет:

Цитироватьche wi пишет:
Полная запись трансляции:
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9c7fCGEeG8

Вроде как уже удалили.

И снова перезалили:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_BgchaV8WA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_BgchaV8WA)

Любят они это дело (загружать-удалять-загружать) :) .

Цитироватьnapalm пишет:
На канале Arianespace есть

ЦитироватьАртём Жаров пишет:
И снова перезалили:

Спасибо с удовольствием посмотрел

А что там с FM06 (2014-038B / 40080)? Остальные три уже определены и есть параметры орбит, а этот пока "прячется".

Да кстати. Во время старта отсчет последних секунд велся на французком, а сам момент старта был сказан на русском:  "Подъема"  :) . Мелочь, но приятно. Вежливо очень.

ЦитироватьAleksandras пишет:
а сам момент старта был сказан на русском: "Подъема"

Точнее сперва на русском - "подъём", а потом на французском - décollage.