Alphasat I-XL, Insat-3D - Ariane 5ECA (VA214) - Куру ELA-3 - 25.07.2013 19:54 UTC

[fagot]

G.K. пишет:
Пара вопросов к этой новости:
1. Чёрная проставка- это и есть тот объект, который отделяется при пуске Ариан-5? (силда)
2. Что за белая "прокладка" между ГО и проставкой?

Если правильно понял, о чем вы спрашиваете, то на фотографии, если идти снизу вверх, видны следующие элементы: верхняя часть приборного отсека РН, на ней установлен стандартный переходной конус, на нем - адаптер КА с Инсатом. Сильда видна внутри обтекателя как черный цилиндр с конической нижней юбкой. На Сильде в верхней части обтекателя стоит Альфасат.

[Salo]

http://www.isro.org/insat-3d/pdf/insat-3d-brochure.pdf

[Space Alien]

Arianespace's heavy-lift Ariane 5 flight is cleared for launch with Alphasat and INSAT-3D

The third Arianespace Ariane 5 flight in 2013 has been given the "go" for its liftoff on Thursday following today's successful launch readiness review, conducted at the Spaceport in French Guiana.

This milestone – which is held prior to each Arianespace mission – confirms that the heavy-lift workhorse launch vehicle and its payload are flight-ready, along with the Spaceport's infrastructure and the network of downrange tracking stations.

With the "green light" given, Ariane 5 is now cleared for its rollout tomorrow fr om the Final Assembly Building to the ELA-3 launch zone, wh ere it will be readied for liftoff on July 25 during a 1-hour, 18-minute launch window that opens at 4:53 p.m. local time in French Guiana.

The payload lift performance for Arianespace's latest Ariane 5 flight is set at 9,760 kg., which includes a combined total of some 8,770 kg. for the two satellite passengers – Europe's Alphasat and the Indian INSAT-3D – as well as the launcher's SYLDA dual-passenger dispenser system and satellite integration hardware.

To be deployed first during the 32-minute flight sequence, Alphasat is Europe's largest telecommunications satellite ever built – configured with an advanced, new generation L-band geo-mobile communications relay system that will augment Inmarsat's Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) service, enabling increased-capacity communications across Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East.

Alphasat is the result of a public-private partnership with ESA and Inmarsat, evolved under ESA's Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems (ARTES) program. It represents the first flight model of Europe's new Alphabus high capacity satellite platform, and will operate from a 25 deg. East orbital slot.

Located below Alphasat in the launch vehicle payload "stack" is the mission's lower passenger, India's INSAT-3D – which was developed by the country's Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) space agency with its ISRO Space Applications Centre to provide enhanced meteorological observation and the monitoring of land/ocean surfaces.

Planned for operation from an 82 deg. East orbital position, INSAT-3D is equipped with a six-channel imager and 19-channel sounder, and carries caries a data relay transponder along with a payload to assist in satellite-aided search and rescue operations.

http://www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2013/1071.asp

[Salo]

http://www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2013/1072.asp

Ariane 5 is in the launch zone for Arianespace's heavy-lift mission with Alphasat and INSAT-3D
 
July 24, 2013 – Ariane Flight VA214

Arianespace's Ariane 5 mission with the Alphasat and INSAT-3D satellites is on track for liftoff tomorrow following the workhorse heavy-lift vehicle's rollout to the Spaceport's ELA-3 launch complex in French Guiana.
 Mounted on the first of two large mobile launch tables in service for Ariane 5, the vehicle emerged from its Final Assembly Building this morning at 11:10 a.m. local time and arrived on the pad 40 minutes later – covering the distance at a speed of approximately 3 km./hr.
The launcher has India's INSAT-3D satellite installed in the lower position of its payload "stack," with Europe's Alphasat as the upper passenger.
The launch window opens at 4:53 p.m. and continues until 6:11 p.m. After liftoff, the flight sequence will last nearly 33 minutes, with Alphasat deployed at just under 28 minutes after launch, followed by the separation of INSAT-3D five minutes later.
Alphasat is Europe's largest telecommunications satellite ever manufactured and results from a large-scale public-private partnership between the European Space Agency (ESA) and Inmarsat. Built by prime contractor Astrium, it is the first flight model of Europe's Alphabus high-capacity satellite platform, configured with a new-generation L-band geo-mobile mobile communication relay system and four technology demonstration payloads for ESA.
INSAT-3D was developed by India's Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) space agency and its ISRO Space Applications Centre, designed to provide meteorological observation and monitoring of land/ocean surfaces. The satellite is equipped with a six-channel imager and 19-channel sounder, as well as a data relay transponder and a payload for satellite-aided search and rescue operations.
 Tomorrow' mission – designated Flight VA214 in Arianespace's launcher family numbering system – will be the 214th launch since operations began with the Ariane series of vehicles in 1979, as well as the 70th flight for the heavy-lift Ariane 5 version.


The Ariane 5 with Alphasat and INSAT-3D nears its final location on the launch pad to complete this morning's rollout at the Spaceport.

[Mark]

Очень длинный и дороги транспорт носителя Ариане-5-214 в картинках.
 
http://01081.retail4.c4pserver.de/_blog/2013/07/25/rumfahrt---vorbereitung-fuer-ariane-v-214-start-am-25juli-2013/

[Space Alien]

Window for Alphasat launch now opens 1 minute later at 19:54 UT (21:54 CEST)

[G.K.]

Такой вопрос к сообществу: оба спутника этого пуска привезли в контейнере горизонтально. Тогда начиная с какого момента спутники начинают "бояться" вертикализации?

[m-s Gelezniak]

G.K. пишет:
Такой вопрос к сообществу: оба спутника этого пуска привезли в контейнере горизонтально. Тогда начиная с какого момента спутники начинают "бояться" вертикализации?

Покa их не "возьмут" зa aдaптор. В большенстве случев, они (aдaпторы), сaмое слaбое звено при "консольных" нaгрузкaх.

[Salo]

G.K. пишет:
Тогда начиная с какого момента спутники начинают "бояться" вертикализации?

После заправки вестимо.

[Salo]

Трансляция будет тут
http://www.arianespace.tv/

[G.K.]

Пошла!

[G.K.]

Отделение ускорителей.

[G.K.]

Сброс ГО

[G.K.]

Отделение ступени.

[azeast]

С мобильного не могу отслеживать процесс запуска. Все ОК?

[G.K.]

Первый пошёл..

[G.K.]

Проставка...

[G.K.]

Второй пошёл.

[Salo]

http://www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2013/1075.asp

Arianespace's heavy-lift Ariane 5 mission orbits key payloads for Europe and India

July 25, 2013 – Ariane Flight VA214

Today's 70th launch of Arianespace's heavy-lift launcher orbited Europe's largest ever telecommunications satellite, Alphasat, and India's latest meteorological spacecraft, INSAT-3D, on the third Ariane 5 mission of 2013.

The workhorse vehicle lifted off exactly on schedule at 4:54 p.m. local time from the Spaceport's ELA-3 launch zone in French Guiana for a nearly 33-minute flight, which marked the launcher's 56th consecutive successful mission.

This daylight launch provided an excellent view of the flight's initial trajectory, as the Ariane 5 began its vertical ascent, then rotated East – arching over the Spaceport's main base area as it progressed downrange.  The flight path was visible between a scattered cloud layers, and the clear meteorological conditions enabled an excellent view of the launch's first phase – including separation of the two solid propellant boosters at an altitude of 67 km.

Ariane 5 delivered a total lift performance of 9,760 kg., which included a combined total of some 8,770 kg. for the mission's two passengers, in addition to the SYLDA dispenser system and hardware in Arianespace's dual-payload "stack."

Deployed first in the flight sequence nearly 28 minutes after liftoff, Alphasat is configured with a new-generation L-band geo-mobile communications relay system that will provide voice and data transmission services across Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

Alphasat results from a public-private partnership between the European Space Agency (ESA) and operator Inmarsat, and was evolved from ESA's Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems (ARTES) program. This spacecraft is the first for Europe's new Alphabus platform, jointly developed by Astrium and Thales Alenia Space.

With a liftoff mass of 6,650 kg., Alphasat was one of the heaviest passengers carried in the upper position of Ariane 5's payload "stack."

Some five minutes after Alphasat's deployment, Ariane 5 completed its mission with the successful separation of INSAT-3D, which will provide enhanced meteorological observation and monitoring of land/ocean surfaces. The satellite carries a six-channel imager and 19-channel sounder, as well as a data relay transponder for satellite-aided search and rescue operations.

INSAT-3D is adapted from India's I-2K spacecraft bus and was developed by the nation's Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) space agency with its ISRO Space Applications Centre.

Alphasat is the eighth payload launched by Arianespace for Inmarsat, while INSAT-3D is the 16th ISRO spacecraft the company has orbited – a partnership that dates back to the third Ariane 1 flight in 1981.

Designated Ariane Flight VA214 in the company's numbering system – this mission represented the 214th launch since operations began with the Ariane series of vehicles at the near-equatorial French Guiana launch site in 1979.

To date, Arianespace has lofted 18 payloads in 2013 on six missions across its entire launcher family: the heavy-lift Ariane 5, medium-lift Soyuz and lightweight Vega. This is composed of three Ariane 5 launches, and one mission each of Soyuz and Vega from the Spaceport. In addition, Arianespace's Starsem affiliate conducted a Soyuz flight from Baikonur Cosmodrome.

Arianespace's next launch is scheduled for August 29, using an Ariane 5 to orbit the Eutelsat 25B/Es'hail-1 for Es'hailSat and Eutelsat, along with GSAT-7 for the Indian Space Research Organisation.


Ariane 5 is shown in the ELA-3 launch zone prior to its liftoff on a successful flight that orbited Alphasat and INSAT-3D.

[Salo]