Intelsat 20, HYLAS 2=Ariane 5ECA (VA208)- 3.08.12 00:54 ЛМВ

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Ariane 5 на стартовом столе:



http://www.flickr.com/photos/pkpro/sets/72157630636368264/with/7696458976/

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

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Улетела! :wink:

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Есть отделение ТТУ!

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Есть сброс ГО!

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Есть отделение ЦБ!

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Есть запуск МД верхней ступени!

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Видео 6:13

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Есть отделение Intelsat 20!

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Есть отделение Hylas 2!

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Торжественная часть. :wink:

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С космодрома Куру во французской Гвиане стартовала ракета "Ариан-5" с двумя телекоммуникационными спутниками[/size]

Французская компания "Арианспейс" осуществила в четверг с космодрома Куру во Французской Гвиане запуск ракеты тяжелого класса "Ариан-5" с двумя космическими аппаратами на борту. Это четвертый в текущем году запуск данной ракеты-носителя, общая масса полезного груза которой составила 10,2 тонны.

"Ариан-5" выводит на геостационарную орбиту высотой около 36 тыс километров два телекоммуникационных спутника: "Интелсат-20" массой более 6 тонн и HYLAS-2 массой порядка 3,3 тонны. Первый аппарат предназначен для передачи на территории Европы, России, Ближнего Востока и Азии сигнала станций теле- и радиовещания. Он заменит собой спутники "Интелсат-7" и "Интелсат-10", запущенные соответственно в 1998 и 2001 годах. Расчетный ресурс работы "Интелсат-20" составляет 24 года.

Задача второго аппарата, который будет находиться в распоряжении компании "Аванти коммьюникейшнс", - обеспечить высокоскоростным интернетом жителей Восточной Европы и Северной Африки. HYLAS-2 должен проработать на орбите более 15 лет.

Этот запуск "Ариан-5" является 208-м по счету запуском ракеты типа "Ариан". Впервые носители данного типа были отправлены в космос в 1979 году.

http://www.itar-tass.com/c19/487350.html

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Поздравляю!

Ракета-носитель Ariane 5 в 50-й раз подряд вывела спутники на орбиту[/size]

Ракета-носитель Ariane 5 европейского космического концерна Arianespace в ночь на пятницу в 50-й раз подряд успешно вывела два спутника на орбиту, говорится в сообщении на сайте концерна.

Пуск был осуществлен с космодрома "Куру" во Французской Гвиане в четверг по местному времени (ночь на пятницу мск).

Как отмечается в сообщении, всего ракета-носитель за 50 пусков вывела на орбиту более 434 тонн полезного груза, в том числе телекоммуникационные и метеорологические гражданские спутники, разведывательные военные спутники, а также космические грузовики с провизией и оборудованием для МКС.

На сей раз на орбиту были выведены два телекоммуникационных спутника: Intelsat 20 и HYLAS 2.

Ariane 5 - одноразовая европейская ракета-носитель семейства Ariane, предназначена для выведения полезной нагрузки на низкую опорную орбиту или геопереходную орбиту. Производится Европейским космическим агентством (ЕКА), основной подрядчик - European Astrium Space Transportation. Запуски ракеты происходят с космодрома Куру во Французской Гвиане. "Ариан-5" является основной ракетой-носителем ЕКА.

http://ria.ru/science/20120803/715496531.html

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разведывательные военные спутники

http://ria.ru/science/20120803/715496531.html

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какие военные разведывательные спутники выводили Арианой?

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Helios 2A, Helios 2B.

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http://www.arianespace.com/news-press-release/2012/va208-success.asp

Arianespace launch a success: Ariane 5 ECA orbits INTELSAT 20 and HYLAS 2 satellites[/size]

Kourou, August 2, 2012

On Thursday, August 2, 2012, Arianespace successfully launched two communications satellites: INTELSAT 20 for the international satellite operator Intelsat, and HYLAS 2 for the European operator Avanti.

50th successful launch in a row

Today's successful mission, the 50th in a row for the European launcher, once again proves the reliability and availability of the Ariane 5 launch system. It also confirms that Arianespace continues to set the global standard, guaranteeing independent access to space for all customers, including national and international space agencies, private operators and governments.

Arianespace's latest successful mission, the fourth Ariane 5 launch in 2012, also further confirms the system's operational capabilities. Ariane 5 is the only commercial satellite launcher now on the market capable of simultaneously launching two payloads and handling a complete range of missions, from launches of commercial satellites into geostationary orbit, to dedicated launches into special orbits.

Record payload
 
The 64th Ariane 5 launch set a new record for payload mass injected into geostationary transfer order. It carried a total payload of 10,182 kg, including 9,405 kg for the two satellites INTELSAT 20 and HYLAS 2, which were released into their targeted orbits.

Loyal customers

Arianespace offers the launch services that best match the demanding requirements of leading operators worldwide.

INTELSAT 20 will join the large fleet of satellites already deployed by this major international operator. Arianespace has worked with Intelsat in a relationship of mutual trust for nearly 30 years, launching some 53 satellites in all, including 40 over the last 20 years.

HYLAS 2 is the second satellite to be launched for the new European operator Avanti, which also called on Arianespace to launch its first satellite, HYLAS 1, in November 2010.

INTELSAT 20/HYLAS 2 mission at a glance

The mission was carried out by an Ariane 5 ECA launcher from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. Liftoff was on Thursday, August 2, 2012 at 5:54 pm local time in Kourou (4:54 pm in Washington, D.C., 20:54 UT, 10:54 pm in Paris, and on Friday, August 3 at 5:54 am in Tokyo).

INTELSAT 20 will provide a broad range of video, telephone and data transmission services for Europe, the Middle East, Russia and Asia. A very powerful satellite built by Space Systems/Loral of the United States using its 1300 platform, INTELSAT 20 weighed 6,094 kg at launch. It will enable Intelsat to extend its global C and Ku-band coverage. INTELSAT 20 has a design life exceeding 18 years.

HYLAS 2, equipped with 24 Ka-band transponders, will provide high-speed broadband services across all of Europe, eastern Africa, South Africa and the Middle East. It was built by Orbital Sciences Corporation using a Star-2 platform and weighed 3,311 kg at launch. HYLAS 2 has a design life exceeding 15 years.[/size]

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http://www.arianespace.com/news-press-release/2012/8-2-2012.asp

Arianespace: 50 successful Ariane 5 launches in a row!
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Kourou, August 2, 2012

With 50 successful launches in a row, Ariane 5 clearly sets the standard in space transportation for all customers, whether national or international agencies, governments or private industry. Above all, Ariane 5 guarantees independent access to space for Europe, and is in fact one of the most eloquent examples of the ongoing construction of Europe.

Birth of a giant

It was back in 1977, even before the first launch of Ariane 1, that the idea emerged for a heavy-lift version of the European launcher. The concept was submitted to French space agency CNES in 1979, with the aim of developing a launcher that could carry 5,500 kg into geostationary transfer orbit (GTO), to keep pace with the trend towards larger and larger satellites. In 1985, at the instigation of France, represented by Hubert Curien, the ministerial conference in Rome approved the development of a version with a payload capacity of 6,800 kg.

The program was confirmed two years later at the ESA conference in The Hague, and led to a first Ariane 5 launch in 1996. In the meantime, however, satellites continued to grow, and in 1999 Europe's space ministers, meeting at a conference in Brussels, approved the development of Ariane 5 ECA, capable of placing 9,500 kg into GTO. This version is now the flagship launch vehicle for Arianespace, which has just carried out the 50th successful Ariane 5 launch in a row.

A technological and industrial success

For more than 25 years the Ariane 5 program has been a powerful lever of technological development in Europe. Now built under the responsibility of prime contractor Astrium, Ariane 5 incorporates state-of-the-art technologies and systems.

Safran's Space Engines division in Vernon, west of Paris, and partners throughout Europe have risen to the daunting challenge of designing, developing and building a reliable high-pressure cryogenic rocket propulsion systems. The Safran-led team includes Astrium in Germany, Avio in Italy and Volvo in Sweden, to name just a few.

At Les Mureaux, near Paris, Astrium has teamed up with Air Liquide to create an assembly line for the cryogenic propellant tanks, stretching 5 meters in diameter. They are immediately integrated to form the main stage, which is then shipped via boat to the launch site in French Guiana.

Manufacture of the solid boosters starts in Augsburg, Germany at MT Aerospace, which makes the metallic cylindrical sections for these stages. Production continues at Avio in Italy, then shifts to French Guiana, where a plant produces the solid propellant for the solid rocket motors. The composite nozzle made in Bordeaux is then fitted to these motors, with equipment from Sabca of Belgium.

The fairings for the launcher are produced by Ruag Space in Zurich, Switzerland. Stretching up to 17 meters tall, these are now the largest fairings on the market, designed to house today's largest satellites as well as the ATV cargo vessel for the International Space Station.

The launch facilities at the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana have also evolved over time to welcome this exceptional launcher and meet growing demand. These facilities are designed to support several launch preparation campaigns at the same time, since they include two mobile launch tables and several satellite preparation buildings, operated in particular by the company Clemessy. These buildings are considered the most modern in the world, and are one of Arianespace's main competitive advantages.

A business success admired worldwide

Arianespace has been the world's leading launch services company for over 30 years, orbiting more than half of all commercial satellites. This success in the commercial market has fostered the conditions needed to support a high launch rate, thus guaranteeing the long-term viability of the European launcher industry, and independent access to space for Europe.

In less than ten years, 50 Ariane 5 launchers have successfully orbited 90 main payloads (80 into geostationary transfer orbit, 10 into low Earth orbit) and ten auxiliary payloads, with a cumulated weight exceeding 400 tons. While three-fourths of these satellites are for telecommunications services, Ariane 5 is designed to handle a complete range of launch missions, and it has also orbited a number of weather, defense and scientific satellites. In addition, Ariane 5 has already carried out three launches of the 20-ton ATV, which ferries supplies to the International Space Station.

Every year, Arianespace signs more than half of all satellite launch contracts in the open international market. Arianespace currently has a backlog of launch orders from 28 customers, equal to three years of business. For Ariane 5, this translates into a total of 19 launches, already scheduled in the coming years, ensuring continued access to space for Europe, and an enviable workload for its space industry.[/size]

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http://www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2012/935.asp

Arianespace makes history by orbiting Intelsat 20 and HYLAS 2 on Ariane 5's 50th consecutive success[/size]



August 2, 2012 – Ariane Flight VA208

Arianespace's mission that orbited the Intelsat 20 and HYLAS 2 satellites today marked the milestone 50th consecutive success for its Ariane 5 heavy-lift launcher, confirming this vehicle's role as the launch services industry reference in reliability, flexibility and performance.

With the deployment of its latest two passengers during a flight of 34 minutes from the Spaceport in French Guiana, Ariane 5's combined lift performance in the 50 straight successes totals more than 434,000 kg., delivering payloads to geostationary transfer orbit, low Earth orbit, Sun-synchronous polar orbit and Earth escape trajectories.

Payloads carried by Ariane 5 have included civilian and defense telecommunications satellites, TV broadcast relay platforms, resupply vessels for the International Space Station, civilian and military Earth observation systems, meteorology and environmental spacecraft and deep-space exploration probes; along with auxiliary and piggyback payloads for scientific and industrial experiments, defense early warning, electronic intelligence (ELINT) and climate research.

Recognizing those who contribute to Ariane 5's success

In post-launch comments from the Spaceport, Arianespace Chairman & CEO Jean-Yves Le Gall paid homage to all who contribute to Ariane 5's successes, from the mission personnel in Europe and the launch teams in French Guiana to Europe's industrial suppliers, as well as the European Space Agency and France's CNES space agency – which have played key roles in the launcher's development and operation.

"Thanks to all you in Europe and French Guiana, Ariane 5 is something that works...works very well...and will continue to work for a long time," he added.  "Following tonight's launch, and with all of the contracts we've signed since the start of this year, our order book effectively covers no less than 19 firm Ariane 5 launches, which guarantees us more than three years of activity.  Therefore, thank you and bravo to everyone!"

The numbers from Ariane 5's unbroken string of 50 mission successes are impressive.

In its most frequent role as the launcher of choice for telecommunications and TV broadcast satellite operators and manufacturers worldwide, Ariane 5 has delivered platforms with a total equivalent relay capacity of well over 3,200 transponders, channels and beams for both civil and military users.

The largest payload lofted by Ariane 5 is Europe's Automated Transfer Vehicle for servicing of the International Space Station, with the heaviest of the three orbited so far weighing more than 19,700 kg.; while the smallest were piggyback satellites such as Spain's Nanosat, with had a liftoff mass of less than 20 kg.

Le Gall said today's mission also was historic from another aspect, as its lift performance of nearly 10.2 metric tons beat the world's record for total mass launched to geostationary transfer orbit.  "We captured the previous record last year with just over 10 tons, and this demonstrates the pertinence of our improvement strategy, which – step-by-step – enables us to increase the capacity of our launcher while retaining its extraordinary reliability."

Intelsat 20 was installed as the upper payload on this latest Ariane 5 launch, and was released first during the mission at 28 minutes into the flight.  Built for international satellite operator Intelsat by Space Systems/Loral of Palo Alto, California based on its 1300-series platform, Intelsat 20 weighed approximately 6,090 kg. at liftoff, and is configured with Ku-band, C-band and Ka-band transponders.  Intended to replace the Intelsat 7 and Intelsat 10 satellites in orbit, Intelsat 20 is to provide video, telephone and data transmission services for Europe, Africa, Russia, Asia and the Middle East.      

Two key customers on Ariane 5's milestone mission

According to Le Gall, today marks the 53rd time Intelsat has placed its confidence in Arianespace's launch services.  "In fact, more than one payload in six launched by Ariane vehicles from the beginning have been for Intelsat," he continued.  "This proves, more than any words, the quality and intensity of our relationship.  And with a satellite as powerful as Intelsat 20, built by Space Systems/Loral, we are certain that Intelsat will be able to respond to the growing demands of its customers – in particular for the African continent."

The HYLAS 2 satellite orbited by Ariane 5 on today's flight was deployed 34 minutes after liftoff, and will be used by European satellite operator Avanti Communications.  Produced by Orbital Sciences Corporation of Dulles, Virginia using the Star 2.4E platform, HYLAS 2 is equipped with Ka-band transponders for data capacity offered to telecommunications, enterprise and government customers in Europe, the Middle East and portions of Africa.

Le Gall, who put on a special hat with the 50th success logo for Ariane 5, noted that Arianespace also orbited Avanti Communications' first satellite – HYLAS 1 – on an Ariane 5 mission in 2010.  "We are very proud that to have been chosen by Avanti in contributing to the development of very high-speed data services," he added.

For today's 64th mission of an Ariane 5 – and the 208th flight overall of an Ariane family vehicle – the heavy-lift launcher's estimated orbital parameters at the injection of its cryogenic upper stage were:
- Perigee: 249.9 km. for a target of 249.5 km.
- Apogee: 35,960 km. for a target of 35,934 km.
- Inclination: 5.99 deg. for a target of 6.00 deg.

Following this success – the fourth for Ariane 5 in 2012 – Arianespace's mission pace will continue with its next two flights announced for September: the September 21 launch of another Ariane 5 from the Spaceport with the Astra 2F and GSAT-10 telecommunications relay platforms; and the September 17 mission of a Soyuz from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, performed by Arianespace's Starsem affiliate and carrying Eumetsat's MetOp-B meteorological satellite.



Lifting off from the Spaceport, Arianespace's heavy-lift Ariane 5 begins its 50th consecutive successful mission to deploy the Intelsat 20 and HYLAS 2 satellites.[/size]

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IS-20 Mission Update
20 August 2012

IS-20 Payload in-orbit test is ongoing as per schedule. Testing of Ku-band Europe/Africa Beam has been completed and testing of Ku-band Europe/ME beam has begun.

http://www.intelsat.com/