Echostar 17&MSG-3=Ariane 5ECA(VA207)-06.07.2012 01:36ЛМВ

[Salo]

http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=6114.msg872632#msg872632

According to Air&Cosmos, Flight VA207 is scheduled on 19th june 2012, with satellites Jupiter 1 and MSG-3.

Спасибо, Nicolas! :wink:

[Salo]

http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/jupiter-1.htm

Jupiter 1[/size]


Jupiter 1 [SSL]

Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES) announced in June 2009 that it will launch a next-generation, high throughput satellite called Jupiter 1 in the first quarter 2012 to expand its rapidly growing HughesNet broadband Internet service across North America. Designed to deliver over 100 Gbps throughput, the new Hughes satellite will utilize an enhanced version of the IPoS standard, the world's leading broadband satellite standard approved by ETSI, TIA and ITU.

Employing a multi-spot beam, bent pipe Ka-band architecture, the new geostationary satellite will provide significant additional capacity for HughesNet service in North America . Its capabilities will augment the successful Spaceway 3 satellite system, the world's first with on-board switching and routing, which Hughes put into commercial service in April, 2008. Space Systems/Loral has been selected to manufacture the new Hughes satellite, based on its SSL-1300 platform, which has the proven flexibility for a broad range of applications and is expected to provide service for 15 years or more.

Nation:   USA
Type / Application:   Communication
Operator:   Hughes Network Systems
Contractors:   Space Systems Loral (SSL)
Equipment:   bent-pipe multi-spot beam Ka-band payload
Configuration:   LS-1300
Propulsion:   
Power:   2 deployable solar arrays, batteries
Lifetime:   15 years
Mass:   6100 kg
Orbit:   GEO[/size]

[Salo]

http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/msg-1.htm

MSG 1, 2, 3, 4 (Meteosat 8, 9, 10, 11)[/size]


MSG 1 [Astrium]

MSG (Meteosat Second Generation) features 12 channels enhanced imaging radiometer (SEVIRI) and the Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget (GERB) instrument.

The high performance of the new generation is 4 times better than the other ones on the market and 10 times better than Meteosat of the first generation.

They will ensure the continuity of current services and supply highly significant advances. The transmission rate of images is doubled (one image every 15 minutes) and the number of spectral channels rise from 3 to 12 (including 8 infrared channels), three allowing for access to comprehensive information on atmospheric physics. Spatial resolution is also enhanced: MSG is able to discern details down to 1 kilometer in a visible highresolution channel and 3 kilometers for the other channels. The general concept is derived from the first generation, but the platform and payload are completely new.

The satellites are being renamed to Meteosat when they become operational.Nation:   Europe
Type / Application:   Meteorology
Operator:   ESA, EUMETSAT
Contractors:   Alcatel Space
Equipment:   SERVI, GERB
Configuration:   Spin stabilized
Propulsion:   2 S400
Power:   Solar cells (body mounted), batteries
Lifetime:   
Mass:   2000 kg
Orbit:   GEO[/size]

[Nicolas Pillet]

http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=6114.msg872632#msg872632

According to Air&Cosmos, Flight VA207 is scheduled on 19th june 2012, with satellites Jupiter 1 and MSG-3.

Спасибо, Nicolas! :wink:

Не за что !

[Salo]

http://www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2012/892.asp

Arianespace's mission pace is supported by delivery of the third Ariane 5 for launch in 2012[/size]
March 21, 2012 – Ariane Flight VA207

One of the two large half-shells for Ariane 5's payload fairing is unloaded from the MN Colibri at Pariacabo Port in French Guiana for transportation to the nearby Spaceport.

Elements for the latest Ariane 5 were delivered this week by the MN Colibri, which is one of two sea-going roll-on/roll-off cargo ships used by Arianespace in transporting launchers to its South American base of operations.

Ariane 5's flight in June will orbit EchoStar XVII, a high-throughput satellite built by Space Systems/Loral for Hughes Network Systems, along with the Meteosat Second Generation-3 (MSG-3) meteorological spacecraft, manufactured by Thales Alenia Space for the European Space Agency and Eumetsat (the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites).

Components carried aboard MN Colibri for the Ariane 5 mission included the launcher's main cryogenic stage; its upper composite section – composed of the cryogenic upper stage and vehicle equipment bay; the SYLDA dual-satellite dispenser system, plus related integration hardware; and the payload fairing.

The manufacturers of these launcher elements represent a cross-section of Ariane 5's European industrial team, including Astrium in France, Germany and Madrid; as well as RUAG Space in Switzerland.

Arianespace's flight in June with EchoStar XVII and MSG-3 will be designated VA207, signifying the 207th flight of an Ariane family launcher.  It will be the third Ariane 5 mission in 2012, following the liftoff of VA205 this Friday, March 23, with Europe's third Automated Transfer Vehicle; and the VA206 flight, scheduled for mid-May with Japan's JCSAT-13 broadcasting/communications satellite and the VINASAT-2 telecommunications relay spacecraft for Vietnam.


Three Ariane 5s are now in French Guiana following arrival of the heavy-lift launcher for Arianespace's June launch, which will carry a broadband communications satellite with North American coverage and a European weather observation platform.
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[Salo]

http://www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2012/900.asp

Another weather satellite payload is readied for launch by Arianespace[/size]

April 16, 2012 – Ariane Flight VA207

Europe's latest second-generation meteorological spacecraft has arrived at the Spaceport, where it is being readied for Arianespace's June 19 dual-payload Ariane 5 mission from French Guiana.

The Meteosat Second Generation-3 (MSG-3) satellite touched down at Cayenne's Rochambeau/F

[Salo]

http://www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2012/902.asp

Assembly begins for the third Ariane 5 to be launched in 2012[/size]

  April 23, 2012 – Ariane Flight VA207

The Ariane 5 for Arianespace's third heavy-lift mission of 2012 is now taking shape at the Spaceport, using procedures that have become routine with this workhorse vehicle's operations from French Guiana.

During activity inside the Spaceport's Launcher Integration Building, the core cryogenic stage was removed from its protective shipping container and raised into position over one of two operational mobile launch tables available for Ariane 5.  

The pair of solid propellant boosters was then anchored to the launch table on each side of the core stage this weekend, readying them for mating to complete the vehicle's initial assembly step.  

This Ariane 5 will be used on a flight scheduled for June 19 with Europe's Meteosat Second Generation-3 (MSG-3) weather satellite for the European Space Agency and EUMETSAT (the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites); along with  the EchoStar XVII high-throughput telecommunications platform for Hughes Network Systems.


Ariane 5's core cryogenic stage is lifted from its protective shipping container


and raised over the mobile launch table in the Launcher Integration Building.


the first of two solid propellant boosters rolls out for its rendezvous and mating with the core stage.[/size]

[Salo]

http://www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2012/904.asp

Ariane 5 is provided its "brains" and the "kick" for Arianespace's third mission of 2012[/size]

April 27, 2012 – Ariane Flight VA207

Initial build-up of the Ariane 5 for Arianespace's third heavy-lift mission in 2012 has reached a new milestone with integration of the "upper composite" – composed of its ESC-A cryogenic upper stage and the vehicle equipment bay that functions as the launcher's "brains."

The activity was performed this week in the Spaceport's Launcher Integration Building at French Guiana, where the upper composite was installed as a single unit atop Ariane 5's core cryogenic stage.  

Power for the ESC-A is provided by an HM-7B engine, whose reliability has been proven during years of service on Ariane 5 and with the predecessor Ariane 4 launcher series.  Located above the upper stage is Ariane 5's vehicle equipment bay, containing the launcher's onboard computers, inertial guidance units, sequencing electronics, power supplies and telemetry equipment.

When the assembled Ariane 5 completes its current check-out phase, it will be ready for transfer to the Spaceport's Final Assembly Building, where it will be equipped with the mission's dual-satellite payload: the Meteosat Second Generation-3 (MSG-3) weather satellite for EUMETSAT (the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites); and the EchoStar XVII high-throughput telecommunications platform for Hughes Network Systems.

Liftoff of this mission is scheduled for June 19.   It will follow Arianespace's May 15 launch of another Ariane 5, which currently is in the Spaceport's Final Assembly Building awaiting integration of the mission's JCSAT-13 and VINASAT-2 telecommunications satellites.


  Ariane 5's "upper composite" is raised inside the Launcher Integration Building



 and is moved into position for installation atop the vehicle's core cryogenic stage (center and right).[/size]

[Salo]

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/tracking/index.html

June 19     Ariane 5  •  EchoStar 17 & MSG 3
Launch window: 2133-2201 GMT (5:33-6:01 p.m. EDT)
Launch site: ELA-3, Kourou, French Guiana[/size]

[Salo]

Мартовский снимок:
http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMYAS7YBZG_index_0.html

   
MSG-3 satellite

[Salo]

http://www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2012/907.asp

EchoStar XVII comes to French Guiana for a dual-payload Arianespace flight in June with Ariane 5[/size]

May 11, 2012 – Ariane Flight VA207

The initial passenger for Arianespace's third Ariane 5 mission of 2012 is now in French Guiana for a heavy-lift launch scheduled for June 19 from the Spaceport.

A chartered An-124 cargo jetliner arrived this week at Cayenne's Rochambeau/F

[Salo]

http://www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2012/912.asp

Europe's MSG-3 weather satellite is prepared for the next Arianespace Ariane 5 mission[/size]

May 21, 2012 – Ariane Flight VA207

The Meteosat Second Generation-3 (MSG-3) spacecraft for Arianespace's upcoming dual-passenger Ariane 5 mission is undergoing pre-launch processing at the Spaceport for a June 19 liftoff with the EchoStar XVII broadband services relay satellite.

Validations performed with MSG-3 in the Spaceport's S5 payload preparation facility include checkout of the satellite's solar panels, which are installed on eight curved panels around the exterior of this 3.2-meter diameter, spin-stabilized spacecraft.

MSG-3 will be the ninth Meteosat-series weather satellite launched by Ariane vehicles from French Guiana since 1981, and is the no. 3 spacecraft in the second-generation series – following the initial two orbited by Arianespace in August 2002 and December 2005.  They are the result of a joint undertaking of the European Space Agency and EUMETSAT (the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites).

With a liftoff mass of approximately 2,000 kg., MSG-3 will operate in geostationary orbit after its deployment by Ariane 5, providing highly detailed imagery of Europe, the North Atlantic and Africa for use by meteorologists and national weather forecasters.

The satellite's primary instrument is the Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infra-red Imager (SEVIRI), which builds images of the Earth's surface and atmosphere in 12 different wavelengths once every 15 minutes.  Four of the 12 SEVIRI channels look at sunlight reflected from the Earth's surface and clouds, while the remaining eight are designed to monitor thermal infrared wavelengths.

Also carried on MSG-3 is the Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget (GERB) instrument for measurements of radiation originating on Earth from the Sun.  The payload is completed by a communications package for the rebroadcast of EUMETSAT data to end users' ground stations, as well as a search and rescue transponder for the international Cospas-Sarsat program.

MSG-3 was produced by an industry consortium led by Thales Alenia Space.

The launch of MSG-3 and its EchoStar XVII co-passenger will be on Arianespace's third heavy-lift flight with Ariane 5 in 2012.  It follows the May 15 launch of two telecommunications satellites for Asia: JCSAT-13 and VINASAT-2; and the March 23 liftoff with Europe's third Automated Transfer Vehicle for servicing of the International Space Station.[/size]

[PIN]

19го крайне маловероятно. Скорее, на первые числа июля "переползет".

[Salo]

Спасибо! :wink:
http://www.spacenews.com/satellite_telecom/120525-echostar17-launch-delay.html

Fri, 25 May, 2012
EchoStar 17 Launch Delay Could Be Brief[/size]
By Peter B. de Selding

    PARIS — The launch of the EchoStar 17 Ka-band broadband satellite, formerly called Jupiter, has been delayed for an undetermined amount of time to give manufacturer Space Systems/Loral time to make last-minute checks on the spacecraft, industry officials said.

    EchoStar 17 had been set for a June 19 launch aboard a European Ariane 5 rocket. Europe's MSG-3 geostationary-orbiting meteorological satellite will be a co-passenger on the same rocket.

    Industry officials said that, as of May 25, there were indications that the issue could resolve itself in time for a late-June launch from Europe's Guiana Space Center in French Guiana, on South America's northeast coast.

    EchoStar 17 will be used to expand Hughes Network Systems' HughesNet consumer satellite broadband service in the United States. It is one of a new generation of high-throughput satellites and is capable of generating some 140 gigabits per second of throughput, much like the Loral-built ViaSat-1 satellite that Hughes' competitor, ViaSat, has been operating since January.[/size]

[Salo]

http://www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2012/913.asp

The third Ariane 5 for launch this year was moved out from this integration building on May 30, and is shown during its subsequent transfer to the Final Assembly Building in the photo at right.[/size]

[instml]

Arianespace Launch VA207; Ariane 5 ECA – EchoStar XVII - MSG-3: Liftoff rescheduled for the night of Thursday 5 to Friday 6 July 2012

Evry, June 11, 2012

In order to allow one of its customers to perform complementary checks on its payload, Arianespace has rescheduled the launch of EchoStar XVII and MSG-3.

Liftoff of the Ariane 5 ECA launcher is now set for the night of Thursday 5 July, as early as possible in the following launch window:

From 06:36 p.m. to 07:05 p.m. in Kourou, on Thursday 5 July,
From 05:36 p.m. to 06:05 p.m. in Washington DC, on Thursday 5 July,
From 09:36 p.m. to 10:05 p.m. UTC, on Thursday 5 July,
From 11:36 p.m. to 12:05 a.m. in Paris and Darmstadt, on the night of Thursday 5 to Friday 6 July.

http://www.arianespace.com/news-press-release/2012/6-11-2012-VA207-launch-date.asp

В светлое время суток пускать собираются?

[PIN]

Не конец июня уже, никак. Или начало июля, или осень...

[Salo]

http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMF5Y7X73H_index_0.html

Launch date of MSG-3 reset to 5 July 2012[/size]
 
12 June 2012
PR 16 2012 Arianespace has announced that the launch date of the MSG-3 satellite from the European Spaceport in Kourou, originally foreseen for 19 June, has been reset to the evening of the 5 July 2012.
 
The delay is due to additional checks that were made on the EchoStar 17 telecommunication satellite, which is to be launched together with MSG-3 on the Ariane 5 ECA launcher.

MSG-3 has successfully passed a series of tests scheduled by ESA and industry and is ready to be fuelled.

The launch of MSG-3 will secure continuity of observations from geostationary orbit 36,000 km from Earth. This service, currently provided by Meteosat-9 and the ageing Meteosat-8, launched in August 2002, is vital to ensure the safety of lives, property and infrastructure, particularly in situations of severe weather. The launch of MSG-3 is timed for the smooth transition from Meteosat-8, which has greatly exceeded its expected lifetime.

The MSG satellite series is the result of the successful cooperation model with the European Space Agency (ESA), which develops the satellites according to EUMETSAT's requirements and procures recurrent units on the latter's behalf from the European space industry. All MSG satellites are manufactured by a European consortium led by Thales Alenia Space.[/size]

[PIN]

На позапрошлой неделе снимал тренировку MSG3.
Осталось еще 2 или 3 (если считать Dress Rehearsal) и, можно считать, формально готовы к LEOP. Фактически - давно готовы

[Salo]

http://www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2012/916.asp

Fueling begins with Europe's MSG-3 satellite payload for the next Ariane 5 launch[/size]
June 19, 2012 – Ariane Flight VA207

Europe's MSG-3 meteorological satellite is being fueled at the Spaceport in French Guiana as preparations continue for launch on Arianespace's upcoming Ariane 5 mission – which is scheduled for liftoff on July 5, along with the EchoStar XVII telecommunications relay platform as its co-passenger.

During activity in the Spaceport's S5 payload preparation facility this week, MSG-3's tanks are being loaded with MMH (monomethylhydrazine) fuel and MON (mixed oxides of nitrogen) oxidizer for the satellite's bi-propellant propulsion system.

The loading of MON is performed first, conducted by specialized personnel in suits called the SCAPE (Self Contained Atmospheric Protective Ensemble).  MSG-3's two oxidizer tanks are filled with 601.5 kg. of MON during a two-day period.

Arianespace's launch of MSG-3 on its next dual-payload Ariane 5 mission will ensure continuity of satellite-based weather observations from geostationary orbit at 36,000 km. above the Earth.  The spacecraft is to be operated by EUMETSAT (the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites).

MSG-3 will be the no. 3 spacecraft in Europe's second-generation MSG series – following the two previously orbited by Arianespace: MSG-1 in August 2002 (which was re-designated Meteosat-8 when it became operational); and MSG-2 in December 2005 (renamed Meteosat-9 upon reaching operational service).  

Ariane 5's orbiting of MSG-3 is timed for a smooth transition from Meteosat-8, which has greatly exceeded its expected in-orbit lifetime.

The MSG satellite series results from a successful cooperation in which the European Space Agency develops these satellites according to EUMETSAT's requirements and procures recurrent units on the latter's behalf from Europe's space industry.  EUMETSAT has responsibility for defining the payload to meet user needs, procuring the launchers and ground segment, and operating the system.

All MSG-series satellites are produced by a Thales Alenia Space-led European consortium.


 Loading of MON (mixed oxides of nitrogen) for MSG-3's bi-propellant system is shown in the S5B integration and fueling hall of the Spaceport's S5 payload preparation facility.[/size]