Galileo-FOC FM01(Doresa), FM02(Milena)– Союз-STБ/Фрегат-МТ(VS09)– Куру ELS – 22.08.2014 12:27 UTC

[che wi]

с форума nsf

[Salo]

http://www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2014/1196.asp

Soyuz is in the launch zone for its August 21 mission to loft the first two Galileo FOC satellites
 
  August 18, 2014 – Soyuz Flight VS09
Arianespace's medium-lift workhorse is "standing tall" in French Guiana – and ready for its Galileo payload – following Soyuz' transfer at the vehicle's dedicated Spaceport launch complex today.

With the rollout and vertical positioning of the basic three-stage vehicle over the launch pad, Arianespace's Soyuz marked another step toward its August 21 mission to deploy the first two FOC (Full Operational Capability) satellites for Europe's Galileo space-based navigation system.
In procedures that have become familiar in French Guiana, Soyuz was moved via a transport/erector rail car in a horizontal-transfer process fr om the MIK launcher assembly facility to the Soyuz launch zone. Once over the launch pad in the Spaceport's northwestern sector, Soyuz was erected into a vertical orientation, wh ere it is suspended by four large support arms.
With this step complete the mobile gantry was moved into position over the launcher, providing protection for the subsequent installation of Soyuz' "upper composite" – including the Galileo spacecraft and their dispenser system, the Fregat upper stage and payload fairing.
The Galileo program will create a European-operated navigation system providing highly accurate global positioning services through a constellation of 27 operational satellites and three reserves. The European Commission is funding and executing the FOC phase, with the European Space Agency designated as the system's development and sourcing agent.
As the latest launch in Galileo's deployment, Thursday's Flight VS09 – which is Arianespace's ninth Soyuz mission from the Spaceport – is scheduled for liftoff at precisely 9:31:14 a.m. local time in French Guiana. Soyuz previously orbited four Galileo IOV (In-Orbit Validation) spacecraft in pairs on missions in 2011 and 2012, as well as two GIOVE (Galileo In-Orbit Validation Element) satellites on flights operated by Arianespace's Starsem affiliate in 2005 and 2008.

Launch window for Soyuz Flight VS09
Moscow, Russia
16:31:14
August 21, 2014


The photo shows the basic three-stage Soyuz being transferred by rail in a horizontal position from the MIK assembly facility to the launch zone/


The medium-lift workhorse has been raised into a vertical orientation as the mobile gantry – which provides protection during the "upper composite's" integration – is moved into position.


 In separate activity at the Spaceport's S3B facility, the Galileo mission logos have been applied to the payload fairing – which encapsulates this mission's two-satellite payload and their dispenser system.

[che wi]

Soyuz is in the launch zone for its August 21 mission

Liftoff is scheduled for Thursday, August 21, 2014 at exactly:

09:31:14 am local time in French Guiana
08:31:14 am in Washington, D.C.
12 31:14 pm UTC
02:31:14 pm in Paris
04:31:14 pm in Moscow

Follow the launch LIVE on Internet: http://www.arianespace.tv/

[Salo]

http://www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2014/1197.asp

Soyuz is completed for Arianespace's mission to deploy Galileo's first FOC satellites
 
  August 19, 2014 – Soyuz Flight VS09
"Doresa" and "Milena" – the first two Galileo FOC (Full Operational Capability) satellites – are ready for their ride to orbit this week, as preparations for Arianespace's Soyuz Flight VS09 move into the final stages.
The pair of Galileo satellites and their dispenser system have now been integrated atop the three-stage Soyuz with installation of the medium-lift workhorse vehicle's "upper composite," which also includes the protective payload fairing and the Fregat upper stage.
This activity – which occurred inside the purpose-built mobile gantry at the Soyuz launch complex in French Guiana – follows the upper composite's transfer on a special transporter fr om the separate S3B payload preparation facility.
These steps complete Arianespace's Soyuz launcher build-up for its August 21 mission, allowing final checkout to commence in preparation for a scheduled liftoff at precisely 9:31:14 a.m. local time in French Guiana on Thursday.
With a liftoff mass of 730 kg. each and a design life of 12 years or more, Doresa and Milena – named for children who won a European Commission-painting contest – are the first in a series of satellites for Galileo's FOC phase, which Arianespace will continue to deploy with its workhorse Soyuz and Ariane 5 vehicles.
Galileo's FOC phase is managed and funded by the European Commission, which delegated the European Space Agency as the program's design and procurement agent on its behalf. Doresa and Milena were built by FOC prime contractor OHB System in Bremen, Germany, with the spacecraft's navigation payloads provided by the UK's Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd.
The Galileo program will offer a civilian-controlled satellite navigation system operated by Europe, becoming another cornerstone in global satellite navigation, while also being interoperable with the U.S. GPS and Russian Glonass systems.
With a constellation of 30 satellites at full deployment, Galileo will determine accurate locations for most places on Earth and – as a result of its overall doubling of available satellites and the spacecraft's positions in orbits at greater inclination to the equatorial plane than GPS – provide better coverage at high latitudes, including Northern Europe.
 
 Launch window for Soyuz Flight VS09
 Moscow, Russia
16:31:14
August 21, 2014


The Galileo satellites' integration with Soyuz is shown in this series of photos, beginning with the upper composite's transfer to the dedicated launch complex in French Guiana for this medium-lift launcher.


The upper composite is hoisted inside the mobile gantry,


wh ere it is integrated with Soyuz to complete the launcher build-up for Arianespace's Flight VS09.


 A view from inside the mobile gantry at its base shows Soyuz' first-stage boosters in the foreground, while the upper composite – including the two Galileo satellites, their dispenser system and protective fairing, as well as the Fregat upper stage – is in the background ready to be hoisted for its installation.

[Space Alien]

Завтра старт российской ракеты-носителя «Союз-СТ» из Гвианского космического центра


В соответствии с графиком работ сегодня в Гвианском космическом центре (Французская Гвиана) завершающий предстартовый день подготовки к пуску ракеты-носителя (РН) «Союз-СТ-Б» с разгонным блоком (РБ) «Фрегат-МТ» и двумя европейскими космическими аппаратами (КА) «Галилео FOC».

Расчёты ФГУП «ЦЭНКИ» готовят системы и агрегаты технологического оборудования стартового комплекса для заправки ракеты-носителя «Союз-СТ-Б» компонентами топлива.

Накануне совместные расчёты российских специалистов и иностранного заказчика запуска выполнили все необходимые автономные проверки разгонного блока, ракеты-носителя, космических аппаратов и провели генеральные испытания перед пуском. Проводится анализ телеметрической информации, полученной в ходе испытаний и проверок.

Пуск РН «Союз-СТ-Б» с РБ «Фрегат-МТ» и двумя европейскими КА «Галилео FOC» запланирован на 16:31 мск 21 августа.

http://www.federalspace.ru/20856/

[Salo]

http://www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2014/1198.asp

Arianespace's Soyuz is ready for its mission to deploy the first fully-operational Galileo spacecraft

August 20, 2014 – Soyuz Flight VS09
All is set for the final countdown to tomorrow's Arianespace Soyuz Flight VS09, which will loft "Doresa" and "Milena" – the initial two FOC (Full Operational Capability) satellites in Europe's Galileo navigation system – from French Guiana.

The ninth Soyuz launch conducted at the Spaceport was given its go-ahead today with a dual-satellite payload, which is named after children that won a European Commission-organized painting contest.  Applying the procedures used prior to every Arianespace mission, the "green light" for Flight VS09 follows a comprehensive launch readiness review to validate the status of Soyuz and its satellite payload, along with the Spaceport's launch site infrastructure and the ground stations that will track this mission.
This approval clears the way for an August 21 morning liftoff, scheduled precisely at 9:31:14 a.m. local time in French Guiana.
Following its liftoff, Soyuz will perform a mission of nearly three hours and 48 minutes to deploy Doresa and Milena. This includes a powered phase of Soyuz' lower three stages lasting approximately nine minutes.  Following a phased separation, the Fregat upper stage will then perform two burns, the first of approximately 13 minutes in duration, and then – after a three-plus-hour ballistic phase – a second burn of some five minutes to reach the targeted separation point for Doresa and Milena.
Designated Flight VS09 in Arianespace's numbering system, this mission marks the company's latest step in support of Galileo's deployment. Previously, Arianespace's medium-lift workhorse Soyuz vehicle orbited four Galileo IOV (In-Orbit Validation) spacecraft from French Guiana – with the first two lofted on Flight VS01 in October 2011 and two more launched on October 2012's Flight VS03. Soyuz also carried two GIOVE (Galileo In-Orbit Validation Element) satellites on separate flights operated by its Starsem affiliate from Kazakhstan's Baikonur Cosmodrome in 2005 and 2008.
 The European-operated Galileo navigation system will provide highly accurate global positioning services under civilian control.  The program's FOC phase is funded by the European Commission, with the European Space Agency designated as the system's development and sourcing agent. Prime contractor for these FOC satellites is OHB System of Germany and the spacecraft's navigation payloads are supplied by UK-based Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd.

[Diver]

Запоздалые фото с вывоза от меня) 

[Diver]

Собственно все по местам. Готовность 8 часов приняли.

[napalm]

Кто бросил кирзу на пульт евроценты на рельсы? 

[Diver]

Пуск перенесен на сутки по метеорологическим условиям по требованию европейской стороны.

[Space Alien]

Пресс-релиз Роскосмоса о переносе:

Запуск космических аппаратов «Галилео FOC» из Гвианского космического центра перенесён на сутки

В связи с неблагоприятными метеоусловиями в районе Гвианского космического центра (Французская Гвиана) по просьбе заказчика запуска пуск ракеты-носителя «Союз-СТ-Б» с разгонным блоком «Фрегат-МТ» и двумя европейскими космическими аппаратами «Галилео FOC» перенесён на резервную дату – 22 августа 2014 года в 16:27:11 мск.

http://www.federalspace.ru/20859/

[phobos24]

Погода подсказывает, что пускать будем в субботу. На дачу охота...

[napalm]

Я в сб без этих ваших интернетов.. ай ай ай    Удачи заранее!

[PIN]

Мда, тоже что-то подсказывает, что у субботы больше шансов

[Anatoly Zak]

Арианспейс теперь говорит, что погода достаточно улучшилась для пуска в пятницу:

A favorable trend in weather conditions is forecasted for tomorrow over the Guiana Space Center, Europe's Spaceport. Therefore, Arianespace has decided to restart the countdown for Flight VS09, which will be performed using a Soyuz ST-B launch vehicle.

Удачи!

[Diver]

Да ну вас! Вторую ночь подряд гонять на работу! Сегодня надо пускать!

[Александр Ч.]

Зак сообщает в 3 ночи 22авг:

#Arianespace: #Soyuz is go for launch with a pair of #Galileo FOC birds tomorrow at 8:27 a.m. Eastern from #Kourou: http://t.co/o6UnE0kZFC

[che wi]

На arianespace.tv время начала трансляции по данному пуску указано 22 августа в 1207UTC, так что (пока) ждём сегодня.

[PIN]

che wi пишет:
Зак сообщает в 3 ночи 22авг:

Только если поменять плоскость, в которую выводить

[Iva]

Ребяты!
Так, когда пуск?
И где можно посмотреть?