EchoStar XVIII, BRIsat - Ariane 5 ECA (VA230) - Куру ELA-3 - 18.06.2016 21:38 UTC

[ZOOR]

Pirat5 пишет:
(Это будет самая тяжелая несекретная полезная нагрузка когда-либо доставленная на geostationary орбиту.)

Все же на geostationary transfer orbit

[Salo]

http://www.arianespace.com/mission-update/the-go-ahead-is-given-for-arianespaces-ariane-5-mission-with-echostar-xviii-and-brisat/

Jun 6, 2016
The go-ahead is given for Arianespace's Ariane 5 mission with Echostar XVIII and BRIsat

The placement of decals on Ariane 5's payload fairing for Flight VA230 is shown in this photo series. At left, the Echostar XVIII and DISH logos are positioned on the fairing's upper section, followed by the BRIsat logo under it (at right).

Arianespace's next Ariane 5 flight has been approved for liftoff on June 8 following today's successful launch readiness review, which was conducted at the Spaceport in French Guiana.

One of the BRIsat satellite team members adds a personal touch to Ariane 5's protective payload fairing.
 
This key milestone – held prior to each Arianespace mission – confirmed that the heavy-lift launcher and its dual-satellite payload are flight-ready, along with the Spaceport's infrastructure and the network of downrange tracking stations.
With the readiness review completed, Ariane 5 has been authorized for its rollout tomorrow fr om the Spaceport's Final Assembly Building to the ELA-3 launch zone – wh ere this vehicle will be readied for liftoff on Wednesday, during a 45-min. launch window opening at 5:30 p.m. local time in French Guiana.
Ariane 5 will deliver a lift performance of approximately 10,730 kg. during the mission – designated Flight VA230 – with this total factoring in the Echostar XVIII and BRIsat satellite passengers, plus the workhorse vehicle's dual-payload deployment system and integration hardware.
 

Ariane 5: delivering a dual-satellite payload to orbit

To be released first during the 42-min. flight sequence, Echostar XVIII is the mission's upper passenger, and it is to be orbited for operator DISH Network L.L.C. The spacecraft features a high-power multi-spot beam in the Ku-band to assure the highest levels of ongoing service to DISH customers in the contiguous United States, Alaska and Hawaii.
Located below Echostar XVIII in the launcher's dual payload arrangement is the mission's lower passenger, BRIsat. Once in orbit, it will serve PT. Bank Rakyat Indonesia (Persero) Tbk. (BRI), the country's oldest and most profitable bank, providing enhanced secure banking communications for more than 10,600 operational branches, some 237,000 electronic channel outlets and nearly 53 million customers across the Indonesian archipelago.
Both EchoStar XVIII and BRIsat were built by U.S.-based SSL (Space Systems Loral), and are to be deployed into geostationary transfer orbit on the June 8 launch with Arianespace's workhorse Ariane 5.
         
DISH website: www.dish.com/
PT. Bank Rakyat Indonesia (Persero) Tbk. website: www.bri.co.id/
SSL website: www.sslmda.com/

[tnt22]

Запуск отложен. Дата пуска будет определена позже.
https://twitter.com/Arianespace

Arianespace ‏@Arianespace 7 мин.7 минут назад
 
Arianespace Flight VA230: EchoStar XVIII and BRIsat: launch delayed. Read the press release:

Arianespace Flight VA230: EchoStar XVIII and BRIsat: launch delayed                         
                            During the preparations for the roll-out of the Ariane 5 ECA launcher for Flight VA230, an anomaly occurred on a fluid connector between the cryogenic upper stage and the launch table.                        
As a result, Arianespace has decided to postpone the Flight VA230 launch, initially scheduled for June 8, 2016, in order to replace this component and perform the subsequent verifications.
The launch vehicle and its EchoStar XVIII and BRIsat satellite payloads are being maintained in fully safe conditions and in stand-by mode.
The new targeted launch date will be announced very soon.

(http://www.arianespace.com/press-release/arianespace-flight-va230-echostar-xviii-and-brisat-launch-delayed/)

[Pirat5]

Эпидемия!
Delta-Heavy, Intelsat 31, Союз-МС, PSLV Cartosat...
Хоть бы Маск не подвёл, что ли...

[vogel]

Flight VA230 – EchoStar XVIII and BRIsat: New targeted date for launch: June 16, 2016
Replacement operations for the fluid connector between the cryogenic upper stage and launch table have begun, along with associated checks.

The new targeted launch date is Thursday, June 16, 2016, as soon as possible within the following window:

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• 5:30 p.m. to 6:15 p.m., local time in French Guiana,
• 4:30 p.m. to 5:15 p.m., in Washington, D.C,
• 20:30  to 21:15, UTC,
• 22:30 to 23:15, in Paris, France.
  

The Ariane 5 launch vehicle and its EchoStar XVIII and BRIsat satellite payloads are being maintained in fully safe conditions and in stand-by mode.

http://www.arianespace.com/press-release/flight-va230-echostar-xviii-and-brisat-new-targeted-date-for-launch-june-16-2016/


Пуск пока планируется на 16 июня. 

[Salo]

http://www.arianespace.com/mission-update/ariane-5-is-approved-for-this-weeks-flight-from-the-spaceport-with-echostar-xviii-and-brisat/

Jun 14, 2016
Ariane 5 is approved for this week's flight fr om the Spaceport with Echostar XVIII and BRIsat

Arianespace's next Ariane 5 flight has been authorized for liftoff on June 16 following today's launch readiness review, which was conducted at the Spaceport in French Guiana.                  

This milestone confirmed that the heavy-lift launcher and its dual-satellite payload are flight-ready, along with the Spaceport's infrastructure and the network of downrange tracking stations.
With the approval granted, Ariane 5 is cleared for tomorrow's rollout fr om the Final Assembly Building to the ELA-3 launch zone – wh ere it will be readied for liftoff on June 16 during a 1-hour, 10-minute launch window that opens at 5:30 p.m. local time in French Guiana.
The mission is designated Flight VA230 in Arianespace's launcher family numbering system, notating the 230th Ariane launch since this series of European-built vehicles began operation in 1979. It also will be the 86th flight of an Ariane 5 from French Guiana, wh ere the vehicle is operated alongside Arianespace's medium-lift Soyuz and lightweight Vega.

 

Another dual-passenger deployment for Ariane 5

EchoStar XVIII is the mission's upper passenger, and it is to be orbited for operator DISH Network L.L.C. The spacecraft features a high-power multi-spot beam in the Ku-band to assure the highest levels of ongoing service to DISH customers in the contiguous United States, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and Cuba.
Joining EchoStar XVIII on Arianespace's next mission is BRIsat – a milestone payload for P.T. Bank Rakyat Indonesia (Persero) Tbk. (BRI). As the world's first dedicated banking communications satellite, it will provide enhanced secure banking communications for more than 10,600 operational branches, as well as to some 237,000 electronic channel outlets and nearly 53 million customers across the Indonesian archipelago.
Both the EchoStar XVIII and BRIsat relay platforms were built by U.S.-based SSL (Space Systems Loral), and are to be delivered by Ariane 5 into geostationary transfer orbit.
 

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• Learn more about Arianespace Flight VA230 by reviewing the launch kit:
  Ariane Flight VA230    PDF / 3 MB
  

DISH website: www.dish.com/
PT. Bank Rakyat Indonesia (Persero) Tbk. website: www.bri.co.id/
SSL website: www.sslmda.com/

[Salo]

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[Salo]

http://ria.ru/science/20160616/1448436697.html

Старт ракеты-носителя Ariane-5 с космодрома Куру отложен на сутки

МОСКВА, 16 июн — РИА Новости. Старт ракеты-носителя Ariane-5 с космодрома Куру во Французской Гвиане, запланированный на 16 июня, отложен на сутки после возникновения "аномалии" в верхней секции устройства, говорится в сообщении компании-оператора космодрома Arianespace.
Ракета-носитель Ariane-5 должна была стартовать с космодрома Куру 8 июня, однако пуск ракеты был отложен на восемь дней из-за обнаружения неисправности, "касающейся коннектора между верхней криогенной ступенью и стартовым столом".
В среду, как отмечается в заявлении Arianespace, при транспортировки Ariane-5 "возникла аномалия в разъемном соединении верхней секции ракеты-носителя". Пуск был отложен "для замены оборудования и проведения необходимых проверок". Предполагается, что старт состоится 17 июня в период с 17.30 по 18.40 по местному времени (23.30 пятницы — 00.40 субботы мск).
На борту ракеты-носителя находятся два спутника — американский EchoStar XVIII и предназначающийся для Индонезии BRIsat. Отложенный запуск ракеты должен был стать 230-м в истории ракеты-носителя Ariane. Спутники, в свою очередь, должны были стать соответственно 533-м и 534-м запущенными компанией Arianespace.
Ariane-5 — европейская ракета-носитель, предназначенная для выведения грузов на низкую околоземную орбиту Земли. Запуски Ariane-5 производятся с космодрома Куру во Французской Гвиане. На разработку Ariane-5 было потрачено около 10 лет и 7 миллиардов долларов.

[Salo]

http://www.arianespace.com/mission-update/ariane-5-is-in-the-launch-zone-for-tomorrows-heavy-lift-arianespace-mission/

Jun 16, 2016
Ariane 5 is in the launch zone for tomorrow's heavy-lift Arianespace mission

Flight VA230's Ariane 5 nears the ELA-3 launch pad during today's rollout at the Spaceport.

Arianespace has delivered another Ariane 5 to the launch zone at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana, positioning this workhorse vehicle for its June 17 liftoff with a dual-satellite payload of EchoStar XVIII and BRIsat.
                            
Riding atop a mobile launch table, Ariane 5 was transferred to the ELA-3 launch zone fr om the Spaceport's Final Assembly Building – wh ere its two passengers had been integrated as part of pre-flight preparations.
With the rollout completed, the final countdown will begin for a Friday liftoff at the start of a 1-hour, 10-minute launch window that opens at 5:30 p.m. local time in French Guiana.
For this 86th flight of an Ariane 5 to date, the payload lift performance to geostationary transfer orbit is approximately 10,730 kg. – which includes a combined total of some 9,840 kg. for EchoStar XVIII and BRIsat, plus the launch vehicle's dual-passenger dispenser system and satellite integration hardware.
EchoStar XVIII – which was produced by SSL (Space Systems Loral) for DISH Network L.L.C. – is riding in the upper position of Ariane 5's payload arrangement, to be released first in the flight sequence at 29 minutes following liftoff.
BRIsat also was built by SSL and will be deployed from Ariane 5's lower passenger position 42 minutes into the flight – completing the mission. Once in orbit, it is to be operated by PT. Bank Rakyat Indonesia (Persero) Tbk. (BRI).
         
DISH website: www.dish.com
PT. Bank Rakyat Indonesia (Persero) Tbk. website: www.bri.co.id
SSL website: www.sslmda.com

[Pirat5]

Постер:

Live coverage: Two U.S.-built satellites ready for Ariane 5 launch

[Pirat5]

22:49  Launch statistics
Minus-40 minutes. All parameters continue to look good for launch in 45 minutes. A communications check between ground stations and the rocket should have concluded by now.
Some statistics on today's flight:

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• 230th launch of an Ariane rocket since 1979
• 86th launch of an Ariane 5 rocket since 1996
• 56th launch of an Ariane 5 ECA rocket since 2002
• 61st flight of a Vulcan 2 engine
• 188th flight of an HM7B engine
• 74th Ariane 5 launch targeting GTO
• 4th EchoStar satellite launched by Arianespace
• 1st BRI satellite launched by Arianespace
• 54th and 55th Space Systems/Loral satellites launched by Arianespace
• 5th launch from the Guiana Space Center in 2016
• 3rd Ariane 5 launch in 2016
  

EchoStar XVIII + BRIsat = 6300 kg + 3540 kg = 9,840 kg + переходники = 10,730 kg

[Pirat5]

окно пуска 23:30 - 00:40 мск

[Pirat5]

задержка на час из-за ветра

Spaceflight Now ‏@SpaceflightNow  5 мин.5 минут назад
#Ariane5 launch now set for an hour later at 2130 GMT (4:30pm EDT) due to upper level winds.

[тавот]

Перенесли на час из за ветра на высоте.

[Pirat5]

ОТМЕНА

Spaceflight Now ‏@SpaceflightNow  4 мин.4 минуты назад
SCRUB. Unacceptable winds aloft force one-day delay for commercial #Ariane5 launch.

[Pirat5]

Сегодня очередная попытка, "всем ветрам назло" (высотным)
УРЛ:
http://www.arianespace.com/mission/ariane-flight-va230/
http://spaceflightnow.com/2016/06/17/va230-mission-status-center/

время тоже 23:30 - 00:40 мск

[Pirat5]

пошла трансляция на http://www.arianespace.com/mission/ariane-flight-va230/

[Salo]

http://spaceflightnow.com/2016/06/17/va230-mission-status-center/

23:18  New launch time of 2045 GMT (4:45 p.m. EDT)
Arianespace chief executive Stephane Israel says the launch is now set for 2045 GMT (4:45 p.m. EDT).