План космических пусков Arianespace

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DirecTV 14 - Ariane 5 - 2014
 DirecTV 15 - Ariane 5 - TBD

http://www.spacenews.com/launch/110913-directv-taps-arianespace-launches.html

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http://www.arianespace.com/news-press-release/2011/9-15-2011-BepiColombo.asp

Evry, September 15, 2011

The European Space Agency (ESA) and Arianespace today announced the signature of a contract for the launch of the BepiColombo spacecraft, designed to explore the planet Mercury.

The launch is scheduled for July 2014, using an Ariane 5 ECA launcher from the Guiana Space Center, Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana.[/size]

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http://www.spacenews.com/civil/110921-vega-debut-pushed-january.html

PARIS - The maiden flight of Europe's Vega small-satellite launch vehicle will not occur before January but the European version of Russia's Soyuz rocket will fly twice in 2011, using both of its European-version configurations, European government and industry officials said Sept. 21.

Denis Schmitt, a program manager at the Arianespace launch consortium of Evry, France, told the conference that the other European Soyuz configuration, the Soyuz 2-1a, which carries a third-stage engine similar to the one that failed in August, is still scheduled for a mid-December liftoff from the European spaceport.

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http://www.spacenews.com/launch/110923-struggle-stacking-payloads-ariane5.html

PARIS — Europe's heavy-lift Ariane 5 rocket will be unable to launch any commercial missions for the next six months because of worsening payload compatibility issues that Ariane 5 designers hope to solve with the vehicle's planned upgrade.

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http://www.armstass.su/?page=article&aid=99334&cid=125

Консорциум "Арианспейс" подписал контракт на запуск мексиканского спутника связи "Мексат-3"[/size]

ПАРИЖ, 30 сентября. (АРМС-ТАСС). Консорциум "Арианспейс" подписал контракт на запуск нового мексиканского спутника связи "Мексат-3" (Mexsat-3). Об этом сообщил консорциум "Арианспейс".

"Мексат-3" будет выведен на геопереходную орбиту в конце 2012 г. тяжелой ракетой-носителем "Ариан-5" или средней ракетой-носителем "Союз", запущенными с Гвианского космического центра.

Спутник будет построен американской компанией "Орбитал сайенсиз корпорейшн".

(Orbital Sciences Corporation). Его масса при выведении составит почти 3050 кг. На спутнике будут размещены транспондеры диапазонов C и Ku.

Спутник займет место на геостационарной орбите с точкой стояния 114,9 град. западной долготы. Время орбитального существования спутника составит 15 лет.[/size]

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http://www.spacenews.com/satellite_telecom/110930-esa-extends-ohb-contract.html

OHB and ESA have negotiated with satellite fleet operator Hispasat of Spain to purchase the first Small-Geo model. The satellite, called Hispasat AG1, is scheduled for launch in 2013.

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Completed launches in 2011

Дата – КА – РКН/РБ – Время (UTC)

1 - 16 February - ATV-2 Johannes Kepler - Ariane 5 ES (VA200) - 21:51:02
2 - 22 April - Yahsat 1A & Intelsat New Dawn - Ariane 5 ECA (VA201) - 21:37
3 - 20 May - ST 2 & INSAT-4G (GSAT-8 ) - Ariane 5 ECA (VA202) - 20:38
4 - 6 August - Astra 1N & BSAT-3c - Ariane 5 ECA (VA203) - 22:52
5 - 21 September - SES-2 & Arabsat 5C - Ariane 5 ECA (VA204) - 21:38
6 - 20 October - Galileo-IOV (2 sats) - Soyuz-STB/Fregat (VS01) - 10:30:26

Planned launches

Дата – КА – РКН/РБ – Время (UTC)

2011
16 December - Pl

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http://cybersecurity.ru/space/134206.html

Европейское космическое агентство анонсировало две новых космических миссии[/size]
(21:02) 04.10.2011

// CyberSecurity.ru // - В Европейском космическом агентстве сообщили о том, что Комитет научных программ сегодня определился еще с двумя научными проектами, которые в 2017 и 2019 годах Европа отправит в космос. Первый проект направлен на исследования мощного влияния Солнца, второй - на исследование черных дыр. В ЕКА сообщили, что утвержденные научные проекты Solar Orbiter и Euclid являются частью более глобальной программы Cosmic Vision 2015-2025 Plan.

Миссия Euclid направлена на исследования черных дыр. Технически Euclid будет представлять собой специализированный космический телескоп, предназначенный для составления сверхточных крупномасштабных структур и формирований во Вселенной, что позволит лучше исследовать ее развитие и расширение. "Взор" Euclid будет доставать до расстояния в 10 млрд световых лет, что позволит исследовать 75% территории Вселенной. запуск этого аппарата планируется при помощи российского "Союза" с космодрома Куру во Французской Гвиане в 2019 году.[/size]

[Константин Дюкарев]

Данную новость дублирует 08.10.2011 http://stp.cosmos.ru/index.php?id=1137&no_cache=1&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=1912&cHash=accc2cae371521ccaf67ebbb6b6bfc43, т.е. подтверждает серьёзность данных намерений.

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http://www.spacenews.com/satellite_telecom/111014-hughes-viasat-order-sats.html

For its Jupiter satellite, under construction by Space Systems/Loral of Palo Alto, Calif., and scheduled for launch in mid-2012, Hughes decided on a less-complicated bent-pipe design.

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http://msdb.gsfc.nasa.gov/change_log.php

2011-10-13   ISS-ATV-03   Launch date set at 2/29/2012

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http://www.spacenews.com/contracts/111031-optus-launch-atop-ariane.html

SingTel Optus will launch its Optus 10 telecommunications satellite aboard a European Ariane 5 rocket in mid-2013 following a contract announced Oct. 31 by the Arianespace commercial launch consortium.

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Completed launches in 2011

1 - 16 February - ATV-2 Johannes Kepler - Ariane 5 ES (VA200) - 21:51:02
2 - 22 April - Yahsat 1A & Intelsat New Dawn - Ariane 5 ECA (VA201) - 21:37
3 - 20 May - ST 2 & INSAT-4G (GSAT-8 ) - Ariane 5 ECA (VA202) - 20:38
4 - 6 August - Astra 1N & BSAT-3c - Ariane 5 ECA (VA203) - 22:52
5 - 21 September - SES-2 & Arabsat 5C - Ariane 5 ECA (VA204) - 21:38
6 - 21 October - Galileo-IOV (2 sats) - Soyuz-STB/Fregat (VS01) - 10:30:26

Planned launches

2011
17 December - Pl

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http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Education/SEM3L0WWVUG_0.html

The ESA Cubs have been developed by more than 250 university students from six different countries over the last 4 years. Each CubeSat carries its own scientific or technology demonstration payload. The six CubeSats to be launched on Vega in late January 2012 comprise:

    Xatcobeo (a collaboration of the University of Vigo and INTA, Spain): a mission to demonstrate software-defined radio and solar panel deployment;

    Robusta (University of Montpellier 2, France): a mission to test and evaluate radiation effects (low dose rate) on bipolar transistor electronic components;

    e-st@r (Politecnico di Torino, Italy): demonstration of an active 3-axis Attitude Determination and Control system including an inertial measurement unit;

    Goliat (University of Bucharest, Romania): imaging of the Earth surface using a digital camera and in-situ measurement of radiation dose and micrometeoroid flux;

    PW-Sat (Warsaw University of Technology, Poland): a mission to test a deployable atmospheric drag augmentation device for de-orbiting CubeSats;

    MaSat-1 (Budapest University of Technology and Economics): a mission to demonstrate various spacecraft avionics, including a power conditioning system, transceiver and on-board data handling.

A seventh CubeSat is planned to be delivered, installed in a third P-POD and tested during the next two weeks.
 
 
The ESA Cubs will be deployed from their different deployment systems mounted on the support structure of the main payload, LARES, into an orbit of 300 x 1450 km at an inclination of 69.5 degrees. They will have a natural orbital lifetime of up to 4 years, depending on their rate of orbital decay due to atmospheric drag.[/size]

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http://www.esa.int/esaMI/ESA_Publications_Bulletin/SEMGEJZW5VG_0.html

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http://www.dlr.de/rd/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-4926/8178_read-5116/

Ariane-5ES   553   VA205  09.03.2012   ATV Edoardo Amaldi   ISS-Mission

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http://www.spacenews.com/launch/111209-startup-picks-arianespace-launch-comsat.html

Startup satellite operator NewSat of Australia on Dec. 9 announced it has selected Europe's Arianespace consortium to launch Newsat's Jabiru-1 Ka-band broadband satellite, to be built by Lockheed Martin, in late 2014 for coverage over the Middle East and South Asia.

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Completed launches in 2011

1 - 16 February - ATV-2 Johannes Kepler - Ariane 5 ES (VA200) - 21:51:02
2 - 22 April - Yahsat 1A & Intelsat New Dawn - Ariane 5 ECA (VA201) - 21:37
3 - 20 May - ST 2 & INSAT-4G (GSAT-8 ) - Ariane 5 ECA (VA202) - 20:38
4 - 6 August - Astra 1N & BSAT-3c - Ariane 5 ECA (VA203) - 22:52
5 - 21 September - SES-2 & Arabsat 5C - Ariane 5 ECA (VA204) - 21:38
6 - 21 October - Galileo-IOV (2 sats) - Soyuz-STB/Fregat (VS01) - 10:30:26
7 - 17 December - Pl

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http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=23409.msg839714#msg839714

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http://www.spacenews.com/launch/120105-arianespace-expects-profit.html

Thu, 5 January, 2012
Arianespace Expects To Post 2011 Profit[/size]
By Peter B. de Selding

    PARIS — The Arianespace commercial launch consortium expects to post a 10 percent increase in revenue for 2011 compared to 2010 and to report a slight profit for the year after two years of losses, the company's chairman said Jan. 5.

    Jean-Yves Le Gall told reporters here that the Evry, France-based company's backlog now stands at a record 4.5 billion euros ($5.9 billion) for its heavy-lift Ariane 5 rocket and Russia's medium-lift Soyuz vehicle.

    Soyuz made its two first flights from Europe's Guiana Space Center spaceport in French Guiana in 2011. Le Gall said three Soyuz launches are planned from the Guiana site in 2012, with two more launch campaigns to occur at Soyuz's traditional home base, the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

    In addition to the five Soyuz launches, Arianespace has scheduled seven launches of its heavy-lift Ariane 5 rocket, with the first to occur in March. That would compare with just five Ariane 5 launches in 2011.

    Europe's new Vega small-satellite launch vehicle is expected to make its inaugural flight from the Guiana Space Center in February. Operating three vehicles at the South American site, at an annual rate of six or seven Ariane 5 vehicles, two or three Soyuz campaigns and one or two Vega flights, will help Arianespace reduce its per-launch operating costs by spreading these charges over three vehicles rather than just the Ariane 5.

    Helped by the two Soyuz campaigns, which occurred in October and December, Arianespace in 2011 apparently averted a third consecutive year of losses. Its financial accounts are not finalized until June, but Le Gall said the company expects to report a slight profit on about 985 million euros in revenue.

    In 2010, Arianespace reported a loss of 83 million euros on revenue of 897 million euros.

    Whether Arianespace can ever be profitable on a sustained basis without an overhaul and consolidation of its industrial contracting team, now spread over Europe to guarantee support of European governments, remains a topic of debate among European governments.

    The 19-nation European Space Agency (ESA) in 2011 ordered an audit of Arianespace and its contractors as one of the conditions for injecting up to 240 million euros into Arianespace over two years.

    The audit has not been made public, but European government and industry officials have said it concluded that very few savings could be squeezed out of the Ariane rocket production without wholesale restructuring.

    Of the 240 million euros agreed to by ESA governments, ESA has agreed to release a total of some 217 million euros so far. About half of that sum will be allocated to Arianespace's 2011 accounts, permitting the company to show a profit. The remaining funds will be allocated to the company's 2012 financial year.

    Whether to make permanent these annual payments to offset Arianespace's fixed costs will be high on the agenda of ESA governments when they meet in November to set a multiyear budget and policy direction for ESA.

    Some government officials have said Arianespace should be transformed into a government agency. Others suggest that ESA become a major Arianespace shareholder along side, or in the place of, the French space agency, CNES. Most other Arianespace shareholders are Ariane 5 contractors.

    Le Gall said these ideas and others are still being discussed, but that the audit made clear that Arianespace was managing its finances efficiently. Arianespace and other European government officials have said they hope the audit will quiet critics who say Arianespace should be able to conduct its business without such substantial government support.

    These critics have said they cannot understand why Arianespace cannot be profitable on its own given the health of its business. The telecommunications satellite market, which is Arianespace's most-important business, has not suffered from the near-global economic downturn. Commercial launch prices have been increasing and the Ariane 5 rocket has launched 46 times successfully since its last failure, in late 2002.

    The audit, Le Gall said, should provide the answer: "It costs more to make rockets in Europe than it does in Russia or China," he said.

    Arianespace's 4.5 billion euros in backlog includes 2.5 billion euros in orders for commercial launches aboard the Ariane 5, 1 billion euros for government launches aboard the Ariane 5, and 1 billion euros in back orders for Soyuz launches.

    Arianespace is the only launch-services provider that publishes detailed financial data each year, making it difficult to compare its performance with counterparts in the United States, Russia, India and China.[/size]