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Astronautyka => Sprawy Ogólne => Wątek zaczęty przez: astropl w Wrzesień 28, 2020, 15:37

Tytuł: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: astropl w Wrzesień 28, 2020, 15:37

PAŹDZIERNIK 2020
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03    01:16:12          Wallops 0A        Antares-230+         Cygnus-14 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4223.0)
03    01:43-01:58       Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            GPS III SV04 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4252.0)
03    12:34             KSC 39A           Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4226.0)
0?    03:??-04:??       Canaveral 37B     Delta-4H             NRO L-44 (Orion-10)
10    ??:??             Canaveral 39A/40  Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60
14    05:45:05          Bajkonur 31/6     Sojuz-2.1a           Sojuz MS-17 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4211.0)
14    ??:??             Taiyuan 6         CZ-6                 Satellogic x 13
17    01:33:28          Kourou ELS        Sojuz-ST-A/Fregat-M  Falcon Eye 2
17    ??:??             Plesieck 43/4     Sojuz-2.1b/Fregat    Kosmos (Głonass-K)
1?    ??:??             Jiuquan           Gushenxing-1         ?, ?, ?
21    ??:??             Jiuquan           Shuang Quxian-1      Fangzhou-2
20    ??:??             Tanegashima Y     H-2A                 ?
31    06:40             KSC 39A           Falcon-9R            USCV-1 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=3546.0)
31    ??:??             Taiyuan 6         CZ-6                 Qilu-1, Qilu-4

LISTOPAD 2020

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GRUDZIEŃ 2020

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Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: kanarkusmaximus w Wrzesień 28, 2020, 16:33
Liczę, że będzie kolorowo na tej liście! Nic nie ożywia dyskusji jak nieudany start! ;)
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: astropl w Wrzesień 28, 2020, 16:37
Liczę, że będzie kolorowo na tej liście! Nic nie ożywia dyskusji jak nieudany start! ;)

No, ten rok już jest wyjątkowy, a przecież dopiero niecałe 75% za nami :)
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: kanarkusmaximus w Wrzesień 28, 2020, 17:02
Liczę, że będzie kolorowo na tej liście! Nic nie ożywia dyskusji jak nieudany start! ;)

No, ten rok już jest wyjątkowy, a przecież dopiero niecałe 75% za nami :)

Niech i dalej będzie wyjątkowy - używajmy go w "nudnej przyszłości" jako punkt odniesienia!
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: astropl w Październik 01, 2020, 18:11
(http://lk.astronautilus.pl/temp/pfa/3nacape.jpg)
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: mss w Październik 01, 2020, 20:12
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EjQw4-4WsAEvAyo?format=jpg&name=4096x4096)
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: astropl w Październik 04, 2020, 09:42

PAŹDZIERNIK 2020
03    01:16:14          Wallops 0A        Antares-230+         Cygnus-14 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4223.0)
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06    11:29             KSC 39A           Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4226.0)
0?    ??:??             Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            GPS III SV04 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4252.0)
0?    03:??-04:??       Canaveral 37B     Delta-4H             NRO L-44 (Orion-10)
10    ??:??             Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60
14    05:45:05          Bajkonur 31/6     Sojuz-2.1a           Sojuz MS-17 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4211.0)
14    ??:??             Taiyuan 6         CZ-6                 Satellogic x 13
17    01:33:28          Kourou ELS        Sojuz-ST-A/Fregat-M  Falcon Eye 2
17    ??:??             Plesieck 43/4     Sojuz-2.1b/Fregat    Kosmos (Głonass-K)
1?    ??:??             Jiuquan           Gushenxing-1         ?, ?, ?
21    ??:??             Jiuquan           Shuang Quxian-1      Fangzhou-2
20    ??:??             Tanegashima Y     H-2A                 ?
31    06:40             KSC 39A           Falcon-9R            USCV-1 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=3546.0)
31    ??:??             Taiyuan 6         CZ-6                 Qilu-1, Qilu-4

LISTOPAD 2020

24    ??:??             Wenchang 101      CZ-5                 Chang'e-5
24    ??:??             Plesieck 35/1     Angara-A5/Briz-M     IPM-2 (makieta)

GRUDZIEŃ 2020

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Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: kanarkusmaximus w Październik 05, 2020, 10:54
Chodzą plotki, że start Angary 24 listopada. Ciekawe, ile w tym kropli hydrazyny prawdy. :)
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: astropl w Październik 05, 2020, 13:21
Chodzą plotki, że start Angary 24 listopada. Ciekawe, ile w tym kropli hydrazyny prawdy. :)

Wygląda na to, że jest to prawda.
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: mss w Październik 06, 2020, 21:51
https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/10/05/nro-reveals-plans-for-previously-undisclosed-launch-with-spacex-this-month/

Jakaś nowa informacja o starcie wojskowego satelity NRO NROL-108 nie wcześniej niż 25.10.
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: kanarkusmaximus w Październik 15, 2020, 10:51
Aha! Nie ma wątku o najbliższym starcie Starlinków? Czy ktoś może go otworzyć?
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: kanarkusmaximus w Październik 15, 2020, 18:02
Tak przy okazji chodzą plotki, że po 18 października kolejny start Starlinków będzie... 21 października. I jak się tu połapać...
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: astropl w Październik 15, 2020, 22:17

PAŹDZIERNIK 2020
03    01:16:14          Wallops 0A        Antares-230+         Cygnus-14 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4223.0)
06    11:29:35          KSC 39A           Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4226.0)
11    16:57:04          Xichang           CZ-3B/G2             Gaofen-13
14    05:45:05          Bajkonur 31/6     Sojuz-2.1a           Sojuz MS-17 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4211.0)
18    12:25:57          Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60
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20    ??:??             Taiyuan 6         CZ-6                 Satellogic 9-18
20    21:14:00-22:03:00 Onenui 1A         Electron/Curie       CE-SAT-IIB, Flock-4e x 9, ? x 4
21    16:31             Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4266.0)
21    22:00             Jiuquan           Shuang Quxian-1      Fangzhou-2
25    ??:??             Plesieck 43/4     Sojuz-2.1b/Fregat    Kosmos (Głonass-K)
3D    ??:??             Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            NRO L-108
31    ??:??             Taiyuan 6         CZ-6                 Qilu-1, Qilu-4
??    ??:??             Jiuquan           CZ-4C                Yaogan 31-02 A, B, C
??    ??:??             Jiuquan           Gushenxing-1         ?, ?, ?
??   ~02:00-06:00       Canaveral 37B     Delta-4H             NRO L-44 (Orion-10)
??    ??:??             Wallops 2         Electron/Curie       Monolith

LISTOPAD 2020

11    ??:??             KSC 39A           Falcon-9R            USCV-1 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=3546.0)
24    ??:??             Wenchang 101      CZ-5                 Chang'e-5 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=1334.0)
24    ??:??             Plesieck 35/1     Angara-A5/Briz-M     IPM-2 (makieta) (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4262.0)
29    ??:??             Tanegashima Y     H-2A                 JDRS-1
3D    01:33:28          Kourou ELS        Sojuz-ST-A/Fregat-M  Falcon Eye 2
??    ??:??             Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            GPS III SV04 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4252.0)
??    ??:??             Canaveral 41      Atlas-5/531          NRO L-101

GRUDZIEŃ 2020

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Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: mss w Październik 16, 2020, 22:11
Korekta 2 minut w godzinie startu następnych Starlinków: aktualnie o 12:25 UTC. Test statyczny silników I stopnia zaplanowany jest jutro.
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: astropl w Październik 18, 2020, 17:26
Prawdopodobnie wszystkie starty rakiet rodziny CZ-4 zostały wstrzymane do końca roku. O przyczynie nic nie wiadomo.
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: kanarkusmaximus w Październik 20, 2020, 20:53
Prawdopodobnie wszystkie starty rakiet rodziny CZ-4 zostały wstrzymane do końca roku. O przyczynie nic nie wiadomo.

Ciekawa informacja, czy coś więcej wiadomo, czy dowiemy się 1 stycznia? :)
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: astropl w Październik 26, 2020, 17:15

PAŹDZIERNIK 2020
03    01:16:14          Wallops 0A        Antares-230+         Cygnus-14 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4223.0)
06    11:29:35          KSC 39A           Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4226.0)
11    16:57:04          Xichang           CZ-3B/G2             Gaofen-13
14    05:45:05          Bajkonur 31/6     Sojuz-2.1a           Sojuz MS-17 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4211.0)
18    12:25:57          Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4265.0)
24    15:31:34          Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4266.0)
25    19:08:42          Plesieck 43/4     Sojuz-2.1b/Fregat    Kosmos 2547 (Głonass-K)
26    15:19             Xichang 3         CZ-2C                Yaogan 30-07 A, B, C, Tianqi-06
__________________________________________________________________________________________
28    21:14:00-22:03:00 Onenui 1A         Electron/Curie       CE-SAT-IIB, Flock-4e x 9, ? x 4

LISTOPAD 2020

03    22:30-01:10       Canaveral 41      Atlas-5/531          NRO L-101
05    ??:??             Jiuquan           Gushenxing-1         ?, ?, ?
05    23:34-23:49       Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            GPS III SV04 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4252.0)
06    ??:??             Taiyuan 6         CZ-6                 Satellogic 9-18
10    19:31             Vandenberg 4E     Falcon-9R            Jason CS-A
14    01:52:20          Kourou ZLV        Vega                 SEOSAT-Ingenio, TARANIS
15    ??:??             KSC 39A           Falcon-9R            USCV-1 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=3546.0)
16    ??:??             Plesieck 43/4     Sojuz-2.1b/Fregat    Goniec-M 30, 31, 32, ? x ?
17-20 ??:??             Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            NRO L-108
24    ??:??             Wenchang 101      CZ-5                 Chang'e-5 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=1334.0)
24    ??:??             Plesieck 35/1     Angara-A5/Briz-M     IPM-2 (makieta) (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4262.0)
29    ??:??             Tanegashima Y     H-2A                 JDRS-1

30    ??:??             Canaveral/KSC     Falcon-9R            Türksat 5A
3D    01:33:28          Kourou ELS        Sojuz-ST-A/Fregat-M  Falcon Eye 2
??    ??:??             Canaveral 37B     Delta-4H             NRO L-44 (Orion-10)
??    ??:??             Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            Sirius XM-7
??    ??:??             Wallops 2         Electron/Curie       Monolith
??    ??:??             Xichang 3         CZ-3B/G3             Tiantong-1 02
??    ??:??             Canaveral/KSC     Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60

GRUDZIEŃ 2020

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Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: kanarkusmaximus w Październik 26, 2020, 17:27
Coś dziwny ten październik! Udane starty jak na razie! :)
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: marekfk w Październik 26, 2020, 17:35
I listopad się ciekawie zapowiada.
6 startów F9, jak wyjdą wszystkie to chyba będzie rekord :) do teraz chyba było max 4 w miesiącu?
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: astropl w Październik 26, 2020, 20:29
Starty Falconów są obecnie przekładane po pięć razy na dzień, ciężko to ogarnąć. Nie bierzcie, proszę, tego zestawienia zbyt poważnie.
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: kanarkusmaximus w Październik 26, 2020, 20:59
Starty Falconów są obecnie przekładane po pięć razy na dzień, ciężko to ogarnąć. Nie bierzcie, proszę, tego zestawienia zbyt poważnie.

Ależ skąd! Na poważnie - jest to najbardziej aktualne źródło. :)
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: astropl w Październik 27, 2020, 17:37

PAŹDZIERNIK 2020
03    01:16:14          Wallops 0A        Antares-230+         Cygnus-14 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4223.0)
06    11:29:35          KSC 39A           Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4226.0)
11    16:57:04          Xichang           CZ-3B/G2             Gaofen-13
14    05:45:05          Bajkonur 31/6     Sojuz-2.1a           Sojuz MS-17 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4211.0)
18    12:25:57          Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4265.0)
24    15:31:34          Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4266.0)
25    19:08:42          Plesieck 43/4     Sojuz-2.1b/Fregat    Kosmos 2547 (Głonass-K)
26    15:19:05          Xichang 3         CZ-2C                Yaogan 30-07 A, B, C, Tianqi-06
__________________________________________________________________________________________
28    21:21:00-22:03:00 Onenui 1A         Electron/Curie       CE-SAT-IIB, Flock-4e x 9, ? x 4

LISTOPAD 2020

03    22:58-01:10       Canaveral 41      Atlas-5/531          NRO L-101
04    23:28-23:43       Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            GPS III SV04 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4252.0)
05    ??:??             Jiuquan           Gushenxing-1         ?, ?, ?
06    ??:??             Taiyuan 6         CZ-6                 Satellogic 9-18
07    09:32             Sriharikota S     PSLV-DL              RISAT-2BR2, KSM x 4, Lemur-2z x 4, M6P 2
10    19:31             Vandenberg 4E     Falcon-9R            Jason CS-A
14    01:52:20          Kourou ZLV        Vega                 SEOSAT-Ingenio, TARANIS
15    00:49             KSC 39A           Falcon-9R            USCV-1 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=3546.0)
16    ??:??             Plesieck 43/4     Sojuz-2.1b/Fregat    Goniec-M 30, 31, 32, ? x ?
17-20 ??:??             Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            NRO L-108
23    20:00             Wenchang 101      CZ-5                 Chang'e-5 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=1334.0)
24    ??:??             Plesieck 35/1     Angara-A5/Briz-M     IPM-2 (makieta) (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4262.0)
29    ??:??             Tanegashima Y     H-2A                 JDRS-1

30    ??:??             Canaveral/KSC     Falcon-9R            Türksat 5A
3D    01:33:28          Kourou ELS        Sojuz-ST-A/Fregat-M  Falcon Eye 2
??    ??:??             Canaveral 37B     Delta-4H             NRO L-44 (Orion-10)
??    ??:??             Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            Sirius XM-7
??    ??:??             Wallops 2         Electron/Curie       Monolith
??    ??:??             Xichang 3         CZ-3B/G3             Tiantong-1 02
??    ??:??             Canaveral/KSC     Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60

GRUDZIEŃ 2020

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Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: kretus5 w Październik 27, 2020, 19:41
Co z tym grudniem 2020 ? Aż tyle jest niewiadomych startów ?
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: astropl w Październik 27, 2020, 19:47
Co z tym grudniem 2020 ? Aż tyle jest niewiadomych startów ?

Mogę wpisać jakieś 50 czy 60 startów, tylko po co?
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: kanarkusmaximus w Październik 27, 2020, 21:40
Co z tym grudniem 2020 ? Aż tyle jest niewiadomych startów ?

Mogę wpisać jakieś 50 czy 60 startów, tylko po co?

To chyba przerabialiśmy grudnia każdego roku - dużo startów "spada" na kolejny rok. Nie ma sensu wrzucać te wszystkie zapowiedzi.
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: astropl w Październik 29, 2020, 07:16

PAŹDZIERNIK 2020
03    01:16:14          Wallops 0A        Antares-230+         Cygnus-14 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4223.0)
06    11:29:35          KSC 39A           Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4226.0)
11    16:57:04          Xichang           CZ-3B/G2             Gaofen-13
14    05:45:05          Bajkonur 31/6     Sojuz-2.1a           Sojuz MS-17 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4211.0)
18    12:25:57          Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4265.0)
24    15:31:34          Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4266.0)
25    19:08:42          Plesieck 43/4     Sojuz-2.1b/Fregat    Kosmos 2547 (Głonass-K)
26    15:19:05          Xichang 3         CZ-2C                Yaogan 30-07 A, B, C, Tianqi-06
28    21:21:27          Onenui 1A         Electron/Curie       CE-SAT-IIB, Flock-4e x 9

LISTOPAD 2020
__________________________________________________________________________________________
03    22:58-01:10       Canaveral 41      Atlas-5/531          NRO L-101
04    23:28-23:43       Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            GPS III SV04 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4252.0)
05    ??:??             Jiuquan           Gushenxing-1         ?, ?, ?
06    ??:??             Taiyuan 6         CZ-6                 Satellogic 9-18
07    09:32             Sriharikota F     PSLV-DL              EOS-01, KSM x 4, Lemur-2z x 4, M6P 2
10    19:31             Vandenberg 4E     Falcon-9R            Jason CS-A
14    01:52:20          Kourou ZLV        Vega                 SEOSAT-Ingenio, TARANIS
15    00:49             KSC 39A           Falcon-9R            USCV-1 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=3546.0)
16    ??:??             Plesieck 43/4     Sojuz-2.1b/Fregat    Goniec-M 30, 31, 32, ? x ?
17-20 ??:??             Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            NRO L-108
23    20:00             Wenchang 101      CZ-5                 Chang'e-5 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=1334.0)
24    ??:??             Plesieck 35/1     Angara-A5/Briz-M     IPM-2 (makieta) (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4262.0)
29    ??:??             Tanegashima Y     H-2A                 JDRS-1
30    ??:??             Canaveral/KSC     Falcon-9R            Türksat 5A
3D    01:33:28          Kourou ELS        Sojuz-ST-A/Fregat-M  Falcon Eye 2
??    ??:??             Canaveral 37B     Delta-4H             NRO L-44 (Orion-10)
??    ??:??             Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            Sirius XM-7
??    ??:??             Wallops 2         Electron/Curie       Monolith
??    ??:??             Xichang 3         CZ-3B/G3             Tiantong-1 02
??    ??:??             Canaveral/KSC     Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60

GRUDZIEŃ 2020

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Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: Orionid w Październik 30, 2020, 03:46
Start z Xichang
  11.10. o 16:57:04,250 z Xichang wystrzelona została RN CZ-3B/G3, która wyniosła na orbitę o parametrach: hp=183 km, ha=35836 km, i=28,53° geostacjonarnego satelitę obserwacyjnego Gaofen-13.
http://lk.astronautilus.pl/n201001.htm#04

Long March-3B launches Gaofen-13
3978 wyświetleń•12 paź 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCWJmogrOs0

China launches new optical remote-sensing satellite
Source: Xinhua| 2020-10-12 02:11:58|Editor: huaxia

(http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-10/12/139432752_16024644811061n.jpg)
A new optical remote-sensing satellite is launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Oct. 12, 2020. China successfully launched the satellite, Gaofen-13, by a Long March-3B carrier rocket at 12:57 a.m. on Monday (Beijing Time). This satellite will serve economic development by providing information services. (Photo by Guo Wenbin/Xinhua)

XICHANG, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) -- China successfully launched a new optical remote-sensing satellite from the southwestern Xichang Satellite Launch Center at 12:57 a.m. on Monday (Beijing Time).

The high-orbit optical remote-sensing satellite, Gaofen-13, was sent into orbit by a Long March-3B carrier rocket.

(http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-10/12/139432752_16024644811291n.jpg)

This satellite will serve economic development by providing information services. It will mainly be used for land surveys, crop yield estimations, environmental protection, weather forecasting, and early warnings, as well as disaster prevention and mitigation.

Monday's launch was the 349th by the Long March rocket series. Enditem
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-10/12/c_139432752.htm

China launches geosynchronous Earth observation satellite
October 12, 2020 Stephen Clark

(...) Gaofen 13 is believed to be an upgraded version of the Gaofen 4 satellite, China’s first sharp-eyed geosynchronous observation satellite. Gaofen 4 launched in 2015 and carried an instrument with a resolution of about 50 meters (164 feet), good enough to allow the satellite to see an oil tanker steaming across the ocean.

Chinese officials did not disclose the resolution of Gaofen 13’s instrument, but it’s likely more capable than the telescope on Gaofen 4.

China also did not reveal Gaofen 13’s coverage zone. Gaofen 4’s orbit is centered on the equator at 105.5 degrees east longitude, providing views of the Asia-Pacific region.

“This satellite will serve economic development by providing information services,” China’s state-run Xinhua news agency said. “It will mainly be used for land surveys, crop yield estimations, environmental protection, weather forecasting, and early warnings, as well as disaster prevention and mitigation.”
https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/10/12/china-launches-geosynchronous-earth-observation-satellite/

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2020/10/long-march-3b-lofts-gaofen-13/

https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/gf-13.htm
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: Orionid w Październik 31, 2020, 14:27
Trzeci Uragan-K
  25.10. o 19:08:42,441 z Plesiecka wystrzelona została RN Sojuz-2.1b/Fregat, która wyniosła w T+3h 34' na orbitę o parametrach: hp=19249 km, ha=19719 km, i=64,76° satelitę nawigacyjnego Glonass-K systemu GŁONASS. Otrzyma on nazwę Kosmos 2547.
http://lk.astronautilus.pl/n201016.htm#05

Soyuz-2.1b launches a new GLONASS-K navigation satellite
4444 wyświetlenia•26 paź 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-g0DiEQYgoQ

Наземные средства ВКС приняли на управление спутник «Глонасс-К»
26.10.2020 10:30

Стартовавшая в воскресенье, 25 октября 2020 года, в 22:08 по московскому времени с космодрома Плесецк в Архангельской области ракета-носитель среднего класса «Союз-2.1б» разработки РКЦ «Прогресс» с разгонным блоком «Фрегат» производства НПО Лавочкина в установленное время успешно вывела на орбиту российский навигационный космический аппарат «Глонасс-К».

Космический аппарат, созданный компанией «Информационные спутниковые системы» имени академика М.Ф. Решетнёва» (входит в периметр Госкорпорации «Роскосмос»), выведен на целевую орбиту и принят на управление наземными средствами Главного испытательного космического центра имени Г.С. Титова Космических войск ВКС. Старт ракеты-носителя «Союз-2.1Б» и выведение космического аппарата «Глонасс-К» на орбиту разгонным блоком «Фрегат» прошли в штатном режиме.

С космическим аппаратом «Глонасс-К» установлена и поддерживается устойчивая телеметрическая связь. Бортовые системы космического аппарата функционируют в штатном режиме.
https://www.roscosmos.ru/29475/

Russia launches Glonass navigation satellite
October 26, 2020 Stephen Clark

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A Soyuz-2.1b rocket lifts off Saturday from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome with a Glonass K navigation satellite. Credit: Russian Ministry of Defense

(https://mk0spaceflightnoa02a.kinstacdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/glonass-k.jpg)
Artist’s illustration of a Glonass K satellite. Credit: ISS Reshetnev

Russian officials said the Glonass satellite extended its solar panels, and ground teams established contact with the spacecraft. All systems on-board the satellite were functioning normally after launch Saturday, officials said.

The payload launched Saturday is the third spacecraft in Russia’s Glonass K series of navigation satellites, which engineers designed to last longer and transmit more navigation signals. The first two Glonass K satellites launched in 2011 and 2014.

The Glonass K satellites weigh around 2,060 pounds, or 935 kilograms, somewhat less than the earlier generation Glonass M satellites.

The Glonass K satellite is expected to operate for 10 years — an improvement from the seven-year design life of previous satellites — and features five navigation channels, including a new civilian L-band signal. The new craft are lighter, generate more electrical power, and are based on an unpressurized Express 1000K bus built by ISS Reshetnev in Zheleznogorsk, Russia.

The Glonass K spacecraft will also support the international Cospas-Sarsat search and rescue network, Russian officials said.

The satellite launched Saturday also uses more Russian-built equipment than previous Glonass spacecraft, a change introduced to the Glonass K design due to international sanctions on Russia.

“Replacing the orbital constellation with Glonass K spacecraft will ensure the stable operation of the Russian navigation system and increase the accuracy of its navigation determinations up to tens of centimeters,” the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.

As of Monday, the Glonass fleet consists of 24 active satellites, plus the new spacecraft launched Saturday, and three more operating as a spare, undergoing maintenance, and performing fight tests. The network, which is run by the Russian military but also used by civilians worldwide, requires 24 satellites in service spread among three orbital planes to provide global navigation coverage.

The Russian Ministry of Defense was expected to name the new Glonass satellite Kosmos 2547, keeping with the naming scheme for Russian military spacecraft.
https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/10/26/russia-launches-glonass-navigation-satellite/

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2020/10/russia-launches-soyuz-with-next-generation-navigation-satellite/

Kosmos 2547 (Uragan-K #3, GLONASS-K 15L) https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/uragan-k1.htm
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: Orionid w Październik 31, 2020, 20:45
Chińskie trio
  26.10. o 15:19:05.115 z Xichang wystrzelona została RN CZ-2C, która wyniosła na orbitę o parametrach: hp=589 km, ha=604 km, i=35,00° trzy satelity Yaogan-30-07, należące do systemu zwiadu elektronicznego mórz oraz satelitę Tianqi-06.
http://lk.astronautilus.pl/n201016.htm#06

Long March-2C launches Yaogan-30 Group 07 satellites
3735 wyświetleń•26 paź 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amZCV80hM2g

China launches new remote-sensing satellites
Source: Xinhua| 2020-10-27 00:12:49|Editor: huaxia

(http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-10/27/139468996_16037556667971n.jpg)
A Long March-2C carrier rocket blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Oct. 26, 2020. China successfully sent a group of new remote-sensing satellites into orbit from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Monday. Belonging to the Yaogan-30 family, the satellites were launched by a Long March-2C carrier rocket at 11:19 p.m. (Beijing Time). (Photo by Guo Wenbin/Xinhua)

XICHANG, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- China successfully sent a group of new remote-sensing satellites into orbit from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Monday.

Belonging to the Yaogan-30 family, the satellites were launched by a Long March-2C carrier rocket at 11:19 p.m. (Beijing Time).

The satellites have entered the planned orbits and will be used for electromagnetic environment detection and related technological tests.

Also on board the rocket was a satellite belonging to the Tianqi constellation. The satellite, Tianqi-6, will be used for data transmission. The Tianqi constellation, developed by a Beijing-based high-tech company, is for short-message communications.

It was the 350th mission of the Long March rocket series. Enditem
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-10/27/c_139468996.htm

China launches three military spy satellites
October 26, 2020 Stephen Clark

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A Long March 2C rocket takes off Monday from the Xichang launch base in China. Credit: Xinhua

Three mysterious payloads widely believed to be signals intelligence satellites for the Chinese military rocketed into orbit on top of a Long March 2C booster Monday from a launch base in southwestern China.

The three Yaogan 30-type satellites lifted off aboard the Long March 2C rocket at 11:19 a.m. EDT (1519 GMT) Monday from the Xichang space center in the Sichuan province of southwestern China. Liftoff occurred at 11:19 p.m. Beijing time, according to China’s state-run Xinhua news agency.

The China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology, or CALT, declared the mission a “complete success” in a statement. CALT is the government-owned contractor that produced the Long March 2C rocket.

The two-stage Long March 2C rocket, fueled by liquid hydrazine and nitrogen tetroxide propellants, delivered the three Yaogan 30 satellites to a 370-mile-high (595-kilometer) orbit inclined 35 degrees to the equator, according to U.S. military tracking data.

The satellites are the seventh triplet of Yaogan 30-type spacecraft since 2017 launched on Long March 2C rockets from the Xichang facility into similar orbits. The three Yaogan 30-07 satellites launched Monday are designed for remote sensing of the “electromagnetic environment” from their orbit 370 miles above Earth, Xinhua said.

The Chinese government uses the Yaogan name for the country’s military satellites, and the Yaogan 30 family is believed to be designed for a signals intelligence mission.

Some analysts suggested the Yaogan 30 family of satellites could be testing new electronic eavesdropping equipment, or helping the Chinese military track U.S. and other foreign naval deployments. But details about the spacecraft and their missions have not been disclosed by the Chinese government.

A fourth payload hitched a ride to space on the Long March 2C rocket Monday. The small satellite, named Tianqi 6, was launched for the Beijing-based company Guodian Gaoke on a mission to provide commercial data relay services.
https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/10/26/china-launches-three-military-spy-satellites/

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2020/10/china-launches-new-yaogan-30-group-of-military-satellites/

Yaogan 30-07-01 (CX 5-19) https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/yaogan-30-01.htm
Yaogan 30-07-02 (CX 5-20)
Yaogan 30-07-03 (CX 5-21)
Tianqi 6 https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/tianqi-1.htm (8 kg ?)
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: Orionid w Październik 31, 2020, 21:14
Starty kosmiczne w 2020 

Starty wg miesięcy:

I  7 (Chiny 3, SpaceX 2, Rocket Lab 1, Europa 1)
II 8+1 (15+1)  (Chiny 1, SpaceX 1, ULA 1, NG 1, Rosja 2, Europa 1, Japonia 1, Iran 1)
III 7+1 (22+2)  (Chiny 2+1, SpaceX 2, ULA 1, Rosja 2)
IV 4+1 (26+3)  (Chiny 1, SpaceX 1, Rosja 2, Iran 1)
V 8+1 (34+4)  (Chiny 4, SpaceX 1, ULA 1, Virgin Orbit 1, Rosja 1, Japonia 1)
VI 7 (41+4) (Chiny 3, SpaceX 3, Rocket Lab 1)
VII 12+2 (53+6) (Chiny 5+1, SpaceX 1, ULA 1, NG 1, Rocket Lab 1, Rosja 2, Japonia 1, Izrael 1)
VIII 7 (60+6) (Chiny 2, SpaceX 3, Rocket Lab 1, Europa 1)
IX 8+2 (68+8) (Chiny 5+1, SpaceX 1, Astra 1, Rosja 1, Europa 1)
X 9 (77+8) (Chiny 2, SpaceX 3, NG 1, Rocket Lab 1, Rosja 2)

W skrócie:

Chiny                                             27 +4                                                   
USA/Nowa Zelandia (Rocket Lab)      29 +3 (SpaceX 18, ULA 4, NG 3, Virgin Orbit 1, Astra 1 Rocket Lab 4+1)                                                               
Rosja                                             12+0 z Kourou                                                   
Europa (bez europejskich Sojuzów)   4           
Japonia                                          3                                                 
Indie                                              0
Iran                                               1+1
Izrael                                             1                                   

[1] 19.01. miał miejsce test IAT (In-Flight Abort Test) z użyciem Falcona 9.

https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4133.msg146650#msg146650
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: Orionid w Październik 31, 2020, 21:56
Z zestawienia wynika , że jeszcze 1. start Starlinków nas czeka w tym roku, co oznaczałoby, że takich lotów odbyłoby się po 7 na półrocze. Z zapowiedzi wynikało, że w 2020 ma ich być 24.
https://spacenews.com/spacex-plans-24-starlink-launches-next-year/
Są może jakieś zapowiedzi na 2021 ?
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: astropl w Listopad 07, 2020, 10:44

PAŹDZIERNIK 2020

03    01:16:14          Wallops 0A        Antares-230+         Cygnus-14 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4223.0)
06    11:29:35          KSC 39A           Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4226.0)
11    16:57:04          Xichang           CZ-3B/G2             Gaofen-13
14    05:45:05          Bajkonur 31/6     Sojuz-2.1a           Sojuz MS-17 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4211.0)
18    12:25:57          Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4265.0)
24    15:31:34          Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4266.0)
25    19:08:42          Plesieck 43/4     Sojuz-2.1b/Fregat    Kosmos 2547 (Głonass-K)
26    15:19:05          Xichang 3         CZ-2C                Yaogan 30-07 A, B, C, Tianqi-06
28    21:21:27          Onenui 1A         Electron/Curie       CE-SAT-IIB, Flock-4e x 9

LISTOPAD 2020

05    23:24:23          Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            GPS III SV04 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4252.0)
06    03:19:14          Taiyuan 6         CZ-6                 Satellogic 9-18, Tianyi 05, Taiyuan, Beihang-1
07    07:12             Jiuquan           Gushenxing-1         Tianqi-11
07    09:42             Sriharikota F     PSLV-DL              EOS-01, KSM x 4, Lemur-2z x 4, M6P 2
__________________________________________________________________________________________
12    ??:??             Xichang 3         CZ-3B/G3             Tiantong-1 02
12    22:18-00:??       Canaveral 41      Atlas-5/531          NRO L-101
15    00:49             KSC 39A           Falcon-9R            USCV-1 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=3546.0)
16    01:44-04:34       Onenui 1          Electron/Curie       DRAGRACER x 2, BRO-2, BRO-3, APSS-1,
                                                               SpaceBEE x 24, Gnome Chompski
17    01:52:20          Kourou ZLV        Vega                 SEOSAT-Ingenio, TARANIS
18    ??:??             Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            NRO L-108
21    17:17             Vandenberg 4E     Falcon-9R            Jason CS-A
23    20:00             Wenchang 101      CZ-5                 Chang'e-5 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=1334.0)
24    ??:??             Plesieck 43/4     Sojuz-2.1b/Fregat    Goniec-M 30, 31, 32, ? x ?
28    ??:??             Plesieck 35/1     Angara-A5/Briz-M     IPM-2 (makieta) (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4262.0)
29    01:33:28          Kourou ELS        Sojuz-ST-A/Fregat-M  Falcon Eye 2
29    07:15-09:15       Tanegashima Y     H-2A                 JDRS-1
??    ??:??             Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            Sirius XM-7
??    ??:??             Canaveral/KSC     Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60
??    ??:??             Canaveral 37B     Delta-4H             NRO L-44 (Orion-10)

GRUDZIEŃ 2020

02    17:50             KSC 39A           Falcon-9R            Cargo Dragon
09    ??:??             ?                 CZ-11                GECAM
0?    ??:??             Canaveral/KSC     Falcon-9R            Türksat 5A
17    ??:??             Wostocznyj 1S     Sojuz-2.1b/Fregat-M  OneWeb x 36
18    ??:??             Canaveral/KSC     Falcon-9R            Transporter-1 (xx satelitów)
20    ??:??             Wenchang 201      CZ-8                 ?, ET-SMART-RSS
22    ??:??             Vandenberg 2W     Firefly Alpha        (xx satelitów)
28    ??:??             Kourou ELS        Sojuz-ST-A/Fregat-M  CSO 2
??    ??:??             Wallops 2         Electron/Curie       Monolith
??    ??:??             Vandenberg 6      Delta-4H             NRO L-82 (KH-11 18)
??    ??:??             Plesieck 43/4     Sojuz-2.1a           Kosmos (Bars-M)
??    ??:??             Plesieck 43/4     Sojuz-2.1b/Fregat    Kosmos (Głonass-K)
??    ??:??             Sriharikota S     PSLV-?               GSat-12
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: kanarkusmaximus w Listopad 07, 2020, 12:55
Dobrze kumam, że to był pierwszy indyjski start w 2020 roku? :)
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: astropl w Listopad 07, 2020, 12:56
Dobrze kumam, że to był pierwszy indyjski start w 2020 roku? :)

Tak jest, pierwszy i chyba przedostatni (no, może przedprzedostatni).
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: ktos w Listopad 10, 2020, 00:46
https://www.tvp.info/50725148/pan-14-listopada-startuje-kosmiczna-misja-taranis-w-jej-przygotowaniu-brali-udzial-polacy

Strasznie tvp reklamuje tą satelitkę, pewnie ze względu na polski wkład. To coś w ogóle znaczącego?
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: ah w Listopad 12, 2020, 18:02
Potwierdzenie sukcesu https://news.sina.com.cn/o/2020-11-13/doc-iiznezxs1570814.shtml (https://news.sina.com.cn/o/2020-11-13/doc-iiznezxs1570814.shtml) w wysyłce satelity Tiantong-1 przez CZ-3B z Xichang (15:59:04.058 UTC)
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: astropl w Listopad 17, 2020, 02:53

PAŹDZIERNIK 2020

03    01:16:14          Wallops 0A        Antares-230+         Cygnus-14 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4223.0)
06    11:29:35          KSC 39A           Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4226.0)
11    16:57:04          Xichang           CZ-3B/G2             Gaofen-13
14    05:45:05          Bajkonur 31/6     Sojuz-2.1a           Sojuz MS-17 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4211.0)
18    12:25:57          Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4265.0)
24    15:31:34          Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4266.0)
25    19:08:42          Plesieck 43/4     Sojuz-2.1b/Fregat    Kosmos 2547 (Głonass-K)
26    15:19:05          Xichang 3         CZ-2C                Yaogan 30-07 A, B, C, Tianqi-06
28    21:21:27          Onenui 1A         Electron/Curie       CE-SAT-IIB, Flock-4e x 9

LISTOPAD 2020

05    23:24:23          Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            GPS III SV04 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4252.0)
06    03:19:14          Taiyuan 6         CZ-6                 Satellogic 9-18, Tianyi 05, Taiyuan, Beihang-1
07    07:12:00          Jiuquan           Gushenxing-1         Tianqi-11
07    09:41:18          Sriharikota F     PSLV-DL              EOS-01, KSM x 4, Lemur-2z x 4, M6P 2
12    15:59:04          Xichang 3         CZ-3B/G3             Tiantong-1 02
13    22:32             Canaveral 41      Atlas-5/531          NRO L-101 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4281.0)
16    00:27:17          KSC 39A           Falcon-9R            USCV-1 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=3546.0)
17    01:52:20          Kourou ZLV        Vega                 SEOSAT-Ingenio, TARANIS
__________________________________________________________________________________________
19    01:44-04:34       Onenui 1          Electron/Curie       DRAGRACER x 2, BRO-2, BRO-3, APSS-1,
                                                               SpaceBEE x 24, Gnome Chompski
21    17:17             Vandenberg 4E     Falcon-9R            Jason CS-A
23    19:55             Wenchang 101      CZ-5                 Chang'e-5 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=1334.0)
24    ??:??             Plesieck 43/4     Sojuz-2.1b/Fregat    Goniec-M 30, 31, 32, ? x ?
28    05:22             Plesieck 35/1     Angara-A5/Briz-M     IPM-2 (makieta) (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4262.0)
29    01:33:28          Kourou ELS        Sojuz-ST-A/Fregat-M  Falcon Eye 2
29    07:15-09:15       Tanegashima Y     H-2A                 JDRS-1
??    ??:??             Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            Sirius XM-7
??    ??:??             Canaveral/KSC     Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60
??    ??:??             Canaveral 37B     Delta-4H             NRO L-44 (Orion-10)

GRUDZIEŃ 2020

02    17:50             KSC 39A           Falcon-9R            Cargo Dragon
05    ??:??             Xichang           CZ-3B/G3             Gaofen-14
06    ??:??             Sriharikota S     PSLV-?               CMS 01
07    19:00-22:30       Kodiak 3B         Astra v3.2           ?
09    ??:??             Xichang           CZ-11                GECAM A, GECAM B
1?    ??:??             Canaveral/KSC     Falcon-9R            Türksat 5A
17    ??:??             Wostocznyj 1S     Sojuz-2.1b/Fregat-M  OneWeb x 36
18    ??:??             Canaveral/KSC     Falcon-9R            Transporter-1 (xx satelitów)
20    ??:??             Wenchang 201      CZ-8                 ?, ET-SMART-RSS
22    ??:??             Vandenberg 2W     Firefly Alpha        (xx satelitów)
28    ??:??             Kourou ELS        Sojuz-ST-A/Fregat-M  CSO 2
??    ??:??             Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            NRO L-108
??    ??:??             Vandenberg 6      Delta-4H             NRO L-82 (KH-11 18)
??    ??:??             Plesieck 43/4     Sojuz-2.1a           Kosmos (Bars-M)
??    ??:??             Plesieck 43/4     Sojuz-2.1b/Fregat    Kosmos (Głonass-K)

Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: astropl w Listopad 17, 2020, 03:45
AVUM, czwarty stopień Vegi w dzisiejszym starcie zawiódł, satelity zostały utracone.
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: astropl w Listopad 17, 2020, 08:31
Liczę, że będzie kolorowo na tej liście! Nic nie ożywia dyskusji jak nieudany start! ;)

Chyba nie masz racji. Zrobiło się kolorowo - a u nas cisza.
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: ktos w Listopad 17, 2020, 08:59
No i Taranis również. Eh czegokolwiek się tvp się łapie to to sypie się.

Na 14 zaplanowano konferencję.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IveCBs-cCTw w 53 minucie na ekranach zaczęło się robić czerwono, choć już na trajektorii wcześniej było widać.
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: kanarkusmaximus w Listopad 17, 2020, 10:25
Ech te starty późną porą! Warto zobaczyć dziś konferencję odnośnie nieudanego startu Vegi!
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: kanarkusmaximus w Listopad 17, 2020, 16:35
Komentarz:
Cytuj

In a call with reporters, Arianespace says they believe last night’s Vega failure was caused by the upper stage tumbling because cables in control system were improperly connected. A quality issue, “a series of human errors”, not a design flaw.

AVUM jest chyba ukraińsko-włoski?
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: ktos w Listopad 17, 2020, 18:01
https://twitter.com/BIS_Italia/status/1328725161164611592/photo/1
Błąd integracji? Tylko jakim cudem testy tego nie wykazały. Albo wtyczkę wytrzęsło i wyleciała.
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: kanarkusmaximus w Listopad 17, 2020, 20:45
https://twitter.com/BIS_Italia/status/1328725161164611592/photo/1
Błąd integracji? Tylko jakim cudem testy tego nie wykazały. Albo wtyczkę wytrzęsło i wyleciała.

Ciekawe, pojawiły się komentarze, że taki błąd w firmie Avio to niezła wpadka.

Zareagował nawet Dyrektor Generalny ESA:
Cytuj
Jan Wörner @janwoerner

My thoughts are with all teams in particular @CDTI and @CNES for their hard work on the two lost satellites. I will personally make sure that we together with @Arianespace fully understand the root cause. We bring #Vega back to the reliability of service it has shown since 2012.

https://twitter.com/janwoerner/status/1328711840529002497
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: juram w Listopad 19, 2020, 22:20
Według wstępnych analiz przeprowadzonych przez Arianespace, przyczyna nieudanego startu rakiety Vega VV17 było nieprawidłowe połączenie przewodów, służących do aktywacji wtryskiwaczy silnika stopnia AVUM. Problem ten dotyczy produkcji jak i systemu jakości/kontroli.

https://novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/news/77191/ (https://novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/news/77191/)
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: Orionid w Listopad 20, 2020, 01:02
Trzeci start CZ-6
  06.11. o 03:19:14,901 z Taiyuan wystrzelona została RN CZ-6, która wyniosła na orbitę 10 argentyńskich satelitów
teledetekcyjnych Satellogic 9-18  (ÑuSat-9 'Alice', ÑuSat-10 'Caroline', ÑuSat-11 'Cora', ÑuSat-12 'Dorothy',
ÑuSat-13 'Emmy', ÑuSat-14 'Hedy', ÑuSat-15 'Katherine', ÑuSat-16 'Lise', ÑuSat-17 'Mary' i ÑuSat-18 'Vera',
oraz trzy chińskie: Taiyuan (BY70 3), Tianyi 05 (TY20) i Bei Hangkong Shi Weixing 1 (Beihang-1, MN50 3).
http://lk.astronautilus.pl/n201101.htm#02

Long March-6 launches 13 satellites
17 971 wyświetleń•6 lis 2020
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWC-_EvMCtE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWC-_EvMCtE

China sends 13 satellites into orbit with single rocket
Source: Xinhua| 2020-11-06 21:57:19|Editor: huaxia

(http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-11/06/139496906_16046714726321n.jpg)
A Long March-6 carrier rocket carrying 13 satellites is launched from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province, Nov. 6, 2020. China successfully sent 13 satellites into orbit from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province on Friday. The satellites, including 10 commercial remote sensing satellites developed by Argentine company Satellogic, blasted off atop a Long March-6 carrier rocket at 11:19 a.m. (Beijing Time). (Photo by Zheng Taotao/Xinhua)

TAIYUAN, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- China successfully sent 13 satellites into orbit from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province on Friday.

The satellites, including 10 commercial remote sensing satellites developed by Argentine company Satellogic, blasted off atop a Long March-6 carrier rocket at 11:19 a.m. (Beijing Time).

Each weighing about 41 kg and with a design life of three years, the 10 satellites will be used to provide commercial remote sensing services with their multispectral and hyperspectral loads.

Also on board the rocket were three satellites developed by Chinese high-tech companies and research institutes for remote-sensing observation, science experiments, and science popularization.

One of the three is a 6G test satellite, weighing 70 kg and named after one its developers, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China. The satellite, carrying a terahertz satellite communication load, will establish a transceiver link on the satellite platform and carry out terahertz load tests.

The launch of the 6G test satellite marks a breakthrough in the exploration of terahertz space communication technologies in China's space field, said Xu Yangsheng, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.

The satellite will be used in smart city construction, disaster prevention and mitigation, land planning, environmental protection, and the monitoring of major infrastructure construction.

Friday's launch was the 351st by the Long March rocket series. Enditem
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-11/06/c_139496906.htm

Ten Satellogic Earth-imaging satellites successfully launched
November 6, 2020 Stephen Clark

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A Long March 6 rocket lifts off Friday from the Taiyuan space center in northeastern China. Credit: Xinhua

(...) Satellogic’s 10 ÑuSat satellites will provide high-resolution imagery for the Buenos Aires-based company’s commercial and government customers. With the 10 satellites launched Friday, Satellogic has sent 21 satellites into orbit, including 14 capable of high-resolution imaging.

With the 10 new satellites, Satellogic says it will have more in-orbit capacity for high-resolution imagery than Maxar or Planet, two U.S.-based companies with fleets of Earth-imaging satellites. The company says the additional capacity from the 10 new satellites will allow its constellation to view the same location on the planet up to four times per day.

(https://mk0spaceflightnoa02a.kinstacdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2-3.jpg)
A Long March 6 rocket rolls out to its launch pad before liftoff with 10 Earth-imaging satellites for Satellogic. Credit: CGWIC

Satellogic’s current fleet can cover an area of more than 1.5 million square miles, or 4 million square kilometers, per day with high-resolution imagery, the company said.

The latest version of Satellogic’s ÑuSat satellites have an imaging resolution of about 2.3 feet, or 70 centimeters. Each spacecraft weighed about 90 pounds, or 41 kilograms, and was built by Satellogic at a production facility in Uruguay.

The ÑuSat satellites were nicknamed for 10 pioneering women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

Emiliano Kargieman, Satellogic’s CEO, confirmed in a tweet Friday that the 10 new satellites were healthy after their successful launch from China. (...)

(https://mk0spaceflightnoa02a.kinstacdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/satellogic_lm6.jpg)
This collage of photos show Satellogic’s 10 ÑuSat Earth observation satellites undergoing final launch preparations in China. Credit: Satellogic

Satellogic’s satellites carry visible, infrared and hyperspectral imaging payloads. The company says a constellation of 90 high-resolution satellites will allow it to map the planet every week.

But Satellogic foresees demand for a fleet of hundreds of small Earth-imaging spacecraft, and the company doesn’t plan to stop at 90 satellites.

Satellogic’s previous have launched as rideshare or secondary payloads, but the 10 ÑuSats launched Friday as the primary passengers on the Long March 6 rocket.

The three small Chinese satellites that flew into orbit with Satellogic’s payloads Friday are designed for remote sensing, technology demonstration, and educational missions, according to China Great Wall Industry Corp., the state-owned company that brokers launch services for international satellites on Chinese rockets.
https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/11/06/ten-satellogic-earth-imaging-satellites-successfully-launched/

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2020/11/long-march-6-lofts-ten-argentinian-satellites/

ÑuSat 9 (NewSat 9, Aleph-1 9, Alice) https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/nusat-1.htm
ÑuSat 10 (NewSat 10, Aleph-1 10, Caroline)
ÑuSat 11 (NewSat 11, Aleph-1 11, Cora)
ÑuSat 12 (NewSat 12, Aleph-1 12, Dorothy)
ÑuSat 13 (NewSat 13, Aleph-1 13, Emmy)
ÑuSat 14 (NewSat 14, Aleph-1 14, Hedy)
ÑuSat 15 (NewSat 15, Aleph-1 15, Katherine)
ÑuSat 16 (NewSat 16, Aleph-1 16, Lise)
ÑuSat 17 (NewSat 17, Aleph-1 17, Mary)
ÑuSat 18 (NewSat 18, Aleph-1 18, Vera)
Beihangkongshi 1 (TY 20)  https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/beihangkongshi-1.htm
Tianyan 05 (Xingshidai 12) ---
BY 3 (Taiyuan) ---
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: astropl w Listopad 20, 2020, 09:24

PAŹDZIERNIK 2020

03    01:16:14          Wallops 0A        Antares-230+         Cygnus-14 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4223.0)
06    11:29:35          KSC 39A           Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4226.0)
11    16:57:04          Xichang           CZ-3B/G2             Gaofen-13
14    05:45:05          Bajkonur 31/6     Sojuz-2.1a           Sojuz MS-17 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4211.0)
18    12:25:57          Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4265.0)
24    15:31:34          Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4266.0)
25    19:08:42          Plesieck 43/4     Sojuz-2.1b/Fregat    Kosmos 2547 (Głonass-K)
26    15:19:05          Xichang 3         CZ-2C                Yaogan 30-07 A, B, C, Tianqi-06
28    21:21:27          Onenui 1A         Electron/Curie       CE-SAT-IIB, Flock-4e x 9

LISTOPAD 2020

05    23:24:23          Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            GPS III SV04 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4252.0)
06    03:19:14          Taiyuan 6         CZ-6                 Satellogic 9-18, Tianyi 05, Taiyuan, Beihang-1
07    07:12:00          Jiuquan           Gushenxing-1         Tianqi-11
07    09:41:18          Sriharikota F     PSLV-DL              EOS-01, KSM x 4, Lemur-2z x 4, M6P 2
12    15:59:04          Xichang 3         CZ-3B/G3             Tiantong-1 02
13    22:32             Canaveral 41      Atlas-5/531          NRO L-101 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4281.0)
16    00:27:17          KSC 39A           Falcon-9R            USCV-1 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=3546.0)
17    01:52:20          Kourou ZLV        Vega                 SEOSAT-Ingenio, TARANIS
20    02:20:01          Onenui 1          Electron/Curie       DRAGRACER x 2, BRO-2, BRO-3, APSS-1,
                                                               SpaceBEE x 24, Gnome Chompski
__________________________________________________________________________________________
21    17:17:08          Vandenberg 4E     Falcon-9R            Jason CS-A
22    03:17             Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60
23    19:55             Wenchang 101      CZ-5                 Chang'e-5 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=1334.0)
24    02:12             Plesieck 43/4     Sojuz-2.1b/Fregat    Goniec-M 30, 31, 32, ? x ?
28    05:22             Plesieck 35/1     Angara-A5/Briz-M     IPM-2 (makieta) (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4262.0)
29    01:33:28          Kourou ELS        Sojuz-ST-A/Fregat-M  Falcon Eye 2
29    07:15-09:15       Tanegashima Y     H-2A                 JDRS-1
??    ??:??             Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            Sirius XM-7
??    ??:??             Canaveral 37B     Delta-4H             NRO L-44 (Orion-10)

GRUDZIEŃ 2020

02    17:50             KSC 39A           Falcon-9R            Cargo Dragon
05    ??:??             Xichang           CZ-3B/G3             Gaofen-14
06    ??:??             Sriharikota S     PSLV-?               CMS 01
07    19:00-22:30       Kodiak 3B         Astra v3.2           ?
09    ??:??             Xichang           CZ-11                GECAM A, GECAM B
1?    ??:??             Canaveral/KSC     Falcon-9R            Türksat 5A
17    ??:??             Wostocznyj 1S     Sojuz-2.1b/Fregat-M  OneWeb x 36
20    ??:??             Wenchang 201      CZ-8                 ?, ET-SMART-RSS
22    ??:??             Vandenberg 2W     Firefly Alpha        (xx satelitów)
28    ??:??             Kourou ELS        Sojuz-ST-A/Fregat-M  CSO 2
??    ??:??             Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            NRO L-108
??    ??:??             Vandenberg 6      Delta-4H             NRO L-82 (KH-11 18)
??    ??:??             Plesieck 43/4     Sojuz-2.1a           Kosmos (Bars-M)
??    ??:??             Plesieck 43/4     Sojuz-2.1b/Fregat    Kosmos (Głonass-K)

Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: Orionid w Listopad 20, 2020, 23:58
Pierwszy start nowej rakiety
  07.11. o 07:12:00,249 z Jiuquan wystrzelona została pierwsza RN Gushenxing-1 (Ceres-1), która umieściła
w T+15' na orbicie o parametrach: hp=500 km, ha=500 km, i=97,4° satelitę Tianqi-11.
http://lk.astronautilus.pl/n201101.htm#03

Ceres-1 maiden launch
14 491 wyświetleń•7 lis 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDNBoz5aIyY

China's commercial rocket CERES-1 completes maiden flight
Source: Xinhua| 2020-11-07 16:26:07|Editor: huaxia

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China's new carrier rocket CERES-1 blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, Nov. 7, 2020. China's new carrier rocket CERES-1, designed for commercial use, made its maiden flight on Saturday, sending one satellite into planned orbit. (Photo by Wang Jiangbo/Xinhua)

JIUQUAN, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- China's new carrier rocket CERES-1, designed for commercial use, made its maiden flight on Saturday, sending one satellite into planned orbit.

The rocket blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 3:12 p.m. (Beijing Time). Enditem
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-11/07/c_139498563_2.htm

New Chinese rocket successful in debut launch
November 8, 2020 Stephen Clark

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Galactic Energy’s Ceres 1 rocket lifts off from the Jiuquan launch base in northwestern China on Saturday. Credit: Xinhua

A new four-stage rocket operated by the Chinese launch company Galactic Energy succeeded on its inaugural flight Saturday, delivering a data relay microsatellite to an orbit 300 miles (500 kilometers) above Earth.

The Ceres 1 rocket lifted off from the Jiuquan launch base in in the Gobi Desert of northwestern China at 0712 GMT (2:12 a.m. EST) Saturday, according to China’s state-run Xinhua news agency.

Xinhua reported the rocket, designed for commercial use, successfully placed a single satellite into orbit. U.S. military tracking data indicated the rocket placed its payload into an orbit around 300 miles in altitude, with an inclination of 97.4 degrees to the equator.

The launcher carried a small satellite named Tianqi 11 designed for data collection and transmission in a fleet of orbiting relay stations designed for Internet of Things services. The Tianqi constellation is owned by Guodian Gaoke, a Beijing-based company.

Galactic Energy, also headquartered in Beijing, is one of several Chinese startups seeking a foothold in the launch business.

The Ceres 1 rocket stands roughly 62 feet, or 19 meters, tall and measures 4.6 feet (1.4 meters) in diameter, according to Galactic Energy. Its lower three stages are solid rocket motors likely derived from missile stages developed for the Chinese military, and an upper orbital insertion stage features a hydrazine-fed propulsion system.

Galactic Energy says the Ceres 1 rocket can deliver a payload of more than 770 pounds, or 350 kilograms, to low Earth orbit. The four-stage launcher was “independently designed” by Galactic Energy, and is aimed at providing “high-quality, cheap, and fast launch services for low-orbit small satellites,” according to the company’s website.

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The Ceres 1 rocket. Credit: Galactic Energy

The Ceres 1 rocket is a precursor to a larger launch vehicle called the Pallas 1, which will be powered by kerosene-fueled engines on a reusable booster designed for vertical takeoffs and vertical landings.

The Pallas 1 rocket, set to debut in 2022, will be propelled by seven “Welkin” engines, each generating about 88,000 pounds — or 40 metric tons — of thrust at full power. The engine will have variable thrust to allow for propulsive landings of the Pallas 1 booster.

On its website, Galactic Energy calls the reusable Welkin engine the Chinese version of the Merlin engine that powers SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket.

Galactic Energy announced Nov. 3 that it secured $30 million, or 200 million yuan, in new investments from Chinese venture capital firms. In a statement, the company said the fresh capital infusion, coupled with earlier funding rounds, will allow the company to mass-produce Ceres 1 rockets beginning in 2021, and move forward with development of the Pallas 1 rocket for its first flight in 2021.

Galactic Energy is the second Chinese startup managed independently from the country’s legacy state-owned space contractors to launch a rocket into Earth orbit, following the successful flight of the Hyperbola 1 rocket from iSpace in July 2019.
https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/11/08/new-chinese-rocket-successful-in-debut-launch/

Chinese rocket firm Galactic Energy succeeds with first orbital launch, secures funding
by Andrew Jones — November 7, 2020

(...) The 50-kilogram Tianqi-11 satellite was sent into a 500-kilometer Sun-synchronous orbit (SSO). Shanghai ASES Spaceflight Technology Co. Ltd., developed the satellite, nominally part of the Tianqi (“Apocalypse”) narrowband Internet of Things constellation for Beijing Guodian Gaoke Technology Co. Ltd.

The successful mission means Galactic Energy becomes the second nominally private Chinese launch company to reach orbit. (...)
https://spacenews.com/chinese-rocket-firm-galactic-energy-succeeds-with-first-orbital-launch-secures-funding/

photos from launch preparation (https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MzAwNTI2NjgwNA==&mid=2665703660&idx=2&sn=1b9a3dce575a6852ea86193142b824e4&chksm=800884f7b77f0de1f6bb96fdb347d859734cdb13e5045585b0cc41aaf087b46d9f40e4cad0bd&xtrack=1&scene=90&subscene=93&sessionid=1604748620&clicktime=1604748625&enterid=1604748625&ascene=56&devicetype=android-29&version=2700123b&nettype=WIFI&abtest_cookie=AAACAA%3D%3D&lang=de&exportkey=ApTOSP602FBAWWHDblcM%2F6E%3D&pass_ticket=PW18XoROVLE89le%2BTQH%2Fz2WDwaO7LAuHtTxEyUAaj2CAIGu8qqu436jtbbJyTZrj&wx_header=1)   

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2020/11/introducing-chinas-new-commercial-rocket-ceres-1/

Tianqi 11 (TQ 11, Scorpio 1) https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/tianqi-10.htm
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: Orionid w Listopad 20, 2020, 23:59
Indie wznowiły starty orbitalne
  07.11. o 09:41:18 z Sriharikota wystrzelona została RN PSLV-DL, która wyniosła na orbitę o parametrach: hp=575 km, ha=575 km, i=36,9° satelitę EOS-01 (RISAT-2BR2),
cztery satelity Kleos Scouting Mission (KSM-1, KSM-2, KSM-3 i KSM-4),
cztery satelity Lemur-2z oraz
M6P 2 (R 2, LacunaSat 2). Był to pierwszy indyjski start kosmiczny w tym roku.
http://lk.astronautilus.pl/n201101.htm#04

PSLV-DL launches EOS-01 and nine other satellites
11 900 wyświetleń•7 lis 2020
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HM1_hnGRUSA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HM1_hnGRUSA

Indian PSLV deploys 10 satellites in first launch since start of pandemic
November 7, 2020 Stephen Clark

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India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle lifted off at 0942 GMT (4:42 a.m. EST) Saturday. Credit: ISRO

(...) Sivan said the EOS-01 satellite immediately unfurled its solar panels to begin generating electricity. The spacecraft will later open a dish-shaped radar antenna to a diameter of 11.8 feet (3.6 meters). The antenna was folded up for launch to fit inside the PSLV’s payload fairing.

Formerly known as RISAT 2BR2, EOS-01 is a radar surveillance craft, joining two similar satellites launched by India in May and December 2019.

In a launch press kit, ISRO said EOS-01 is an “Earth observation satellite intended for applications in agriculture, forestry and disaster management support.”

EOS 1 is believed to be similar to the RISAT 2B and RISAT 2BR1 satellites launched by India last year. If that’s the case, EOS-01 is likely designed for a five-year mission, with an X-band radar imaging instrument capable of resolving structures and features on Earth’s surface, regardless of daylight or weather conditions.

Earth-looking optical telescopes are inhibited by cloudy weather, and only produce usable imagery during daytime.

The RISAT 2B and RISAT 2BR1 satellites — predecessors to EOS-01 — were designed to supply 2 kilowatts of power to their radar instruments, which ISRO said could collect imagery in spotlight, strip and mosaic modes. ISRO released fewer details about the EOS-01 mission than it did for the launches of RISAT 2B and RISAT 2BR1 last year.

The imaging resolution of satellite’s radar from orbit has not been disclosed by ISRO.

Orbiting radar satellites can also detect features, such as camouflaged military assets, on the ground that can escape detection with optical Earth observation satellites. The enhanced observing capability of radar satellites makes them useful for military and intelligence agencies.

The 37-degree inclination orbit selected for the EOS-01 satellite does not provide global radar observation coverage, but it offers regular passes over Indian territory and neighboring Pakistan, a longtime strategic rival to India in the region.

Nine other small satellites rode into orbit with the EOS-01 spacecraft.

The smallsats included four briefcase-sized CubeSats for Kleos Space of Luxembourg, which plans a constellation of small satellites to monitor radio transmissions around the world. The first four satellites are known as Kleos’ Scouting Mission.

Kleos says its satellites will detect and geolocate radio frequency transmissions, providing intelligence on maritime activity for governments and commercial customers. The radio frequency monitoring data will be particularly useful for tracking ships that can’t be monitored using automated identification systems or satellite imagery, according to Kleos.

Four Lemur-2 CubeSats also launched Saturday for Spire, a San Francisco-based company that operates a fleet of commercial smallsats that track shipping traffic and collect weather data.

Spaceflight, a rideshare launch broker based in Washington state, says it managed launch preparations for the eight small Kleos and Spire satellites on the PSLV-C49 mission.

The R2 CubeSat from NanoAvionics of Lithuania also launched Saturday on a technology demonstration mission. (...)
https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/11/07/indian-pslv-deploys-10-satellites-in-first-launch-since-start-of-pandemic/

India back in action with launch of Earth observation satellite, nine rideshare small sats
by Andrew Jones — November 7, 2020

(...) The launch was scheduled for late 2019 but became ISRO’s first launch of 2020 due in part to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The EOS-01 Earth observation satellite was successfully injected into a 575-kilometer circular orbit around 16 minutes later.

The roughly 628-kilogram EOS-01 is a synthetic aperture radar satellite with all-weather and day-and-night observation capability. It is part of ISRO’s RISAT series of SAR satellites and originally named RISAT-2BR2 (https://spacenews.com/japan-india-set-to-resume-launch-activities-in-november/) but was changed to EOS-1 as per new naming criteria. (...)
https://spacenews.com/india-back-in-action-with-launch-of-earth-observation-satellite-nine-rideshare-small-sats/

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2020/11/isro-returns-from-covid-stand-down-with-eos-1-mission/

RISAT 2BR2 (EOS 01)  https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/risat-2b.htm
KSM 1A  https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/ksm.htm
KSM 1B
KSM 1C
KSM 1D
Lemur-2 126  https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/lemur-2.htm
Lemur-2 127
Lemur-2 128
Lemur-2 129
R 2 (M6P 2, LacunaSat 2)  https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/m6p.htm
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: astropl w Listopad 21, 2020, 07:03

PAŹDZIERNIK 2020

03    01:16:14          Wallops 0A        Antares-230+         Cygnus-14 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4223.0)
06    11:29:35          KSC 39A           Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4226.0)
11    16:57:04          Xichang           CZ-3B/G2             Gaofen-13
14    05:45:05          Bajkonur 31/6     Sojuz-2.1a           Sojuz MS-17 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4211.0)
18    12:25:57          Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4265.0)
24    15:31:34          Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4266.0)
25    19:08:42          Plesieck 43/4     Sojuz-2.1b/Fregat    Kosmos 2547 (Głonass-K)
26    15:19:05          Xichang 3         CZ-2C                Yaogan 30-07 A, B, C, Tianqi-06
28    21:21:27          Onenui 1A         Electron/Curie       CE-SAT-IIB, Flock-4e x 9

LISTOPAD 2020

05    23:24:23          Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            GPS III SV04 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4252.0)
06    03:19:14          Taiyuan 6         CZ-6                 Satellogic 9-18, Tianyi 05, Taiyuan, Beihang-1
07    07:12:00          Jiuquan           Gushenxing-1         Tianqi-11
07    09:41:18          Sriharikota F     PSLV-DL              EOS-01, KSM x 4, Lemur-2z x 4, M6P 2
12    15:59:04          Xichang 3         CZ-3B/G3             Tiantong-1 02
13    22:32             Canaveral 41      Atlas-5/531          NRO L-101 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4281.0)
16    00:27:17          KSC 39A           Falcon-9R            USCV-1 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=3546.0)
17    01:52:20          Kourou ZLV        Vega                 SEOSAT-Ingenio, TARANIS
20    02:20:01          Onenui 1          Electron/Curie       DRAGRACER x 2, BRO-2, BRO-3, APSS-1,
                                                               SpaceBEE x 24, Gnome Chompski
21    17:17:08          Vandenberg 4E     Falcon-9R            Jason CS-A
__________________________________________________________________________________________
23    02:56             Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60
23    19:55             Wenchang 101      CZ-5                 Chang'e-5 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=1334.0)
24    02:12             Plesieck 43/4     Sojuz-2.1b/Fregat    Goniec-M 30, 31, 32, ? x ?
28    05:22             Plesieck 35/1     Angara-A5/Briz-M     IPM-2 (makieta) (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4262.0)
29    01:33:28          Kourou ELS        Sojuz-ST-A/Fregat-M  Falcon Eye 2
29    07:15-09:15       Tanegashima Y     H-2A                 JDRS-1
??    ??:??             Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            Sirius XM-7
??    ??:??             Canaveral 37B     Delta-4H             NRO L-44 (Orion-10)

GRUDZIEŃ 2020

02    17:50             KSC 39A           Falcon-9R            Cargo Dragon
05    ??:??             Xichang           CZ-3B/G3             Gaofen-14
06    ??:??             Sriharikota S     PSLV-?               CMS 01
07    19:00-22:30       Kodiak 3B         Astra v3.2           ?
09    ??:??             Xichang           CZ-11                GECAM A, GECAM B
1?    ??:??             Canaveral/KSC     Falcon-9R            Türksat 5A
17    ??:??             Wostocznyj 1S     Sojuz-2.1b/Fregat-M  OneWeb x 36
20    ??:??             Wenchang 201      CZ-8                 ?, ET-SMART-RSS
22    ??:??             Vandenberg 2W     Firefly Alpha        (xx satelitów)
28    ??:??             Kourou ELS        Sojuz-ST-A/Fregat-M  CSO 2
??    ??:??             Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            NRO L-108
??    ??:??             Vandenberg 6      Delta-4H             NRO L-82 (KH-11 18)
??    ??:??             Plesieck 43/4     Sojuz-2.1a           Kosmos (Bars-M)
??    ??:??             Plesieck 43/4     Sojuz-2.1b/Fregat    Kosmos (Głonass-K)

Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: Orionid w Listopad 22, 2020, 02:53
Chiński satelita trafił na orbitę
  12.11. o 15:59:04,053 z Xichang wystrzelona została RN CZ-3B/G3, która wyniosła na orbitę GTO geostacjonarnego
satelitę telekomunikacji komórkowej Tiantong-1 02.
http://lk.astronautilus.pl/n201101.htm#05

Tiantong-1 02 launch
2826 wyświetleń•13 lis 2020
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChUppFZWbqY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChUppFZWbqY

China launches new mobile telecommunication satellite
Source: Xinhua| 2020-11-13 01:35:47|Editor: huaxia

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A Long March-3B carrier rocket blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Nov. 12, 2020. China successfully launched Tiantong 1-02, a new mobile telecommunication satellite, from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center on Thursday. The satellite was launched at 23:59 (Beijing Time) by a Long March-3B carrier rocket. (Photo by Guo Wenbin/Xinhua)

XICHANG, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) -- China successfully launched a new mobile telecommunication satellite from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Thursday.

The Tiantong 1-02 satellite was launched at 23:59 (Beijing Time) by a Long March-3B carrier rocket.

Tiantong-1 is a satellite mobile communication system independently developed and built by China. It consists of a space segment, ground segment, and user terminal.

Developed by the China Academy of Space Technology, the Tiantong 1-02 satellite will establish a mobile network with ground facilities to provide all-weather, all-time, stable and reliable mobile communication services such as voice, short message and data for users in China and its surrounding areas, the Middle East, Africa and other related regions, as well as most sea areas in the Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean.

Thursday's launch was the 352nd by the Long March rocket series. Enditem
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-11/13/c_139512027.htm

China launches mobile telecom satellite
November 14, 2020 Stephen Clark

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A Long March 3B rocket takes off with the Tiantong 1-02 communications satellite. Credit: Xinhua

A new Chinese mobile communications satellite launched Thursday on top of a Long March 3B rocket, joining a similar spacecraft launched four years ago to provide voice and data services to users on the go.

The Tiantong 1-02 mobile communications satellite lifted off at 1559 GMT (10:59 a.m. EST) Thursday from the Xichang satellite launch center in Sichuan province of southwestern China, according to the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology.

The launch occurred at 11:59 p.m. Beijing time.

A Long March 3B rocket carried the Tiantong 1-02 satellite into orbit.

The 184-foot-tall (56-meter) rocket shed its four hydrazine-fueled strap-on boosters, a core stage, and a second stage in the first few minutes of the flight, then a cryogenic upper stage ignited two times to deploy the Tiantong 1-02 spacecraft into an elliptical, or egg-shaped, orbit.

Tracking data released by the U.S. military indicated the rocket placed the Tiantong 1-02 spacecraft into an orbit ranging between 105 miles (170 kilometers) and 22,257 miles (35,820 kilometers) above Earth, with an inclination of about 28.4 degrees to the equator.

Chinese officials declared the launch a success, and the Tiantong 1-02 spacecraft is expected to circularize its orbit in the coming days using its own propulsion system. The satellite will settle into a circular geostationary orbit more than 22,000 miles over the equator, where its velocity will match the speed of Earth’s rotation.

A statement released by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. — the top state-owned contractor for China’s space program — said the Tiantong 1-02 satellite will join the Tiantong 1-01 satellite launched in 2016 to form an S-band mobile communications system.

Similar mobile satellite networks, such as the commercial Inmarsat system, include hand-held terminals for subscribers to connect from remote locales. Users on the Tiantong network also employ small handsets.

The Tiantong network is “independently developed and constructed” by China, and allows users to connect with voice communications and message and data services across China, other parts of the Asia-Pacific region, the Middle East, and Africa, according to CASC.

The mobile communications network, which operates will also serve users in most areas of the Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean, officials said.

China Telecom, China’s third largest mobile network provider, operates and markets Tiantong satellite communications services.
https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/11/14/china-launches-mobile-telecom-satellite/

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2020/11/long-march-3b-second-tiantong-1/

Tiantong-1 02  https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/tiantong-1.htm
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: astropl w Listopad 25, 2020, 09:18

PAŹDZIERNIK 2020

03    01:16:14          Wallops 0A        Antares-230+         Cygnus-14 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4223.0)
06    11:29:35          KSC 39A           Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4226.0)
11    16:57:04          Xichang           CZ-3B/G2             Gaofen-13
14    05:45:05          Bajkonur 31/6     Sojuz-2.1a           Sojuz MS-17 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4211.0)
18    12:25:57          Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4265.0)
24    15:31:34          Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4266.0)
25    19:08:42          Plesieck 43/4     Sojuz-2.1b/Fregat    Kosmos 2547 (Głonass-K)
26    15:19:05          Xichang 3         CZ-2C                Yaogan 30-07 A, B, C, Tianqi-06
28    21:21:27          Onenui 1A         Electron/Curie       CE-SAT-IIB, Flock-4e x 9

LISTOPAD 2020

05    23:24:23          Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            GPS III SV04 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4252.0)
06    03:19:14          Taiyuan 6         CZ-6                 Satellogic 9-18, Tianyi 05, Taiyuan, Beihang-1
07    07:12:00          Jiuquan           Gushenxing-1         Tianqi-11
07    09:41:18          Sriharikota F     PSLV-DL              EOS-01, KSM x 4, Lemur-2z x 4, M6P 2
12    15:59:04          Xichang 3         CZ-3B/G3             Tiantong-1 02
13    22:32             Canaveral 41      Atlas-5/531          NRO L-101 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4281.0)
16    00:27:17          KSC 39A           Falcon-9R            USCV-1 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=3546.0)
17    01:52:20          Kourou ZLV        Vega                 SEOSAT-Ingenio, TARANIS
20    02:20:01          Onenui 1          Electron/Curie       DRAGRACER x 2, BRO-2, BRO-3, APSS-1,
                                                               SpaceBEE x 24, Gnome Chompski
21    17:17:08          Vandenberg 4E     Falcon-9R            Jason CS-A (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4295.0)
23    20:30:22          Wenchang 101      CZ-5                 Chang'e-5 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=1334.0)
25    02:13:12          Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4292.0)
__________________________________________________________________________________________
29    01:33:28          Kourou ELS        Sojuz-ST-A/Fregat-M  Falcon Eye 2
29    07:15-09:15       Tanegashima Y     H-2A                 JDRS-1
??    ??:??             Canaveral 37B     Delta-4H             NRO L-44 (Orion-10)

GRUDZIEŃ 2020

03    02:12:15          Plesieck 43/4     Sojuz-2.1b/Fregat    Goniec-M 30, 31, 32, ? x ?
04/05 05:22             Plesieck 35/1     Angara-A5/Briz-M     IPM-2 (makieta) (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4262.0)
05    ??:??             Xichang 3         CZ-3B/G3             Gaofen-14
05    16:39             KSC 39A           Falcon-9R            Cargo Dragon
06    ??:??             Sriharikota S     PSLV-?               CMS 01
07    19:00-22:30       Kodiak 3B         Astra v3.2           ?
09    ??:??             Xichang 4         CZ-11                GECAM A, GECAM B
1?    ??:??             Canaveral/KSC     Falcon-9R            Türksat 5A
17    ??:??             Wostocznyj 1S     Sojuz-2.1b/Fregat-M  OneWeb x 36
20    ??:??             Wenchang 201      CZ-8                 ?, ET-SMART-RSS
22    ??:??             Vandenberg 2W     Firefly Alpha        (xx satelitów)
28    ??:??             Kourou ELS        Sojuz-ST-A/Fregat-M  CSO 2
??    ??:??             Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            Sirius XM-7
??    ??:??             Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            NRO L-108
??    ??:??             Vandenberg 6      Delta-4H             NRO L-82 (KH-11 18)
??    ??:??             Plesieck 43/4     Sojuz-2.1a           Kosmos (Bars-M)
??    ??:??             Plesieck 43/4     Sojuz-2.1b/Fregat    Kosmos (Głonass-K)

Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: Orionid w Listopad 26, 2020, 02:11
Vega znów zawiodła
  17.11. o 01:52:20 z Kourou wystrzelona została RN Vega, która miała wynieść w T+54' na orbitę o parametrach:
hp=670 km, ha=670 km, i=98,09° hiszpańskiego satelitę teledetekcyjnego SEOSAT-Ingenio, a w T+1h 38' na orbitę
o parametrach: hp=676 km, ha=676 km, i=98,19° francuskiego  satelitę naukowego TARANIS. (Tool for the Analysis
of RAdiation from lightNIng and Sprites). Pierwsze trzy stopnie RN funkcjonowały prawidłowo, natomiast zaraz po uruchomieniu stopnia AVUM trajektoria lotu zaczęła się znacząco obniżać w stosunku do zaplanowanej. Misja zakończyła się fiaskiem. Podejrzewa się, że winę ponosi błędne podłączenie kabli sterujących pracą siłowników, poruszających dyszę silnika RD-869.
http://lk.astronautilus.pl/n201116.htm#02

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Payload profile: Spain’s #SEOSAT-Ingenio – to be released first during the launch sequence – is an Earth observation satellite that support applications in cartography, land use, urban management, water management, environmental monitoring, risk management & security.
https://twitter.com/Arianespace/status/1328439636688052225

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Em-YNKYXUAE2A-5?format=jpg&name=large)
Advancing space science: #TARANIS of France, whose separation will complete Vega Flight #VV17, is the 1st satellite designed to observe luminous, radiative and electromagnetic phenomena (called “sprites,” “jets” and “elves”) occurring at 20-100 km above thunderstorms.
https://twitter.com/Arianespace/status/1328447768965378054

Vega launches SEOSAT-Ingenio and TARANIS
23 134 wyświetlenia•17 lis 2020

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qF1qZRdvZX4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qF1qZRdvZX4

Vega VV17 – nieudany lot
BY KRZYSZTOF KANAWKA ON 17 LISTOPADA 2020

(...) Vega to obecnie najmniejsza europejska rakieta nośna. Jej wejście do służby nastąpiło w 2012 roku (wówczas na orbitę został wyniesiony pierwszy polski satelita PW-Sat). W piętnastym starcie (lipiec 2019) rakieta Vega po raz pierwszy zawiodła. Kolejny start Vegi (3 września 2020) był udany.

Siedemnastego listopada 2020 o godzinie 02:51 CET z kosmodromu Kourou w Gujanie Francuskiej wystartowała rakieta Vega. Na jej pokładzie znalazły się dwa satelity: SEOSat-Ingenio oraz TARANIS. Był to siedemnasty start rakiety Vega (VV17)

Prace trzech dolnych stopni przebiegały prawidłowo. Tuż po odpaleniu czwartego stopnia (AVUM) zaczęły się problemy – zanotowano “degradację” trajektorii (w tym przypadku obniżanie się zamiast dalszego wznoszenia). Arianespace na oficjalnie poinformował, że nastąpiła wspomniana degradacja trajektorii po 20 minucie lotu, choć kilka minut wcześniej na grafikach prezentowanych w trakcie przekazu można było zobaczyć nieprawidłowy ruch górnego stopnia. Satelity zostały utracone.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IveCBs-cCTw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IveCBs-cCTw&feature=emb_title

Jest to już dziewiąty nieudany start rakiety orbitalnej w 2020 roku. Tak złej passy w ilościach nieudanych startów nie było od lat 70. XX wieku. Nieudane starty dotknęły w tym roku zarówno Europę, jak i USA, Chiny i Iran.
(PFA)
(...)
https://kosmonauta.net/2020/11/vega-vv17-nieudany-lot/

Arianespace o powodach utraty ładunku Vegi. Możliwa „seria ludzkich błędów”
20 listopada 2020, 14:47

Przyczyny drugiego nieudanego startu rakiety Vega, na pokładzie której znajdowały się dwa satelity (w tym jeden współtworzony przez Polaków), bada już specjalna komisja powołana przez Europejską Agencję Kosmiczną oraz spółkę Arianespace. Co ciekawe, jeszcze przed właściwym rozpoczęciem jej działalności przedstawiciele europejskiego operatora systemów nośnych wskazali, że za porażką misji VV17 może stać seria ludzkich błędów.

Druga w historii nieudana misja europejskiego systemu nośnego Vega kosztowała utratę ładunku złożonego z dwóch instrumentów satelitarnych: hiszpańskiego SEOSat-Ingenio (satelita obserwacji Ziemi) oraz francuskiego badawczego systemu Taranis. Problemy nastąpiły po zainicjowaniu zapłonu silnika czwartego stopnia - doszło do utraty prędkości i zmiany trajektorii lotu rakiety. Według opisu zdarzenia, miało dojść wręcz do "koziołkowania" ładunku na orbicie.

Wobec takiego przebiegu misji sprawą zajęła się już nowo powołana komisja dochodzeniowa z udziałem przedstawicieli Europejskiej Agencji Kosmicznej i operatora rakiety, firmy Arianespace. W jej skład weszli m.in. Daniel Neuenschwander, dyrektor sekcji Transportu Kosmicznego ESA oraz Stéphane Israël, dyrektor generalny Arianespace. Komisja rozpoczęła działanie już 18 listopada, dzień po katastrofie. "Wiele wskazuje na to, że była to seria ludzkich błędów, a nie problemy techniczne" - skomentował już na wstępnym etapie działań Roland Lagier, szef zespołu technicznego Arianespace.

Wstępna analiza telemetrii lotu w połączeniu z danymi technicznymi rakiety doprowadziła zespół Arianespace badający przyczynę katastrofy do wniosku, że mogło dojść do pomyłki w podłączeniu sterowania  uruchamiającego silnik w module AVUM (czwarty segment silnikowy). Są to przy tym wciąż wstępne wnioski.

"Jestem myślami z wszystkimi zespołami, które pracowały przy obu utraconych satelitach, ze wszystkimi ludźmi, którzy włożyli wiele trudu w powstanie SeoSat-Ingenio i Taranisa" - powiedział dyrektor generalny ESA, Jan Wörner. "Zapewniam, że osobiście zaangażuję się w wyjaśnienie przyczyn wypadku" - dodał.

Mierząca 30 m długości rakieta nośna Vega wystartowała z kosmodromu w Gujanie Francuskiej w nocy z 16 na 17 listopada. Był to drugi tegoroczny start rakiety Vega, która weszła do użycia w 2012 roku, ale od lipca 2019 przez ponad rok jej użycie było wstrzymane z powodu zaistniałego wówczas pierwszego nieudanego startu. Tamta sytuacja była wynikiem problemów z drugim stopniem rakiety - doszło do katastrofy i utraty Vegi wraz z ładunkiem. Usterkę udało się ustalić i naprawić, a Vega powróciła do użytku jako jedna z kluczowych rakiet Grupy Ariane.

Ta sytuacja przypomina nam po raz kolejny, że obszar naszej działalności jest skomplikowany i że sukces od porażki dzieli bardzo cienka linia. Nasi specjaliści już zajęli się analizą danych ze startu, by zrozumieć powód, dla którego misja się nie powiodła oraz pomóc naprawić usterkę tak szybko, jak to tylko możliwe.

               Jean-Yves Le Gall, dyrektor francuskiego Narodowego Centrum Badań Kosmicznych CNES

To właśnie CNES był pomysłodawcą i głównym koordynatorem prac nad mikrosatelitą Taranis, którego celem było zbadanie wysokoenergetycznych wyładowań w górnych warstwach atmosfery, tzw. zjawisk TLE (Transient Luminous Events) oraz krótkotrwałych rozbłysków promieniowania gamma w ziemskiej atmosferze (Terrestial Gamma-ray Flashes, TGF). Centrum Badań Kosmicznych Polskiej Akademii Nauk powstał zasilacz będący częścią systemu MEXIC (Multi Experiment Interface Controller), mózgu całego skomplikowanego układu instrumentów naukowych.

W przygotowanie instrumentów dla misji Taranis włożyliśmy dużo czasu i jeszcze więcej pracy. Przykro mi, że zespół naukowy nie uzyska oczekiwanych danych, że satelita nie dokona pomiarów. To wielka strata dla nauki. Jednak z punktu widzenia inżynierskiego możemy mimo wszystko mówić o sukcesie. Współpraca ze znakomitymi inżynierami z CNES otworzyła CBK PAN na nowoczesne trendy w projektowaniu elektroniki wykorzystywanej do eksploracji kosmosu. Doświadczenie, nowe umiejętności i kontakty, jakie nawiązaliśmy przy okazji pracy nad Taranisem są bezcenne.

                           Dr inż. Roman Wawrzaszek z CBK PAN

"Wciąż nie uzyskaliśmy informacji, czy CNES zdecyduje się na drugie podejście do projektu i ponowne skonstruowanie satelity. Jeśli tak, to może liczyć na naszą współpracę" - mówi profesor Jan Błęcki z CBK PAN, Co-Leading Investigator misji Taranis.
https://www.space24.pl/wiadomosci/arianespace-o-powodach-utraty-ladunku-vegi-mozliwa-seria-ludzkich-bledow
https://www.space24.pl/wiadomosci/rekordowe-straty-ubezpieczycieli-po-upadku-rakiety-vega-widmo-rynkowego-exodusu

European Vega rocket suffers second failure in three launches
November 17, 2020 Stephen Clark

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A Vega rocket took off Monday night from French Guiana with two European satellites, but the launcher failed to deploy the payloads into orbit. Credit: Arianespace

A European Vega rocket crashed back to Earth shortly after launching from French Guiana carrying a Spanish land imaging satellite and a French research probe with a combined value of nearly $400 million. (...)

The French Taranis research satellite was designed to trace the origins of mysterious luminous phenomena above thunderstorms. These Transient Luminous Events, or TLEs, are electrical discharges that last just milliseconds, and scientists are unsure of the mechanisms and physics the produce them.

TLEs manifesting themselves as red sprites and blue jets are sometimes visible on dark nights, especially from aircraft. Phenomena known as elves are the most difficult to detect, requiring special photographic equipment.

Long theorized with sporadic observations which were spread by word-of-mouth, bright electrical bursts above thunderstorms were first documented in 1989 by ground-based observations and instruments on the space shuttle. Scientists know little about how the discharges are triggered, or how they reach so high in the atmosphere, near the edge of space.

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The SEOSat-Ingenio Earth observation satellite is seen mounted on top of the Vega rocket’s Vespa dual-payload adapter before encapsulation inside the payload shroud. The French Taranis satellite is contained inside the Vespa structure. Credit: Airbus

Taranis, led by the French space agency CNES, would have attempted to untangle what triggers these brief flashes above thunderstorms, and how TLEs might affect conditions within the atmosphere or in space.

The 385-pound (175-kilogram) Taranis satellite “will be capable of detecting these phenomena and recording their light and radiation signatures at fine resolution, as well as the electromagnetic disturbances they generate in the upper layers of Earth’s atmosphere,” CNES said in a press release before the failed launch.

The instruments aboard Taranis included cameras, X-ray and gamma-ray detectors, electron detectors, a magnetometer, and sensors to detect plasma and electric fields in space.

Built for a mission of two-to-four years, Taranis would have also studied Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flashes, or TGFs, brief bursts of gamma-ray photons observed emanating from thunderstorms around the world.

“Taranis is the first space mission combining optical, gamma, energetic particles and eletric and magnetic measurements to improve our understanding of these phenomena,” said Jean-Louis Pinçon, science lead for the Taranis mission from CNRS, the French national scientific research center. “Ultimately, once the generation mechanisms will be fully understood, we will have the possibility to estimate the real impacts of TLEs and TGFs on the physics and chemistry of the upper atmosphere.”

CNES spent about 115 million euros, or $136 million, on the Taranis project since it began in 2010, Pinçon said.
https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/11/17/european-vega-rocket-suffers-second-failure-in-three-launches/

https://spacewatch.global/2020/11/vega-vv17-fails-taranis-and-seosat-ingenio-satellites-both-lost/
https://www.arianespace.com/mission/vega-flight-vv17/

SEOSAT-Ingenio  https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/seosat-ingenio.htm
TARANIS  https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/taranis.htm

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2020/11/arianespace-vega-seosat-taranis/

AA https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=3725.msg152858#msg152858
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: Orionid w Listopad 27, 2020, 02:15
Jeszcze w tym roku planowany jest kolejny start Rocket Lab

Cytuj
The Owl's Night Begins    Launch Window NET 12 December UTC
https://www.rocketlabusa.com/missions/next-mission/
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: astropl w Listopad 28, 2020, 08:56

PAŹDZIERNIK 2020

03    01:16:14          Wallops 0A        Antares-230+         Cygnus-14 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4223.0)
06    11:29:35          KSC 39A           Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4226.0)
11    16:57:04          Xichang           CZ-3B/G2             Gaofen-13
14    05:45:05          Bajkonur 31/6     Sojuz-2.1a           Sojuz MS-17 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4211.0)
18    12:25:57          Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4265.0)
24    15:31:34          Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4266.0)
25    19:08:42          Plesieck 43/4     Sojuz-2.1b/Fregat    Kosmos 2547 (Głonass-K)
26    15:19:05          Xichang 3         CZ-2C                Yaogan 30-07 A, B, C, Tianqi-06
28    21:21:27          Onenui 1A         Electron/Curie       CE-SAT-IIB, Flock-4e x 9

LISTOPAD 2020

05    23:24:23          Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            GPS III SV04 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4252.0)
06    03:19:14          Taiyuan 6         CZ-6                 Satellogic 9-18, Tianyi 05, Taiyuan, Beihang-1
07    07:12:00          Jiuquan           Gushenxing-1         Tianqi-11
07    09:41:18          Sriharikota F     PSLV-DL              EOS-01, KSM x 4, Lemur-2z x 4, M6P 2
12    15:59:04          Xichang 3         CZ-3B/G3             Tiantong-1 02
13    22:32             Canaveral 41      Atlas-5/531          NRO L-101 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4281.0)
16    00:27:17          KSC 39A           Falcon-9R            USCV-1 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=3546.0)
17    01:52:20          Kourou ZLV        Vega                 SEOSAT-Ingenio, TARANIS
20    02:20:01          Onenui 1          Electron/Curie       DRAGRACER x 2, BRO-2, BRO-3, APSS-1,
                                                               SpaceBEE x 24, Gnome Chompski
21    17:17:08          Vandenberg 4E     Falcon-9R            Jason CS-A (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4295.0)
23    20:30:22          Wenchang 101      CZ-5                 Chang'e-5 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=1334.0)
25    02:13:12          Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4292.0)
__________________________________________________________________________________________
29    01:33:28          Kourou ELS        Sojuz-ST-A/Fregat-M  Falcon Eye 2
29    07:15-09:15       Tanegashima Y1    H-2A (204)           JDRS-1
??    ??:??             Canaveral 37B     Delta-4H             NRO L-44 (Orion-10)

GRUDZIEŃ 2020

03    02:12:15          Plesieck 43/4     Sojuz-2.1b/Fregat    Goniec-M 30, 31, 32, ? x ?
05    ??:??             Xichang 3         CZ-3B/G3             Gaofen-14
05    16:39             KSC 39A           Falcon-9R            Cargo Dragon
06    09:30             Sriharikota S     PSLV-?               CMS 01
07    19:00-22:30       Kodiak 3B         Astra v3.2           ?
09    ??:??             Xichang 4         CZ-11                GECAM A, GECAM B
11    05:22             Plesieck 35/1     Angara-A5/Briz-M     IPM-2 (makieta) (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4262.0)
12    09:00-10:59       Onenui 1A         Electron/Curie       Strix-alfa
1?    ??:??             Canaveral/KSC     Falcon-9R            Türksat 5A
17    ??:??             Wostocznyj 1S     Sojuz-2.1b/Fregat-M  OneWeb x 36
20    ??:??             Wenchang 201      CZ-8                 ?, ET-SMART-RSS
22    ??:??             Vandenberg 2W     Firefly Alpha        (xx satelitów)
28    ??:??             Kourou ELS        Sojuz-ST-A/Fregat-M  CSO 2
??    ??:??             Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            Sirius XM-7
??    ??:??             Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            NRO L-108
??    ??:??             Vandenberg 6      Delta-4H             NRO L-82 (KH-11 18)
??    ??:??             Plesieck 43/4     Sojuz-2.1a           Kosmos (Bars-M)
??    ??:??             Plesieck 43/4     Sojuz-2.1b/Fregat    Kosmos (Głonass-K)

Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: mss w Listopad 28, 2020, 23:09
podobno pogoda:
30    01:33:28          Kourou ELS        Sojuz-ST-A/Fregat-M  Falcon Eye 2
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: astropl w Listopad 29, 2020, 16:47

PAŹDZIERNIK 2020

03    01:16:14          Wallops 0A        Antares-230+         Cygnus-14 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4223.0)
06    11:29:35          KSC 39A           Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4226.0)
11    16:57:04          Xichang           CZ-3B/G2             Gaofen-13
14    05:45:05          Bajkonur 31/6     Sojuz-2.1a           Sojuz MS-17 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4211.0)
18    12:25:57          Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4265.0)
24    15:31:34          Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4266.0)
25    19:08:42          Plesieck 43/4     Sojuz-2.1b/Fregat    Kosmos 2547 (Głonass-K)
26    15:19:05          Xichang 3         CZ-2C                Yaogan 30-07 A, B, C, Tianqi-06
28    21:21:27          Onenui 1A         Electron/Curie       CE-SAT-IIB, Flock-4e x 9

LISTOPAD 2020

05    23:24:23          Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            GPS III SV04 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4252.0)
06    03:19:14          Taiyuan 6         CZ-6                 Satellogic 9-18, Tianyi 05, Taiyuan, Beihang-1
07    07:12:00          Jiuquan           Gushenxing-1         Tianqi-11
07    09:41:18          Sriharikota F     PSLV-DL              EOS-01, KSM x 4, Lemur-2z x 4, M6P 2
12    15:59:04          Xichang 3         CZ-3B/G3             Tiantong-1 02
13    22:32             Canaveral 41      Atlas-5/531          NRO L-101 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4281.0)
16    00:27:17          KSC 39A           Falcon-9R            USCV-1 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=3546.0)
17    01:52:20          Kourou ZLV        Vega                 SEOSAT-Ingenio, TARANIS
20    02:20:01          Onenui 1          Electron/Curie       DRAGRACER x 2, BRO-2, BRO-3, APSS-1,
                                                               SpaceBEE x 24, Gnome Chompski
21    17:17:08          Vandenberg 4E     Falcon-9R            Jason CS-A (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4295.0)
23    20:30:22          Wenchang 101      CZ-5                 Chang'e-5 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=1334.0)
25    02:13:12          Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4292.0)
29    07:15             Tanegashima Y1    H-2A (202)           JDRS-1
__________________________________________________________________________________________
30    01:33:28          Kourou ELS        Sojuz-ST-A/Fregat-M  Falcon Eye 2

GRUDZIEŃ 2020

03    02:12:15          Plesieck 43/4     Sojuz-2.1b/Fregat    Goniec-M 30, 31, 32, ? x ?
05    ??:??             Xichang 3         CZ-3B/G5             Gaofen-14
05    16:39             KSC 39A           Falcon-9R            Cargo Dragon
07    19:00-22:30       Kodiak 3B         Astra v3.2           ?
09    ??:??             Xichang 4         CZ-11                GECAM A, GECAM B
11    05:22             Plesieck 35/1     Angara-A5/Briz-M     IPM-2 (makieta) (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4262.0)
12    09:00-10:59       Onenui 1A         Electron/Curie       Strix-alfa
14    09:30             Sriharikota S     PSLV-?               CMS 01
16    ??:??             Canaveral/KSC     Falcon-9R            Türksat 5A
17    ??:??             Wostocznyj 1S     Sojuz-2.1b/Fregat-M  OneWeb x 36
20    ??:??             Wenchang 201      CZ-8                 ?, ET-SMART-RSS
28    ??:??             Kourou ELS        Sojuz-ST-A/Fregat-M  CSO 2
??    ??:??             Canaveral 37B     Delta-4H             NRO L-44 (Orion-10)
??    ??:??             Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            Sirius XM-7
??    ??:??             Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            NRO L-108
??    ??:??             Vandenberg 6      Delta-4H             NRO L-82 (KH-11 18)
??    ??:??             Plesieck 43/4     Sojuz-2.1a           Kosmos (Bars-M)
??    ??:??             Plesieck 43/4     Sojuz-2.1b/Fregat    Kosmos (Głonass-K)

Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: JSz w Listopad 29, 2020, 19:40
Listopad był bardzo udany jeśli idzie o liczbę startów, a ponadto mieliśmy przynajmniej dwa hitowe starty, mam na myśli SpX Crew-1 i Change 5.

Grudzień zapowiada się o wiele słabiej pod obydwoma względami, a interesujące wydają mi się starty Angary A5 - bo ta rakieta ma odegrać w przyszłości dużą rolę w rosyjskim programie kosmicznym (jak zbudują jej wyrzutnię w Wostocznym) oraz dwa starty Delty 4H - bo to chyba najbardziej widowiskowo startująca rakieta - o ile przynajmniej jeden z nich dojdzie do skutku.
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: gszczepa w Listopad 29, 2020, 22:04
Dla mnie to jest najciekawsze:
07.12.2020 (okno startowe 19:00-22:00) z wyrzutni LP-3B w Kodiak wystrzelona zostanie RN Rocket v3.2
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: Orionid w Listopad 29, 2020, 22:50
Japoński satelita przekazu danych
  29.11. o 07:25 z Tanegashima wystrzelona została RN H-2A (202), która wyniosła na orbitę GTO satelitę transmisji
danych JDRS-1 (Japanese Data Relay Satellite-1).
http://lk.astronautilus.pl/n201116.htm#07

JDRS-1 launch
3405 wyświetleń•29 lis 2020
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myAVKTgBtSg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myAVKTgBtSg

Japan launches JDRS-1 optical data relay satellite for military, civilian use
by Andrew Jones — November 29, 2020

(https://spacenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/H-IIA-Tanegashima-JDRS-1-nov2020-pre-launch-879x485.jpg)
H-IIA No. 43 at Tanegashima space port hours ahead of launch of the JDRS-1 satellite. Credit: MHI

HELSINKI — Japan has a new data relay satellite headed for geostationary orbit following successful launch of JDRS-1 on a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ H-IIA rocket Sunday.

The H-IIA rocket No. 43 lifted off (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPAXBKh9O4Y&feature=youtu.be&t=5146) from the Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan at 2:25 a.m. Eastern Nov. 29.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries confirmed (https://www.mhi.com/jp/notice/notice_201129.html) separation of JDRS-1 and launch success two and a half hours later.

The JDRS-1 will relay optical and radar data from Japan’s Information Gathering Satellites (IGS) and other data from science satellites to Earth. Few details of the satellite have been revealed due to the largely military nature of its mission.

The new satellite carries Laser Utilizing Communication System (LUCAS) developed by JAXA. LUCAS (https://www.satnavi.jaxa.jp/project/lucas/) uses infrared light to facilitate inter-satellite links at rates of up to 1.8 gigabits per second.

The JDRS satellite was jointly developed by JAXA and the Government of Japan. The Cabinet Satellite Intelligence Center owns and operates the satellite, with JAXA responsible for the optical data relay function.

The satellite will operate in a geostationary orbit at 35,400 kilometers above the Earth, relaying data between Japanese satellites passing below and ground stations. This allows speedier passing of data, facilitating its transfer when a satellite would otherwise not have a clear view of the ground station.

Japan’s follow-on Advanced Land Observation Satellites for Earth science and observation, ALOS-3 and ALOS-4, will be capable of utilizing the full relay capabilities of JDRS-1. ALOS-3 could launch as soon as 2021.

The JDRS-1 replaces the “Kodama” Data Relay Test Satellite (DRTS) launched in 2002 and operational through August 2017. The LUCAS payload allows data transfer at around seven times faster than the S-band and Ka-band DRTS .

(https://spacenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/LUCAS-optical-payload-JDRS-1-JAXA-879x659.jpg)
Illustration of the LUCAS optical data relay payload on the JDRS-1 satellite. Credit: JAXA

Sunday’s JDRS-1 launch was the 43rd of the four variants of the H-IIA rocket, which boasts a 100 percent success rate.

The H-IIA and H-IIB are to be retired by the end of 2023 and replaced by the new H3 rocket. The latter was expected to have an inaugural launch by the end of 2020, but this has now slipped to Japanese Financial Year 2021 (https://spacenews.com/japans-new-h3-launcher-delayed-by-rocket-engine-component-issues/), beginning April 2021, following discovery of issues with components of the new LE-9 rocket engine.

https://spacenews.com/japan-launches-jdrs-1-optical-data-relay-satellite-for-military-civilian-use/

Japanese data relay satellite launches on H-2A rocket
November 29, 2020 Stephen Clark

(https://mk0spaceflightnoa02a.kinstacdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/En-eS6DVEAIVovn.jpeg)
A Japanese H-2A rocket lifts off from the Tanegashima Space Center on Sunday. Credit: MHI

(...) The new satellite carries the Laser Utilizing Communication System, or LUCAS, payload developed by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. From its perch in geostationary orbit, the optical communication payload will connect with satellites flying several hundred miles above Earth with a near-infrared laser beam, allowing the transmission of data at high rates.

A single data relay satellite can communicate with a user spacecraft for about 40 minutes on each orbit, relaying imagery, scientific data, and other information between the Earth observation satellite and a ground station. The connection allows imagery analysts to more rapidly receive data than if they waited for the observation satellite to pass over an antenna on the ground.

The new optical data relay satellite replaces JAXA’s Kodama spacecraft, which had S-band and Ka-band inter-satellite links providing communication speeds of about 240 megabits per second. JAXA decommissioned the Kodama satellite in 2017 after a 15-year mission.

The laser-equipped relay satellite will permit data transmission speeds up 1.8 gigabits per second, more than seven times faster than the speeds possible with Kodama. The antenna for Kodama’s radio frequency transmissions had a diameter of 11.8 feet, or 3.6 meters, while the laser terminal for the optical relay satellite has a diameter of 5.5 inches, or 14 centimeters. (...)
https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/11/29/japanese-data-relay-satellite-set-for-launch-on-h-2a-rocket/

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/11/29/national/science-health/japan-launches-data-relay-satellite-disaster/

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2020/11/japan-launches-data-relay-satellite/

JDRS 1 https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/jdrs-1.htm
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: Orionid w Listopad 30, 2020, 02:26
T-minus 8 minutes. All systems are reporting a "go" status for an on-time launch today.

It is currently 10:25 p.m. in French Guiana.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZo-lTMh1rA&feature=emb_title
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: Orionid w Listopad 30, 2020, 02:31
pogoda  na ten moment no go
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: Orionid w Listopad 30, 2020, 02:34
Ponowna próba startu jutro o 02 33 CET

2:33 AM · 30 lis 2020 Arianespace@Arianespace
#Arianespace has decided to postpone Flight #VS24 due to a “red” status due to weather during the mission’s final launch chronology. More information will come soon.
https://twitter.com/Arianespace/status/1333222614014287872
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: Orionid w Listopad 30, 2020, 02:35
Starty kosmiczne w 2020 

Starty wg miesięcy:

I  7 (Chiny 3, SpaceX 2, Rocket Lab 1, Europa 1)
II 8+1 (15+1)  (Chiny 1, SpaceX 1, ULA 1, NG 1, Rosja 2, Europa 1, Japonia 1, Iran 1)
III 7+1 (22+2)  (Chiny 2+1, SpaceX 2, ULA 1, Rosja 2)
IV 4+1 (26+3)  (Chiny 1, SpaceX 1, Rosja 2, Iran 1)
V 8+1 (34+4)  (Chiny 4, SpaceX 1, ULA 1, Virgin Orbit 1, Rosja 1, Japonia 1)
VI 7 (41+4) (Chiny 3, SpaceX 3, Rocket Lab 1)
VII 12+2 (53+6) (Chiny 5+1, SpaceX 1, ULA 1, NG 1, Rocket Lab 1, Rosja 2, Japonia 1, Izrael 1)
VIII 7 (60+6) (Chiny 2, SpaceX 3, Rocket Lab 1, Europa 1)
IX 8+2 (68+8) (Chiny 5+1, SpaceX 1, Astra 1, Rosja 1, Europa 1)
X 9 (77+8) (Chiny 2, SpaceX 3, NG 1, Rocket Lab 1, Rosja 2)
XI 12+1 (89+9) (Chiny 4, SpaceX 4, ULA 1, Rocket Lab 1, Europa 1, Japonia 1, Indie 1)

W skrócie:

Chiny                                              31+4                                                   
USA/Nowa Zelandia (Rocket Lab)      35+3 (SpaceX 22, ULA 5, NG 3, Virgin Orbit 1, Astra 1 Rocket Lab 5+1)                                                               
Rosja                                             12+0 z Kourou                                                   
Europa (bez europejskich Sojuzów)   4+1           
Japonia                                          4                                                 
Indie                                              1
Iran                                               1+1
Izrael                                             1                                   

[1] 19.01. miał miejsce test IAT (In-Flight Abort Test) z użyciem Falcona 9.
https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4133.msg146650#msg146650
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: Orionid w Listopad 30, 2020, 02:44
W tym miesiącu SpaceX pierwszy raz udało się  przeprowadzić 4 lądowania 1-szych stopni w ciągu 1. miesiąca.
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: astropl w Grudzień 03, 2020, 06:51

PAŹDZIERNIK 2020

03    01:16:14          Wallops 0A        Antares-230+         Cygnus-14 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4223.0)
06    11:29:35          KSC 39A           Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4226.0)
11    16:57:04          Xichang           CZ-3B/G2             Gaofen-13
14    05:45:05          Bajkonur 31/6     Sojuz-2.1a           Sojuz MS-17 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4211.0)
18    12:25:57          Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4265.0)
24    15:31:34          Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4266.0)
25    19:08:42          Plesieck 43/4     Sojuz-2.1b/Fregat    Kosmos 2547 (Głonass-K)
26    15:19:05          Xichang 3         CZ-2C                Yaogan 30-07 A, B, C, Tianqi-06
28    21:21:27          Onenui 1A         Electron/Curie       CE-SAT-IIB, Flock-4e x 9

LISTOPAD 2020

05    23:24:23          Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            GPS III SV04 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4252.0)
06    03:19:14          Taiyuan 6         CZ-6                 Satellogic 9-18, Tianyi 05, Taiyuan, Beihang-1
07    07:12:00          Jiuquan           Gushenxing-1         Tianqi-11
07    09:41:18          Sriharikota F     PSLV-DL              EOS-01, KSM x 4, Lemur-2z x 4, M6P 2
12    15:59:04          Xichang 3         CZ-3B/G3             Tiantong-1 02
13    22:32             Canaveral 41      Atlas-5/531          NRO L-101 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4281.0)
16    00:27:17          KSC 39A           Falcon-9R            USCV-1 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=3546.0)
17    01:52:20          Kourou ZLV        Vega                 SEOSAT-Ingenio, TARANIS
20    02:20:01          Onenui 1          Electron/Curie       DRAGRACER x 2, BRO-2, BRO-3, APSS-1,
                                                               SpaceBEE x 24, Gnome Chompski
21    17:17:08          Vandenberg 4E     Falcon-9R            Jason CS-A (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4295.0)
23    20:30:22          Wenchang 101      CZ-5                 Chang'e-5 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=1334.0)
25    02:13:12          Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4292.0)
29    07:15             Tanegashima Y1    H-2A (202)           JDRS-1

GRUDZIEŃ 2020
02    01:33:28          Kourou ELS        Sojuz-ST-A/Fregat-M  Falcon Eye 2
03    01:14:36          Plesieck 43/4     Sojuz-2.1b/Fregat    Goniec-M 30, 31, 32, Kosmos 2548
__________________________________________________________________________________________
05    ??:??             Xichang 3         CZ-3B/G5             Gaofen-14
05    16:39             KSC 39A           Falcon-9R            Cargo Dragon
07    19:00-22:30       Kodiak 3B         Astra v3.2           ?
09    ??:??             Xichang 4         CZ-11                GECAM A, GECAM B
10    16:19-18:19       Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            Sirius XM-7
11    05:22             Plesieck 35/1     Angara-A5/Briz-M     IPM-2 (makieta) (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4262.0)
12    09:00-10:59       Onenui 1A         Electron/Curie       Strix-alfa
14    09:30             Sriharikota S     PSLV-?               CMS 01
17    ??:??             Wostocznyj 1S     Sojuz-2.1b/Fregat-M  OneWeb x 36
19    18:00-22:00       Mojave 12/30      B-747/LauncherOne    CACTUS 1, CAPE 3, ExoCube 2, MiTEE 1, Q-PACE,
                                                               PICS 1, 2, PolarCube, Q-PACE, RadFxSat 2,
                                                               TechEdSat 7
20    ??:??             Wenchang 201      CZ-8                 ?, ET-SMART-RSS
28    ??:??             Kourou ELS        Sojuz-ST-A/Fregat-M  CSO 2
3D    ??:??             Canaveral/KSC     Falcon-9R            Türksat 5A
??    ??:??             Canaveral 37B     Delta-4H             NRO L-44 (Orion-10)
??    ??:??             Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            NRO L-108
??    ??:??             Plesieck 43/4     Sojuz-2.1a           Kosmos (Bars-M)
??    ??:??             Plesieck 43/4     Sojuz-2.1b/Fregat    Kosmos (Głonass-K)
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: Orionid w Grudzień 03, 2020, 12:37
Sokole Oko na orbicie
  02.12. o 01:33:28 z Kourou wystrzelona została RN Sojuz-ST-A/Fregat-M, która wyniosła w T+55' 24" na orbitę
heliosynchroniczną o wysokości 597 km satelitę zwiadu optycznego Zjednoczonych Emiratów Arabskich Falcon Eye
http://lk.astronautilus.pl/n201201.htm#02

FalconEye launch
5234 wyświetlenia•2 gru 2020
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DmAEHtlpPM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DmAEHtlpPM

Some statistics on today's flight:

1,928th Soyuz rocket launch
12th Soyuz launch of 2020
24th Soyuz launch from French Guiana
6th launch from Guiana Space Center in 2020
1st launch from French Guiana in 2020
322nd Arianespace launch since 1980
129th Airbus-built satellite launched by Arianespace
99th global orbital launch attempt in 2019
https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/11/30/soyuz-vs24-mission-status-center/

Soyuz launches Falcon Eye 2 satellite for UAE
by Jeff Foust — December 1, 2020

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A Soyuz rocket carrying the Falcon Eye 2 satellite lifts off Dec. 1 from French Guiana. Credit: Arianespace

WASHINGTON — An Arianespace Soyuz rocket successfully launched a reconnaissance satellite for the United Arab Emirates Dec. 1 after months of delays caused by technical problems and the pandemic.

The Soyuz ST-A rocket lifted off from the launch complex in French Guiana at 8:33 p.m. Eastern. The Falcon Eye 2 satellite separated nearly an hour later after two burns by the Fregat upper stage.

The launch took place after nearly nine months of delays. Arianespace postponed the original launch attempt in early March because of a problem with the Fregat upper stage. By mid-March, before the Fregat problem had been corrected, Arianespace and the French space agency CNES suspended all launch activities at the spaceport because of the coronavirus pandemic.

The launch was eventually rescheduled for late November, but launch attempts Nov. 28 and Nov. 29 were postponed because of weather. Another launch attempt Nov. 30 was scrubbed minutes before liftoff when a range safety system at the launch site was not properly receiving telemetry from the rocket.

The 1,190-kilogram Falcon Eye 2 satellite was built by Airbus Defence and Space and Thales Alenia Space for the UAE’s armed forces. Neither the companies nor the UAE government have disclosed the capabilities of the satellite beyond it producing “very-high-resolution” images, likely sharper than one meter.

The satellite is the second of two produced by the companies for the UAE. Falcon Eye 1 was destroyed in a Vega launch failure in July 2019 [1]. In January, with the Vega still grounded, Arianespace announced it would move Falcon Eye 2 to a Soyuz rocket [2] at the request of Airbus to avoid further delays in the satellite’s launch. As it turned out, Vega launched twice before this mission, although the second of those launches, Nov. 16, ended in failure because of misconfigured cables in the vehicle’s upper stage. [3]

The Falcon Eye 2 launch is the first of three Soyuz missions Arianespace plans to conduct this month. Arianespace will launch a set of OneWeb satellites Dec. 17 on a Soyuz from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia now that the broadband megaconstellation company has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy [4]. Another Soyuz launch from French Guiana will take place between Christmas and New Year’s Day, Stéphane Israël, chief executive of Arianespace, said during the launch webcast. He did not disclose the payload for that launch, but it is likely the CSO-2 reconnaissance satellite for the French military.
https://spacenews.com/soyuz-launches-falcon-eye-2-satellite-for-uae/
[1] https://spacenews.com/arianespace-vega-launch-fails-emirati-satellite-lost/
[2] https://spacenews.com/uaes-falcon-eye-2-satellite-switched-from-vega-to-soyuz/
[3] https://spacenews.com/human-error-blamed-for-vega-launch-failure/
[4] https://spacenews.com/oneweb-emerges-from-chapter-11-with-new-ceo/

Soyuz rocket launches Emirati military satellite after lengthy delay
December 2, 2020 Stephen Clark

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Credit: Arianespace

(...) Designed for a 10-year mission, the Falcon Eye 2 satellite will collect high-resolution images for downlink to the armed forces of the United Arab Emirates. With global coverage, the spacecraft gives the UAE an independent source of space-based surveillance data for use in military campaigns, intelligence analysis, and strategic planning.

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The Falcon Eye 2 satellite. Credit: Airbus

Ground teams at an Airbus control facility in Toulouse, France, were expected to receive the first signals from Falcon Eye 2 early Friday, commencing a 10-day test period before handing over control of the satellite to engineers in Abu Dhabi, according to Michel Roux, Falcon Eye program director at Airbus.

“We will check that the satellite and the ground system are fully operational, then the system will be officially handed over to the United Arab Emirates, providing them with fully autonomous access to a very high resolution space imagery,” said Philippe Pham, senior vice president of Earth observation, navigation, and science at Airbus. “This will be a capacity that only a handful of countries have in the world.” (...)
https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/12/02/soyuz-rocket-launches-emirati-reconnaissance-satellite-after-lengthy-delay/

https://www.arianespace.com/press-release/soyuz-flight-vs24-mission-success-at-the-service-of-the-united-arab-emirates/

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2020/12/arianespace-emirati-military-civilian-imaging-satellite/

https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/falcon-eye-1.htm
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: Slavin w Grudzień 03, 2020, 14:43
Europejski Sojuz po wielu miesiącach opóźnień wysyła na orbitę satelitę szpiegowskiego Falcon Eye 2.

Na zdjęciu: Rakieta Sojuz ST-A startująca z Kourou z satelitą Falcon Eye 2. Źródło: Arianespace.
(https://www.urania.edu.pl/sites/default/files/styles/max_1300x1300/public/2020-12/VS24-Decollage.jpg?itok=4W9zrkoc)

Rakieta Sojuz ST-A wyniosła na orbitę satelitę obserwacji Ziemi Zjednoczonych Emiratów Arabskich Falcon Eye 2.

Europejska wersja rakiety Sojuz 2, czyli Sojuz ST-A wystartowała z wyrzutni na kosmodromie Kourou w Gujanie Francuskiej. Start został przeprowadzony 1 grudnia o 22:33 czasu lokalnego (w Polsce była już noc, 2 grudnia).

Wszystkie fazy lotu przebiegły pomyślnie i satelita został umieszczony na docelowej orbicie heliosynchronicznej o średniej wysokości 611 km. Górny stopień rakiety Sojuz ST-A czyli Fregat wypuścił ładunek niecałą godzinę po starcie.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLq84GbdAEE

O ładunku
Wysłany w locie satelita Falcon Eye 2 to statek obserwacji Ziemi wysokiej rozdzielczości. Ma masę 1190 kg i został wyposażony w optykę umożliwiającą rejestrację obrazów powierzchni naszej planety z rozdzielczością dochodzącą do 70 cm/px.

Satelita powstał na zlecenie wojska Zjednoczonych Emiratów Arabskich. Został zbudowany przez europejskie firmy Airbus Defence and Space oraz Thales Alenia Space, na bazie francuskiej pary satelitów Pléiades-HR 1.

Dane z satelity będą wykorzystywane w celach wywiadowczych. Planowane użytkowanie satelity ma trwać 10 lat.


Podsumowanie
Był to drugi wysłany satelita z serii Falcon Eye. Tylko jednak dzisiejszy start z powodzeniem wyniósł statek na orbitę. Pierwszy egzemplarz Falcon Eye 1 został utracony podczas awarii rakiety Vega w lipcu 2019 roku.

Zjednoczone Emiraty Arabskie poprosiły o zmianę rakiety nośnej, która miała wynieść Falcon Eye 2 (początkowo on również miał lecieć na rakiecie Vega). Tłumaczono to chęcią uniezależnienia się od czasu rozwiązania problemu z tamtym systemem nośnym.

Początkowo Falcon Eye 2 miał lecieć już w lutym. Podczas testów rakiety w Kourou znaleziono jednak wyciek ciekłego tlenu z systemu paliwowego górnego stopnia rakiety. Konieczna była wymiana całego stopnia. Po kilku tygodniach opóźnień, kosmodrom Kourou zamknięto z powodu pandemii koronawirusa. To wszystko przyczyniło się do tego, że start tego satelity mogliśmy oglądać dopiero w grudniu.

Był to 90. udany start rakiety orbitalnej w 2020 roku, pierwszy w tym roku (i ostatni) start wariantu ST-A rakiety Sojuz i 12. start rakiety typu Sojuz 2.

https://www.urania.edu.pl/wiadomosci/europejski-sojuz-po-wielu-miesiacach-opoznien-wysyla-na-orbite-satelite-szpiegowskiego (https://www.urania.edu.pl/wiadomosci/europejski-sojuz-po-wielu-miesiacach-opoznien-wysyla-na-orbite-satelite-szpiegowskiego)

https://www.arianespace.com/mission/soyuz-flight-vs24/ (https://www.arianespace.com/mission/soyuz-flight-vs24/)
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: Orionid w Grudzień 04, 2020, 00:17
Trzy Gońce i jeden Kosmos
  03.12. o 01:14:36,491 z Plesiecka wystrzelona została RN Sojuz-2.1b/Fregat, która wyniosła na orbitę o parametrach: hp=1487 km, ha=1506 km, i=82,50° trzy satelity komunikacyjne serii Goniec-M o numerach porządkowych 30, 31 i 32 oraz mikrosatelitę Ministerstwa Obrony Era-1, która otrzymała oficjalną nawę Kosmos 2548

EDIT 19.12.: oraz nieznanego satelitę, nazwanego Kosmos 2549.
http://lk.astronautilus.pl/n201201.htm#03

EDIT Informacja o starcie satelity Kosmos 2549 nie znalazła potwierdzenia.

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EoS6mQ3WEAEmWz-?format=jpg&name=medium)

Запуск ракеты-носителя «Союз-2» с космическими аппаратами на космодроме Плесецк
4329 wyświetleń•3 gru 2020

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGdBY9rsIy4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGdBY9rsIy4&feature=emb_title

Второй успешный пуск ракеты «Союз-2» за сутки
03.12.2020 09:10

В четверг, 3 декабря 2020 года, в 4 часа 14 минут по московскому времени с космодрома Плесецк в Архангельской области выполнен пуск ракеты-носителя «Союз-2» (производства ракетно-космического центра «Прогресс», входит в Госкорпорацию «Роскосмос») с блоком космических аппаратов низкоорбитальной коммерческой системы спутниковой связи «Гонец-М» и разработанной в интересах Минобороны России служебной платформы наноразмерного космического аппарата «ЭРА-1», предназначенной для отработки перспективных микроприборов и микросистем ориентации и астронавигации. (...)
https://www.roscosmos.ru/29637/

Soyuz rocket lifts off from Plesetsk with Russian relay satellites
December 3, 2020 Stephen Clark

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A Soyuz-2.1b rocket climbs away from its launch pad at 8:14 p.m. EST Wednesday (0114 GMT Thursday) at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome. Credit: Roscosmos

(...) There have been 13 flights by Russia’s venerable Soyuz rocket family so far this year. (...)

Russian government ministries and civilian authorities use the Gonets-M satellites to relay secure messages between mobile terminals and fixed operators. Gonets means “messenger” in Russian.

The three Gonets-M satellites, each with a prelaunch weight of about 617 pounds (280 kilograms), will undergo orbital checkouts before being commissioned into the data relay network. The spacecraft are designed for five-year missions.

“The Gonets-M satellites will be used for personal communications services, including mobile and fixed communications, industrial, environmental and scientific monitoring in remote regions,” said ISS Reshetnev, manufacturer of the Gonets M satellites.

The Gonets fleet is effective in Russia’s far northern regions out of reach of conventional satellite communications systems. Messages relayed by the Gonets network are transmitted from the ground to a satellite passing overhead, then stored in the craft’s memory until it flies over the message’s recipient.

The Gonets system is operated by a public-private partnership between Roscosmos — the Russian space agency — and Russian industry.

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File photo of a Gonets M satellite. Credit: ISS Reshetnev

With the addition of three new Gonets-M satellites, the data relay system now consists of 15 satellites, tweeted Dmitry Rogozin, head of Roscosmos.

A Soyuz launch in September also launched three Gonets-M satellites, giving the network six fresh relay stations in the last three months.

The secondary payload launched by the Soyuz rocket was a nanosatellite named ERA-1 for the Russian Ministry of Defense. The small military satellite will test “advanced microdevices and microsystems” for attitude control and navigation, Roscosmos said.
https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/12/03/soyuz-rocket-lifts-off-from-plesetsk-with-russian-relay-satellites/

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2020/12/soyuz-2s-110th-mission-satellites/

Gonets-M https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/gonets-m.htm
Kosmos 2548 (ERA 1)  https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/era-1.htm
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: Orionid w Grudzień 12, 2020, 02:23
Duży satelita obserwacyjny
  06.12. o 03:58:14,250 z Xichang wystrzelona została RN CZ-3B/G5, która wyniosła na orbitę o parametrach:
hp=482 km, ha=495 km, i=97,36° satelitę teledetekcyjnego Gaofen-14.
http://lk.astronautilus.pl/n201201.htm#06

Long March-3B launches Gaofen-14
24 504 wyświetlenia•6 gru 2020
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMU73hhTOEo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMU73hhTOEo

China launches new high-resolution observation satellite
By Zhao Lei | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2020-12-06 12:57

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China launches a Long March 3B carrier rocket Sunday shortly before noon at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province. [Photo by Gao Nan/For chinadaily.com.cn]

China launched a Long March 3B carrier rocket Sunday shortly before noon at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province to deploy its latest high-resolution Earth-observation satellite.

The rocket blasted off at 11:58 am in the 354th flight of the Long March family and later placed the Gaofen 14 high-resolution optical mapping satellite in space, according to China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, the nation’s major space contractor that built the rocket and the satellite.

The State-owned conglomerate said in a statement that the satellite is tasked with obtaining high-definition stereoscopic images of the globe that can be used to generate large-scale digital topographic maps, digital orthophoto maps and other products.

This has been the 116th launch mission of the Long March 3 series and also the first time for Long March 3B to transport a spacecraft to a sun-synchronous orbit.

Designers and engineers at the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology modified the rocket’s control system software to enable the 58-meter vehicle to carry out flights to sun-synchronous orbit, the academy said.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202012/06/WS5fcc64d3a31024ad0ba99fc6.html

China launches Earth-observation satellite for stereo mapping
December 6, 2020 Stephen Clark

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A Long March 3B rocket lifts off from the Xichang launch base at 11:58 a.m. Beijing time Sunday with the Gaofen 14 satellite. Credit: Xinhua

(...) The Long March 3B variant that debuted Sunday is known as the Long March 3B/G5. The upgraded three-stage rocket stands about 190 feet (58 meters) tall, according to China’s state-run aerospace contractors.

Other changes introduced on the Long March 3B/G5 rocket configuration include updates to the launcher’s flight software, enabling the rocket to perform an “omni-directional takeoff roll” to target trajectories into different types of orbits. The changes increase the adaptability of the Long March 3B rocket, according to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp.

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The Long March 3B’s extended payload fairing being transported at the Xichang launch base. Credit: CASC

Chinese officials said the Long March 3B rocket delivered the Gaofen 14 satellite into the mission’s targeted orbit. U.S. military tracking data confirmed the spacecraft was orbiting about 300 miles, or nearly 500 kilometers, above Earth in a sun-synchronous orbit.

Gaofen 14 is an optical surveying and mapping satellite designed to gather global three-dimensional, stereo imagery, according to CASC. The spacecraft will collect imagery to produce large-scale digital topographic maps and digital elevation models, officials said.

The new satellite is part of the CHEOS fleet, a program comprising optical and radar imaging spacecraft. Authorities have published high-resolution imagery taken by previous Gaofen satellites, suggesting the program has at least a partial civilian purpose.

The liftoff of the Long March 3B rocket Sunday marked the 36th orbital launch attempt by China this year.
https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/12/06/china-launches-earth-observation-satellite-for-stereo-mapping/

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2020/12/first-long-march-3b-extended-fairing-gaofen-14/

https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/gf-14.htm
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: astropl w Grudzień 12, 2020, 07:11

PAŹDZIERNIK 2020

03    01:16:14          Wallops 0A        Antares-230+         Cygnus-14 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4223.0)
06    11:29:35          KSC 39A           Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4226.0)
11    16:57:04          Xichang           CZ-3B/G2             Gaofen-13
14    05:45:05          Bajkonur 31/6     Sojuz-2.1a           Sojuz MS-17 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4211.0)
18    12:25:57          Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4265.0)
24    15:31:34          Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4266.0)
25    19:08:42          Plesieck 43/4     Sojuz-2.1b/Fregat    Kosmos 2547 (Głonass-K)
26    15:19:05          Xichang 3         CZ-2C                Yaogan 30-07 A, B, C, Tianqi-06
28    21:21:27          Onenui 1A         Electron/Curie       CE-SAT-IIB, Flock-4e x 9

LISTOPAD 2020

05    23:24:23          Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            GPS III SV04 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4252.0)
06    03:19:14          Taiyuan 6         CZ-6                 Satellogic 9-18, Tianyi 05, Taiyuan, Beihang-1
07    07:12:00          Jiuquan           Gushenxing-1         Tianqi-11
07    09:41:18          Sriharikota F     PSLV-DL              EOS-01, KSM x 4, Lemur-2z x 4, M6P 2
12    15:59:04          Xichang 3         CZ-3B/G3             Tiantong-1 02
13    22:32             Canaveral 41      Atlas-5/531          NRO L-101 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4281.0)
16    00:27:17          KSC 39A           Falcon-9R            USCV-1 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=3546.0)
17    01:52:20          Kourou ZLV        Vega                 SEOSAT-Ingenio, TARANIS
20    02:20:01          Onenui 1          Electron/Curie       DRAGRACER A, DRAGRACER B, BRO-2, BRO-3,
                                                               APSS-1, CORVUS BC 5, SpaceBEE x 18,
                                                               SpaceBEENZ x 6, Gnome Chompski
21    17:17:08          Vandenberg 4E     Falcon-9R            Jason CS-A (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4295.0)
23    20:30:22          Wenchang 101      CZ-5                 Chang'e-5 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=1334.0)
25    02:13:12          Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4292.0)
29    07:15             Tanegashima Y1    H-2A (202)           JDRS-1

GRUDZIEŃ 2020

02    01:33:28          Kourou ELS        Sojuz-ST-A/Fregat-M  Falcon Eye 2
03    01:14:36          Plesieck 43/4     Sojuz-2.1b/Fregat    Goniec-M 30, 31, 32, Kosmos 2548
06    03:58:14          Xichang 3         CZ-3B/G5             Gaofen-14
06    16:17:08          KSC 39A           Falcon-9R            Cargo Dragon CRS-2 (http://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4309.0)
09    20:14             Xichang 4         CZ-11                GECAM A, GECAM B
11    01:09             Canaveral 37B     Delta-4H             NRO L-44 (Orion-10)
13    17:30             Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            Sirius XM-7 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4312.0)
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14    05:50             Plesieck 35/1     Angara-A5/Briz-M     IPM-2 (makieta) (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4262.0)
14    19:00-22:30       Kodiak 3B         Astra v3.2           ?
15    09:00-10:59       Onenui 1A         Electron/Curie       Strix-alfa
17    10:11             Sriharikota S     PSLV-XL              CMS 01
17    ??:??             Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            NRO L-108
18    12:26:26          Wostocznyj 1S     Sojuz-2.1b/Fregat-M  OneWeb x 36
19    18:00-22:00       Mojave 12/30      B-747/LauncherOne    CACTUS 1, CAPE 3, ExoCube 2, MiTEE 1, Q-PACE,
                                                               PICS 1, 2, PolarCube, Q-PACE, RadFxSat 2,
                                                               TechEdSat 7
20    ??:??             Wenchang 201      CZ-8                 ?, ET-SMART-RSS
28    16:42             Kourou ELS        Sojuz-ST-A/Fregat-M  CSO 2
31    01:00             Canaveral/KSC     Falcon-9R            Türksat 5A
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: Orionid w Grudzień 14, 2020, 02:14
Satelity do badania fal grawitacyjnych
  09.12. o 20:14:43,253 z Xichang wystrzelona została RN CZ-11, która wyniosła na orbitę satelity naukowe GECAM-A
i GECAM-B (Gravitational wave high-energy Electromagnetic Counterpart All-sky Monitor).
http://lk.astronautilus.pl/n201201.htm#08

Long March-11 launches GECAM
8752 wyświetlenia•10 gru 2020
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32aLXG0aevc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32aLXG0aevc

China launches two satellites for gravitational wave detection
Source: Xinhua| 2020-12-10 06:27:50|Editor: huaxia

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 Two satellites for the detection of gravitational waves are launched by a Long March-11 carrier rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Dec. 10, 2020. China sent two satellites for the detection of gravitational waves into planned orbit from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center on Thursday morning. The two satellites, which compose the Gravitational Wave High-energy Electromagnetic Counterpart All-sky Monitor (GECAM) mission, were launched by a Long March-11 carrier rocket at 4:14 a.m. (Beijing Time), according to the center. (Photo by Guo Wenbin/Xinhua)

XICHANG, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- China sent two satellites for the detection of gravitational waves into planned orbit from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province on Thursday morning.

The two satellites, which compose the Gravitational Wave High-energy Electromagnetic Counterpart All-sky Monitor (GECAM) mission, were launched by a Long March-11 carrier rocket at 4:14 a.m. (Beijing Time), according to the center.

Thursday's launch was the 355th mission of the Long March rocket series.

The GECAM satellites will be used to monitor high-energy celestial phenomena such as gravitational wave gamma-ray bursts, high-energy radiation of fast radio bursts, special gamma-ray bursts and magnetar bursts, and to study neutron stars, black holes and other compact objects and their merger processes.

In addition, they will also detect high-energy radiation phenomena in space, such as solar flares, Earth gamma flashes and Earth electron beams, providing observation data for scientists.

The GECAM project is carried out by the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The Long March-11 rocket is developed by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-12/10/c_139577148.htm

China launches two small satellites for gravitational wave research
December 10, 2020 Stephen Clark

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A Long March 11 rocket lifts off from the Xichang space base with the GECAM mission. Credit: CAS

Two small Chinese satellites designed to detect gamma-ray bursts associated with gravitational waves launched Wednesday on a Long March 11 rocket, beginning an astrophysics research mission to study black holes and neutron stars.

The Gravitational Wave High-energy Electromagnetic Counterpart All-sky Monitor, or GECAM, mission was developed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences on a rapid timeline of a little more than two years.

The two GECAM satellites, each about 330 pounds (150 kilograms), lifted off on top of a Long March 11 rocket from the Xichang launch base, a site surrounded by mountains in Sichuan province in southwestern China.

The 68-foot-tall (21-meter) solid-fueled Long March 11 launcher fired out of a launch tube on a mobile transporter at 3:14 p.m. EST (2014 GMT) Wednesday. The launch occurred at 4:14 a.m. Beijing time Thursday, according to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp., or CASC, the prime contractor for China’s space program.

After heading east from the Xichang launch facility, the four-stage Long March 11 rocket delivered the two GECAM satellites to an orbit about 372 miles (600 kilometers) in altitude, with an inclination of 29 degrees to the equator, according to U.S. military tracking data.

Chinese officials declared the launch a success.

The Chinese Academy of Sciences said the GECAM satellites will operate together as an all-sky monitor to detect gamma-ray bursts associated gravitational waves, ripples in the fabric of spacetime caused by cataclysmic events in the distant universe like collisions between black holes and neutron stars.

The same super-violent events that generate gravitational waves can also produce powerful explosions that send out high-energy gamma rays. The GECAM mission is designed to measure hunt for the gamma ray signals that come with gravitational waves, which were first directly detected by scientists in 2015.

GECAM will also detect high-energy radiation from fast radio bursts, special gamma-ray bursts and magnetar bursts, and other high-energy celestial explosions, according to the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Scientists will combine GECAM’s observations with gravitational wave detections from ground-based observatories, providing new insights on neutron stars and black holes, the super-dense relics of dead stars left behind after violent supernova explosions.

Chinese scientists said the GECAM mission will also study phenomena closer to come, such as high-energy radiation produced by solar flares and terrestrial gamma-ray flashes over thunderstorms.


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Artist’s concept of the GECAM satellites. Credit: CAS

The National Space Science Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences was responsible for development of the GECAM mission. The Shanghai Institute of Microsatellite Innovation, also part of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, developed the two GECAM satellites.

The academy’s Institute of High Energy Physics set the GECAM mission’s scientific goals and was in charge of development of the spacecraft payloads.

China launched a small satellite named Tianqin 1 last December to test technologies for a future Chinese space-based gravitational wave observatory. The European Space Agency, with assistance from NASA, is also leading developing a space-based mission to detect gravitational waves.

In addition to China’s widely-reported solar system missions — such as the Chang’e moon probes and the Tianwen 1 Mars rover — the Chinese Academy of Sciences said researchers are working on multiple other space science projects.

China is developing the Advanced Space-Based Solar Observatory to study the sun’s magnetic field, solar flares, and coronal mass ejections. A Chinese X-ray astronomy observatory named the Einstein Probe, and a joint Chinese-European mission named SMILE to study the interaction between the solar wind and Earth’s magnetosphere are also in development.

https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/12/10/china-launches-two-small-satellites-for-gravitational-wave-research/

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2020/12/chinese-long-march-11-gecam-mission/

GECAM A (KX 08A, Xiaoji)  https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/gecam.htm
GECAM B (KX 08B, Xiaomu)
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: astropl w Grudzień 14, 2020, 19:29

PAŹDZIERNIK 2020

03    01:16:14          Wallops 0A        Antares-230+         Cygnus-14 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4223.0)
06    11:29:35          KSC 39A           Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4226.0)
11    16:57:04          Xichang           CZ-3B/G2             Gaofen-13
14    05:45:05          Bajkonur 31/6     Sojuz-2.1a           Sojuz MS-17 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4211.0)
18    12:25:57          Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4265.0)
24    15:31:34          Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4266.0)
25    19:08:42          Plesieck 43/4     Sojuz-2.1b/Fregat    Kosmos 2547 (Głonass-K)
26    15:19:05          Xichang 3         CZ-2C                Yaogan 30-07 A, B, C, Tianqi-06
28    21:21:27          Onenui 1A         Electron/Curie       CE-SAT-IIB, Flock-4e x 9

LISTOPAD 2020

05    23:24:23          Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            GPS III SV04 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4252.0)
06    03:19:14          Taiyuan 6         CZ-6                 Satellogic 9-18, Tianyi 05, Taiyuan, Beihang-1
07    07:12:00          Jiuquan           Gushenxing-1         Tianqi-11
07    09:41:18          Sriharikota F     PSLV-DL              EOS-01, KSM x 4, Lemur-2z x 4, M6P 2
12    15:59:04          Xichang 3         CZ-3B/G3             Tiantong-1 02
13    22:32             Canaveral 41      Atlas-5/531          NRO L-101 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4281.0)
16    00:27:17          KSC 39A           Falcon-9R            USCV-1 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=3546.0)
17    01:52:20          Kourou ZLV        Vega                 SEOSAT-Ingenio, TARANIS
20    02:20:01          Onenui 1          Electron/Curie       DRAGRACER A, DRAGRACER B, BRO-2, BRO-3,
                                                               APSS-1, CORVUS BC 5, SpaceBEE x 18,
                                                               SpaceBEENZ x 6, Gnome Chompski
21    17:17:08          Vandenberg 4E     Falcon-9R            Jason CS-A (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4295.0)
23    20:30:22          Wenchang 101      CZ-5                 Chang'e-5 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=1334.0)
25    02:13:12          Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4292.0)
29    07:15             Tanegashima Y1    H-2A (202)           JDRS-1

GRUDZIEŃ 2020

02    01:33:28          Kourou ELS        Sojuz-ST-A/Fregat-M  Falcon Eye 2
03    01:14:36          Plesieck 43/4     Sojuz-2.1b/Fregat    Goniec-M 30, 31, 32, Kosmos 2548
06    03:58:14          Xichang 3         CZ-3B/G5             Gaofen-14
06    16:17:08          KSC 39A           Falcon-9R            Cargo Dragon CRS-2 (http://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4309.0)
09    20:14             Xichang 4         CZ-11                GECAM A, GECAM B
11    01:09             Canaveral 37B     Delta-4H             NRO L-44 (Orion-10)
13    17:30             Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            Sirius XM-7 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4312.0)
14    05:50:00          Plesieck 35/1     Angara-A5/Briz-M     IPM-2 (makieta) (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4262.0)
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15    09:00-10:59       Onenui 1A         Electron/Curie       Strix-alfa
15    19:00-22:30       Kodiak 3B         Astra v3.2           ?
17    10:11             Sriharikota S     PSLV-XL              CMS 01
17    14:00-17:00       Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            NRO L-108
18    12:26:26          Wostocznyj 1S     Sojuz-2.1b/Fregat-M  OneWeb x 36
20    ??:??             Wenchang 201      CZ-8                 ?, ET-SMART-RSS
28    16:42             Kourou ELS        Sojuz-ST-A/Fregat-M  CSO 2
??    18:00-22:00       Mojave 12/30      B-747/LauncherOne    CACTUS 1, CAPE 3, ExoCube 2, MiTEE 1, Q-PACE,
                                                               PICS 1, 2, PolarCube, Q-PACE, RadFxSat 2,
                                                               TechEdSat 7
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: Orionid w Grudzień 15, 2020, 01:30
Delta w końcu wystartowała
  11.12. o 01:09 z Cape Canaveral wystrzelona została RN Delta-4H, która wyniosła na orbitę geostacjonarną w ramach misji NRO L-44 satelitę zwiadu elektronicznego Orion-10, który otrzymał nazwę oficjalną USA-311.
http://lk.astronautilus.pl/n201201.htm#09

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Delta IV Heavy launches NROL-44
9708 wyświetleń•11 gru 2020
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6MWNe0dQKA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6MWNe0dQKA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BSVonaUBvY

Here are some statistics on today's mission:

385th Delta rocket launch since 1960
41st Delta 4 rocket mission since 2002
12th Delta 4-Heavy configuration to fly
63rd, 64th and 65th main engine from RS-68 family launched
21st, 22nd and 23rd RS-68A main engine flown
33rd Delta 4 launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
9th Delta 4-Heavy launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
13th Delta 4 launch for the National Reconnaissance Office
8th Delta 4-Heavy launch for the National Reconnaissance Office
142nd United Launch Alliance mission since the company's formation in 2006
6th ULA launch this year
1st launch of the Delta family in 2020
28th orbital launch from Cape Canaveral in 2020
https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/12/10/delta-385-nrol-44-mission-status-center-2/

ULA launches long-delayed NRO mission aboard Delta 4 Heavy rocket
by Sandra Erwin — December 10, 2020

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A United Launch Alliance Delta 4 Heavy rocket on Dec. 10 at 8:09 p.m. Eastern launched NROL-44 from Space Launch Complex-37 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.  Credit: ULA

The mission named NROL-44 finally got off the pad following three months of delays and scrubs.

WASHINGTON — A National Reconnaissance Office classified satellite flew to orbit Dec. 10 aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta 4 Heavy rocket.

The vehicle lifted off at 8:09 p.m. Eastern from Space Launch Complex-37 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

The webcast of the flight ended approximately seven minutes into the flight. The U.S. Space Force early Friday confirmed the launch was successful.

The mission named NROL-44 finally got off the pad following three months of delays and scrubs. including a pair of last-minute aborts and other delays caused by problems with the launch pad equipment.

The triple-core Delta 4 Heavy is powered by three Aerojet Rocketdyne RS-68A liquid hydrogen/liquid oxygen engines. The second stage is powered by an Aerojet Rocketdyne RL10B-2 liquid hydrogen/liquid oxygen engine.

NROL-44, a geostationary signals intelligence satellite, was the 12th mission for the Delta 4 Heavy. It was ULA’s 142nd mission and the company’s 30th for the NRO.

Preparations for this launch started more than a year ago. The Delta 4 Heavy was rolled out to the pad in November 2019. The NROL-44 payload was delivered in July.

The Delta 4 Heavy is slated to be retired after launching four more NRO missions over the next few years. Two will be from Cape Canaveral and the other two from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.

https://spacenews.com/ula-launches-long-delayed-nro-mission-aboard-delta-4-heavy-rocket/

ULA’s Delta 4-Heavy ready for another launch attempt after pad repairs
December 9, 2020 Stephen Clark

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The Delta 4-Heavy rocket for the NROL-44 mission before a previous launch attempt. Credit: United Launch Alliance
https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/12/09/ulas-delta-4-heavy-ready-for-another-launch-attempt-after-pad-repairs/

Delta IV Heavy Launches Long-Delayed NROL-44 Mission
By Ben Evans, on December 10th, 2020

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(...) As outlined in AmericaSpace’s NROL-44 preview article earlier this week, this mission has weathered no less than eight foiled launch attempts. The Delta IV Heavy was rolled out to the pad in November 2019, with an initial expectation that it would fly in June 2020. That date subsequently slid to 26 August, followed by an additional 24-hour delay at the request of NROL-44’s customer, the National Reconnaissance Office.

Another two-day postponement was forced by a ground pneumatic control system issue, before the Heavy endured a dramatic last-second Hot Fire Abort at T-3 seconds on the 29th. Four more attempts to get the snakebitten mission off the ground in late September also came to nought, thanks to the intractable Florida weather, a hydraulic issue with SLC-37B’s swing-arm system and another last-second pad abort.

Hopes of flying in late October were called off and the mission was officially declared “Indefinite on the Range” as ULA tended to a raft of technical issues. At length, on 4 December, it was announced that a revised launch attempt would be made on Thursday evening. Weather conditions were predicted to be 90-percent favorable, deteriorating slightly to 80 percent in the event of a scrub to Friday and 70 percent should the mission be put on hold until Saturday.

“Favorable weather is anticipated during Thursday evening’s launch attempt, with little concern of a weather-related violation,” noted the 45th Weather Squadron at Patrick Air Force Base in its L-1 update, issued Wednesday.

“High pressure will cross the state and push into the western Atlantic late in the week, resulting in gradually moderating temperatures and a very slow increase in moisture. Aside from scattered to broken low-level clouds, weather conditions are expected to remain generally favorable Friday, with only a small chance for the Cumulus Cloud Rule violation in the event of a 24-hour delay.”

Following a smooth Launch Readiness Review (LRR) on Wednesday, teams officially pressed ahead with Thursday’s launch attempt, aiming for T-0 at 6:15 p.m. EST. “No open issues, Pgo at 90 percent,” tweeted ULA CEO Tory Bruno, offering an encouraging perspective of no technical issues and a high probability of good weather.

Countdown operations began crisply at 9:45 a.m. Thursday with the power-up of the Heavy’s avionics and other critical systems. At 10:32 a.m., the 330-foot-tall (110-meter) Mobile Service Tower (MST) was jacked up by a few inches and began its slow rollback away from the rocket. Forty-seven minutes later, having moved at a glacial pace of just a quarter-mile-per-hour (0.4 km/h), the MST reached its launch position and was declared “hard-down” and secured in place.

But hopes of meeting the targeted 6:15 p.m. liftoff time evaporated, when ULA Launch Director Lou Mangieri instructed the launch team to co-ordinate a new T-0 for 8 p.m. EST. In the meantime, flight control systems aboard the 235-foot-tall (72-meter) rocket were initiated and systems were conditioned with gaseous nitrogen, ahead of fueling.

As if willing the long-delayed mission to finally fly, even Mother Nature came online, with Launch Weather Officer Will Ulrich declaring that the outlook had improved to 100 percent. At 3:35 p.m., the countdown emerged from the first of two 15-minute built-in holds, with a definitive “Go for Fueling” co-ordinated between Mr. Mangieri and ULA Launch Conductor Scott Barney. The Heavy’s liquid hydrogen storage tank was pressurized and high-pressure helium bottles on the three Common Booster Cores (CBCs) and the Delta Cryogenic Second Stage (DCSS) were charged.

Then, at 4 p.m., shortly before fueling was due to commence, came an anomaly in the form of an issue with the rocket’s hazardous gas detection system. The countdown clock was halted as the system was recalibrated. With the problem resolved, the clock started ticking again at 4:24 p.m. and Mr. Mangieri announced a revised T-0 of 8:09 p.m. Loading of the Heavy with over 440,000 pounds (200,000 kg) of liquid oxygen and hydrogen got underway shortly thereafter.

“Count is progressing cleanly,” tweeted Mr. Bruno. “The Majestic Delta IV Heavy is looking longingly to the heavens.”

Entering the countdown’s final pre-planned hold at T-4 minutes, more than two dozen engineers were polled by Mr. Barney for their readiness to support the launch. At length, Mr. Mangieri and NRO Mission Director Col. Chad Davis gave their permission to go. Clocks resumed counting at 8:05 p.m., with an ethereal quietness on the countdown net, as propellant tanks attained their proper flight levels and pressures. At T-80 seconds, the Heavy transitioned from ground power to internal power, its on-board ordnance was armed and its on-board flight software went active. 

A final Status Check produced a definitive “Go” across the board and at T-14 seconds the pad-side Radial Outward Firing Igniters (ROFIs) came to life, glittering like sparklers to clear unburnt hydrogen from the vicinity of the RS-68A engines. After 13 months shackled to Earth, the roar of the Heavy—and its slightly disconcerting habit of seeming to set its insulation on fire at liftoff—woke anything still sleeping on the Space Coast with an unearthly 2.1 million pounds (1.1 million kg) of thrust.

It was the 12th launch of a Heavy since December 2004, marking the beginning of the end for an impressive rocket which has now lifted eight classified NRO payloads, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe, the final Defense Support Program (DSP) early-warning satellite and the inaugural voyage of the Orion deep-space exploration vehicle. But tonight’s mission with NROL-44, despite all the media attention it has received for the wrong reasons since August, is completely shrouded in mystery.
(...)
(https://www.americaspace.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/NROL-44-explained.png)
https://www.americaspace.com/2020/12/10/delta-iv-heavy-launches-long-delayed-nrol-44-mission/

Delta 4-Heavy launches U.S. spy satellite after months of delays
December 11, 2020 Stephen Clark

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A Delta 4-Heavy rocket lifts off Thursday night from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Credit: United Launch Alliance

(...) The launcher’s payload shroud separated about six-and-a-half minutes into the mission. The rest of the launch sequence occurred in secret due to a government-imposed new blackout intended to keep certain mission details under wraps — a standard practice for missions with NRO satellites.

ULA’s live broadcast ended at that point, and the company remained silent about the progress of the multi-hour launch sequence until around 2:20 a.m. EST (0720 GMT) Friday, when ULA issued a press release confirming a successful conclusion to the Delta 4-Heavy mission. (...)

“We are honored to launch the first payload from the newly-renamed Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. I want to thank our mission partners for their collaboration and teamwork as we worked through technical challenges that culminated in the launch of this critical national security payload,” said Gary Wentz, ULA vice president of government and commercial programs.

The Florida launch base, formerly known as Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, was officially renamed Wednesday during a visit by Vice President Mike Pence. Nearby Patrick Air Force Base was also renamed as Patrick Space Force Base, and the two facilities are the first in the Defense Department to get a new Space Force designation.

The new names reflect the next step in the evolution of the U.S. Space Force, which was established nearly a year ago to take over most of the Air Force’s space operations.

“The Delta 4-Heavy again demonstrated its success as the nation’s proven heavy lift vehicle, through its unique capability to deliver this mission to orbit due to a combination of performance and fairing size,” Wentz said in a statement.

The NRO published no details about the payload on the Delta 4-Heavy mission, which officials designated NROL-44.

But independent analysts say publicly-known parameters such as the rocket’s capabilities, its launch azimuth, and the launch window suggested the Delta 4-Heavy was carrying a signals intelligence satellite into geosynchronous orbit more than 22,000 miles (nearly 36,000 kilometers) above Earth and closely hugging the equator.

Reaching such an orbit required the rocket to follow one of the most challenging flight profiles in the launch business, with three burns expected by the Delta’s upper stage to deploy its satellite payload at the targeted altitude. (...)

But the satellite is likely related to the NRO’s fleet of “Advanced Orion” or “Mentor” signals intelligence stations flying in equatorial geosynchronous orbits. The Advanced Orion-series satellites began launching on Titan 4 rockets in 1995, following a pair of earlier NRO Orion payloads that launched in the 1980s on space shuttle missions.
https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/12/11/delta-4-heavy-launches-u-s-spy-satellite-after-months-of-delays/

Photos: Delta 4-Heavy rocket lights up Cape Canaveral
December 15, 2020 Stephen Clark

(https://mk0spaceflightnoa02a.kinstacdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/IMG_7563.jpg)
Credit: Alex Polimeni / Spaceflight Now
https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/12/15/photos-delta-4-heavy-lights-up-cape-canaveral/

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2020/12/ula-nrol-44-delta-iv-heavy/

Orion 10 (USA 311, NROL 44)  https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/orion-5_nro.htm

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2020/12/ula-nrol-44-delta-iv-heavy/
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: astropl w Grudzień 16, 2020, 11:08

PAŹDZIERNIK 2020

03    01:16:14          Wallops 0A        Antares-230+         Cygnus-14 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4223.0)
06    11:29:35          KSC 39A           Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4226.0)
11    16:57:04          Xichang           CZ-3B/G2             Gaofen-13
14    05:45:05          Bajkonur 31/6     Sojuz-2.1a           Sojuz MS-17 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4211.0)
18    12:25:57          Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4265.0)
24    15:31:34          Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4266.0)
25    19:08:42          Plesieck 43/4     Sojuz-2.1b/Fregat    Kosmos 2547 (Głonass-K)
26    15:19:05          Xichang 3         CZ-2C                Yaogan 30-07 A, B, C, Tianqi-06
28    21:21:27          Onenui 1A         Electron/Curie       CE-SAT-IIB, Flock-4e x 9

LISTOPAD 2020

05    23:24:23          Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            GPS III SV04 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4252.0)
06    03:19:14          Taiyuan 6         CZ-6                 Satellogic 9-18, Tianyi 05, Taiyuan, Beihang-1
07    07:12:00          Jiuquan           Gushenxing-1         Tianqi-11
07    09:41:18          Sriharikota F     PSLV-DL              EOS-01, KSM x 4, Lemur-2z x 4, M6P 2
12    15:59:04          Xichang 3         CZ-3B/G3             Tiantong-1 02
13    22:32             Canaveral 41      Atlas-5/531          NRO L-101 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4281.0)
16    00:27:17          KSC 39A           Falcon-9R            USCV-1 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=3546.0)
17    01:52:20          Kourou ZLV        Vega                 SEOSAT-Ingenio, TARANIS
20    02:20:01          Onenui 1          Electron/Curie       DRAGRACER A, DRAGRACER B, BRO-2, BRO-3,
                                                               APSS-1, CORVUS BC 5, SpaceBEE x 18,
                                                               SpaceBEENZ x 6, Gnome Chompski
21    17:17:08          Vandenberg 4E     Falcon-9R            Jason CS-A (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4295.0)
23    20:30:22          Wenchang 101      CZ-5                 Chang'e-5 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=1334.0)
25    02:13:12          Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4292.0)
29    07:15             Tanegashima Y1    H-2A (202)           JDRS-1

GRUDZIEŃ 2020

02    01:33:28          Kourou ELS        Sojuz-ST-A/Fregat-M  Falcon Eye 2
03    01:14:36          Plesieck 43/4     Sojuz-2.1b/Fregat    Goniec-M 30, 31, 32, Kosmos 2548
06    03:58:14          Xichang 3         CZ-3B/G5             Gaofen-14
06    16:17:08          KSC 39A           Falcon-9R            Cargo Dragon CRS-2 (http://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4309.0)
09    20:14             Xichang 4         CZ-11                GECAM A, GECAM B
11    01:09             Canaveral 37B     Delta-4H             NRO L-44 (Orion-10)
13    17:30             Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            Sirius XM-7 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4312.0)
14    05:50:00          Plesieck 35/1     Angara-A5/Briz-M     IPM-2 (makieta) (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4262.0)
15    10:09             Onenui 1A         Electron/Curie       Strix-alfa
15    20:55             Kodiak 3B         Astra v3.2           -
__________________________________________________________________________________________
17    10:11             Sriharikota S     PSLV-XL              CMS 01
17    14:00-17:00       Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            NRO L-108
18    12:26:26          Wostocznyj 1S     Sojuz-2.1b/Fregat-M  OneWeb x 36
20    04:00-07:00       Wenchang 201      CZ-8                 ?, ET-SMART-RSS
28    16:42             Kourou ELS        Sojuz-ST-A/Fregat-M  CSO 2
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: Orionid w Grudzień 16, 2020, 16:11
Reaktywacja startów OneWeb planowana już za 2 dni

Ракета-носитель «Союз-2.1б» с разгонным блоком «Фрегат» и 36 британскими космическими аппаратами
@OneWeb на стартовом комплексе космодрома #Восточный.
Пуск запланирован на 18 декабря
Aparat z lampą błyskową Фотография сделана российским спутником дистанционного зондирования Земли «Ресурс-П»
2:07 PM · 16 gru 2020 https://twitter.com/roscosmos/status/1339195434334646274
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: astropl w Grudzień 17, 2020, 20:51

PAŹDZIERNIK 2020

03    01:16:14          Wallops 0A        Antares-230+         Cygnus-14 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4223.0)
06    11:29:35          KSC 39A           Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4226.0)
11    16:57:04          Xichang           CZ-3B/G2             Gaofen-13
14    05:45:05          Bajkonur 31/6     Sojuz-2.1a           Sojuz MS-17 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4211.0)
18    12:25:57          Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4265.0)
24    15:31:34          Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4266.0)
25    19:08:42          Plesieck 43/4     Sojuz-2.1b/Fregat    Kosmos 2547 (Głonass-K)
26    15:19:05          Xichang 3         CZ-2C                Yaogan 30-07 A, B, C, Tianqi-06
28    21:21:27          Onenui 1A         Electron/Curie       CE-SAT-IIB, Flock-4e x 9

LISTOPAD 2020

05    23:24:23          Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            GPS III SV04 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4252.0)
06    03:19:14          Taiyuan 6         CZ-6                 Satellogic 9-18, Tianyi 05, Taiyuan, Beihang-1
07    07:12:00          Jiuquan           Gushenxing-1         Tianqi-11
07    09:41:18          Sriharikota F     PSLV-DL              EOS-01, KSM x 4, Lemur-2z x 4, M6P 2
12    15:59:04          Xichang 3         CZ-3B/G3             Tiantong-1 02
13    22:32             Canaveral 41      Atlas-5/531          NRO L-101 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4281.0)
16    00:27:17          KSC 39A           Falcon-9R            USCV-1 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=3546.0)
17    01:52:20          Kourou ZLV        Vega                 SEOSAT-Ingenio, TARANIS
20    02:20:01          Onenui 1          Electron/Curie       DRAGRACER A, DRAGRACER B, BRO-2, BRO-3,
                                                               APSS-1, CORVUS BC 5, SpaceBEE x 18,
                                                               SpaceBEENZ x 6, Gnome Chompski
21    17:17:08          Vandenberg 4E     Falcon-9R            Jason CS-A (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4295.0)
23    20:30:22          Wenchang 101      CZ-5                 Chang'e-5 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=1334.0)
25    02:13:12          Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4292.0)
29    07:15             Tanegashima Y1    H-2A (202)           JDRS-1

GRUDZIEŃ 2020

02    01:33:28          Kourou ELS        Sojuz-ST-A/Fregat-M  Falcon Eye 2
03    01:14:36          Plesieck 43/4     Sojuz-2.1b/Fregat    Goniec-M 30, 31, 32, Kosmos 2548
06    03:58:14          Xichang 3         CZ-3B/G5             Gaofen-14
06    16:17:08          KSC 39A           Falcon-9R            Cargo Dragon CRS-2 (http://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4309.0)
09    20:14             Xichang 4         CZ-11                GECAM A, GECAM B
11    01:09             Canaveral 37B     Delta-4H             NRO L-44 (Orion-10)
13    17:30             Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            Sirius XM-7 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4312.0)
14    05:50:00          Plesieck 35/1     Angara-A5/Briz-M     IPM-2 (makieta) (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4262.0)
15    10:09             Onenui 1A         Electron/Curie       Strix-alfa
15    20:55             Kodiak 3B         Astra v3.2           -
17    10:11             Sriharikota S     PSLV-XL              CMS 01
__________________________________________________________________________________________
18    12:26:26          Wostocznyj 1S     Sojuz-2.1b/Fregat-M  OneWeb x 36
18    14:00-17:00       Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            NRO L-108 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4321.0)
20    04:00-07:00       Wenchang 201      CZ-8                 XJY-7, Zhixing-1A, Haisi-1,
                                                               Tianqi-??, ET-SMART-RSS, ? x ?
28    16:42             Kourou ELS        Sojuz-ST-A/Fregat-M  CSO 2
2?    ??:??             ?                 CZ-4C ?              ?
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: Orionid w Grudzień 17, 2020, 21:46
Start z Indii
  17.12. o 10:11 z Sriharikota wystrzelona została RN PSLV-XL, która wyniosła w T+19' 24" na orbitę
GTO satelitę CMS 01 (Communication Satellite, GSAT-12R).
http://lk.astronautilus.pl/n201216.htm#02

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PSLV-XL launches the CMS-01satellite
2689 wyświetleń•17 gru 2020
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ic6Z4smf45A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ic6Z4smf45A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=2276&v=jOg-2wq3qDI&feature=youtu.be


PSLV delivers Indian communications satellite into orbit
December 17, 2020 Stephen Clark

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India’s Polar Satellite Vehicle streaks through the sky on the way to orbit with the CMS 1 communications satellite. Credit: ISRO

A government communications satellite to link Indian citizens with telemedicine, education, and other services rocketed into orbit Thursday on an Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle.

The CMS 1 satellite, formerly known as GSAT 12R, is on track to replace India’s GSAT 12 spacecraft in geostationary orbit providing telecom services across the Indian subcontinent and neighboring islands.

The roughly 1.5-ton satellite took off on the PSLV at 5:11 a.m. EST (1011 GMT) Thursday, or 3:41 p.m. local time in India. (...)

In the coming days, the Indian-built satellite’s own propulsion system will guide CMS 1 to its permanent operating orbit more than 22,000 miles (nearly 36,000 kilometers) over the equator. In geostationary orbit, the spacecraft will circle Earth at the same rate of the planet’s rotation, giving CMS 1 a continuous view of India.

The launch of India’s PSLV Thursday marked the second and final Indian space launch of 2020, following a months-long suspension of launch activity due to the COVID-19 pandemic. India resumed satellite launches last month with a PSLV mission that carried an Indian Earth-imaging satellite into orbit, plus several small commercial payloads for customers in the United States and Europe.

The satellite CMS 1 is replacing, GSAT 12, was launched in 2011 on a previous PSLV mission for a planned eight-year mission beaming telemedicine, remote education, weather forecasts and other public service information to rural communities.

The CMS 1 spacecraft, fitted with a C-band communications payload, will take over those duties. The satellite’s communications payload will reach users across the Indian mainland, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and the Lakshadweep Islands, according to the Indian Space Research Organization.
Thursday’s mission was the 52nd flight of a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, India’s workhorse rocket, since its debut in 1993.
https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/12/17/pslv-delivers-indian-communications-satellite-into-orbit/

India launches CMS-01 communications satellite
by Andrew Jones — December 17, 2020

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Dec. 14 rollout of the PSLV-C50 rocket to launch the CMS-01 satellite. Credit: ISRO

HELSINKI — India successfully sent the CMS-01 extended C-band communications satellite into a geostationary transfer orbit Thursday with the country’s second launch of 2020.

The 44-meter-high Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle-C50 (PSLV-C50) lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Center on the Indian island of Sriharikota at 5:11 a.m. Eastern Dec. 17.

The CMS-01 communications satellite, the sole passenger, separated from the PSLV fourth stage 20 minutes later.

Once in geostationary orbit CMS-01 will provide extended C-band frequency communications for the Indian mainland and the Andaman-Nicobar and Lakshadweep islands. CMS-01 is expected to operate for more than seven years from 83 degrees East GEO with two deployable solar arrays providing 1500 W of power generation.

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman K Sivan stated after successful injection into GTO that CMS-01 would continue the work of GSAT-12, which launched July 2011.

The launch was the 77th from Satish Dhawan Space Center and the 52nd PSLV launch. The launcher was rolled out from the vertical integration facility to the pad Dec. 14 for final launch preparations.

The PSLV-XL upgraded variant used for the mission includes six, extended length side boosters. (...)
https://spacenews.com/india-launches-cms-01-communications-satellite/

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/isro-to-launch-communication-satellite-on-december-17-maiden-sslv-launch-to-follow/story-rmDeMrQpf7YxAMLppIzcYI.html
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/with-weather-clear-isro-to-launch-last-satellite-of-2020-on-dec-17/articleshow/79688771.cms

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2020/12/india-pslv-rocket-launches-cms-01/

GSat 12R (CMS 01) https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/gsat-12.htm
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: astropl w Grudzień 18, 2020, 13:50

PAŹDZIERNIK 2020

03    01:16:14          Wallops 0A        Antares-230+         Cygnus-14 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4223.0)
06    11:29:35          KSC 39A           Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4226.0)
11    16:57:04          Xichang           CZ-3B/G2             Gaofen-13
14    05:45:05          Bajkonur 31/6     Sojuz-2.1a           Sojuz MS-17 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4211.0)
18    12:25:57          Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4265.0)
24    15:31:34          Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4266.0)
25    19:08:42          Plesieck 43/4     Sojuz-2.1b/Fregat    Kosmos 2547 (Głonass-K)
26    15:19:05          Xichang 3         CZ-2C                Yaogan 30-07 A, B, C, Tianqi-06
28    21:21:27          Onenui 1A         Electron/Curie       CE-SAT-IIB, Flock-4e x 9

LISTOPAD 2020

05    23:24:23          Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            GPS III SV04 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4252.0)
06    03:19:14          Taiyuan 6         CZ-6                 Satellogic 9-18, Tianyi 05, Taiyuan, Beihang-1
07    07:12:00          Jiuquan           Gushenxing-1         Tianqi-11
07    09:41:18          Sriharikota F     PSLV-DL              EOS-01, KSM x 4, Lemur-2z x 4, M6P 2
12    15:59:04          Xichang 3         CZ-3B/G3             Tiantong-1 02
13    22:32             Canaveral 41      Atlas-5/531          NRO L-101 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4281.0)
16    00:27:17          KSC 39A           Falcon-9R            USCV-1 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=3546.0)
17    01:52:20          Kourou ZLV        Vega                 SEOSAT-Ingenio, TARANIS
20    02:20:01          Onenui 1          Electron/Curie       DRAGRACER A, DRAGRACER B, BRO-2, BRO-3,
                                                               APSS-1, CORVUS BC 5, SpaceBEE x 18,
                                                               SpaceBEENZ x 6, Gnome Chompski
21    17:17:08          Vandenberg 4E     Falcon-9R            Jason CS-A (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4295.0)
23    20:30:22          Wenchang 101      CZ-5                 Chang'e-5 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=1334.0)
25    02:13:12          Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4292.0)
29    07:15             Tanegashima Y1    H-2A (202)           JDRS-1

GRUDZIEŃ 2020

02    01:33:28          Kourou ELS        Sojuz-ST-A/Fregat-M  Falcon Eye 2
03    01:14:36          Plesieck 43/4     Sojuz-2.1b/Fregat    Goniec-M 30, 31, 32, Kosmos 2548,
                                                               Kosmos 2549
06    03:58:14          Xichang 3         CZ-3B/G5             Gaofen-14
06    16:17:08          KSC 39A           Falcon-9R            Cargo Dragon CRS-2 (http://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4309.0)
09    20:14             Xichang 4         CZ-11                GECAM A, GECAM B
11    01:09             Canaveral 37B     Delta-4H             NRO L-44 (Orion-10)
13    17:30             Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            Sirius XM-7 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4312.0)
14    05:50:00          Plesieck 35/1     Angara-A5/Briz-M     IPM-2 (makieta) (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4262.0)
15    10:09             Onenui 1A         Electron/Curie       Strix-alfa
15    20:55             Kodiak 3B         Astra v3.2           -
17    10:11             Sriharikota S     PSLV-XL              CMS 01
18    12:26:26          Wostocznyj 1S     Sojuz-2.1b/Fregat-M  OneWeb x 36
__________________________________________________________________________________________
19    14:00-17:00       KSC 39A           Falcon-9R            NRO L-108 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4321.0)
20    04:00-07:00       Wenchang 201      CZ-8                 XJY-7, Zhixing-1A, Haisi-1,
                                                               Tianqi-??, ET-SMART-RSS, ? x ?
28    16:42             Kourou ELS        Sojuz-ST-A/Fregat-M  CSO 2
2?    ??:??             ?                 CZ-4C ?              ?
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: Orionid w Grudzień 18, 2020, 16:35
Był to 1-szy i jedyny start  z Wostocznego w tym roku, a zarazem ostatni start z Rosji w tej dekadzie
( https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=2167.msg154856#msg154856 )

oraz 110 start kosmiczny w tym roku, z czego 10 było nieudanych.
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: kanarkusmaximus w Grudzień 18, 2020, 17:38
Był to 1-szy start  z Wostocznego w tym roku i jedyny, a zarazem ostatni start z Rosji w tej dekadzie

Świetne podsumowanie. :)
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: JSz w Grudzień 18, 2020, 17:48
Chyba nie ostatni, bo jest jeszcze jeden start Sojuza w tym roku. Wprawdzie z Kourou, ale rakieta rosyjska i zalicza się Rosji.
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: astropl w Grudzień 18, 2020, 17:52
Chyba nie ostatni, bo jest jeszcze jeden start Sojuza w tym roku. Wprawdzie z Kourou, ale rakieta rosyjska i zalicza się Rosji.

No ale Orionid napisał, że z Rosji, zatem miał rację.
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: JSz w Grudzień 18, 2020, 17:57
Racja! Przeoczyłem skromną literkę "z".
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: ah w Grudzień 18, 2020, 18:53
Był to 1-szy start  z Wostocznego w tym roku i jedyny, a zarazem ostatni start z Rosji w tej dekadzie

Świetne podsumowanie. :)
Chyba jednak nie. Co z Angarą z Plesiecka z 14.12?  ;)
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: astropl w Grudzień 18, 2020, 19:44
Był to 1-szy start  z Wostocznego w tym roku i jedyny, a zarazem ostatni start z Rosji w tej dekadzie

Świetne podsumowanie. :)
Chyba jednak nie. Co z Angarą z Plesiecka z 14.12?  ;)

Panowie, co wy pijecie, że macie problem z czytaniem ze zrozumieniem? :) Jedyny tegoroczny z Wostocznego, a Angara, jak sam napisałeś, z Plesiecka. Może byłoby łatwiej, gdyby Orionid zmienił trochę szyk zadania (Był to 1-szy i jedyny start  z Wostocznego...).
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: Orionid w Grudzień 18, 2020, 19:58
Może byłoby łatwiej, gdyby Orionid zmienił trochę szyk zadania (Był to 1-szy i jedyny start  z Wostocznego...).
Tak. Lepiej łączyć rzeczy podobne bezpośrednio  :)
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: Orionid w Grudzień 18, 2020, 21:29
Był to 1-szy start  z Wostocznego w tym roku i jedyny, a zarazem ostatni start z Rosji w tej dekadzie
Świetne podsumowanie. :)
Chyba jednak nie. Co z Angarą z Plesiecka z 14.12?  ;)
Podsumowując 2020:
7 startów z Plesiecka
7 startów z Bajkonuru
1 start z Wostocznego

na razie 1 z Kourou - wcześniej w tym roku Arianespace nie udało się zakończyć 2 razy miesiąca startowo. Zobaczymy jak będzie teraz.
Potencjalnie na świecie możliwe są jeszcze 4 starty, ale 3. potrzeba, żeby grudzień okazał się rekordowo startowy w 2020 ( W 2018 i 2019 tak było).
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: astropl w Grudzień 21, 2020, 08:48

PAŹDZIERNIK 2020

03    01:16:14          Wallops 0A        Antares-230+         Cygnus-14 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4223.0)
06    11:29:35          KSC 39A           Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4226.0)
11    16:57:04          Xichang           CZ-3B/G2             Gaofen-13
14    05:45:05          Bajkonur 31/6     Sojuz-2.1a           Sojuz MS-17 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4211.0)
18    12:25:57          Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4265.0)
24    15:31:34          Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4266.0)
25    19:08:42          Plesieck 43/4     Sojuz-2.1b/Fregat    Kosmos 2547 (Głonass-K)
26    15:19:05          Xichang 3         CZ-2C                Yaogan 30-07 A, B, C, Tianqi-06
28    21:21:27          Onenui 1A         Electron/Curie       CE-SAT-IIB, Flock-4e x 9

LISTOPAD 2020

05    23:24:23          Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            GPS III SV04 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4252.0)
06    03:19:14          Taiyuan 6         CZ-6                 Satellogic 9-18, Tianyi 05, Taiyuan, Beihang-1
07    07:12:00          Jiuquan           Gushenxing-1         Tianqi-11
07    09:41:18          Sriharikota F     PSLV-DL              EOS-01, KSM x 4, Lemur-2z x 4, M6P 2
12    15:59:04          Xichang 3         CZ-3B/G3             Tiantong-1 02
13    22:32             Canaveral 41      Atlas-5/531          NRO L-101 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4281.0)
16    00:27:17          KSC 39A           Falcon-9R            USCV-1 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=3546.0)
17    01:52:20          Kourou ZLV        Vega                 SEOSAT-Ingenio, TARANIS
20    02:20:01          Onenui 1          Electron/Curie       DRAGRACER A, DRAGRACER B, BRO-2, BRO-3,
                                                               APSS-1, CORVUS BC 5, SpaceBEE x 18,
                                                               SpaceBEENZ x 6, Gnome Chompski
21    17:17:08          Vandenberg 4E     Falcon-9R            Jason CS-A (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4295.0)
23    20:30:22          Wenchang 101      CZ-5                 Chang'e-5 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=1334.0)
25    02:13:12          Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4292.0)
29    07:15             Tanegashima Y1    H-2A (202)           JDRS-1

GRUDZIEŃ 2020

02    01:33:28          Kourou ELS        Sojuz-ST-A/Fregat-M  Falcon Eye 2
03    01:14:36          Plesieck 43/4     Sojuz-2.1b/Fregat    Goniec-M 30, 31, 32, Kosmos 2548,
                                                               Kosmos 2549
06    03:58:14          Xichang 3         CZ-3B/G5             Gaofen-14
06    16:17:08          KSC 39A           Falcon-9R            Cargo Dragon CRS-2 (http://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4309.0)
09    20:14             Xichang 4         CZ-11                GECAM A, GECAM B
11    01:09             Canaveral 37B     Delta-4H             NRO L-44 (Orion-10)
13    17:30             Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            Sirius XM-7 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4312.0)
14    05:50:00          Plesieck 35/1     Angara-A5/Briz-M     IPM-2 (makieta) (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4262.0)
15    10:09             Onenui 1A         Electron/Curie       Strix-alfa
15    20:55             Kodiak 3B         Astra v3.2           -
17    10:11             Sriharikota S     PSLV-XL              CMS 01
18    12:26:26          Wostocznyj 1S     Sojuz-2.1b/Fregat-M  OneWeb x 36
19    14:00             KSC 39A           Falcon-9R            USA-312, USA-313 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4321.0)
__________________________________________________________________________________________
22    04:29-05:03       Wenchang 201      CZ-8                 XJY-7, Zhixing-1A, Haisi-1,
                                                               Tianqi-??, ET-SMART-RSS
28    16:42             Kourou ELS        Sojuz-ST-A/Fregat-M  CSO 2
2?    ??:??             ?                 CZ-4C ?              ?
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: Orionid w Grudzień 22, 2020, 00:29
Vega VV17 – wyniki dochodzenia komisji
BY KRZYSZTOF KANAWKA ON 21 GRUDNIA 2020

(...) Łącznie komisja zidentyfikowała trzy problemy związane z procesem integracji i podłączeń elektrycznych w stopniu AVUM. Na podstawie tego stworzono listę rekomendacji – zarówno do natychmiastowego spełnienia jak i długoterminowych działań (...)
https://kosmonauta.net/2020/12/vega-vv17-wyniki-dochodzenia-komisji/

https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/12/18/arianespace-targets-early-2021-for-vega-return-to-flight/

AA https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=3725.msg154888#msg154888
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: astropl w Grudzień 22, 2020, 17:43

PAŹDZIERNIK 2020

03    01:16:14          Wallops 0A        Antares-230+         Cygnus-14 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4223.0)
06    11:29:35          KSC 39A           Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4226.0)
11    16:57:04          Xichang           CZ-3B/G2             Gaofen-13
14    05:45:05          Bajkonur 31/6     Sojuz-2.1a           Sojuz MS-17 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4211.0)
18    12:25:57          Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4265.0)
24    15:31:34          Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4266.0)
25    19:08:42          Plesieck 43/4     Sojuz-2.1b/Fregat    Kosmos 2547 (Głonass-K)
26    15:19:05          Xichang 3         CZ-2C                Yaogan 30-07 A, B, C, Tianqi-06
28    21:21:27          Onenui 1A         Electron/Curie       CE-SAT-IIB, Flock-4e x 9

LISTOPAD 2020

05    23:24:23          Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            GPS III SV04 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4252.0)
06    03:19:14          Taiyuan 6         CZ-6                 Satellogic 9-18, Tianyi 05, Taiyuan, Beihang-1
07    07:12:00          Jiuquan           Gushenxing-1         Tianqi-11
07    09:41:18          Sriharikota F     PSLV-DL              EOS-01, KSM x 4, Lemur-2z x 4, M6P 2
12    15:59:04          Xichang 3         CZ-3B/G3             Tiantong-1 02
13    22:32             Canaveral 41      Atlas-5/531          NRO L-101 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4281.0)
16    00:27:17          KSC 39A           Falcon-9R            USCV-1 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=3546.0)
17    01:52:20          Kourou ZLV        Vega                 SEOSAT-Ingenio, TARANIS
20    02:20:01          Onenui 1          Electron/Curie       DRAGRACER A, DRAGRACER B, BRO-2, BRO-3,
                                                               APSS-1, CORVUS BC 5, SpaceBEE x 18,
                                                               SpaceBEENZ x 6, Gnome Chompski
21    17:17:08          Vandenberg 4E     Falcon-9R            Jason CS-A (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4295.0)
23    20:30:22          Wenchang 101      CZ-5                 Chang'e-5 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=1334.0)
25    02:13:12          Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4292.0)
29    07:15             Tanegashima Y1    H-2A (202)           JDRS-1

GRUDZIEŃ 2020

02    01:33:28          Kourou ELS        Sojuz-ST-A/Fregat-M  Falcon Eye 2
03    01:14:36          Plesieck 43/4     Sojuz-2.1b/Fregat    Goniec-M 30, 31, 32, Kosmos 2548,
                                                               Kosmos 2549
06    03:58:14          Xichang 3         CZ-3B/G5             Gaofen-14
06    16:17:08          KSC 39A           Falcon-9R            Cargo Dragon CRS-2 (http://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4309.0)
09    20:14             Xichang 4         CZ-11                GECAM A, GECAM B
11    01:09             Canaveral 37B     Delta-4H             NRO L-44 (Orion-10)
13    17:30             Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            Sirius XM-7 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4312.0)
14    05:50:00          Plesieck 35/1     Angara-A5/Briz-M     IPM-2 (makieta) (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4262.0)
15    10:09             Onenui 1A         Electron/Curie       Strix-alfa
15    20:55             Kodiak 3B         Astra v3.2           -
17    10:11             Sriharikota S     PSLV-XL              CMS 01
18    12:26:26          Wostocznyj 1S     Sojuz-2.1b/Fregat-M  OneWeb x 36
19    14:00             KSC 39A           Falcon-9R            USA-312, USA-313 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4321.0)
22    04:37:37          Wenchang 201      CZ-8                 XJY-7, Hisea-1, Yuanguang,
                                                               Tianqi-8, Zhixing-1A
__________________________________________________________________________________________
28    16:42:07          Kourou ELS        Sojuz-ST-A/Fregat-M  CSO 2
2?    ??:??             ?                 CZ-4C ?              ?
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: Orionid w Grudzień 23, 2020, 16:39
Udany debiut chińskiej rakiety
  22.12. o 04:37:37,198 z Wenchang wystrzelony został pierwszy egzemplarz RN CZ-8, która wyniosła w T+17' 06" na orbitę o średnich parametrach: hp=503 km, ha=515 km, i=97,44° satelity: XJY-7 - tajnego testowego teledetekcyjnego metodą SAR, teledetekcyjnego Hisea-1 (SAR), badawczego z zakresu inżynierii materiałowej Yuanguang, obserwacyjnego Zhixing-1A (ET-SMART-RSS) i telekomunikacyjnego dla Internetu rzeczy Ping’an-1 (Tianqi-8).
http://lk.astronautilus.pl/n201216.htm#05

Long March-8 first launch
18 756 wyświetleń•22 gru 2020
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDnefNnQhDQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDnefNnQhDQ

Long March 8 rocket lifts 5 satellites in debut flight
By Zhao Lei in Wenchang, Hainan | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2020-12-22 12:59

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The Long March 8 conducts its debut flight at the Wenchang Space Launch Center in South China's island province of Hainan on Dec 22, 2020. [Photo/China National Space Administration]

The Long March 8, the latest in China's Long March launch vehicle fleet, conducted its debut flight on Tuesday afternoon at the Wenchang Space Launch Center in South China's island province of Hainan.

The 50.3-meter rocket ignited its engines at 12:37 pm at a coastal launch pad, thundering skyward into thick layers of cloud.

After about 15 minutes, the rocket reached a sun-synchronous orbit with an altitude of 512 kilometers, and then deployed the New Technology Demonstrator 7 experimental satellite and four small private satellites.

The mission marked the 356th flight of the Long March rocket family, the pillar of China's space transport system.

Xiao Yun, Long March 8's project manager, said the rocket's successful maiden flight is a new accomplishment in China's efforts to upgrade its medium-lift launch vehicle system and will push forward the nation's march toward a world-class space power.

The rocket's service will also give a strong boost to the development and deployment of satellites operating in low- and medium-altitude orbits, he said.

Designed and built by the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology, a subsidiary of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, the Long March 8 has two core stages and two side boosters. It has six engines propelled by liquid oxygen, liquid hydrogen and kerosene.

With a liftoff weight of 356 metric tons, it is capable of sending payloads weighing 4.5 tons to a sun-synchronous orbit 700 km above the ground or satellites with a combined weight of 2.8 tons to a geostationary transfer orbit, according to the academy.

The Long March 8 is capable of transporting various spacecraft to multiple types of orbits ranging from low-Earth orbit to transfer trajectories to other celestial bodies in the solar system. However, its main task is to place satellites in a sun-synchronous orbit to meet surging demand for launch services from commercial satellite companies at home and abroad, according to designers.

In China and many Western nations, an increasing number of newly founded private companies have started to design and build satellites, generating huge demand for commercial launch services. Many of these privately made satellites are set to operate in a sun-synchronous orbit.

In addition to the Wenchang launch facility, the rocket can also be fired at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the northwestern Gobi Desert.

The Long March 8 conducts its debut flight at the Wenchang Space Launch Center in South China's island province of Hainan on Dec 22, 2020.

Research and development started in 2017 and took about three years. Construction of the first Long March 8 finished in October.

The rocket's designs and technologies are mainly based on those already used by the Long March 3A and Long March 7. The adoption of proven designs guarantees the Long March 8's reliability and operational economy, according to Song Zhengyu, Long March 8's chief designer.


(http://img2.chinadaily.com.cn/images/202012/22/5fe19964a31024adbda9bc1a.jpeg)

In addition, its high transport efficiency will be attractive to clients, he said.

Project managers have estimated that at least 10 Long March 8s will be used each year given the robust requirements from domestic and international satellite businesses, while their annual manufacturing capacity will soon reach 20.

In the long run, the rocket is expected to become the first reusable model in the Long March series as designers have planned to give it reusability to increase its commercial competitiveness.

Designers intend to develop an integrated first stage for the rocket's future reusable variant. This new first stage will consist of a core booster and two side boosters. Instead of breaking up and falling back to Earth like all existing Chinese rockets' first stages do, the new core and side boosters will stick together and conduct propelled landing as a whole onto a recovery platform at sea.

The most renowned reusable rocket in the world is SpaceX's Falcon Heavy, which made its maiden launch in February 2018. All boosters on the American rocket's first stage can be recovered and reused as they will separate from each other and perform controlled re-entry and landing.

During the past six years, China has made tremendous strides in its rocket industry. In the Long March family alone, six new-generation models were put into service over this period, ranging from the comparatively small, solid-propellant Long March 11 to one of the world's mightiest types – the Long March 5.

Furthermore, several private enterprises have attempted to develop and operate their own carrier rockets and two of them – i-Space and Galactic Energy – have succeeded and used their rockets to fulfill orbital launches.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202012/22/WS5fe17d50a31024ad0ba9d584_1.html

China launches first Long March 8 from Wenchang spaceport
by Andrew Jones — December 22, 2020

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The first Long March 8 launch, lifting off from Wenchang. Credit: CNSA

China’s Long March 8 rocket successful in debut launch
December 26, 2020 Stephen Clark

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A Long March 8 rocket lifts off from Sunday (U.S. time) from the Wenchang launch base on Hainan Island. Credit: Xinhua

(...) China’s new Wenchang launch base on Hainan Island, in the southern part of the country, fronts the South China Sea. Long March rockets launching from Wenchang, such as the Long March 8, drop their spent boosters over the ocean instead of over land. (...)

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This animation illustrates how engineers plan to land the Long March 8’s core stage and side boosters together. Credit: CASC

The Long March 8 rocket will eventually help China replace its fleet of medium-lift launch vehicles, providing launch services for low Earth orbit satellite constellations and payloads bound for higher altitudes, such as geosynchronous orbit, CASC said.

Chinese engineers have also introduced thrust control technology on the Long March 8 rocket, CASC said, laying a foundation for future augmentations to recover and reuse boosters. Future Long March 8 rockets will be fitted with control fins and legs for vertical landings on an offshore platform, similar to the way SpaceX recovers its Falcon 9 boosters on drone ships.

Engineers plan to land the Long March 8’s core stage and two side boosters as a single integrated unit, using low-thrust propulsion to brake before touchdown.

“Long March 8 will offer a platform for the application of and experiments for recycling, intelligent and automatic technologies,” said Wu Yitian, deputy chief designer of the Long March 8 rocket, in a report published by Xinhua. (...)
https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/12/26/chinas-long-march-8-rocket-successful-in-debut-launch/

Five payloads include classified remote sensing satellite and a first commercial SAR sat

(...) The China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT), a CASC subsidiary which designed and produced the launcher, states (Chinese) the new rocket fills the gap in China’s capability for launches to Sun-synchronous orbit in the 3-4.5 ton range.

The Long March 8 is, like the new generation Long March 5, 6, 7 launch vehicles, designed to replace and upgrade China’s aging hypergolic Long March 2, 3 and 4 families. The new launchers first began launching in 2015.

The Long March 8 is to be adapted for reusability in the future. During the launch thrust was throttled down to 77.5 percent around the time of maximum dynamic pressure.

“Thrust adjustment technology is a key technology for rocket reusability and must be mastered,” said Xiao Yun, the commander-in-chief of the Long March 8. Further tests related to vertical take-off and vertical landing are planned for 2021.

The main payload was XJY-7, a classified remote sensing technology test satellite developed by the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST). Mass of the satellite is understood to be around 3 tons.

First commercial SAR satellite

Four smaller payloads were also aboard. Haisea-1 is the first miniature synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) satellite for Spacety, a commercial Chinese satellite company founded in 2016.

Hisea-1 is a C-band SAR satellite using a phased-array antenna. I has a total mass of 180 kilograms and 1-meter resolution .

The China Electronics Technology Group (CETC) provided the SAR payload while Xiamen University was also involved in development of the satellite and payloads. The satellite will be used for coastal and marine research applications.

Spacety told SpaceNews that Hisea-1 is the first generation of light, small SAR satellites currently under development by the company. It aims to reduce mass to below 170 kilograms and resolution to better than 0.5 meters. The firm says it is China’s first miniaturized SAR satellite and also the country’s first commercial SAR satellite.

Spacety says it aims to build a SAR constellation with dozens of satellites across the next two-to-three years. Hisea-1 also carries an iodine electric propulsion system (https://spacenews.com/thrustme-2020-demonstration/) developed by French startup ThrustMe, continuing earlier (https://spacenews.com/french-startup-thrustme-found-fast-route-to-orbit-through-chinas-spacety/) cooperation with Spacety.

ThrustMe’s Ane Aanesland said the propulsion system will provide the satellite with crucial orbit maintenance, collision avoidance and deorbiting at the end of its three years expected lifetime.

Yuanguang is a 20-kilogram space science satellite developed jointly by Hubei University of Technology (HUT) and Spacety. The primary payload is a space tribology experiment form HUT to conduct experiments of mechanisms and tribology and investigate the change of mechanical properties at the level of material, component and system over flight time in space.

Zhixing-1A, also known as ET-SMART-RSS 6U nanosat, was developed in partnership between Ethiopia and commercial firm Beijing Zhixing Space Technology Co. Ltd. The final payload was Ping’an-1, also referred to as Tianqi Xingzuo-08. It is a satellite for commercial firm Guodian Gaoke’s Apocalypse Internet of Things constellation.

The launch was China’s 38th of 2020. CASC said in January that it aimed to launch around 40 times, before the severity of the impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak became apparent.  (...)
https://spacenews.com/china-launches-first-long-march-8-from-wenchang-spaceport/

https://spacenews.com/china-rolls-out-long-march-8-rocket-for-weekend-test-flight/

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2020/12/long-march-8-debuts-nine-satellites/

XJY 7 https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/xjy-7.htm
Haisi 1
Tianqi 8  https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/tianqi-10.htm
Yuanguang
ET-SMART-RSS (Zhixing 1A)  https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/et-smart-rss.htm
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: astropl w Grudzień 27, 2020, 16:54

PAŹDZIERNIK 2020

03    01:16:14          Wallops 0A        Antares-230+         Cygnus-14 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4223.0)
06    11:29:35          KSC 39A           Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4226.0)
11    16:57:04          Xichang           CZ-3B/G2             Gaofen-13
14    05:45:05          Bajkonur 31/6     Sojuz-2.1a           Sojuz MS-17 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4211.0)
18    12:25:57          Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4265.0)
24    15:31:34          Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4266.0)
25    19:08:42          Plesieck 43/4     Sojuz-2.1b/Fregat    Kosmos 2547 (Głonass-K)
26    15:19:05          Xichang 3         CZ-2C                Yaogan 30-07 A, B, C, Tianqi-06
28    21:21:27          Onenui 1A         Electron/Curie       CE-SAT-IIB, Flock-4e x 9

LISTOPAD 2020

05    23:24:23          Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            GPS III SV04 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4252.0)
06    03:19:14          Taiyuan 6         CZ-6                 Satellogic 9-18, Tianyi 05, Taiyuan, Beihang-1
07    07:12:00          Jiuquan           Gushenxing-1         Tianqi-11
07    09:41:18          Sriharikota F     PSLV-DL              EOS-01, KSM x 4, Lemur-2z x 4, M6P 2
12    15:59:04          Xichang 3         CZ-3B/G3             Tiantong-1 02
13    22:32             Canaveral 41      Atlas-5/531          NRO L-101 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4281.0)
16    00:27:17          KSC 39A           Falcon-9R            USCV-1 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=3546.0)
17    01:52:20          Kourou ZLV        Vega                 SEOSAT-Ingenio, TARANIS
20    02:20:01          Onenui 1          Electron/Curie       DRAGRACER A, DRAGRACER B, BRO-2, BRO-3,
                                                               APSS-1, CORVUS BC 5, SpaceBEE x 18,
                                                               SpaceBEENZ x 6, Gnome Chompski
21    17:17:08          Vandenberg 4E     Falcon-9R            Jason CS-A (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4295.0)
23    20:30:22          Wenchang 101      CZ-5                 Chang'e-5 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=1334.0)
25    02:13:12          Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4292.0)
29    07:15             Tanegashima Y1    H-2A (202)           JDRS-1

GRUDZIEŃ 2020

02    01:33:28          Kourou ELS        Sojuz-ST-A/Fregat-M  Falcon Eye 2
03    01:14:36          Plesieck 43/4     Sojuz-2.1b/Fregat    Goniec-M 30, 31, 32, Kosmos 2548,
                                                               Kosmos 2549
06    03:58:14          Xichang 3         CZ-3B/G5             Gaofen-14
06    16:17:08          KSC 39A           Falcon-9R            Cargo Dragon CRS-2 (http://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4309.0)
09    20:14             Xichang 4         CZ-11                GECAM A, GECAM B
11    01:09             Canaveral 37B     Delta-4H             NRO L-44 (Orion-10)
13    17:30             Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            Sirius XM-7 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4312.0)
14    05:50:00          Plesieck 35/1     Angara-A5/Briz-M     IPM-2 (makieta) (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4262.0)
15    10:09             Onenui 1A         Electron/Curie       Strix-alfa
15    20:55             Kodiak 3B         Astra v3.2           -
17    10:11             Sriharikota S     PSLV-XL              CMS 01
18    12:26:26          Wostocznyj 1S     Sojuz-2.1b/Fregat-M  OneWeb x 36
19    14:00             KSC 39A           Falcon-9R            USA-312, USA-313 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4321.0)
22    04:37:37          Wenchang 201      CZ-8                 XJY-7, Hisea-1, Yuanguang,
                                                               Tianqi-8, Zhixing-1A
27    15:45             Jiuquan           CZ-4C                Yaogan-33, ?
__________________________________________________________________________________________
29    16:42:07          Kourou ELS        Sojuz-ST-A/Fregat-M  CSO 2
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: Orionid w Grudzień 27, 2020, 17:26
Dwa satelity
  27.12. około 15:45 z kosmodromu Jiuquan wystrzelona została RN CZ-4C, która wyniosła na orbitę satelity Yaogan-33 i ?.

EDIT: 27.12. o 15:44 z kosmodromu Jiuquan wystrzelona została RN CZ-4C, która wyniosła na orbitę o parametrach: hp=682 km, ha=686 km, i=98,26° satelitę zwiadu radarowego Yaogan-33R oraz małego satelitę technologicznego Weina-2.
http://lk.astronautilus.pl/n201216.htm#07

O godzinie 23:44 w dniu 27 grudnia 2020 r. Chiny użyły rakiety nośnej Long March 4C w Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, aby pomyślnie umieścić satelitę Remote Sensing 33 na zaplanowanej orbicie, a start zakończył się pełnym sukcesem. Misja przewiozła również i wystrzeliła satelitę testowego mikro-nanotechnologii.

(https://mmbiz.qpic.cn/mmbiz_jpg/dtKneRDwyZrvxEWDP9pkicDUDjFms92puOrANWFKRdCdibV9VWQ7uN7vjkNaKhHKo8xW37pibibet4ajKuH7C5wNkA/640?wx_fmt=jpeg&tp=webp&wxfrom=5&wx_lazy=1&wx_co=1)

Satelita teledetekcyjny nr 33 i satelita testowy mikro-nanotechnologii są wykorzystywane głównie w eksperymentach naukowych, badaniach gruntów i zasobów, szacunkach produkcji rolnej oraz zapobieganiu katastrofom i łagodzeniu ich skutków.

Ta misja to 357 lot rakiet nośnych z serii Long March.
Źródło (https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MzI2NzQ0OTgxMA==&mid=2247612722&idx=1&sn=76803e7aad669a529fff863e2901051c&chksm=eafddd8fdd8a54990def21c7a7e16fea04e4a4b3a3cd492dd44608d7fc66f3464563dd6605a2&xtrack=1&scene=90&subscene=93&sessionid=1609085793&clicktime=1609085796&enterid=1609085796&ascene=56&devicetype=android-29&version=27001141&nettype=WIFI&abtest_cookie=AAACAA%3D%3D&lang=en&exportkey=AleRU8rtsJcTeA7N6RmC75M%3D&pass_ticket=D19tzlqRV6oNulz63uZ%2BEXhYPCWBRxVjSNhyQiU8WyYxQN0QSGIZSwUHM5LndRvP&wx_header=1)
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202012/28/WS5fe93624a31024ad0ba9ee3d.html

China launches secret military spy payload
December 27, 2020 Stephen Clark

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A Long March 4C rocket took off Sunday with the Yaogan 33 satellite. Credit: Xinhua

A secret Chinese military payload, believed to be a surveillance satellite, successfully flew into space Sunday aboard a Long March 4C rocket on China’s 39th and final scheduled orbital launch attempt of the year.

The military satellite and a smaller secondary payload lifted off from the Jiuquan space center in northwestern China’s Inner Mongolia region at 10:44 a.m. EST (1544 GMT) Sunday, according to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp., or CASC, the top state-owned contractor for the Chinese space program.

A three-stage Long March 4C rocket delivered the two payloads to their targeted orbit, Chinese officials said. U.S. military tracking data indicated the launcher reached an orbit around 425 miles (685 kilometers) in altitude, with an inclination of 98.3 degrees to the equator.

Chinese officials identified the primary payload on the Long March 4C rocket as Yaogan 33, and official statements from Chinese state media and CASC said Yaogan 33 will carry out a “remote sensing” mission.

The Yaogan series of spacecraft include satellites carrying Earth-facing optical telescopes and radar imagers to collect high-resolution imagery for the Chinese military and intelligence agencies.

Independent analysts believe Yaogan 33 might carry a radar reconnaissance imager designed to obtain all-weather, day-and-night imagery of strategic targets around the world.

Yaogan 33 was also the name of a military remote sensing satellite lost in a Long March 4C launch failure in May 2019 (https://spaceflightnow.com/2019/05/23/long-march-4c-yaogan-33-launch/), prompting speculation that the new Yaogan 33 satellite might be a replacement. However, the new Yaogan 33 satellite launched into a slightly different orbit than the one targeted on the the original ill-fated Yaogan 33 mission in 2019, causing some analysts to question whether the new spacecraft might be the first of a new type of Chinese military surveillance payload.

The name of the previous Yaogan 33 mission was not mentioned in Chinese media reports.

The first Yaogan 33 mission launched from the Taiyuan spaceport in northern China. Chinese officials said the launch of the new Yaogan 33 satellite was moved to Jiuquan to prevent spent stages from the Long March 4C rocket from falling on other countries.

The Long March 4C rocket Sunday also deployed a small technology experiment satellite.

The launch Sunday was likely the final Chinese space mission of 2020. There are no other Long March rockets with publicly-available launch dates before the end of the year.

With Sunday’s flight, China successfully launched 35 space missions into orbit this year in 39 attempts. U.S. companies performed 44 orbital launch attempts, with 40 successes, including flights by California-headquartered Rocket Lab from its private launch base in New Zealand.

The 39 orbital launch attempts ties a record level of Chinese launch activity set in 2018, but China achieved more successful space launches that year.

The four Chinese launch failures this year included a mishap during the debut launch of the Long March 7A rocket in March, a Long March 3B failure in April with the Indonesian Palapa N1 communications satellite, and problems during launches of China’s light-class Kuaizhou 11 and Kuaizhou 1A rockets in July and September.

Major successes for China’s space program in 2020 included launches of the Tianwen 1 rover toward Mars in July, and the launch, landing, and return of the Chang’e 5 lunar sample collection mission in December.

https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/12/27/china-launches-secret-military-spy-payload/

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2020/12/long-march-4c-concludes-chinas-2020/

Yaogan 33R https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/yaogan-29.htm
Weina 02 ?
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: Orionid w Grudzień 28, 2020, 19:27
Flight VS25: Soyuz – CSO-2 – Launch delay due to weather conditions
December 28, 2020

As weather conditions observed above the Guiana space center were not favorable to a launch today (risk of non-acceptable high altitude winds profile at Lift-off time), Arianespace decided to interrupt the final VS25 launch chronology.

The soonest possible launch date for the VS25 Flight is Tuesday, December 29 at:
> 01:42:07 p.m., in Kourou, French Guiana,
> 16:42:07, Universal Time (UTC),
(...)
https://www.arianespace.com/press-release/soyuz-vs25-delay/

https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/12/28/soyuz-vs25-mission-status-center/
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: Orionid w Grudzień 29, 2020, 17:12
T-30 min

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Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: Orionid w Grudzień 29, 2020, 17:22
Webcast rusza  o 17:25 CET

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Arianespace Flight VS25 - CSO-2 (EN)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p74FqD_HlOE&feature=youtu.be
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: Orionid w Grudzień 29, 2020, 17:36
Warunki pogodowe na GO
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: astropl w Grudzień 29, 2020, 17:42

PAŹDZIERNIK 2020

03    01:16:14          Wallops 0A        Antares-230+         Cygnus-14 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4223.0)
06    11:29:35          KSC 39A           Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4226.0)
11    16:57:04          Xichang           CZ-3B/G2             Gaofen-13
14    05:45:05          Bajkonur 31/6     Sojuz-2.1a           Sojuz MS-17 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4211.0)
18    12:25:57          Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4265.0)
24    15:31:34          Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4266.0)
25    19:08:42          Plesieck 43/4     Sojuz-2.1b/Fregat    Kosmos 2547 (Głonass-K)
26    15:19:05          Xichang 3         CZ-2C                Yaogan 30-07 A, B, C, Tianqi-06
28    21:21:27          Onenui 1A         Electron/Curie       CE-SAT-IIB, Flock-4e x 9

LISTOPAD 2020

05    23:24:23          Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            GPS III SV04 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4252.0)
06    03:19:14          Taiyuan 6         CZ-6                 Satellogic 9-18, Tianyi 05, Taiyuan, Beihang-1
07    07:12:00          Jiuquan           Gushenxing-1         Tianqi-11
07    09:41:18          Sriharikota F     PSLV-DL              EOS-01, KSM x 4, Lemur-2z x 4, M6P 2
12    15:59:04          Xichang 3         CZ-3B/G3             Tiantong-1 02
13    22:32             Canaveral 41      Atlas-5/531          NRO L-101 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4281.0)
16    00:27:17          KSC 39A           Falcon-9R            USCV-1 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=3546.0)
17    01:52:20          Kourou ZLV        Vega                 SEOSAT-Ingenio, TARANIS
20    02:20:01          Onenui 1          Electron/Curie       DRAGRACER A, DRAGRACER B, BRO-2, BRO-3,
                                                               APSS-1, CORVUS BC 5, SpaceBEE x 18,
                                                               SpaceBEENZ x 6, Gnome Chompski
21    17:17:08          Vandenberg 4E     Falcon-9R            Jason CS-A (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4295.0)
23    20:30:22          Wenchang 101      CZ-5                 Chang'e-5 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=1334.0)
25    02:13:12          Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            Starlink x 60 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4292.0)
29    07:15             Tanegashima Y1    H-2A (202)           JDRS-1

GRUDZIEŃ 2020

02    01:33:28          Kourou ELS        Sojuz-ST-A/Fregat-M  Falcon Eye 2
03    01:14:36          Plesieck 43/4     Sojuz-2.1b/Fregat    Goniec-M 30, 31, 32, Kosmos 2548,
                                                               Kosmos 2549
06    03:58:14          Xichang 3         CZ-3B/G5             Gaofen-14
06    16:17:08          KSC 39A           Falcon-9R            Cargo Dragon CRS-2 (http://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4309.0)
09    20:14             Xichang 4         CZ-11                GECAM A, GECAM B
11    01:09             Canaveral 37B     Delta-4H             NRO L-44 (Orion-10)
13    17:30             Canaveral 40      Falcon-9R            Sirius XM-7 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4312.0)
14    05:50:00          Plesieck 35/1     Angara-A5/Briz-M     IPM-2 (makieta) (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4262.0)
15    10:09             Onenui 1A         Electron/Curie       Strix-alfa
15    20:55             Kodiak 3B         Astra v3.2           -
17    10:11             Sriharikota S     PSLV-XL              CMS 01
18    12:26:26          Wostocznyj 1S     Sojuz-2.1b/Fregat-M  OneWeb x 36
19    14:00             KSC 39A           Falcon-9R            USA-312, USA-313 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4321.0)
22    04:37:37          Wenchang 201      CZ-8                 XJY-7, Hisea-1, Yuanguang,
                                                               Tianqi-8, Zhixing-1A
27    15:45             Jiuquan           CZ-4C                Yaogan-33R, Weina-2
29    16:42:07          Kourou ELS        Sojuz-ST-A/Fregat-M  CSO 2
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Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: Orionid w Grudzień 29, 2020, 17:42
Ostatni start dekady doszedł do skutku
Udało się wyrównać wynik w orbitalnych startach z 2018
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: Orionid w Grudzień 29, 2020, 17:43
Some statistics on today's flight:

1,931st Soyuz rocket launch
15th Soyuz launch of 2020
25th Soyuz launch from French Guiana
7th launch from Guiana Space Center in 2020
10th Arianespace launch of 2020
324th Arianespace launch since 1980
130th Airbus-built satellite launched by Arianespace
114th global orbital launch attempt in 2020
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: Orionid w Grudzień 29, 2020, 17:45
Boostery oddzielone
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: Orionid w Grudzień 29, 2020, 17:52
Flight VS25: Soyuz lifts off from the Spaceport in French Guiana
December 29, 2020

Arianespace’s latest Soyuz mission is now underway following an afternoon liftoff from the Spaceport in French Guiana.

This flight will last 59 minutes and 37 seconds from liftoff to separation of the CSO-2 satellite, which will be placed into Sun-synchronous orbit. (...)
https://www.arianespace.com/mission-update/flight-vs25-soyuz-lifts-off-from-the-spaceport-in-french-guiana/
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: Orionid w Grudzień 29, 2020, 18:12
Ostatni start roku
  29.12. o 16:42:07 z Kourou wystrzelona została RN Sojuz-ST-A/Fregat-M, która wyniesie w T+54' 07" na orbitę o parametrach: hp=480 km, ha=480 km, i=97,3° francuskiego satelitę zwiadowczego CSO 2 (Composante Spatiale Optique-1).
http://lk.astronautilus.pl/n201216.htm#08

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Soyuz ST-A launches CSO-2
250 wyświetleń•29 gru 2020

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnCCHA7JdQM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnCCHA7JdQM

Pomyślne wyniesienie na orbitę francuskiego wojskowego satelity obserwacyjnego CSO-2
BY REDAKCJA ON 17 STYCZNIA 2021

W kosmosie jest już drugi z trzech optycznych satelitów obserwacyjnych nowej generacji o bardzo wysokiej rozdzielczości.

Zbudowany przez Airbusa dla francuskich sił zbrojnych satelita obserwacyjny CSO-2 (Composante spatiale optique) został pomyślnie wyniesiony w kosmos przy pomocy rakiety Sojuz z europejskiego kosmodromu Kourou w Gujanie Francuskiej.

CSO-2 to drugi z trzech satelitów konstelacji CSO, która zapewni francuskiemu wojsku i partnerom w programie współpracy MUSIS (Multinational Space-based Imaging System) dostęp do zobrazowań rozpoznawczych powierzchni ziemi o ekstremalnie wysokiej rozdzielczości. Satelity CSO są wyposażone w bardzo sprawny system wskazujący obszar zainteresowania i są kontrolowane z bezpiecznego centrum operacyjnego. Konstelacja będzie dostarczać zobrazowania 3D i bardzo wysokiej rozdzielczości, w pasmach widzialnym i podczerwieni, wykonane w dzień i nocą, maksymalizując efekty operacyjne. Satelita CSO-2, identyczny z pierwszym satelitą CSO-1, zostanie jednak umieszczony na niższej orbicie polarnej na wysokości 480 km nad ziemią, co zwiększy zdolności rozpoznawcze konstelacji.

Informacje prasowe Airbus
https://kosmonauta.net/2021/01/pomyslne-wyniesienie-na-orbite-francuskiego-wojskowego-satelity-obserwacyjnego-cso-2/

Soyuz launches French reconnaissance satellite in final 2020 launch
by Jeff Foust — December 29, 2020

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A Soyuz ST-A rocket lifts off from French Guiana Dec. 29 carrying the CSO-2 reconnaissance satellite. Credit: Arianespace

WASHINGTON — A Soyuz rocket successfully launched a French reconnaissance satellite Dec. 29 in what is likely the final launch of an active 2020 in spaceflight.

The Soyuz ST-A rocket lifted off from the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana at 11:42 a.m. Eastern, after a one-day delay because of gusty upper-level winds. The Fregat upper stage, after performing two burns, released the Composante Spatiale Optique (CSO) 2 satellite nearly one hour after liftoff.

CSO-2 was built by Airbus Space and Defence for the French military. The 3,562-kilogram satellite carries an imaging payload provided by Thales Alenia Space to provide high-resolution images at optical and infrared wavelengths, enabling observations during daytime or nighttime.

The spacecraft is the second of three satellites in the overall CSO system, after the launch of CSO-1 in December 2018. CSO-1 operates in an 800-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit to serve what French officials call a “reconnaissance” mission, while CSO-2 will operate in a 480-kilometer orbit, producing higher resolution images for an “identification” mission. A third satellite, CSO-3, is scheduled for launch in 2022 to supplement CSO-1’s reconnaissance mission.

The launch was the third Soyuz mission this month for Arianespace. A Soyuz launched from French Guiana Dec. 1 carrying the FalconEye 2 imaging satellite for the United Arab Emirates, while another Soyuz, launching from Russia’s Vostochny Cosmodrome Dec. 18, placed a set of 36 OneWeb satellites into orbit.

Arianespace conducted 10 launches in 2020 despite a nearly five-month hiatus from March to August because of the pandemic. Besides the three Soyuz launches this month, Arianespace conducted two other Soyuz launches of OneWeb satellites from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, as well as three Ariane 5 and two Vega launches from French Guiana. One of the two Vega launches, carrying two European Earth science satellites, failed in November because of improperly connected cables in the thrust vector control system of the rocket’s upper stage.

The launch is also the last scheduled orbital launch of 2020. There were 114 orbital launch attempts in the year, the same as in 2018 and up from the 102 in 2019. Ten of the 114 failed to reach orbit: four by China, four by U.S.-based companies, and one each by Iran and Europe. The United States accounted for 44 launches, including seven by Rocket Lab, a U.S.-headquartered company that launches from New Zealand. China performed 39 launches. Russian vehicles performed 17 launches, counting the two Soyuz launches from French Guiana.

https://spacenews.com/soyuz-launches-french-reconnaissance-satellite-in-final-2020-launch/

French military surveillance satellite launched by Soyuz rocket
December 29, 2020 Stephen Clark

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A Soyuz ST-A rocket fires off its launch pad in French Guiana with the CSO 2 spacecraft. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – P. Piron

(...) “Mission perfectly accomplished,” said Stéphane Israël, CEO of Arianespace, the French company that oversees launch operations in French Guiana.

“It’s a really moving moment, and great news for the French Armed Forces,” said Caroline Laurent, director of orbital systems at CNES, the French space agency, a partner for the French military on the CSO program. “Personally speaking, I think it is the best Earth observation satellite in the world.”

The CSO 2 spacecraft is set to provide the highest-resolution Earth observation images ever produced by a European satellite. The first images from CSO 2 are expected to be downlinked within about two weeks of launch, according to Laurent.

“We launched a magnificent satellite,” said Maj. Gen. Michel Friedling, head of French Space Command. “It will producing images of extraordinary quality. we are very much looking forward to this. Our military operators are behind their desks awaiting these images.” (...)

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The French military’s CSO 2 reconnaissance satellite, with a cover over its optical telescope. Credit: Arianespace

Placing the CSO 2 satellite into a lower orbit allows it to “supply imagery at the highest possible level of resolution, quality and analytical precision,” CNES said on its website.

The improved imaging quality from CSO 2, flying in its lower orbit, makes the new satellite well-suited for follow-up observations from other satellites in the fleet. CSO 2 could help identify targets and reveal information not visible to satellites in higher orbits, which have a broader field-of-view.

In its low-altitude orbit, CSO 2 could identify the details of a car, according to Nadège Roussel, chief weapons engineer at DGA, the French military’s procurement agency.

“Such level of detail is real operational asset, and its performance makes this a unique system in Europe,” she said.

The three CSO satellites are identical, other than an adjustment in the focusing of the optical instrument on CSO 2 to allow it to take pictures from a lower altitude, according to Pierre-Emmanuel Martinez, CSO 2 satellite manager at CNES.

The new-generation CSO spy satellite fleet is costing the French government more than $1.5 billion, including spacecraft, launch and ground system upgrade expenses, according to French authorities. The program is funded through the DGA, and the French space agency CNES is responsible for in-orbit testing, satellite operations, and the purchasing of the spacecraft and launch services.

The French government has agreements to share optical imagery from the CSO satellites with the governments of Germany, Sweden, Belgium, and Italy, officials said. In exchange, the French military receives imagery from German and Italian radar observation satellites, which are designed for day-or-night, all-weather surveillance, and access to a ground station in Sweden.

The CSO satellites will also provide intelligence agencies and military officials imagery day-or-night in visible and infrared bands. The infrared imaging capability is an improvement over the Helios fleet, an upgraded enabled by the introduction of cryogenic cooling systems to chill infrared detectors on the CSO satellites.

Each CSO spacecraft features an agile pointing capability, allowing rapid steering from target to target, and enabling views from different look angles for three-dimensional stereo surveillance products.

French officials said reconnaissance imagery from the CSO satellites are useful in obtaining information about inaccessible regions, evaluating the strength of enemy military forces, and identifying civilians in close proximity to the battlefield. The images can help prepare plans for airstrikes, locate coordinates to guide missiles, avoid collateral damage to civilians, and allow commanders to evaluate the effectiveness of strikes by comparing images taken before and after a military operation.

The CSO 2 satellite also features a new autonomous orbit control capability, allowing the spacecraft to maintain its altitude and counteract atmospheric drag using quick burns of on-board thrusters. The satellite can perform the autonomous control maneuvers over the ocean and be ready to resume imaging operations once back over land, according to the French military.

The three CSO satellites were built by Airbus, with optical imaging instruments produced by Thales Alenia Space. CNES controls the satellites from a center in Toulouse, France, and the French military receives images at an airbase in Creil, France. (...)
https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/12/29/french-military-surveillance-satellite-launched-by-soyuz-rocket/

Photos: Soyuz launches French military satellite
January 5, 2021 Stephen Clark

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Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – P. Piron
https://spaceflightnow.com/2021/01/05/photos-soyuz-launches-french-military-satellite/

https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/12/28/soyuz-vs25-mission-status-center/

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2020/12/arianespace-cso-2-french-satellite/

statystyki startu https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4251.msg155374#msg155374

https://cso.cnes.fr/en/csomusis-0
CSO 2 https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/cso-1.htm
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: Orionid w Grudzień 29, 2020, 18:13
Starty kosmiczne w 2020 

Starty wg miesięcy:

I  7 (Chiny 3, SpaceX 2, Rocket Lab 1, Europa 1)
II 8+1 (15+1)  (Chiny 1, SpaceX 1, ULA 1, NG 1, Rosja 2, Europa 1, Japonia 1, Iran 1)
III 7+1 (22+2)  (Chiny 2+1, SpaceX 2, ULA 1, Rosja 2)
IV 4+1 (26+3)  (Chiny 1, SpaceX 1, Rosja 2, Iran 1)
V 8+1 (34+4)  (Chiny 4, SpaceX 1, ULA 1, Virgin Orbit 1, Rosja 1, Japonia 1)
VI 7 (41+4) (Chiny 3, SpaceX 3, Rocket Lab 1)
VII 12+2 (53+6) (Chiny 5+1, SpaceX 1, ULA 1, NG 1, Rocket Lab 1, Rosja 2, Japonia 1, Izrael 1)
VIII 7 (60+6) (Chiny 2, SpaceX 3, Rocket Lab 1, Europa 1)
IX 8+2 (68+8) (Chiny 5+1, SpaceX 1, Astra 1, Rosja 1, Europa 1)
X 9 (77+8) (Chiny 2, SpaceX 3, NG 1, Rocket Lab 1, Rosja 2)
XI 12+1 (89+9) (Chiny 4, SpaceX 4, ULA 1, Rocket Lab 1, Europa 1, Japonia 1, Indie 1)
XII 15+1 (104+10) (Chiny 4, SpaceX 3, ULA 1, Rocket Lab 1, ASTRA 1, Rosja 3+2 z Kourou , Indie 1)

W skrócie:

Chiny                                             35+4                                                   
USA/Nowa Zelandia (Rocket Lab)      40+4 (SpaceX 25, ULA 6, NG 3, Virgin Orbit 1, Astra 2 Rocket Lab 6+1)
Rosja                                             15+2 z Kourou                                                   
Europa (bez europejskich Sojuzów)   4+1         
Japonia                                          4                                                 
Indie                                              2
Iran                                               1+1
Izrael                                             1                                   

[1] 19.01. miał miejsce test IAT (In-Flight Abort Test) z użyciem Falcona 9.
https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4133.msg146650#msg146650
Tytuł: Odp: Starty rakiet (IV kwartał 2020 roku)
Wiadomość wysłana przez: Orionid w Styczeń 02, 2021, 15:15
Podsumowanie startów rakiet w grudniu 2020
BY MACIEJ MICKIEWICZ ON 2 STYCZNIA 2021

W ostatnim miesiącu 2020 roku, a jednocześnie drugiej dekady XXI wieku, miało miejsce 16 startów rakiet orbitalnych, z których jeden zakończył się częściowym niepowodzeniem. (...)
https://kosmonauta.net/2021/01/podsumowanie-startow-rakiet-w-grudniu-2020/