Utajniony satelita 20.01. o 07:26 z Onenui Station wystrzelona została RN Electron/Curie, która wyniosła w T+1h 09' 28" na orbitę
o przybliżonych parametrach: hp=~500 km, ha=~500 km, i=90° chińsko-niemieckiego satelitę komunikacyjnego
GMS-T.
http://lk.astronautilus.pl/n210116.htm#03Electron launches OHB microsatellite2370 wyświetleń•20 sty 2021
https://twitter.com/Peter_J_Beck/status/1352047998583201793Rocket Lab - Another One Leaves The Crust Launch 01/20/202174 881 wyświetleń•Nadawane na żywo 20 sty 2021
Start misji “Another One Leaves The Crust” BY REDAKCJA ON 23 STYCZNIA 2021
(...) Na pokładzie rakiety Electron znalazł się mikrosatelita komunikacyjny należący do OHB. Satelita został wyniesiony na orbitę polarną. Lot otrzymał nazwę “Another One Leaves The Crust”.
Misję zapowiedziano 5 stycznia 2021, zaś okno startowo otworzyło się 16 stycznia. Ostatecznie start został przesunięty z 16 na 20 stycznia z powodu nieprawidłowych odczytów z czujnika nachylenia. (...)
Pomimo tego, że Rocket Lab pracuje nad odzyskiwaniem pierwszych stopni swoich rakiet. To tym razem nie podjęto żadnych prób odzyskania, a sam pierwszy stopień wpadł do Oceanu Spokojnego. (...)
https://kosmonauta.net/2021/01/start-misji-another-one-leaves-the-crust/Rocket Lab launches communications satellite for OHBJanuary 20, 2021 Stephen Clark
An Electron launcher lifts off Wednesday from Rocket Lab’s Launch Complex 1A in New Zealand. Credit: Rocket Lab(...) Officials are saying little about the payload the Electron rocket is carrying into space.
OHB Group, which builds small and medium-sized satellites, procured the launch from Rocket Lab through its subsidiary OHB Cosmos, according to Rocket Lab.
The payload from OHB is a “single communication microsatellite that will enable specific frequencies to support future services from orbit,” Rocket Lab said in a statement.
Before the launch Wednesday, OHB and Rocket Lab released no additional details about the satellite, which was built by OHB divisions in Germany, Sweden, and the Czech Republic. Officials even kept the satellite’s name secret.
OHB finally officially revealed the name of the spacecraft — GMS-T — in a tweet shortly after the launch.
Peter Beck, Rocket Lab’s founder and CEO, said the launch occurred six months of the contract signing with Rocket Lab and OHB, a relatively fast turnaround for a launch service agreement.
“By flying as a dedicated mission on Electron, OHB and their mission partners have control over launch timing, orbit, integration schedule, and other mission parameters,” Beck said in a pre-launch statement.
With its newest upgrades, Rocket Lab’s 59-foot-tall (18-meter) Electron launcher can carry about 440 pounds (200 kilograms) of payload to a 310-mile-high (500-kilometer) polar orbit. Rocket Lab sells Electron flights for as little as $7 million, offering small satellite operators dedicated rides for their payloads.
Responding to questions from Spaceflight Now, an OHB spokesperson declined to identify the end user of the satellite or provide any other details about its mission.
“OHB has purchased an Electron launcher for a customer,” the spokesperson said.
A short prepared statement from OHB, based in Bremen, Germany, also included no further information about the nature of the mission.
“OHB have developed, built and tested a satellite on behalf of the customer. We will also operate it until the end of the satellite’s operational life,” said Dr. Lutz Bertling, member of the OHB executive board and responsible for digitalization, strategy and business development.
In the days before the launch, the only hint about the identity of the satellite and OHB’s possible customer for the mission was revealed in an image of the Electron rocket’s payload fairing, which had a pair of mission logos.
One of the symbols includes an apparent illustration of the satellite on-board the rocket, showing the spacecraft with what appears to be a pair of circular communications antennas. The letters BIU and GMS-T were visible on each side of the satellite illustration. (...)
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https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=3856.msg156509#msg156509BIU GMS-T
https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/biu-gms-t.htm