Ok, I've no talent anywhere near Galactic Penguin SST's to make a launch report really entertaining, but here it is.
The EchoStar 16 mission will be the 10th Proton launch of 2012, the 382nd Proton flight overall, and the 3rd in the row after the latest failure of Briz-M upper stage, which happened on August 6th.
EchoStar XVI is a high-throughput satellite using an SS/L 1300 platform to deliver broadband solutions to consumers, businesses, and government customers. SS/L said the new “geostationary satellite employs a multi-spot beam, bent pip Ka-Band architecture, providing significant additional capacity for HughesNet service in North America and will augment the SPACEWAY 3 satellite system.” The company also said the satellite will be using a new JUPITER high-throughput technology that will help provide access to 100 gigabits of capacity per second.
The ultimate plan is for this new satellite to expand Internet coverage and focus on specific areas that are in need of more broadband services. The satellite will have a multi-spot beam capable of specifically targeting these areas and improving them.
Launch location:
Baikonur Launch pad no. 200/39 46° 2'23.85"N, 63° 1'54.98"E
Launch dates and times:
[table="head"]{colsp=6}Launch times
Time Zone|
Hong Kong / UTC+8
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Baikonur / UTC+6
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Moscow / UTC+4
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Universal / UTC
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Washington / EST
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Los Angeles / PST
Launch time (Primary):
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02:31:00
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00:31:00
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22:31:00
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18:31:00
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13:31:00
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10:31:00
on:
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Nov. 21, 2012
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Nov. 21, 2012
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Nov. 20, 2012
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Nov. 20, 2012
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Nov. 20, 2012
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Nov. 20, 2012
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Live Coverage Of The Launch:
PAYLOAD
EchoStar XVI communication satellite:
Mission Summary:
[table="head"]{colsp=2}Summary
Parameter|
Value
Working Orbit:
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GEO
Orbital Location:
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61.5° West
Coverage:
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CONUS
ApA at separation:
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35786 km
PeA at separation:
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2434 km
Inc at separation:
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29.5°
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[table="head"]Characteristics|
Intelsat 23
Customer:
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Prime contractor:
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Platform:
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Mass at Separation:
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Dry Mass:
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Stabilization:
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Payload:
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Life time:
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Ku-band coverage:
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Launch Vehicle:
[table="head"]{colsp=2}Characteristics
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Proton-M / Briz-M
Prime contractor:
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GRAU Index:
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Height:
| 58.2 m with upper stage and payload fairing
Diameter:
| max 7.4 m
Liftoff mass:
| 705 metric tonnes
Payload mass:
| ~22 tonnes at LEO
1st stage:
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- 6 X RD-275 engines
- Empty 30.6 tonnes
- Propellants 419.41 tonnes (UDMH and NTO)
- Thrust in vacuum 1069.8 tonnes of force
- Thrust at sea level 971.4 tonnes of force
2nd stage:
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- 1 X RD-0211 engine 3 X RD-0210 engines
- Empty 11.4 tonnes
- Propellants 156.113 tonnes (UDMH and NTO)
- Thrust in vacuum 237.4 tonnes of force
3rd stage:
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- 1 X RD-0213 engine & 1 X RD-0214 vernier engine
- Empty 3.7 tonnes
- Propellants 46.562 tonnes (UDMH and NTO)
- Thrust in vacuum 59.36 (core) + 3.15 (vernier) tonnes of force
Upper Stage:
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- GRAU Index: 14S43
- Common Name: Briz-M
- Designer & Manufacturer: Khrunichev Space Centre
- Dimensions: Length 2.654 m, Diameter 4 m
- Empty Mass 2.2 tonnes
- Propellants 6 660 kg UDMH + 13 260 kg N2O4
- Flight time: no less than 24 hours
- Main Engine: 1 X 14D30
- Thrust in vacuum 2.0 tonnes of force
- ISP 328.6 s
- Main engine restarts: up to 8 times
- Precision Manoeuvering Engines: 4 X 11D458
- Thrust in vacuum 400 N each
- ISP 252 s
- RCS Engines: 12 X 17D58E
- Thrust in vacuum 13.3 N each
- ISP 274 s
Payload Fairing:
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- Diameter 4.35 m
- Length 11.6 m
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The vehicle's
reliability statistics according to
http://www.spacelaunchreport.com/log2012.html#rate:
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Vehicle Successes/Tries Realzd Pred Consc. Last Dates
Rate Rate* Succes Fail
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Proton-M/Briz-M 55 60 .92 .90 2 08/06/12 2001-
EchoStar XVI Ascent Profile
Injection Graph
Flight Path Projection
Trajectory
EchoStar XVI Ascent Timeline
This launch is peculiar in the way how the 4th burn immediately follows the 3rd one and APT jettison.
[TABLE="head"]Event|Time rel lift-off|Time UTC|Comment
Upper Stage Readiness|-00:01:53|18:29:07|
Ignition Start Sequence|-00:00:02|18:30:58|
Command Stage 1 (100% thrust)|00:00:00|18:31:00|
1st/2nd Stage Separation|00:02:00|18:33:00|
2nd/3rd Stage Separation|00:05:27|18:36:27|
Payload Fairing Separation|00:05:45|18:36:45|
3rd Stage/Breeze M Separation|00:09:42|18:40:42|
1st Burn Ignition|00:11:16|18:42:16|
1st Burn Shutdown|00:18:52|18:49:52|1st Burn's Duration 00:07:36
2nd Burn Ignition|01:07:43|19:38:43|
2nd Burn Shutdown|01:25:25|19:56:25|2nd Burn's Duration 00:17:42
3rd Burn Ignition|03:28:06|21:59:06|
3rd Burn Shutdown|03:37:44|22:08:44|3rd Burn's Duration 00:09:38
APT Jettison|03:38:34|22:09:34|
4th Burn Ignition|03:40:01|22:11:01|
4th Burn Shutdown|03:47:37|22:18:37|4th Burn's Duration 00:04:40
5th Burn Ignition|08:54:20|21st, 3:25:20|
5th Burn Shutdown|08:58:56|21st, 3:29:56|5th Burn's Duration 00:04:36
Spacecraft Separation|09:12:00|3:43:00|
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Weather forecast for Baikonur, Kazakhstan on November 21, 2012 (2 a.m.)
Clear skies. High of -5°С. Winds are still. Rel humidity 66%.
References
http://coopi.khrunichev.ru/main.php?id=607
http://www.space-center.ru/ApriEvents.aspx
http://tvroscosmos.ru
http://www.ilslaunch.com
http://tihiy.fromru.com/Rn/RN_Proton.htm
http://www.tsenki.com
http://satellite.tmcnet.com/topics/...-echostar-xvii-arrives-launching-location.htm
http://www.spacelaunchreport.com
http://www.intellicast.com
