Cosmic Penguin
Geek Penguin in GTO
Hey look, it's the new Falcon 9 v1.1!
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............ oops, posted in the wrong thread. :facepalm: :rofl:
No, this is the previous holder of the most advanced all-kerosene burner rocket in the world, the Zenit, coming back after what is still a potential death-blow to its service when a Sea Launch Zenit-3 went down shortly after launch in February.
The only difference is that Sea Launch isn't quite ready to launch yet with no clear customer on board at this moment. Instead we will see a commercial launch of Zenit from Baikonur with a communication satellite from Israel - ironically once booked on the Falcon 9 before jumping ship to Zenit once SpaceX was found to be years behind schedule.
Launch location:
Baikonur Launch pad no. 45/1 45°56'35.87"N, 63°39'10.83"E
Launch dates and times:
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Live Coverage Of The Launch:
PAYLOAD
Amos-4 communication satellite:
Spacecraft Overview
Spacecom, the AMOS satellites operator, announced in 2007 that it has signed an agreement to build and launch AMOS-4, the newest addition to the AMOS constellation, with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI). IAI will construct the satellite for approximately US $365 million. AMOS-4 is scheduled to be launched in 2012 with a 12-year lifespan.
Spacecom will pay US $100 million for AMOS-4, with a US $22.5 million first payment scheduled for January 2010 and a $6.25 million final payment upon the satellite's delivery. The Israeli government will pay Spacecom US $265 million generated from a pre-launch deal to supply it with services on AMOS-4 over the satellite's full life span.
The satellite's weight at launch will be approximately 3.4 tons. AMOS 4 will carry a large number of transponders in high power Ka and Ku bands. AMOS-4, located around the 64ºE to 76ºE orbital slot, broadens the range of markets Spacecom can reach and the number of potential clients the company can serve. Spacecom's current constellation includes AMOS 1 and AMOS 2 operating at 4ºW, an orbital position it will share with AMOS 3 when the satellite launches in early 2008. When AMOS-4 comes online, Spacecom will reach close to 80 percent of the world's population.
After pre-sold capacity to the Israeli government is utilized, AMOS-4 will have available eight Ku-band transponders of 108 MHz and four high power Ka-band transponders of 218 MHz with steerable beams.
AMOS-4 was originally considered a candidate for Spacecom's yet unassigned launch contract on a SpaceX Falcon-9 launch vehicle. The satellite was then assigned to a Zenit-3SLB rocket and launched in May 2011.
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Launch Vehicle:
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The vehicle's reliability statistics according to http://www.spacelaunchreport.com/log2013.html#rate:
For Zenit-3SLB,
Amos-4 Ascent Timeline
Event|Time UTC|Comment
Lift-off|20:05:00|
1st Stage Separation|20:07:19|
Payload Fairing Separation|20:10:10|
2nd/upper Stage Separation|20:13:29|
1st Burn Ignition|20:13:43|
1st Burn Shutdown|20:17:37|1st Burn's Duration 00:03:54
2nd Burn Ignition|21:19:55|
2nd Burn Shutdown|21:25:38|2nd Burn's Duration 00:05:43
3rd Burn Ignition|02:38:31 (Sep. 1)|
3rd Burn Shutdown|02:39:32|2nd Burn's Duration 00:01:01
Spacecraft Separation |02:50:22|
Photos and videos of the preparations for the launch will come soon.
References
http://www.sea-launch.com
http://www.yuzhmash.com
http://www.yuzhnoye.com
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com
http://www.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru
http://www.spacelaunchreport.com
http://landlaunch.ru
http://www.tsenki.com/en/
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............ oops, posted in the wrong thread. :facepalm: :rofl:
No, this is the previous holder of the most advanced all-kerosene burner rocket in the world, the Zenit, coming back after what is still a potential death-blow to its service when a Sea Launch Zenit-3 went down shortly after launch in February.
The only difference is that Sea Launch isn't quite ready to launch yet with no clear customer on board at this moment. Instead we will see a commercial launch of Zenit from Baikonur with a communication satellite from Israel - ironically once booked on the Falcon 9 before jumping ship to Zenit once SpaceX was found to be years behind schedule.
Launch location:
Baikonur Launch pad no. 45/1 45°56'35.87"N, 63°39'10.83"E
Launch dates and times:
Time Zone
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Baikonur / UTC+6
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Universal / UTC
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Washington / EDT
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Los Angeles / PDT/
Launch time (Primary):
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02:05:00
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20:05:00
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16:05:00
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13:05:00
on:
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Sep. 1, 2013
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Aug. 31, 2013
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Aug. 31, 2013
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Aug. 31, 2013
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[highlight][eventTimer]2013-08-31 20:05:00?before|after;%dd% Days %hh% Hours %mm% Minutes %ss% Seconds %c%[/eventTimer] Amos-4 Launch[/highlight]
{colsp=5}[highlight][eventTimer]2013-09-01 02:50:22?before|after;%dd% Days %hh% Hours %mm% Minutes %ss% Seconds %c%[/eventTimer] Amos-4 Spacecraft Separation[/highlight]
{colsp=5}[highlight][eventTimer]2013-09-01 02:50:22?before|after;%dd% Days %hh% Hours %mm% Minutes %ss% Seconds %c%[/eventTimer] Amos-4 Spacecraft Separation[/highlight]
Live Coverage Of The Launch:
- TsENKI Video Stream: http://www.tsenki.com/en/broadcast/
PAYLOAD
Amos-4 communication satellite:
Spacecraft Overview
Spacecom, the AMOS satellites operator, announced in 2007 that it has signed an agreement to build and launch AMOS-4, the newest addition to the AMOS constellation, with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI). IAI will construct the satellite for approximately US $365 million. AMOS-4 is scheduled to be launched in 2012 with a 12-year lifespan.
Spacecom will pay US $100 million for AMOS-4, with a US $22.5 million first payment scheduled for January 2010 and a $6.25 million final payment upon the satellite's delivery. The Israeli government will pay Spacecom US $265 million generated from a pre-launch deal to supply it with services on AMOS-4 over the satellite's full life span.
The satellite's weight at launch will be approximately 3.4 tons. AMOS 4 will carry a large number of transponders in high power Ka and Ku bands. AMOS-4, located around the 64ºE to 76ºE orbital slot, broadens the range of markets Spacecom can reach and the number of potential clients the company can serve. Spacecom's current constellation includes AMOS 1 and AMOS 2 operating at 4ºW, an orbital position it will share with AMOS 3 when the satellite launches in early 2008. When AMOS-4 comes online, Spacecom will reach close to 80 percent of the world's population.
After pre-sold capacity to the Israeli government is utilized, AMOS-4 will have available eight Ku-band transponders of 108 MHz and four high power Ka-band transponders of 218 MHz with steerable beams.
AMOS-4 was originally considered a candidate for Spacecom's yet unassigned launch contract on a SpaceX Falcon-9 launch vehicle. The satellite was then assigned to a Zenit-3SLB rocket and launched in May 2011.
Parameter | Value
Working Orbit:
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GEO
Orbital Location:
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65° East
Coverage:
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Middle East, India, Russia, Southeast Asia
ApA at separation:
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35786 km
PeA at separation:
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3090 km
Inc at separation:
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26.85°Intelsat 18
Customer:
|- Spacecom Ltd.
Prime contractor:
|- Israel Aerospace Industries
Platform:
|- AMOS-HP Bus
Mass at Separation:
|- 3500 kg
Dry Mass:
|- ?
Stabilization:
|- 3 axis stabilized, with a zero momentum system
Dimensions:
|- ?
Power at end-of-life:
|- ?
Payload:
|- 8 Ku-band transponders
- 4 Ka-band transponders
Propulsion:
|- Propulsion: Liquid bi-propellant transfer orbit system; Monopropellant (hydrazine) on-orbit system
Coverage area:
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Life time:
|- 12 years
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Launch Vehicle:
Zenit-3SLB / Blok DM-SLB
Prime contractor:
|- Yuzhmash (A.M. Makarov Yuzhny Machine-Building Plant) - Ukraine
GRAU Index:
|- 11K77
Height:
| 58.7 m with upper stage and payload fairing Diameter:
| max 4.1 mLiftoff mass:
| 473 metric tonnes Payload mass:
| ~3.75 tonnes at GTO1st stage:
|- 1 X RD-171 engine
- Empty 33.9 tonnes
- Propellants 318.8 tonnes (RG-1 Kerosene and LOX)
- Thrust in vacuum 7 908 kN
- Thrust at sea level 7 259 kN
2nd stage:
|- 1 X RD-120 engine + 1 X RD-8 vernier engine
- Empty 9.3 tonnes
- Propellants 80.6 tonnes (RG-1 Kerosene and LOX)
- Thrust in vacuum 834 + 78 kN
Upper Stage:
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- GRAU Index: - 11S861
- Common Name: Block DM-SLB
- Designer: Designer: RKK Energia
- Manufacturer: "Krasmash" Krasnoyarsk Machine Building Plant
- Dimensions: Length 5.5 m, Diameter 4.1 m
- Empty Mass: 2.2 tonnes
- Propellants load: 15.095 tonnes (RP-1/LOX)
- Main Engine: 1 X RD-58M
- Thrust in vacuum 8.67 tonnes of force
- ISP 352 s
Payload Fairing:
|- Diameter 4.1 m
- Length 10.4 m
The vehicle's reliability statistics according to http://www.spacelaunchreport.com/log2013.html#rate:
For Zenit-3SLB,
Code:
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Vehicle Successes/Tries Realzd Pred Consc. Last Dates
Rate Rate* Succes Fail
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Zenit 3SLB/DMSLB 4 5 .80 .71 4(B) 4/28/08 2008-
(B) Amos-3 inserted in orbit with 1,500 km short perigee and
0.7 deg unplanned inclination. Amos 3 reportedly lost two
to three years of 18 year design life.Amos-4 Ascent Timeline
Lift-off|20:05:00|
1st Stage Separation|20:07:19|
Payload Fairing Separation|20:10:10|
2nd/upper Stage Separation|20:13:29|
1st Burn Ignition|20:13:43|
1st Burn Shutdown|20:17:37|1st Burn's Duration 00:03:54
2nd Burn Ignition|21:19:55|
2nd Burn Shutdown|21:25:38|2nd Burn's Duration 00:05:43
3rd Burn Ignition|02:38:31 (Sep. 1)|
3rd Burn Shutdown|02:39:32|2nd Burn's Duration 00:01:01
Spacecraft Separation |02:50:22|
Photos and videos of the preparations for the launch will come soon.
References
http://www.sea-launch.com
http://www.yuzhmash.com
http://www.yuzhnoye.com
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com
http://www.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru
http://www.spacelaunchreport.com
http://landlaunch.ru
http://www.tsenki.com/en/
