Astra 2G Launch: December 2014

[timo_w2s]

After being unloaded, the container carrying the 6 ton payload is now on its way via the special internal railway link to the assembly hall for further testing and assembly into the Launch Vehicle.

I thought this paragraph was going to say something like, "After being unloaded, the container carrying the 6 ton payload was on its way via the special internal railway link to the assembly hall when it derailed and crashed into another train..." or something along those lines. ;)

 

[Lazarus]

Give it time .................

 

[solly]

http://www.khrunichev.ru/main.php?id=1&nid=3156
European communications satellite Astra 2G delivered to Baikonur to run on rocket "Proton"
10/29/2014
Telecommunications satellites Astra 2G / «Astra 2G" / made Airbus Defence and Space (a division of the European Group Airbus Group) commissioned by the satellite operator SES (Lyukskemburg) delivered from Toulouse (France) at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in preparation for launch.
Six ton geostationary satellite Astra 2G will put into orbit by a rocket "Proton-M" and booster "Briz-M". Run to be held in November this year. This will be the 400th space launch, carried out with the help of the carrier rocket "Proton".
Transport aircraft with the spacecraft and ground support equipment (IEE) landed at the airport "Jubilee" Baikonur this morning.
A few hours later, after the customs inspection and unloading at the destination airport, the container with the spacecraft and IEE internal railroad Baikonur delivered to the assembly and testing (MIC) pad 92A-50 launch site. The spacecraft will set a booth at the finishing chamber Mika, where in the coming days will begin its self test. They include a series of electrical and functional inspections, and refueling unit propellants.
The contract for the use of the carrier rocket "Proton-M" for launching spacecraft Astra 2G concluded by International Launch Services Inc. controlling stake in ILS belongs FSUE "State Research and Production Space Center. Khrunichev ", developer and manufacturer of carrier rocket" Proton "and booster" Briz-M ".

 

[Analoguesat]

That would a new low... destroying a satellite before the launch!

Look up the shenanigans with Eutelsat W1 "the wet one"

 

[Analoguesat]

Or NOAA Prime - that one didnt get out of the factory before it was wrecked when it fell off a trolley!

 

[solly]

http://ria.ru/science/20141030/1030899231.html

MOSCOW, October 30 - RIA Novosti. The launch rocket "Proton-M" with a communications satellite Astra 2G scheduled for November 28 from Baikonur, said Roscosmos.
"At the airport complex" Jubilee "landed the plane An-124-100 (" Ruslan "), which is delivered to the Baikonur telecommunications satellites Astra 2G. After the customs check the container with the spacecraft and support equipment was loaded on a railway platform and of transported to the site 92A-50, where the finishing chamber 101 hall assembly and testing will be carried out his further training ", - the report says.
In the near future, experts FSUE "Khrunichev. Khrunichev" representatives of the customer and will run standalone testing of the spacecraft, which include a series of functional and electrical inspections and refueling machine propellants.
It is planned that the six-ton geostationary satellite Astra 2G will be launched into orbit by a rocket "Proton-M" and the upper stage "Breeze-M" 28th of November. This will be the 400th launch, implemented using rocket "Proton".
At the same time in the 111-meter hall assembly and test facility 92A-50 calculations FSUE "Khrunichev. Khrunichev" began work on the preparation of telecommunications spacecraft "Yamal-401", which is also the day before was delivered to Baikonur. The spacecraft is set to slipway and computing begun inspections and tests.
Launching a spacecraft "Yamal-401" is scheduled to perform from the Baikonur cosmodrome December 12, 2014 by a rocket "Proton-M" and the upper stage "Breeze-M".
Baikonur Cosmodrome. Photo archive
© RIA Novosti. Anton Denisov | Buy graphic
Russian satellite "Yamal-401" delivered to Baikonur
Spacecraft "Yamal-401" is designed and manufactured JSC "Information Satellite Systems Reshetnev" and is designed to provide relaying communications and broadcasting in Europe and Asia in a continuous mode.
"Yamal-401" - this is the third spacecraft, created on the basis of a unified platform heavy class "Express-2000." The mass of the satellite - 2976 kg; power allocated to the payload - 11 kW; active lifetime is 15 years.
The satellite transponder 53 and six antennas operating in the C- and Ku-band frequencies. Customer is launching Russian satellite communications operator "GSS".
Booster heavy class "Proton" is developed and produced by FSUE "State Research and Production Space Center Khrunichev."
State Space Center Khrunichev is one of the leaders in the development and implementation of new space technologies, both in Russia and in the international space market. Modernization of the carrier rocket "Proton" launch vehicle "Roar", a family of launch vehicles "Angara", boosters Briz-M Briz-KM, 12 BEF, cooperation and the implementation of international projects International Launch Services, Eurockot, International Space station "Baiterek", "Kazsat" cooperation with India, South Korea and other allowed the company to enter the world market of launch services.

http://ria.ru/science/20141030/1030899231.html#ixzz3HcEVhRzE

 

[timo_w2s]

Or NOAA Prime - that one didnt get out of the factory before it was wrecked when it fell off a trolley!

Awkward! I bet whoever was responsible hasn't lived that down (assuming they even work there any more!).

 

[adonis1]

http://ria.ru/science/20141030/1030899231.html
"At the airport complex" Jubilee "landed the plane An-124-100 (" Ruslan "), which is delivered to the Baikonur telecommunications satellites Astra 2G. After the customs check the container with the spacecraft and support equipment was loaded on a railway platform and of transported to the site 92A-50, where the
finishing chamber 101 hall assembly and testing will be carried out his further training ", - the report says.

 

[solly]

At the Baikonur Cosmodrome specialists of aerospace industry are working intensively to complete the program launches in 2014.
Yesterday at the airport complex "Jubilee" landed the plane An-124-100 ("Ruslan"), which delivered to Baikonur European telecommunications spacecraft "Astra-2G." After the customs check the container with the spacecraft and support equipment was loaded on a railway platform and of transported to the site 92A-50, where the finishing chamber 101 hall assembly and testing will be carried out his further training.
In the near future, experts FSUE "Khrunichev. Khrunichev 'representatives and the customer will begin to run standalone test the spacecraft, which include a series of functional and electrical inspections and refueling machine propellants.
It is planned that the six-ton geostationary satellite "Astra-2Y" will be launched into orbit by a rocket "Proton-M" and the upper stage "Breeze-M" 28th of November. This will be the 400th launch, implemented using a carrier rocket "Proton".

 

[solly]

News TsENKI
Launch pad 81 Baikonur Cosmodrome began to prepare for the upcoming launch rocket "Proton-M"
at Baikonur continue intensive work plan in preparation for regular launches of Russian heavy carrier rocket "Proton-M". Today, estimates of the FSUE TsENKI - Space Center "South" have begun to prepare equipment and facilities launch pad 81 Baikonur Cosmodrome for the upcoming reception space rocket "Proton-M" with the upper stage "Breeze-M" and the Russian telecommunication satellite "Yamal-401". At the same time on the launch pad 81 Baikonur Cosmodrome is working on the preparation for the launch of a space rocket "Proton-M" with the upper stage "Breeze-M" and European telecommunications spacecraft Astra 2G. The calculations of specialists of the Russian space industry in the assembly building pad 92A-50 launch site are autonomous work with the carrier rocket "Proton-M" and the upper stage "Breeze-M", which will be used to the orbit of the European satellite. In finishing the chambers of the same assembly and testing foreign experts are preparing to launch a spacecraft Astra 2G, and the calculations of "Information Satellite Systems" name M.Reshetneva and Space Center, "South" is working with the satellite communication "Yamal-401". Start the satellite Astra 2G from Baikonur is scheduled for November 28, and the spacecraft "Yamal-401" on December 12, 2014. Press Service of the Space Center "South"

 

[solly]

new poster astra 2g

 

[adonis1]

Khrunichev denies rumors for postpone the launching, of Astra 2G.

interfax.ru

 

[battenfan]

Economist: Russia is thinking of moving its space operations out of Kazakhstan

 

[adonis1]

Day one of fueling of the Astra 2G spacecraft was completed on schedule today in Baikonur. In other launch operations, The Breeze M is back in Hall 101 undergoing pneumatic testing. Joint operations are scheduled to begin on November 14 to support the ILS Proton launch of SES's Astra 2G at the end of November.

This will be the 400th Proton launch since its first flight in 1965 and the 7th Proton mission this year. The Astra 2G satellite was designed and manufactued by Airbus Defense and Space for SES of Luxembourg. Based on the reliable Eurostar E3000 platform, the satellite will have a launch mass over 6 metric tons.

ilslaunch.com

 

[solly]

it good news fueling roket as soon

 

[solly]

http://advanced-television.com/2014/11/13/astra-2g-on-track/

SES has confirmed that all is looking good with its upcoming launch of Astra 2G on November 28th. International Launch Services (ILS), which is responsible for the Proton rocket launch in Kazakhstan, completed the first day of fuelling the craft on November 10th.
ILS also says that the Briz-M Upper Stage is undergoing its final test stages and will be joined to the main Proton rocket on November 14th.
Astra 2G is an Airbus Defense & Space satellite, based on their tried and tested Eurostar E3000 platform. It will weigh more than 6 metric tonnes at launch.
The craft will carry both Ku-band and Ka-band payloads covering Europe and Ku-band capacity for the fast-expanding Central/West Africa region. It will operate from 28.2 degrees East.

 

[adonis1]

Media Advisory: ILS Proton to Launch Astra 2G

Payload: ASTRA 2G communications satellite
Eurostar E3000 Platform
Separated spacecraft mass: ~6,020 kg

Launch Vehicle: Proton M/Breeze M
705,000 kg (1,554,000 lb), including payload
58.2 m (191ft)

Launch Date: November 28, 2014

Launch Time:
03:24:33 Baikonur
00:24:33 Moscow
22:24:33 Luxembourg and CET (27 Nov)
21:24:33 GMT (27 Nov)
16:24:33 EDT (27 Nov)

Launch Site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Launch Pad 39

Launch Customer: SES, Luxembourg

Satellite Manufacturer: Airbus Defence and Space

Launch Vehicle Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center,
Manufacturer: Russia

Launch Services
Provider: International Launch Services, USA

Satellite Use: ASTRA 2G is the third spacecraft of a three satellite investment program (ASTRA 2E, 2F, and 2G) that SES contracted with Airbus Defence and Space in order to provide replacement as well as incremental satellite capacity in the orbital arc of 28.2/28.5 degrees East. ASTRA 2G carries 62 Ku-band transponders as well as 4 Ka-band transponders. The different beams provide wide coverage over the UK and Ireland, Europe and West Africa.

The ASTRA 2G satellite will also support SATMED, an e-health platform conceived by SES and supported by the Luxembourg Government and the Ministry for Cooperation and Humanitarian Action is a satellite based communication solution aimed to improve public health in emerging and developing countries.

Satellite Statistics: __62 Ku-band transponders
__4 Ka-band transponders, including 1 interconnect
__Planned orbital location: 28.2/28.5 degrees East longitude
__Anticipated service life: 15 years

Mission Profile: The Proton M launch vehicle, utilizing a 5-burn Breeze M mission design, will lift off from Pad 39 at Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, with the ASTRA 2G satellite on board. The first three stages of the Proton will use a standard ascent profile to place the orbital unit (Breeze M Upper Stage and the ASTRA 2G satellite) into a sub-orbital trajectory. From this point in the mission, the Breeze M will perform planned mission maneuvers to advance the orbital unit first to a circular parking orbit, then to an intermediate orbit, followed by a transfer orbit, and finally to a geosynchronous transfer orbit. Separation of the ASTRA 2G satellite is scheduled to occur approximately 9 hours, 12 minutes after liftoff.

Target Orbit Perigee: 4,163 km
at Separation: Apogee: 35,736 km
Inclination: 23.0 degrees

Spacecraft Separation: Approximately 9 hours, 12 minutes after liftoff

ILS Mission Statistics: _7th Proton launch in 2014
_2nd ILS Proton launch in 2014
_86th ILS Proton Launch Overall
_24th SES Satellite Launched on ILS Proton
_18th Airbus Defence and Space Satellite Launched on ILS Proton

Live Broadcast: The live launch broadcast will begin approximately 20 minutes before lift-off.

Webcast stream seen can be seen at:
http://astra2g.imgondemand.com/

Live streaming will begin approximately 10 minutes before liftoff.

ilslaunch.com

 

[adonis1]

the integration of Astra 2G (28.2 ° E) into the upper stage, has been completed.

khrunichev.ru

 

[timo_w2s]

No one dropped it yet??

 

[skomedal]

No one dropped it yet??

Still time yet