mexsat1 launch 16 may

MexSat-1 (Centenario) 113°W.webp

Live Broadcast:

LAUNCH – 16 May, 2015
Baikonur to Washington Eutelsat 10A will begin at 0100 Eastern/0500 GMT
Live test for Mexico will begin at 0100 Eastern/0500 GMT
Live Broadcast starting at 0130 Eastern/0530 GMT
Launch is scheduled for 01:47:39 Eastern/05:47:39 GMT
Launch Broadcast concludes at 0215 Eastern/00615 GMT

BAIKONUR TO WASHINGTON KHRUNICHEV U/L (SD)
EBU REF 15/034178/01
EUTELSAT 10A 10 deg East TXP B3 CHANNEL 6MHZ SLOT 3D6
UPLINK FREQ.: 14360 MHZ POL Y
DOWNLINK FR.: 11060 MHZ POL X
SD 625 16:9 50Hz DVB-S2 8PSK 4.9373 Ms/s FEC 3/4,
Pilot on Roll-off 0.20 (MPEG2 4:2:2 10.7514 Mbps)
AUDIO:1 SOUND MONO
AUDIO:2 SOUND MONO
AUDIO:3 N/A
AUDIO:4 N/A

In Mexico, THE LAUNCH BROADCAST WILL BE SEEN ON THE FOLLOWING (HD)

Eutelsat 113WA / C101(F) (Formerly SatMex 6)
U/L; 5949.5, D/L 3724.5
Beam; C1
Pol H uplink/V downlink
9 MHz
DVB-S2 8PSK, MPEG 4 (H.264):
FEC: 3/4
Sym Rate: 7.5
Info Rate: 16.331
Pilot On
H.264 (MPEG 4)
Roll-Off 20%

The webcast of the Centenario mission can be seen at:

http://centenario.imgondemand.com/
 
Mexsat-1.webp
 
Mexsat-1.webp
 
Mexican satellite MexSat-1 is likely lost.

ria.ru
 
Αll launches "Proton-M" will be suspended

ria.ru
 
Assuming we get the usual ~3 months stand down (whilst the engineers find out which component has been built out of recycled 1980's Ladas instead of industrial grade steel) the following launches are now not going anywhere any time soon:

June - Turksat 4B (50E)
July Express AM8 (14W)
July/August Eut 9B (9E)
 
helicopter flew to the site (Trans-Baikal) of the alleged falling debris of "Proton" launch vehicle.

tass.ru
 
Oh, FFS.... I was looking forward to 14W :( I was and am not, however, looking forward to 9E...

It's a wonder satellite operators still use the Russians, considering their track record. And I am the one who should be biased towards them!

What's more surprising is the fact that insurance companies are willing to insure against Baikonur launches. Perhaps we should have a "Yet another Russian launch failure..." thread?
 
Full list of delayed & possible rescheduled Proton launches for 2015 due to the loss of MexSat-1

Delayed Eutelsat 9B Proton Baikonur 9.0°E 66 tps
Delayed Eutelsat 36C Proton Baikonur 36.0°E 70 Ku tps and Ka tps
Delayed Lybid Zenit 2SB Baikonur 48.0°E 30 Ku tps (Lybid TV Ukraine goes bust so the satellite will probably be sold off)
Delayed Türksat 4B Proton Baikonur 50.0°E 12 Ka tps and 18 Ku tps and C tps
Delayed Express AM8 Proton Baikonur 14.0°W 2 Ka tps? and 16 Ku tps and 24 C tps and 2 L tps
Delayed Inmarsat 5F3 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur 0° East200/39 89 Ka
Delayed Intelsat 31 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur 95° West 200/39 72 Ku, 10 C
Delayed Express-AMU1 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur 40° East
 
The same fault as with Express-AM4R
The failure occurred during the third stage of the Proton's ascent into orbit
 
Successful Proton-M/Briz-M launches over the last 18 months
TürkSat 4A
Express-AT1
Express-AT2
KazSat 3
Luch 5V
Express-AM6 (ended up in the wrong orbit took 6 months using onboard thrusters to reach 53 east)
Yamal 401
Astra 2G
Inmarsat 5F2
Express-AM7

Failed launches
Express-AM4R failure occurred during the third stage of the Proton's ascent into orbit,
MexSat 1 engine of the third-stage rocket failed.
 
Oh dear, that's buggered it! :)
 
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