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Old April 16th 05, 05:58 AM
Jim Oberg
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See http://www.itar-tass.com/level2.html?GroupID=10 (in Russian),
just which booster IS it being offered as showing DART's launch?
This is only a week after they posted a Sea Launch photo as an
illustration of the Russian-French Soyuz-Kourou agreement signing.
Well, a rocket is a rocket is a rocket.....


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Old April 16th 05, 06:10 AM
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Jim Oberg wrote:
See http://www.itar-tass.com/level2.html?GroupID=10 (in Russian),
just which booster IS it being offered as showing DART's launch?
This is only a week after they posted a Sea Launch photo as an
illustration of the Russian-French Soyuz-Kourou agreement signing.
Well, a rocket is a rocket is a rocket.....


Zenit2, (non-sealaunch ?)

Compare
http://www.sea-launch.com/land-launch/images/zenit-pad-at-lnchcomplex-45.jpg
http://www.sura.ru/dragon/fotki/ZENIT2.jpg
The towers look like a perfect match to the tass image:
http://www.itar-tass.com/img/news_img_1941718_0002.jpg

My first thought was Dnepr or one of the other recycled ICBMs, but the
flame looks more like lox/kero, and most of the dnepr pictures have a
black fairing.
e.g.:
http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2004/07/15/2/AO-Echo-Launch-lrg.jpg

So, do the owners of itar-tass have a share in zenit :P ?

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Old April 16th 05, 12:21 PM
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"hop" wrote
Zenit2, (non-sealaunch ?)


Spasibo!!


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Old April 17th 05, 01:16 AM
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Jim Oberg wrote:
"hop" wrote
Zenit2, (non-sealaunch ?)


Spasibo!!


It definitely looks like the Zenit pad at Baikonur
shown in Anatoly Zak's site:

"http://www.russianspaceweb.com/baikonur_zenit.html"

- Ed Kyle

 




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