Jacques van Oene
November 12th 05, 02:53 PM
OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE
about the Inmarsat-4 Spacecraft insertion into orbit
from the Sea-based Sea Launch Rocket and Space Complex
November 8, 2005. Sea Launch Rocket and Space Complex,
the Pacific Ocean - MCC-M, the city of Korolev.
At 17:07 Moscow Time (14:07 GMT) Zenit-3SL Integrated Launch Vehicle (ILV)
carrying Inmarsat-4 Spacecraft (SC) as a payload was launched from the
sea-going Launch Platform (LP) Odyssey as part of the Sea Launch Rocket and
Space Complex.
During the launch the LP was floating in equatorial area of the Pacific
Ocean, in the vicinity of Christmas Island (154° W).
The objective of the launch is to deliver a 6-ton spacecraft (SC) to a
target geosynchronous transfer orbit. Upper Stage (US) Block DM-SL produced
at RSC Energia after S.P. Korolev made it possible to put the SC into this
orbit from an intermediate orbit formed by Zenit-2S two-stage launch vehicle
(LV).
The US Block DM-SL provided a highly accurate delivery of SC to a target
geosynchronous transfer orbit with the following design parameters:
inclination - 3°; perigee altitude - 310 km; apogee altitude -35786 km.
There were two burns of the US Main Engine under the Mission Program. The
first burn lasting about 4.5 seconds was performed following 10 seconds upon
separation of the US mated with SC from the LV 2nd stage. The second burn
lasting some 7 min. occurred following 55 min. after completion of the first
burn.
At 18:32 Moscow Time SC separated from the Upper Stage.
This was the 253rd successful mission of the Upper Stage DM (D) and the
fifth mission since the beginning of 2005.
Following its autonomous transfer to the given orbital position in
geostationary orbit
(53° W), the SC will be made a part of global satellite broadband
communication network offering a wide range of mobile telecommunication
services (access to Internet, facsimile and telephone communication,
transmission of video images at subscribers' requests, videoconferencing,
etc.).
Inmarsat-4 is the first Inmarsat SC inserted into near-earth orbit from the
Sea Launch Rocket and Space Complex, which is also the first European
Spacecraft launched by means of the launch services provided by
international joint stock Sea Launch Company. The satellite was manufactured
by "EADS Astrium" under the Inmarsat order.
Sea Launch has the following shareholders: the Boeing Company (USA), Rocket
and Space Corporation Energia after S.P. Korolev (Russia), "Kvaerner Invest
Norge AS" (Norway) and the Ukrainian aerospace enterprises Production
Association Yuzhmash zavod and State Design Office Yuzhnoye after M.K.
Yangel.
RSC Energia is the prime enterprise for the Sea Launch Complex Rocket
Segment. It is responsible for its outfitting and integration into the
Complex ensuring along with other subcontracting industrial enterprises US
Block DM-SL manufacture and operational use as the 3rd Stage of Zenit-3SL
ILV.
Prelaunch processing and launch operations were controlled from the Control
Center aboard the Sea Launch Commander Assembly - Command Ship (ACS). The
prelaunch operations initiated 6 hours prior to the launch were performed in
an automatic mode. 3 hours before the launch, the LP Odyssey's crew and the
LP-based personnel in ILV prelaunch processing had been evacuated by
helicopter to the ACS taken away at a safe distance from the LP.
The prelaunch processing and launch operations were conducted under the
direction of Sea Launch Company's Mission Director Mr. D. Dubbs and the
Rocket Segment Operations Manager RCS Energia's Deputy Designer General V.G.
Aliev.
Analysis of the mated US/SC flight was performed by RSC Energia's
specialists included in the Lead Operations Control Team (LOCT) based in the
Mission Control Center (MCC-M), the city of Korolev, Moscow Region and
maintaining continuous communication with the ACS-based Control Center. The
LOCT Manager is
V.A. Solovyov, RSC Energia's Vice-President, Deputy Designer General.
In support of the Upper Stage-downlinked telemetry data analysis, both
American and Russian space data receiving/transmission facilities were used.
Upon the SC separation from the Upper Stage, RSC Energia's President,
Designer General N.N. Sevastiyanov working in the MCC-M mission control room
telephoned congratulations on the successful launch to V.G. Aliev, the
Rocket Segment Operations Manager, the team of RSC Energia's specialists
directly involved in ILV prelaunch processing and launch at the sea-going
cosmodrome, all ACS and LP personnel as a whole.
That was the fourth launch in 2005 under the Sea Launch Program and the 18th
launch under the common list of the performed launches within this program.
The next launch from the sea-based Sea Launch Rocket and Space Complex is
slated for January 2006.
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Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info
about the Inmarsat-4 Spacecraft insertion into orbit
from the Sea-based Sea Launch Rocket and Space Complex
November 8, 2005. Sea Launch Rocket and Space Complex,
the Pacific Ocean - MCC-M, the city of Korolev.
At 17:07 Moscow Time (14:07 GMT) Zenit-3SL Integrated Launch Vehicle (ILV)
carrying Inmarsat-4 Spacecraft (SC) as a payload was launched from the
sea-going Launch Platform (LP) Odyssey as part of the Sea Launch Rocket and
Space Complex.
During the launch the LP was floating in equatorial area of the Pacific
Ocean, in the vicinity of Christmas Island (154° W).
The objective of the launch is to deliver a 6-ton spacecraft (SC) to a
target geosynchronous transfer orbit. Upper Stage (US) Block DM-SL produced
at RSC Energia after S.P. Korolev made it possible to put the SC into this
orbit from an intermediate orbit formed by Zenit-2S two-stage launch vehicle
(LV).
The US Block DM-SL provided a highly accurate delivery of SC to a target
geosynchronous transfer orbit with the following design parameters:
inclination - 3°; perigee altitude - 310 km; apogee altitude -35786 km.
There were two burns of the US Main Engine under the Mission Program. The
first burn lasting about 4.5 seconds was performed following 10 seconds upon
separation of the US mated with SC from the LV 2nd stage. The second burn
lasting some 7 min. occurred following 55 min. after completion of the first
burn.
At 18:32 Moscow Time SC separated from the Upper Stage.
This was the 253rd successful mission of the Upper Stage DM (D) and the
fifth mission since the beginning of 2005.
Following its autonomous transfer to the given orbital position in
geostationary orbit
(53° W), the SC will be made a part of global satellite broadband
communication network offering a wide range of mobile telecommunication
services (access to Internet, facsimile and telephone communication,
transmission of video images at subscribers' requests, videoconferencing,
etc.).
Inmarsat-4 is the first Inmarsat SC inserted into near-earth orbit from the
Sea Launch Rocket and Space Complex, which is also the first European
Spacecraft launched by means of the launch services provided by
international joint stock Sea Launch Company. The satellite was manufactured
by "EADS Astrium" under the Inmarsat order.
Sea Launch has the following shareholders: the Boeing Company (USA), Rocket
and Space Corporation Energia after S.P. Korolev (Russia), "Kvaerner Invest
Norge AS" (Norway) and the Ukrainian aerospace enterprises Production
Association Yuzhmash zavod and State Design Office Yuzhnoye after M.K.
Yangel.
RSC Energia is the prime enterprise for the Sea Launch Complex Rocket
Segment. It is responsible for its outfitting and integration into the
Complex ensuring along with other subcontracting industrial enterprises US
Block DM-SL manufacture and operational use as the 3rd Stage of Zenit-3SL
ILV.
Prelaunch processing and launch operations were controlled from the Control
Center aboard the Sea Launch Commander Assembly - Command Ship (ACS). The
prelaunch operations initiated 6 hours prior to the launch were performed in
an automatic mode. 3 hours before the launch, the LP Odyssey's crew and the
LP-based personnel in ILV prelaunch processing had been evacuated by
helicopter to the ACS taken away at a safe distance from the LP.
The prelaunch processing and launch operations were conducted under the
direction of Sea Launch Company's Mission Director Mr. D. Dubbs and the
Rocket Segment Operations Manager RCS Energia's Deputy Designer General V.G.
Aliev.
Analysis of the mated US/SC flight was performed by RSC Energia's
specialists included in the Lead Operations Control Team (LOCT) based in the
Mission Control Center (MCC-M), the city of Korolev, Moscow Region and
maintaining continuous communication with the ACS-based Control Center. The
LOCT Manager is
V.A. Solovyov, RSC Energia's Vice-President, Deputy Designer General.
In support of the Upper Stage-downlinked telemetry data analysis, both
American and Russian space data receiving/transmission facilities were used.
Upon the SC separation from the Upper Stage, RSC Energia's President,
Designer General N.N. Sevastiyanov working in the MCC-M mission control room
telephoned congratulations on the successful launch to V.G. Aliev, the
Rocket Segment Operations Manager, the team of RSC Energia's specialists
directly involved in ILV prelaunch processing and launch at the sea-going
cosmodrome, all ACS and LP personnel as a whole.
That was the fourth launch in 2005 under the Sea Launch Program and the 18th
launch under the common list of the performed launches within this program.
The next launch from the sea-based Sea Launch Rocket and Space Complex is
slated for January 2006.
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Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info