Thursday, October 24, 2013

"Proton-M" satellite Sirius FM-6 will try to launch from Baikonur - Reuters

The rocket Proton-M. Archive

MOSCOW, Oct. 25 – RIA Novosti. rocket “Proton-M” with American communications satellite Sirius FM-6 is expected to kick off on Friday night from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, the planned start-up time – 22.08 MSK, told RIA Novosti the Russian Federal Space Agency.

Originally

“Proton” was to be launched on October 20, but the launch was postponed at the request of the U.S. side on the first day, and then on October 25. As reported by RIA Novosti press secretary Sergei Gorbunov, the head of Roscosmos, the Americans have asked about it, because they did not work station information in South Africa.

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rocket “Proton-M” fell and exploded after launch. Shooting witness

contract for the use of “Proton-M” to launch the satellite Sirius FM-6, the mass of which exceeds 6 tons, the company entered into an International Launch Services Inc. (ILS), which has the exclusive right to market and commercial operation of carrier rockets “Proton”.

Sirius FM-6 is a commercial spacecraft belonging North American satellite operator Sirius XM Radio (Satellite CD Radio, Inc). The original name of the satellite – Radiosat-6. It is designed to operate in geostationary orbit and will emit a signal twice more powerful than the previous series devices.

unit will provide satellite radio in North America. In addition, it will be the largest and most powerful satellite fleet Sirius XM Radio. The satellite was built on the platform of the 1300 series manufactured by Space Systems / Loral with a lifetime of more than 15 years.

How

“Proton-M” has not held GLONASS satellites to orbit

rocket “Proton-M” with three Russian navigation satellites “Glonass-M” fell on July 2 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the first minute of the start. Emergency Commission to investigate the state of emergency with the rocket came to the conclusion that the angular rate sensors on the rocket had been incorrectly installed, which was the cause of the accident. PE read the material >>

As authorities responded to the failure of “Proton-M”

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We sledgehammer can prishpandorit important block – Rogozin about the accident, “Proton”

In early August, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin at a meeting of the commission to investigate the failure of the rocket “Proton-M”, criticized the structure and operation of the Russian space industry. According to the vice-premier, it does not have clear goals, the structure is poorly managed, enterprises remains low technological discipline. Rogozin said that the time has come to discuss joint efforts in space and aviation industries. Read more >>

In early September, Rogozin said the consolidation of the space industry of Russia. It is planned that in the future the Joint Rocket and Space Corporation (ACCD) will include all the companies within the industry, and will remain in Roskosmos industry research institutes and organizations terrestrial infrastructure. In addition, the Federal Space Agency prompted to save as a public customer in the aerospace industry. Read more >>

What

reshuffle took place in the space industry

In early October, Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev appointed in place of the head of Roscosmos, Vladimir Popovkin, a former deputy defense minister Oleg Ostapenko. Experts predicted that the reshuffle of the head of Roscosmos deputy head with the arrival of a new chief inevitable.

The next day it became known that the deputy resigned Popovkina Alexander Lopatin. In the media and there have been reports of an impending dismissal of the deputy head of Roscosmos Oleg Frolov, but Ostapenko said that he does not have such information.

Then it was reported that the candidature of the incumbent of “AvtoVAZ” Igor Komarov generally approved as head of the Space Corporation (ACCD).

Corresponding Member of the Russian Tsiolkovsky Academy of Cosmonautics named Andrew, son of John : “Now before the new leadership of the Russian Federal Space Agency is facing many challenges. And one of the priorities – the formation of a new team, mainly because most Roscosmos be prescribed to others. It should not focus on the production of space technology and ensuring its reliability (where the other responsible – ACCD), and, above all, in the development and implementation of the new space policy of the country in the field of space exploration. Such a strategy should maintain and strengthen the traditional Russian priorities, for example, in the manned space program and launch services for payload into orbit “.

What other emergency occurred in the space industry

7 August 2012 launch rocket “Proton-M”, launching into orbit of the Russian communications satellite “Express-MD2″ and Indonesian telecommunications spacecraft “Telkom-3″ ended abnormally due to malfunction of the upper stage ” Breeze-M “. Freelance launch rocket “Proton-M” was associated with the operation of the emergency booster “Briz-M”, which in turn was caused by a manufacturing problem: there was clogged highways boost extra fuel tanks of fuel, “Breeze-M”. Read more >>

What do changes in the space industry

RIA Novosti commentator Konstantin Bogdanov : “This is, in fact, lies a possible answer to the question was repeatedly asked about how the elites see yourself the perfect end result of their industrial policy. Very simply they themselves see it: public (in whole or prevailing fashion) by ownership monopolies that are tightly integrated with the point of view of making key strategic decisions from the highest political circles of the country. This is an ideal party and economic elite of the 1980s: Driving in socialist, and to receive, consume and pay workers in a capitalist. ” Read more in the author’s column >>

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