TeamNathanFTW’s New and Improved Blog : 2015-03-29

Friday, April 3, 2015

Foton 2014

2014-041A

Foton-M No. 4 adopted the Bion-M design with a new service module carrying solar panels, derived from the Yantar'-1KFT/Kometa design. The controllers lost the ability to command the satellite for part of the mission and plans to circularize the orbit were abandoned. The satellite was recovered earlier than expected.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Foton-M4



2014 Jul 16	2050:00	Launch by Soyuz-2-1A	KB LC31
	2054	Blok-A sep
	2059?	Blok-I MECO
	2059?	Blok-I sep	92.60 252 x 552 x 64.9
2014 Sep 1			92.28 247 x 524 x 64.9
	0845?	Deorbit	-52? x 375 x 64.9
	0850?	PAO sep
	0903?	Entry
	0918	Landed near Orenburg

Payload:

GNTs RF IMBP RAN experiments
- GK-04 Gecko-F4 Geckos (8) for zero-g developmental study
- Biokul'tivator Studies the process of biodegradation of polyethelene film by microrganisms, forced removal of metabolic products in spaceflight conditions
- Flyuor-P Fluorite study, kinetics of intracellular properties in microgravity
- MTE Study of processes of electricity generation with microorganisms.
- METEORIT Study biomaterials within basalt samples, on SA exterior
- SPD Biological effects of cosmic rays
- DOSIMETR RD3-B3 Radiation dosimeter
- PPN Biological, radiation physics and radiobiology experiments in KNA-F external container
- BB-1F Effect of micrograv on living systems at various levels of development
FGUP TsNIIMash experiments
- Vibrokon-FM Drop physics, Capillary effects in aerogels
- Biokont-FEH Microorganisms in magnetic-field-free environment, reptile embyros
- SVS-FM Self-propagating high temperature synthesis processes
- IM-FM Microaccelerometer
- KALIBR Phase transition in low temperature eutectic alloys
- VIBROZASHCHITA Experiment to shield equipment from vibrations
- BIOKONT-B2 Phototropic reactions in plants
KBTS15 Crystal growth experiment (TsENKI-NIISK experiments)
Belka Protein crystal growth experiment with liquid and gas diffusion (TsENKI-NIISK experiments)
KSKM Magnetic field and acceleration measurement system (SGAU Korolev)

Thursday, April 2, 2015

Protostar 2

2009-027A

Indostar-2/Protostar 2 was a Boeing 601HP satellite (originally built as Galaxy 8iR) with 10 S-band transponders, to replace Indostar 1.

Mass around 4000 kg? In 2009 Dec, the satellite was sold to SES Leasing for SES World Skies and renamed SES-7. It will be repositioned at 108.2E, supplementing NSS-11.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

P2



2009 May 16	0057:38	Launch by Proton-M	KB
		T+1:55 MD2 on
		T+1:59 MD1 off, Sep 1
		T+5:27 MD2 off
		T+5:28 Sep 2
		T+5:30 MD3 on
	0103:18	T+5:42 GO sep
	0107:18	T+9:40 MD3 MECO
	0107:19	T+9:41 Sep	-749 x 177 x 51.48
		T+11:01 SOZ-1
	0108:53	T+11:15 MDU-1
		T+11:17 SOZ-1 CO
	0115:31	T+17:53 MECO-1	171 x 173 x 51.55
		T+1:07:20 SOZ-2
	0205:18	T+1:07:40 MDU-2
		T+1:07:42 SOZ-2 CO
	0222:15	T+1:24:37 MECO-2	265 x 4999 x 50.30
		T+3:28:40 SOZ-3
	0426:42	T+3:29:04 MDU-3
		T+3:29:05 SOZ-3 CO
	0442:50	T+3:45:12 MECO-3
		T+3:45:39 SOZ-4
	0443:18	T+3:45:40 DTB sep	389 x 28257 x 49.1
		T+3:45:47 SOZ-4 CO
	0445:08	T+3:47:30 SOZ-5
	0445:16	T+3:47:38 MDU-4
		T+3:47:40 SOZ-5 CO
	0446:34:	T+3:48:56 MDU MECO-4	400 x 35971 x 49.14
		T+8:50:20 SOZ-6
	0948:08	T+8:50:30 MDU-5
		T+8:50:32 SOZ-6 CO
	0958:21	T+9:00:33 MDU MECO-5	14141 x 35788 x 8.48
	1012:18	T+9:14:40 Briz sep
	1224:18	T+11:26:40 SOZ-7
	1224:33	T+11:26:55 SOZ-7 CO
2009 May 16		LAM-1	916.65 14024 x 35735 x 8.4
2009 May 20		LAM-2	1037.52 19364 x 35777 x 5.1
2009 May 21?		LAM-3
2009 May 26			1436.08 35781 x 35790 x 0.04 GEO 107.5E
2009 Jun 5			1436.08 35784 x 35788 x 0.1 GEO 107.4E
2009 Dec		Renamed SES-7
2010 Jul 18			1436.08 35783 x 35789 x 0.1 GEO 107.4E
2010 Aug		Slight relocation
2010 Aug 17			1436.11 35779 x 35794 x 0.0 GEO 107.7E
2010 Sep 19			1436.00 35770 x 35789 x 0.0 GEO 107.9E
2010 Oct		Arrive at 108.2E
2010 Oct 6			1436.16 35780 x 35795 x 0.1 GEO 108.2E
2014 Oct 5			1436.10 35779 x 35794 x 0.1 GEO 108.3E