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Previous Launch(es)
Date: July 10
Launch Vehicle: Proton M
Payload: EchoStar-15
Launch Site:Baikonur
Date: June 4
Launch Vehicle: Proton M
Payload: Arabsat-5B
Launch Site:Baikonur
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Planned Launch(es)
Date: September
Launch Vehicle: Proton M
Payload: GLONASS
Launch Site:Baikonur
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News from Partners and Branches
TsAGI Tested New Wind Power Plants 15.07.2010 The Industrial Aerodynamics Department of TsAGI’s Moscow Division has tested two wind power plants of a new type. The tests ordered jointly by the Khrunichev Space Center and the ERGA Public Corporation were carried out in the T 1-2 Wind Tunnel.
ILS SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHES THE ECHOSTAR XV SATELLITE FOR DISH NETWORK. 5th ILS PROTON MISSION OF 2010; 7th PROTON IN 6 MONTHS 11.07.2010 BAIKONUR COSMODROME, Kazakhstan, July 11, 2010 – International Launch Services (ILS), a leading launch services provider for the global commercial satellite industry, successfully carried the EchoStar XV satellite into orbit today on an ILS Proton for DISH Network L.L.C., the fastest-growing pay-TV provider in America. EchoStar Satellite Services L.L.C., a subsidiary of EchoStar Corporation (Nasdaq: SATS), manages DISH Network’s space programs and will begin in-orbit testing of the satellite later this month.
he EchoStar XV launch was the 24th successful consecutive Proton launch in 24 months, and the second ILS Proton launch of a DISH Network satellite this year.
To read ILS press release, visit http://www.ilslaunch.com/news-071110
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Breeze M upper stage used in the Proton M and in a future in the Angara launch vehicles. This upper stage can support spacecraft injection into a low, medium-height or high GSO. An option is available without any add-on tank.
Integration of Breeze M in the Proton M launch vehicle allows the weight of a payload to be injected into geostationary orbit to be brought up to 3500kg .
A Proton M/Breeze M stack was first launched on April 7, 2001 .
Breeze M Performance
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Breeze M |
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Configuration |
A twin upper stage consisting of a core module (using Breeze KM as the baseline) and a jettisonable add-on doughnut tank surrounding the core. |
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Areas of application |
Integration in Proton M, Angara A3 or Angara A5 |
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Main specific features |
• Overall dimensions are as small as possible
• Heavy and/or large payloads
• Long flight operations possible |
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Max. lift-off mass (kg) |
22,5 00 |
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Max. main engine propellant reserve (NTO + UDMH) (kg) |
20,000 |
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Engine types/quantities/vacuum thrust |
14D30 liquid propellant engine (main)/1 ea./2000 kgf
11D458 liquid propellant engines (vernier)/4 ea./40 kgf
17D58E engines (attitude control and stabilization)/12 ea./ 1.36 kgf |
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Max. number of main engine burns |
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Autonomous flight duration (hrs) |
At least 24 (per Launch System Design Specifications) |
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Starting date of flight test |
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News Releases
July Incident Involving Proton (Addendum)27.07.2010 The rail convoy with the Proton launch vehicle assigned to support launch of GLONASS M satellites arrived in the Integration-and-Test Facility at the Baikonur launch base yesterday and the launcher units were offloaded from rail cars.
At present, a board of experts set up by the Khrunichev Space Center is to determine the launcher status and to answer one question: Is this launch vehicle flightworthy to support the scheduled GLONASS mission?
The existing situation will have no effect on the launch of GLONASS satellites on a Proton launch vehicle planned to be carried out in September. The mission will take place as scheduled.
It is to be reminded that the dedicated rail convoy got subjected to an inadvertent impact near the city of Ulyanovsk on 18 July as this convoy was transporting a Proton launch vehicle.
Khrunichev Space Center at Farnborough International Airshow 2010 22.07.2010 The Khrunichev Space Center (KhSC) presents innovative solutions in the area of means designed to deliver space vehicles to orbit, at the Farnborough International Airshow 2010 – a demonstration of military and aerospace technology inaugurated at the Farnborough Aerodrome in the suburb of London, United Kingdom on July 19th.
The Khrunichev display is part of the unified exhibit of the Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos). Along with the Khrunichev Space Center, it is the Korolev Energia Space Hardware Corporation, the Lavochkin Research and Production Corporation, the TsKB-Progress Space Hardware Center, the Satellite-based Information Systems Public Corporation and other Roscosmos companies who represent the Russian space industry within the framework of the Roscosmos exhibit.
Proton Unharmed by Rail Incident21.07.2010 On Sunday, 18 July, in the Ulyanovsk area, the special-purpose train carrying a Proton launch vehicle collided with an oncoming train. No visible damage has been sustained by the rocket.
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