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With the good lighting conditions setting in the Northern Hemisphere, we now have another strategic optical survelliance Russian sat launched.
Cosmos-2480 is expected to be the formal designation for Cobalt-M spacecraft to be launched today by Russian Space Force. Cobalt-M is an optical survelliance satellite which uses film camera and return capsule to deliver the shot footage to the ground at the end of its mission, which can last for several months and include several alterations of its orbit.
Launch location:
Plesetsk Launch pad no. 16/2 62°57'35.83"N, 40°40'56.22"E
Launch dates and times:
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Live Coverage Of The Launch:
None, sorry.
PAYLOAD
Cobalt-M photo film-returning reconnaissnace satellite
Characteristics|
Mission Profile:
Inclination for this launch is expected to be 82°, initial orbit is about 185 * 250 km.
Launch Vehicle:
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Launch Complex:
The launch will be performed off LC 2 at site 16.
Weather forecast for Plesetsk, Russia on May 17, 2012 (6 p.m.)
Time|Temps|Wind|Chill|Heat Index|UV Index|Dew Point|Relative Humidity|Precip|Snow|Clouds|Visibility|Wind|Weather
6 PM|25°C|25°C|25°C|1|Low|10°C|40%|10%|0%|29%|16KM|SSE 3.6 m/s|
M Sunny
Sunrise/Sunset and associated twilight times for Plesetsk on Thursday, May 17, 2012
Times are local.
Event|Time
Astronomical twilight begins|Never
Nautical twilight begins|Never
Civil twilight begins|2:39
Sunrise|4:05
Transit (sun is at its highest)|13:14
Sunset|0:24
Civil twilight ends|1:50
Nautical twilight ends|Never
Astronomical twilight ends|Never
References
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com
http://www.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru
http://www.russianspaceweb.com
www.svengrahn.pp.se
http://www.planet4589.org
http://www.samspace.ru
http://www.npoenergomash.ru/engines/
http://intellicast.com
http://www.good-stuff.co.uk/suntimes/sunmap.php
http://www.intellicast.com/Local/Forecast.aspx
http://www.good-stuff.co.uk/suntimes/sunmap.php
Cosmos-2480 is expected to be the formal designation for Cobalt-M spacecraft to be launched today by Russian Space Force. Cobalt-M is an optical survelliance satellite which uses film camera and return capsule to deliver the shot footage to the ground at the end of its mission, which can last for several months and include several alterations of its orbit.
Launch location:
Plesetsk Launch pad no. 16/2 62°57'35.83"N, 40°40'56.22"E
Launch dates and times:
Time Zone |
Australia - Sydney/AEST
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Hong Kong / HKT, UTC+8/
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Moscow Summer / MSK, UTC+4/
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Universal / UTC
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Washington / EDT
Launch time (Primary):
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12:05:00 a.m.
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10:05:00 p.m.
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18:05:00
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14:05:00
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10:05:00 a.m.
on:
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May 18, 2012
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May 17, 2012
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May 17, 2012
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May 17, 2012
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May 17, 2012
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Live Coverage Of The Launch:
None, sorry.
PAYLOAD
Cobalt-M photo film-returning reconnaissnace satellite
Cobalt-M (AKA Yantar-4K2M, Yantar means Amber)
Picture:
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GRAU Index:
|- 11F695U
Customer:
|- Russian MoD.
Prime contractor:
|- PLC Arsenal Machine Building Plant, St. Petersburg
Platform:
|- Yantar-M (?)
Mass at Separation:
|- 6600 kg
Dry Mass:
|- ?
Stabilization:
|- 3 axis stabilized
Dimensions:
|- ?
Batteries:
|- ?
Mission time:
|- 60 to 120 days
Typical initial orbit:
|- 170 x 330 km, 62.8°-67.2° inclination
Survelliance Payload:
|Film Camera with 300-mm lens produced by Lytkarino Factory of Optical Systems
Data Returning:
|Two ball-shaped strap-on film return capsules plus the main reentry vehicle used to deliver back the camera and the main load of film.
Mission Profile:
Inclination for this launch is expected to be 82°, initial orbit is about 185 * 250 km.
Launch Vehicle:
Soyuz-U
Prime contractor:
|- Samara Space Sentre (Energia Holding enterprise)
GRAU Index:
|- 11A511U
Height:
| 51.1 mDiameter:
| max 10.3 mLiftoff mass:
| 313 metric tonnesPayload mass:
| 6.95 tonnes at ISS orbit from Baikonur1st stage (boosters B, V, G, D):
|- 4 X RD-117 engines
- Propellants (T-1 Kerosene and LOX)
- Thrust/ISP in vacuum - / 316 s
- Thrust/ISP at sea level 79.4 tonnes / 253 s
- Total 1st stage's thrust at sea level: 411.1 tonnes
2nd stage (core A):
|- 1 X RD-118 engine
- Propellants (T-1 Kerosene and LOX)
- Thrust/ISP in vacuum 102 tonnes / 314 s
- Thrust/ISP at sea level 83.5 tonnes / 257 s
3rd stage (block I):
|- 1 X RD-0110 engine
- Propellants (T-1 Kerosene and LOX)
- Thrust/ISP in vacuum 30.38 tonnes / 359 s
Launch Complex:
The launch will be performed off LC 2 at site 16.
Weather forecast for Plesetsk, Russia on May 17, 2012 (6 p.m.)
6 PM|25°C|25°C|25°C|1|Low|10°C|40%|10%|0%|29%|16KM|SSE 3.6 m/s|
Sunrise/Sunset and associated twilight times for Plesetsk on Thursday, May 17, 2012
Times are local.
Astronomical twilight begins|Never
Nautical twilight begins|Never
Civil twilight begins|2:39
Sunrise|4:05
Transit (sun is at its highest)|13:14
Sunset|0:24
Civil twilight ends|1:50
Nautical twilight ends|Never
Astronomical twilight ends|Never
References
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com
http://www.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru
http://www.russianspaceweb.com
www.svengrahn.pp.se
http://www.planet4589.org
http://www.samspace.ru
http://www.npoenergomash.ru/engines/
http://intellicast.com
http://www.good-stuff.co.uk/suntimes/sunmap.php
http://www.intellicast.com/Local/Forecast.aspx
http://www.good-stuff.co.uk/suntimes/sunmap.php