DocM Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 TurkmenSat 1 Static fire: TBD Launch: NET March 30, 2015 (preliminary) Launch window: TBD Launch site: KSC LC-40 Destination: GTO Manufacturer: Thales Group Mass: 4,500 kg (9,900 lb) Landing attempt: no http://tass.ru/kosmos/1766979 (via Google Translate) The first Turkmen space satellite will orbit the American company on March 30 ASHGABAT, February 13. /Korr.TASS Anna Kurbanov /. Launch of the first Turkmen communications satellites "TurkmenAlem" ("Turkmen universe") is entrusted to a private US company SpaceX, and will take place on March 30 from the Baikonur at Cape Canaveral (Florida, USA). This was announced on Friday, US Ambassador Allan Mustard. Communication on the territory of Turkmenistan from space now provides Russian satellite "Yamal". He belongs to the company "Gazprom Space Systems". In 2009, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov announced the decision to develop a national space satellite communications in order to give impetus to the development of the Internet and television. In 2011, the French company Thales Alenia Space has started to design devices based on Spacebus 4000. Under the contract, Thales and SpaceX, "TurkmenAlem" will be displayed deployed on a permanent geostationary orbit using a two-stage carrier rocket using liquid fuel "Falcon-9" (Falcon 9). The service life is designed for 15 years. Onboard equipment satellite can receive signals of terrestrial radio stations, to strengthen them and to relay to other terrestrial radio stations. The satellite is designed to provide broadcasting in Turkmenistan, Central Asian states, Iran, Turkey, North Africa and much of Europe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted February 27, 2015 Author Share Posted February 27, 2015 TURKMENALEM52E/MONACOSAT ARRIVES IN CAPE CANAVERAL! February 26, 2015 The TurkmenAlem52E/MonacoSAT telecommunications satellite was shipped from Thales Alenia Space's Cannes plant on February 23, 2015, arriving at the Cape Canaveral launch site in Florida on February 26. Built by Thales Alenia Space as prime contractor, on behalf of the Turkmenistan Ministry of Communications, the satellite will be orbited in March 2015 by a SpaceX Falcon 9 launcher. MISSION Once operational in orbit, TurkmenAlem52E/MonacoSAT will allow Turkmenistan to operate its first national satellite telecommunications system, ensuring enhanced, secure telecommunications for the country. The satellite is built on a Thales Alenia Space Spacebus 4000 C2 platform, will weigh 4,500 kg at launch and offers a design life exceeding 15 years. Its coverage zone encompasses Europe, Central Asia up to the Chinese border and virtually all of Africa. The Turkmenistan Ministry of Communications will use Monaco's 52 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted March 2, 2015 Author Share Posted March 2, 2015 Launch date is looking like March 21. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted March 9, 2015 Author Share Posted March 9, 2015 http://spaceflightnow.com/2015/03/08/weeks-from-another-launch-spacex-keeping-pace-with-manifest/ Weeks from another launch, SpaceX keeping pace with manifest The next launch in SpaceX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloatingFatMan Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 Any plans for a landing attempt here, or is it another extra heavy satellite? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SALSN Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 Any plans for a landing attempt here, or is it another extra heavy satellite? Landing attempt: no Doesn't seem like it, unfortunately, I'm really looking forward to that landing :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted March 10, 2015 Author Share Posted March 10, 2015 Static fire: NET March 17, 2015 Launch: March 21, 2015 Window: 1604-1704 Local (Eastern) -- Next landing and ASDS info in SpaceX updates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beittil Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Because of bird weight and flight profile there also won't even be legs and grid fins on this one, hell... not even an attempt at a retrofire Payloads like these are why FH is being built btw, that system could easily lift this bird and recover all cores! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted March 10, 2015 Author Share Posted March 10, 2015 Yup. And no doubt, along with Blue Origin's own launcher (not the same as ULA's NGLS), a big part of why Delta IV is disappearing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beittil Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 SN reports that launch is delayed to NET March 28th due to launcher issue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted March 17, 2015 Author Share Posted March 17, 2015 Yup, was just going to post it. Last minute hiccup. Can't say what yet. Peter B. de Selding ?@pbdes SpaceX's March 21 launch delayed to March 28 at earliest, due to launcher-related issues. Launch is of Turkmenistan telecom satellite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malenfant Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 Helium system. Does anyone know what alternative pressurants could be used on the RP-1/ LOX and Methane/ LOX launchers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted March 17, 2015 Author Share Posted March 17, 2015 About any inert gas that won't easily dissolve into the fluids, but so much is used across the whole vehicle that its weight becomes an issue. Helium is the lightest. The downside is that helium atoms are so tiny (0.49 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beittil Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Another update from Peter with Turkmensat now slipping into NET april: Peter B. de Selding ?@pbdes 56m56 minutes ago SpaceX likely won't launch next (commercial Turkmenistan telecom sat) until 1st half of April as it works launcher/helium tank issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted March 18, 2015 Author Share Posted March 18, 2015 ?sounds like they're playing it safe after a mfg. problem was found. ?@jeff_foust 23 minutes ago Matsumori: still working with the customer on the extent of the delay, so declining to give a timetable for the launch. #satshow, @jeff_foust 23 minutes ago Matsumori: didn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted March 24, 2015 Author Share Posted March 24, 2015 Could still fly in April http://www.zerognews.com/2015/03/23/spacex-clarifies-reason-for-turkmenalem52e-launch-delay/ SpaceX spokesman John Taylor said the issue wasnt with the [helium pressurizing] bottles themselves, but rather other bottles from a similar lot that failed testing at the companys assembly plant. Taylor is quoted saying, We identified a potential condition that could be shared with those on board the Thales vehicle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unobscured Vision Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Even the slightest of defects could lead to a catastrophic failure. If that same production run test tank failed at the factory, who's to say it's sibling wouldn't fail during launch? No chances taken -- and I say GOOD. Dodgy tanks are not to be trusted. I bet Marty and the Wonder Workers are on the job, getting that old tank out and putting a new one in. And yes, that's what I'm calling them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted March 26, 2015 Author Share Posted March 26, 2015 The pad rats at LC-40 are quite a crew. Some of the stuff they've pulled off are amazing, and Marty....sheesh. Unobscured Vision 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unobscured Vision Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Yep, no Team like them anywhere. That's why they deserve a name like that. They're almost superheroes with what they can pull off. Reminds me of the Twin Gemini mission in the 60's, when the ground crew had to essentially rebuild the launch site for the next launch in a week because they only had the single LC actually available for launches back then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted March 31, 2015 Author Share Posted March 31, 2015 Static Fire Date: embargoed SF Window: embargoed Launch Date April 24 Launch Window: emargoed Just 14 days after CRS-6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted April 14, 2015 Author Share Posted April 14, 2015 At today's CRS-6 press conference SpaceX's Hans Koenigsmann said they're still on target for a TurkmenAlem launch on April 24. A 10 day turnaround. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted April 16, 2015 Author Share Posted April 16, 2015 Static fire scheduled for April 20, and still on for an April 24 launch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtrabit racing Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 will take place on March 30 from the Baikonur at Cape Canaveral (Florida, USA). is there a problem here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted April 16, 2015 Author Share Posted April 16, 2015 Yup. Russian media has to be read with care. Some writers/translators use Baikonur as a generic term for a spaceport or cosmodrome rather than the location of a specific one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beittil Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 Peter B. de Selding ?@pbdes 6m 6 minutes ago SpaceX launch of Turkmen geo telecom sat now moved to 27 April from 24 April, perhaps unsurprisingly given challenges of 10-day turnaround. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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