2011 .... un anno nero per la Russia ....

[TT-1 Pinto]

Fallito il lancio del satellite "Meridian" ....

 

http://www.space.com/14041-russian-satellite-crash-failed-rocket-launch.html

 

 

E' l'ultimo di un'impressionante serie di insuccessi che hanno piagato, nel corso del 2011, i programmi spaziali della Russia .....

 

 

http://www.russianspaceweb.com/geo_ik2.html

 

http://www.russianspaceweb.com/ekspress_am4.html

 

http://www.russianspaceweb.com/progress_m12m.html

 

http://www.russianspaceweb.com/phobos_grunt_launch.html

 

http://www.russianspaceweb.com/meridian5.html

[Andrea75]

la scia negativa prosegue Russia: nuovo flop nello spazio Persi altri due satelliti

 

Nuova delusione per l'Agenzia spaziale russa. Negli stessi giorni in cui la Nasa otteneva il successo con l'arrivo su Marte del rover Curiositye l'Europa metteva a segno il 50mo lancio positivo consecutivo del vettore Ariane-5, la Russia lanciava il razzo Proton con a bordo due satelliti multimilionari per le telecomunicazioni, ma poi non riusciva a metterli in orbita con conseguente perdita delle due sonde, di cui una indonesiana.

«Secondo i dati preliminari, c'è stata un'emergenza durante il lancio dello stadio superiore», ha spiegato una fonte dell'Agenzia spaziale russa Roskosmos all'agenzia di stampa Itar-Tass. «L'accensione dei primi due motori ha funzionato bene, ma l'ultima no. I due satelliti possono essere considerati persi e sono potenzialmente pericolosi per altri oggetti spaziali». «I satelliti possono essere considerati persi», ha detto una fonte all'agenzia Ria Novosti nel settore spaziale russa. A causa del nuovo fallimento, sono stati sospesi tutte le missioni dei Proton-M.

[TT-1 Pinto]

Di tanto in tanto .... anche quelli considerati ben rodati ....

 

 

Russian Proton-M Rocket Explodes Shortly After Launch ....

 

Russia’s Proton-M rocket carrying three additional satellites for its Glonass global positioning and navigation network exploded shortly after launch early on Tuesday from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan.

The launch was broadcast live by the Rossyia 24 television.

 

Link .... http://en.ria.ru/russia/20130702/182002715/Russian-Proton-M-Rocket-Falls-Shortly-After-Launch.html

 

A questo .... 56 anni fa .... era andata peggio ....

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVeFkakURXM

 

 

[-{-Legolas-}-]

Un brutto colpo. C'erano tre satelliti della loro costellazione GPS li sopra.

[TT-1 Pinto]

Nel frattempo .... due aziende USA litigano .... sull'impiego di motori russi ....

 

Orbital Sciences sues ULA over RD-180 engine exclusivity clause ....

 

While Orbital Sciences Corporation remains officially upbeat about its supply Russian NK-33 moon rocket engines avaialble to be refurbished to AJ-26 standard, it is known to be seeking a larger engine for later versions of its Antares launch vehicle.

In doing so, it found itself stymied by United Launch Alliance's contractural exclusivity clause from getting its hands on the 933,000lb thrust RD Amross RD-180 engines which are more than twice as powerful as the 400,000lb thust AJ-26.

 

Link .... http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/hyperbola/2013/06/orbital-sciences-sues-ula-over.html

 

Inoltre .... (1) .... http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/hyperbola/2013/06/ula-faces-anti-trust-investiga.html

 

.... (2) .... http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/article-xml/AW_06_24_2013_p32-590271.xml

 

E' come dire che gli Americani .... la "Guerra Fredda" se la fanno ora in casa propria ....

 

[TT-1 Pinto]

Il fallito lancio del vettore "Proton" .... il commento di AW&ST ....

 

Proton Failure Sets Back Russian Space Program ....

 

Any launch vehicle that flies as often as Russia’s Proton is bound to have its share of mishaps. The venerable heavy-lifter has flown 388 missions since its first in 1965, 45 of which have been deemed total or partial failures.

But the Proton M/Block DM-03 that veered off course and destroyed three Russian Glonass M navigation satellites in a fiery explosion near its Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad July 2 comes at a particularly vulnerable moment for Russia’s space program, which has suffered a spate of launch vehicle failures in recent years, including five in the past 30 months.

 

Link .... http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/article-xml/awx_07_03_2013_p0-593916.xml

[TT-1 Pinto]

Il fallito lancio del vettore "Proton" .... il commento di Flightglobal.com ....

 

Proton M failure flags up unreliability of Russian space programme ....

 

The post-mortem is under way on the spectacular 2 July Proton M rocket failure at Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, which destroyed the launch vehicle and its payload of three of Russia's Glonass navigation satellites.

But while it may be months before the cause of the incident is determined, what is certain even today is that the reliability of the Proton M rocket - a mainstay of Russia's space programme - lags far behind its Western peers.

 

Link .... http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/proton-m-failure-flags-up-unreliability-of-russian-space-programme-387925/

[TT-1 Pinto]

E .... a proposito di falliti lanci .... ecco un articolo testé apparso su The Space Review che racconta di quando i Sovietici erano usi "sorvolare" sui loro fiaschi ....

 

Things that go boom in the night ....

 

But when Russian rockets blew themselves to smithereens during the Cold War, usually there was no public acknowledgement of the failure by Soviet officials, who preferred to conceal their embarrassments.

The United States intelligence community, however, was often watching ....

 

Link .... http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2327/1

 

The most notable example was in July 1969 when a huge Moon rocket known as the N-1, but called “the J vehicle” by the CIA because it launched from Complex J, rose off its pad a few hundred meters and then fell back onto it and exploded with the force of a small nuclear bomb.

The devastation from that failure was readily visible on reconnaissance satellite imagery.

[motogio]

E .... a proposito di falliti lanci .... ecco un articolo testé apparso su The Space Review che racconta di quando i Sovietici erano usi "sorvolare" sui loro fiaschi ....

 

 

 

Link .... http://www.thespacereview.com/article/

Impressionante la foto del disastro del N-1 e se mi permetti vorrei aggiungere anche il filmato del lancio fallito della missione Soyuz T 10-1 citato nell'articolo.

 

[url=http://youtu.be/UyFF4cpMVag]

 

Quella volta Titov e Strekalov se la sono vista veramente brutta.

[TT-1 Pinto]

Impressionante la foto del disastro del N-1 e se mi permetti vorrei aggiungere anche il filmato del lancio fallito della missione Soyuz T 10-1 citato nell'articolo.

 

[url=http://youtu.be/UyFF4cpMVag]

 

Quella volta Titov e Strekalov se la sono vista veramente brutta.

 

Ti ringrazio ....

 

Purtroppo il tuo link a YouTube non funziona ....

 

Vediamo un po' se così va meglio .... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyFF4cpMVag

 

 

[motogio]

Ti ringrazio ....

 

Purtroppo il tuo link a YouTube non funziona ....

 

Vediamo un po' se così va meglio ....

 

Strano perché a me funziona; probabilmente il filmato si è salvato nella cache e così riesco a vederlo solo io.

 

Se non sbaglio non è nemmeno la prima volta che mi succede.

 

Beh... Grazie dell'aiuto. ;-)

 

PS. non posto faccine perché sto utilizzando un tablet android e non so perché ma non mi fa vedere la lista delle emoticon, misteri informatici :-D

[TT-1 Pinto]

Il fallito lancio del vettore "Proton" .... le cause ....

 

Proton crash due to 'incorrectly installed' angular sensors ....

 

The crash of a Proton-M at Baikonur, Kazakhstan, on 2 July was traced to incorrect installation of angular rate sensors, according to Russian space agency Roscosmos.

Investigators going over the wreckage immediately discovered that three of the rocket's six angular sensors, crucial for maintaining correct trajectory, were installed upside-down.

 

Fonte .... http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/proton-crash-due-to-incorrectly-installed-angular-sensors-388461/

[TT-1 Pinto]

Il fallito lancio del vettore "Proton" .... questa volta un articolo di AW&ST ....

 

Upside-Down Sensor Installation Faulted For Proton M Crash ....

 

Incorrectly installed angular rate sensors on the first stage of a Russian Proton M/Block DM-03 rocket most likely caused the vehicle to crash seconds after its July 2 launch, according to a government investigation published by Russian space agency Roscosmos July 18.

 

Link .... http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/article-xml/asd_07_22_2013_p05-01-598920.xml&loginAction=true

 

Si parla di controlli di qualità che lasciano parecchio a desiderare ma, nei commenti, si adombra, più o meno apertamente, l'eventualità di un sabotaggio ....

[TT-1 Pinto]

Una tirata d'orecchi (se così la si può definire) proveniente dall'alto ....

 

Roscosmos head Popovkin gets formal reprimand from Prime Minister Medvedev ....

 

The fall-out from the Proton launch failure last month continues.

The head of the Russian Space Agency Roscosmos, Vladimir Popovkin, has been formally and publicly reprimanded for “improperly carrying out his professional duties” by the Russian Prime Minister and former President Dmitry Medvedev.

 

Fonte .... http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/hyperbola/2013/08/roscosmos-head-popovkin-gets-formal-reprimand-from-russian-prime-minister/

 

 

Vladimir Popovkin (nell'immagine ai tempi in cui era il comandante delle Forze Spaziali russe) può a buon diritto essere considerato un "figlio dello Sputnik" .... essendo nato una decina di giorni prima del lancio del primo satellite artificiale ....

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Popovkin

 

E .... come se non bastasse .... non poteva mancare un pizzico di "gossip" ....

 

 

Fonte .... http://marker.ru/news/4858

 

.... http://www.carmenmodels.ru/models/2/71/index.php ....

Modificato 6 Agosto 2013 da TT-1 Pinto

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Una commissione nominata da ILS (International Launch Services) sta esaminando i risultati dell'indagine russa relativa al fallito lancio del Proton ....

 

ILS Sets Review Of Russian Proton Failure Findings ....

 

A Failure Review Oversight Board (FROB) established by International Launch Services (ILS) will convene Aug. 9 to review the cause of the July 2 Proton M/Block DM failure that destroyed three Glonass-M navigation satellites.

 

 

Fonte .... http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/article-xml/asd_08_09_2013_p02-01-605174.xml

 

 

 

[TT-1 Pinto]

Torna a Settembre .... ma, questa volta, la Lollo non c'entra ....

 

 

 

ILS Sets September Return To Flight For Proton ....

 

International Launch Services (ILS) says it will resume commercial launches of Russia’s Proton rocket Sept. 15 following the conclusion of an investigation into a July 2 mishap that sent the heavy-lift vehicle crashing to the ground seconds after liftoff from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

 

Fonte .... http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/article-xml/asd_08_15_2013_p04-02-606992.xml

[TT-1 Pinto]

Anche Zenit torna in servizio ....

 

Zenit launcher makes successful return after January failure ....

 

Russia's troubled Zenit launch vehicle made a successful return to flight on 31 August, following a January incident that destroyed both the rocket and its satellite payload.

 

Fonte .... http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/zenit-launcher-makes-successful-return-after-january-failure-390168/

[TT-1 Pinto]

Rientro in servizio del Proton .... rinvio ....

 

Proton return-to-flight delayed ....

 

The Proton rocket's return-to-flight launch has been postponed for unspecified "technical reasons," pushed back from 15 September.

The launch has not yet been rescheduled.

 

Fonte .... http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/proton-return-to-flight-delayed-390500/

[TT-1 Pinto]

Ancora a proposito del rinvio ....

 

Proton Return To Flight Delayed ....

 

The Sept. 17 return to flight of Russia’s Proton rocket was postponed Sept. 11 for technical reasons associated with the Russian launch vehicle.

“The launch date will be determined at a later time” ILS said in a Sept. 12 statement.

 

 

Fonte .... http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/article-xml/awx_09_12_2013_p0-615832.xml

 

ILS .... ILS Proton Launch of ASTRA 2E Postponed .... http://www.ilslaunch.com/newsroom/news-releases/ils-proton-launch-astra-2e-postponed

[TT-1 Pinto]

Stabilita la data del prossimo lancio del Proton ....

 

Proton return-to-flight scheduled for 30 September ....

 

The return-to-flight launch of the Proton rocket has been rescheduled for 30 September from Baikonur, Kazakhstan.

The launch had earlier been delayed from 15 September due to a technical problem with the first stage.

 

Fonte .... http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/proton-return-to-flight-scheduled-for-30-september-390809/

 

[TT-1 Pinto]

Come prevedibile .... Popovkin silurato .... ma non troppo ....

 

Vladimir Popovkin, the head of Russian space agency Roscosmos, has been replaced, according to Russian government media, and a plan to realign several related aerospace companies unveiled at the same time.

Popovkin will become a civilian advisor to President Vladimir Putin.

 

Fonte .... http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/roscosmos-changes-leadership-but-major-shifts-unlikely-391619/

 

 

I due Vladimir .... Popovkin & Putin ....

[TT-1 Pinto]

Il ritorno in servizio del Proton ....

 

I lanci recenti ....

 

Astra 2E .... http://www.ilslaunch.com/newsroom/news-releases/ils-proton-successfully-launches-astra-2e-ses

 

Sirius FM-6 .... http://www.ilslaunch.com/newsroom/news-releases/ils-proton-successfully-launches-sirius-fm-6-satellite-sirius-xm-radio

 

Raduga-1M .... http://russianforces.org/blog/2013/11/raduga-1m_communication_satell.shtml

 

 

Modificato 20 Novembre 2013 da TT-1 Pinto

[TT-1 Pinto]

Nuovo successo per il Proton ....

 

"Proton-M Triumphantly Launches Inmarsat 5-F1 Satellite" .... http://www.americaspace.com/?p=46425

[TT-1 Pinto]

Fra due mesi il primo lancio di prova del nuovo razzo vettore "Angara" ....

 

"Russia to Test Launch New Angara Rocket June 25" .... http://en.ria.ru/russia/20140418/189254678/Russia-to-Test-Launch-New-Angara-Rocket-June-25.html

[TT-1 Pinto]

Quer pasticciaccio brutto der motore russo .....

 

The future of one of Russia's most renowned space firms is in jeopardy, with the weight of Western sanctions, economic crisis and industrial decay coming to bear.

In many ways, the Russians brought this on themselves.

For nearly 20 years, NPO Energomash has produced its venerable liquid fuel RD-180 rocket engine exclusively for export to US space launch provider United Launch Alliance (ULA) to power its Atlas V rocket.

That was until last May, when Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, angered by Western sanctions against Russia for the annexation of Crimea two months earlier, declared Russia would ban exports of the engines for use in military launches.

 

Fonte ..... "RD-180 Ban Threatens Russian Firm" ..... http://www.defensenews.com/story/defense/air-space/space/2015/04/12/rd180-russia-energomash-threat/25403135/