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http://www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2015/1322.asp
ЦитироватьVega's Zefiro 23 and Zefiro 9 stages have been transported to French Guiana for a November flight with LISA Pathfinder
 
July 29, 2015 – Vega Flight VV06
Elements have arrived in French Guiana for the next Vega launcher, which is scheduled for a November mission from the Spaceport to deploy Europe's LISA Pathfinder – a pioneering scientific spacecraft that will set the stage for observing the Universe in a completely new way.  
The Zefiro 23 and Zefiro 9 stages for Arianespace's lightweight launcher were delivered to French Guiana this month aboard the MN Toucan, one of two ships regularly utilized for transporting Arianespace launcher components from Europe to the company's South American operations base.  They were part of the MN Toucan's cargo that also included components for an Ariane 5 to be used on a September mission with two telecommunications satellites.
Zefiro 23 and Zefiro 9 are the solid propellant second and third stages, respectively, for the four-stage Vega launcher, which is produced by industrial prime contractor ELV – a jointly owned company of Avio and the Italian Space Agency.

 
LISA Pathfinder: the first detection of gravitational waves in space
Most existing knowledge about the Universe is based upon the observation of electromagnetic waves – such as visible light, infrared, ultraviolet, radio, X-rays and gamma rays.  The European Space Agency's LISA Pathfinder will pave the way for astrophysicists to address some of the most fundamental questions about the Universe and possibly address new ones through a new observation method.
For the first time, LISA Pathfinder will help test and validate the technology in space needed for detecting low-frequency gravitational waves, which are ripples in space-time predicted by Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity.
While operating in a 500,000 km.-by-800,000 km. halo orbit around the first Sun-Earth Lagrange point  (located 1.5 million km. from Earth), the spacecraft will put two test masses in a near-perfect gravitational free-fall controlled by electrostatic fields. LISA Pathfinder's inertial sensors, a laser metrology system, a drag-free control system and an ultra-precise micro-propulsion system will be used to control and measure the masses' motion with unprecedented accuracy.
Scientists predict that gravitational waves should still be "echoing" from the Universe's formation, and the detection of these waves by LISA Pathfinder would be the most fundamental discovery of its mission.  The Airbus Defence and Space-built spacecraft also will measure gravitational waves generated by objects such as collapsing binary star systems and massive black holes.


At the Port of Pariacabo in French Guiana, the Zefiro 23 and Zefiro 9 solid propellant stages for Arianespace's lightweight Vega vehicle are unloaded from the MN Toucan sea-going vessel for their transfer by road to the Spaceport.

 
Sustaining the pace of Arianespace's operations in 2015
The mission to loft LISA Pathfinder is designated Flight VV06 in Arianespace's launcher family numbering system, and will be the sixth Vega launch from the Spaceport since its introduction, as well as the lightweight vehicle's third this year. It follows June's Flight VV05 to deploy Sentinel-2A and the February suborbital mission with the Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle (IXV) spaceplane on Flight VV04.
Activity for Vega's late November mission is part of ongoing launcher and payload preparations to support four upcoming Arianespace launch campaigns in French Guiana, along with: Ariane 5 Flight VA225 on August 20; September 10's Soyuz Flight VS12; and a September mission with Ariane 5, which is designated Flight VA226.
To date, Arianespace has performed six launches in 2015 from French Guiana, comprising three flights with the heavy-lift Ariane 5, two Vega missions and one medium-lift Soyuz launch. 
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А рассматривалась возможность запуска на Рокоте .............
Я зуб даю за то что в первом пуске Ангары с Восточного полетит ГВМ Пингвина. © Старый
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Второй носитель ЕКА рассматривается всегда, когда он существует. И по нему выпускается даже кое-какая документация.

azeast

Европейское космическое агентство завершило сборку и проверку экспериментального телескопа LISA Pathfinder, запуск которого на орбиту с космодрома Куру станет первым шагом на пути создания космического детектора гравитационных волн eLISA, сообщает пресс-служба агентства.
"Это очень сложная научная и инженерная миссия, которая проложит дорогу для последующих космических проектов, направленных на изучение гравитационных волн, что даст человечеству новый способ заглянуть в тайны космоса", — заявил Пол Макнамара (Paul McNamara), научный руководитель проекта в ЕКА.
Телескоп LISA Pathfinder, чья сборка и проверка была недавно завершена в штаб-квартире компании IABG в германском Оттобрунне, станет первой космической обсерваторией, при помощи которой человечество будет искать следы гравитационных волн, порождаемых взаимодействиями между крупными и особо тяжелыми объектами в далеком космосе.
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Если запуску не помешает погода, то по текущим планам ЕКА, LISA Pathfinder отправится в космос в середине или в конце сентября текущего года с космодрома Куру во Французской Гвиане на борту ракеты-носителя "Вега".

РИА Новости http://ria.ru/science/20150901/1221578503.html#ixzz3kVCIfxuO

Salo

Цитироватьazeast пишет:
LISA Pathfinder отправится в космос в середине или в конце сентября текущего года
Бред какой... :o
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http://www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2015/1345.asp
ЦитироватьThe AVUM upper stage arrives in French Guiana for Arianespace's November Vega launch with LISA Pathfinder  
 

The AVUM for Arianespace's Vega mission with Europe's LISA Pathfinder scientific spacecraft is unloaded from the MN Toucan roll-on/roll-off sea-going cargo ship after docking at the Port of Pariacabo in French Guiana.
 
  September 24, 2015 – Vega Flight VV06
The liquid upper stage for a November flight utilizing Arianespace's lightweight Vega vehicle has been delivered to French Guiana, supporting the company's sustained mission pace in 2015 with its complete launcher family at the Spaceport.
This upper stage – known as the Attitude and Vernier Upper Module (AVUM) – arrived aboard the MN Toucan, a roll-on/roll-off sea-going cargo ship utilized by Arianespace for transporting launcher components from Europe to South America.
The AVUM will help place Europe's LISA Pathfinder scientific spacecraft on its way to a 500,000 km.-by-800,000 km. halo orbit around the first Sun-Earth Lagrange point (located 1.5 million km. from Earth).  Developed by Italy's Avio, the AVUM is the only liquid propellant system on the four-stage lightweight launcher, and is stacked atop Vega's solid propellant first, second and third stages.
LISA Pathfinder's goal is to help test and validate the technology in space needed for detecting low-frequency gravitational waves, which are ripples in space-time predicted by Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity. Test masses carried by the spacecraft will be put in a near-perfect gravitational free-fall, controlled by electrostatic fields. LISA Pathfinder's onboard sensors and systems will control and measure the masses' motion with unprecedented accuracy.
 Vega is the smallest vehicle in Arianespace's launcher family, which is in operation from French Guiana along with the medium-lift Soyuz and heavy-lift Ariane 5.  Production of Vega is the responsibility of industrial prime contractor ELV – a company jointly owned by Avio and the Italian Space Agency.
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Salo

#7
http://www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2015/1348.asp
Цитировать
A busy November, with Ariane 5 and Vega missions scheduled
Flight VA227 is scheduled for a November liftoff, and will be the 227th launch of an Ariane since the European launcher series entered operation in 1979.
In another area of the Spaceport, the assembly of a light-lift Vega has begun for the sixth launch of this smallest vehicle in Arianespace's launcher family, targeted to send Europe's LISA Pathfinder on its way for a pioneering space science mission.

In this upward-looking view at the Spaceport's ZLV facility, Vega's P80 first stage is shown on the launch pad.

The build-up process began when Vega's P80 solid propellant first stage was moved to the Spaceport's ZLV facility and positioned on the launch pad. This will be followed by the stacking of the launcher's solid propellant second and third stages, as well as integration of the Attitude and Vernier Upper Module (AVUM) liquid bipropellant upper stage – and then "topped off" with its payload: LISA Pathfinder.

 
Arianespace on track for a record 12 launches in 2015
Vega has been previously been launched five times from French Guiana since its introduction at the Spaceport in 2012, deploying a full range of satellite payloads. For the November mission, identified as Flight VV06, the launcher will place LISA Pathfinder in a slightly elliptical parking orbit. The spacecraft subsequently will use its own propulsion module to reach the final operational orbit: a 500,000-km.-by-800,000-km. halo orbit around the first Sun-Earth Lagrange point, 1.5 million km. from Earth.
 Vega and Ariane 5 are two of the three members in Arianespace's launcher family, which are joined at the Spaceport by the medium-lift Soyuz. Utilizing this complete inventory, the company is targeting a total of 12 missions during 2015.
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#10
LISA Pathfinder's journey
http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2015/10/LISA_Pathfinder_s_journey

ЦитироватьThis image illustrates LISA Pathfinder's journey from launch to its final destination, around the L1 Sun-Earth Lagrangian point some 1.5 million km away from Earth towards the Sun

Insert: LISA Pathfinder will launch in late 2015 on board a Vega rocket from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. Vega, which is specially designed to take small payloads into low Earth orbit, will place LISA Pathfinder onto an elliptical orbit, with a perigee (closest approach) of 200 km, apogee (furthest approach) of 1540 km, and inclination of about 6.5 degrees. Then, when the final stage of the Vega rocket is jettisoned, LISA Pathfinder will continue under its own power, beginning a series of six apogee-raising manoeuvres powered by its own propulsion system. These manoeuvres will be completed two weeks after launch.

After this, LISA Pathfinder will cruise towards its final orbiting location. A month after its final burn, it will jettison its propulsion module and continue its journey before settling into an orbit around the L1 Sun-Earth Lagrangian point. The entire journey, from launch to arrival at the operational orbit around L1, will take approximately eight weeks.

 

Salo

http://www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2015/1354.asp
ЦитироватьLISA Pathfinder takes a major step closer to launch with its arrival at the Spaceport in French Guiana
 
  October 8, 2015 – Vega Flight VV06
The LISA Pathfinder deep-space science payload for Arianespace's next mission with its Vega launcher has been delivered to South America for an early December liftoff fr om the Spaceport.

LISA Pathfinder was shipped from Airbus Defence and Space's Stevenage, U.K. facility for delivery to French Guiana, wh ere it touched down at Cayenne's Félix Eboué Airport this morning aboard a chartered Antonov An-124 cargo jetliner.
After being lofted on December 2 by Vega, LISA Pathfinder initially will be placed in a slightly elliptical parking orbit. The spacecraft subsequently will use its own propulsion module to reach the final operational orbit: a 500,000-km.-by-800,000-km. halo orbit around the first Sun-Earth Lagrange point, 1.5 million km. from Earth.
LISA Pathfinder will help test and validate the technology in space needed for detecting low-frequency gravitational waves – which are ripples in space-time predicted by Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity. The spacecraft also will measure gravitational waves generated by objects such as collapsing binary star systems and massive black holes.
Developed in a European Space Agency program, LISA Pathfinder was produced under the management of prime contractor Airbus Defence and Space in Stevenage.  Its liftoff mass will be an estimated 1,900 kg.
Vega is the smallest member of Arianespace's launcher family, which also includes the medium-lift Soyuz and heavyweight Ariane 5.  The light-lift Vega is produced under the responsibility of industrial prime contractor ELV, a company jointly owned by Avio and the Italian Space Agency.
 The December 2 mission with LISA Pathfinder will be Vega's sixth since the launch vehicle's maiden flight from the Spaceport in 2012.


The protective shipping container with LISA Pathfinder is unloaded from an An-124 cargo jetliner at Cayenne's Félix Eboué Airport following the aircraft's landing this morning.
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http://spaceflightnow.com/2015/10/12/launch-campaign-begins-for-europes-trailblazing-gravity-probe/
ЦитироватьLaunch campaign begins for Europe's trailblazing gravity probe       
Posted on October 12, 2015 by Stephen Clark    

ESA's LISA Pathfinder spacecraft is seen inside IABG's test center near Munich on Aug. 31. Credit: ESA–P. Sebirot, 2015
 
A compact European space probe, already fitted with a propulsive boost stage to send it a million miles from Earth, has arrived at its French Guiana launch base for liftoff in early December aboard a solid-fueled Vega rocket.
The craft's mission is experimental, aimed at proving out the technical apparatus required to detect gravitational waves, ripples in the fabric of spacetime predicted by Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity.
Known as LISA Pathfinder, the mission has cost the European Space Agency about 430 million euros ($490 million), but it is just the first step in a long-term program to study the "invisible universe" by observing unseen gravity waves created from the motion of massive objects like black holes.
"This is an extremely challenging mission that will pave the way for future space-based projects to observe gravitational waves, opening a new window to explore the cosmos," said Paul McNamara, ESA's LISA Pathfinder project scientist.
Lasers buried inside the LISA Pathfinder spacecraft will measure the motion of two gold-platinum alloy cubes 46 millimeters (1.8 inches) on a side. Free-floating inside vacuum enclosures, the motion of the cubes will be measured to one thousandth of one millionth of a millimeter.
Micro-thrusters mounted outside the probe, coupled with specialized control software, will carefully regulate the movement of the spacecraft to keep the gold-platinum test masses floating inside their housings. The goal of the spacecraft is to keep the test cubes floating in an electrostatic field free from outside influence, demonstrating the masses can remain in near-perfect free-fall.

Artist's concept of LISA Pathfinder and its expendable propulsion module after launch. Credit: Airbus Defense and Space
 
Such an achievement is vital to an ambitious multi-spacecraft gravity wave observatory planned for launch by ESA in the 2030s. Instead of having two free-floating 38 centimeters (15 inches) apart, the future mission will attempt to measure the exact distances between test masses up to millions of kilometers apart.
"Gravitational waves are an entirely fresh and different way to study the universe, providing an important complement to the well-established approach of astronomy, based on observing the light emitted by celestial bodies," McNamara said in a statement.
The spacecraft flew inside an Antonov An-124 cargo plane from London Stansted Airport, near LISA Pathfinder's factory at Airbus Defense and Space, the mission's prime industrial contractor, to the European-run spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on Oct. 8.
After landing at the airport in French Guiana's capital city, Cayenne, the spacecraft was trucked to the Guiana Space Center to begin final preflight processing.

The Antonov An-124 transport aircraft carrying LISA Pathfinder is seen at Cayenne's Félix Eboué Airport. Credit: ESA
 
The spacecraft came from Europe to South America in launch configuration, according to Cesar Garcia Marirrodriga, ESA's project manager.
Final checks on the probe will be completed in the coming weeks, followed by fueling of the craft's purpose-built propulsion module. Technicians will also install the flight clamp band connecting LISA Pathfinder's propulsion and science modules, Marirrodriga told Spaceflight Now via email.
Then the 1,910-kilogram (4,210-pound) spacecraft will be hoisted atop the four-stage Vega booster inside its payload shroud in November.
Liftoff is set for Dec. 2 at 0415 GMT (11:15 p.m. EST on Dec. 1) aboard the sixth flight of Europe's new lightweight Vega launcher.
Assembly of the Vega booster began in late September with the mounting of the rocket's first stage P80 solid rocket motor at its launch pad in French Guiana.

The first stage P80 motor for the Vega rocket is moved to the launch pad for the LISA Pathfinder mission. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – P. Baudon
 
The Vega's fourth stage kick engine will put LISA Pathfinder into an an elliptical orbit around Earth, then the craft's on-board propulsion module will fire six times to boost its altitude higher over a two-week orbit-raising phase. The probe will eventually pick up the speed necessary escape orbit and fly to the L1 Lagrange point, a gravitationally stable spot about 1.5 million kilometers (930,000 miles) on the sun's side of the Earth.
The spacecraft will jettison its disposable propulsion module after it is on course for its operating post at L1.
LISA Pathfinder will enter a looping orbit around the L1 Lagrange point around the beginning of February, followed by a six-month prime operational mission phase.
"The extreme precision of measurements and control required in this domain pose a great technical challenge," Marirrodriga said in a statement. "In fact, everything was a challenge in this brand-new class of missions: from the innovative instrumentation, to the new modelling of self-gravitation within the spacecraft, and the very complex integration tests of the spacecraft.
"The industrial and scientific teams that undertook these daunting tasks have done an extraordinary job, and now the mission is ready for launch," he said.
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#15
http://www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2015/1355.asp
ЦитироватьLISA Pathfinder is prepared for Arianespace's Vega launch in December on a pioneering space science mission

October 15, 2015 – Vega Flight VV06
The LISA Pathfinder demonstrator for space-based observations of gravitational waves is undergoing checkout at the Spaceport, preparing it for a December 2 launch on Arianespace's sixth flight of the Vega light-lift launcher from French Guiana.
This activity is being performed in the S5C hall of the Spaceport's S5 payload processing facility, with the work being led by teams from LISA Pathfinder prime contractor Airbus Defence and Space.
LISA Pathfinder is a mission organized by the European Space Agency (ESA). The probe is designed to test critical concepts and technologies related to the detection of gravitational waves – the ripples in space-time predicted by Albert Einstein's General Theory of Relativity.

 
LISA Pathfinder will be placed by Vega in an elliptical Earth orbit
After being lofted by Vega on Arianespace Flight VV06, the spacecraft will enter an elliptical Earth orbit, then use its own propulsion module to reach the operational orbit for six months of scientific and technical operations around the first Sun-Earth Lagrange point (L1), located approximately 1.5 million kilometers from Earth.
LISA Pathfinder is unusual in design. Conceived to be the "quietest" spacecraft ever launched, it does not possess a typical payload structure – since the spacecraft as a whole is part of the experiment. At its core are two individual freely-falling test masses: cubes of gold-platinum alloy whose distance apart will be monitored by a complex laser system.
The satellite's technology package was developed by European companies, research institutes and ESA; while a disturbance reduction system was provided by the U.S. NASA space agency.

 
Vega's integration continues for Flight VV06
LISA Pathfinder will have an estimated liftoff mass of 1,910 kg. and will be lofted from French Guiana atop the four-stage Vega – which currently is being integrated at the Spaceport's ZLV launch facility. 
In the latest step of its build-up, Vega's Zefiro 23 solid propellant second stage was mated this week to the P80 first stage – which is positioned on the launch pad inside a protective mobile gantry.
Vega began operation in 2012 and is designed to carry the growing number of small scientific spacecraft and other lighter-weight payloads under development worldwide.  As the smallest member of Arianespace's launcher family – which also includes the medium-lift Soyuz and heavyweight Ariane 5 – Vega is produced under the responsibility of industrial prime contractor ELV, a company jointly owned by Avio and the Italian Space Agency.


LISA Pathfinder is installed on a work dolly (photo at left) that provides access to the spacecraft and its propulsion module during pre-launch checkout in the Spaceport's S5 payload processing facility.


In the Spaceport's ZLV launch zone, Vega's Zefiro 23 solid propellant second stage is ready for integration atop the launcher, which is partly visible inside the protective mobile gantry.
 
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Lisa Pathfinder - Window on the Gravitational Universe
http://youtu.be/gbimaha2Hh4

ЦитироватьLISA Pathfinder's name, Laser Interferometer Space Antenna, clearly indicates the role of precursor that this mission plays. Its goal is to validate the technology required to detect gravitational waves from space. Gravitational waves will open a new door in our understanding of the Universe, and at the same time help to verify Einstein's General Theory of Relativity.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbimaha2Hh4

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LISA Pathfinder's journey to L1
http://youtu.be/maKX1OFfpXw

ЦитироватьThe journey and final orbit of LISA Pathfinder, ESA's technology demonstration mission that will pave the way for future gravitational-wave observatories in space.

LISA Pathfinder is scheduled for launch on 2 December 2015 on a Vega rocket from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. Vega will place the spacecraft into an elliptical orbit, with a perigee (closest approach to Earth) of 200 km, apogee (furthest point) of 1540 km, with the path angled at 6.5º to the equator. Then, once Vega's final stage is jettisoned, LISA Pathfinder will continue under its own power, beginning a series of six apogee-raising manoeuvres over the next two weeks.

The last burn will set LISA Pathfinder on its way towards its final orbiting location. The cruise will last about six weeks, and the propulsion module will be discarded along the way four weeks in. Eventually, the spacecraft will circle the L1 Sun–Earth Lagrangian point. There, LISA Pathfinder will begin its six months of demonstrating key technologies for space-based observation of gravitational waves.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maKX1OFfpXw

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#19
http://www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2015/1358.asp
ЦитироватьInitial launcher assembly is completed for Arianespace's Vega mission with LISA Pathfinder

October 26, 2015 – Vega Flight VV06
The sixth Vega to be launched from French Guiana has completed its basic assembly at the Spaceport, readying this light-lift vehicle to receive Europe's LISA Pathfinder scientific spacecraft for an Arianespace mission in December.
Vega's build-up was performed on the Spaceport's ZLV launch pad, with the vehicle protected by a mobile gantry. The initial assembly was accomplished when Vega's AVUM (Attitude and Vernier Upper Module) upper stage was integrated atop the launcher's three lower solid-propellant stages. The AVUM uses liquid bi-propellant for primary maneuvering, along with cold gas for attitude control.
With this assembly activity achieved, Vega is now ready to receive its LISA Pathfinder payload for the December 2 launch, which is designated Flight VV06 in Arianespace's launcher family numbering system. The probe was developed in a European Space Agency (ESA) program and is designed to test critical concepts and technologies related to the detection of gravitational waves – the ripples in space-time predicted by Albert Einstein's General Theory of Relativity.

 
Vega to place LISA Pathfinder on its way to the L1 Lagrange point
Built under the responsibility of prime contractor Airbus Defence and Space, LISA Pathfinder is to be placed by Vega in an initial elliptical Earth orbit. The spacecraft's own propulsion module will be used to reach the operational orbit around the first Sun-Earth Lagrange point (L1) – located approximately 1.5 million kilometers from Earth.
The Vega launch vehicle entered service in February 2012, and its five missions conducted to date from French Guiana have orbited a full range of payloads – from Earth imaging satellites and climate change observation platforms to technology demonstrators and an experimental spaceplane.
 Vega is tailored to accommodate scientific, institutional, governmental and commercial satellites, joining Arianespace's medium-lift Soyuz and heavy-lift Ariane 5 launchers in side-by-side operations from the Spaceport.  The development of Vega was performed in a multinationally-financed European Space Agency program, with launcher's design authority and prime contractor role performed by Italy's ELV company – a joint venture of Avio and the Italian Space Agency.
 


Vega's AVUM upper stage is shown during its integration at the Spaceport. The module is hoisted to the upper levels of Vega's protective mobile gantry,


then moved into position for installation atop the launcher's three solid propellant stages.
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