Galileo-FOC FM07 (Antonianna), FM12 (Lisa), FM13 (Kimberley), FM14 (Tijmen) – Ariane 5 ES (VA-233) – Куру – 17.11.2016

[che wi]

Брошюра
http://www.arianespace.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/VA233_Launch-kit_EN.pdf

[Salo]

http://www.arianespace.com/mission-update/ariane-5-completed-for-galileo-mission/

Nov 10, 2016
The launcher is completed for Arianespace's initial Ariane 5 launch with Galileo satellites

Arianespace has entered the final phase of preparations for its next Ariane 5 launch – which will be the

In preparations for Arianespace's next Ariane 5 launch, the fairing is lowered over the heavy-lift vehicle and its four Galileo satellite passengers to complete launcher build-up.
 
During activity in the Spaceport's Final Assembly Building, Arianespace "topped off" the Ariane 5 launcher with installation of the payload fairing over the four Galileo spacecraft and their payload dispenser.
With Ariane 5 now complete, it is being readied for rollout next week to the Spaceport's ELA-3 launch complex in advance of its November 17 flight, which is set for liftoff at exactly 10:06:48 a.m. local time in French Guiana.

 

Arianespace's ninth overall launch of 2016

This mission – designated Flight VA233 in Arianespace's numbering system – will deploy the quartet of Galileo spacecraft over the course of a nearly four-hour flight.
For the Galileo program, Arianespace is using the Ariane 5 ES version with an enhanced storable propellant upper stage that allows for reignition and long coast phases during the mission.
These upgrades maximize the launcher's performance for deploying the Galileo spacecraft – which will have a combined mass of 2,865 kg. at liftoff – two at a time into a circular medium-Earth orbit.

 

Serving Europe with the next Ariane 5 launch

As a European initiative to develop a new global satellite navigation system under civilian control, Galileo will offer a guaranteed, high-precision positioning service that will end Europe's dependence on the American GPS system.
The Galileo constellation will comprise 24 operational satellites, along with spares. Arianespace already has deployed 14 Galileo in-orbit validation and full operational capability spacecraft from French Guiana on seven medium-lift Soyuz missions, along with performing two other Soyuz flights from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Russia with the GIOVE-A and GIOVE-B experimental satellites.
Galileo is funded by the European Union. It features innovative technologies developed in Europe for the benefit of all citizens. The European Commission holds overall responsibility for Galileo's management and implementation, with the European Space Agency assigned design and development of the new generation of systems and infrastructure.
The Galileo satellites on Arianespace's Flight VA233  are sized at 2.7 x 1.2 x 1.1 meters and were built by OHB System in Bremen, Germany, while their navigation payloads were supplied by UK-based Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL), which is 99 percent owned by Airbus Defence and Space.
         
The European Commission website – Galileo: ec.europa.eu/growth/sectors/space/galileo/
The European Space Agency website – Galileo: www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Navigation/Galileo/What_is_Galileo
OHB System website: https://www.ohb-system.de/
Surrey Satellite Technology Limited website: www.sstl.co.uk

[Lanista]

Названия КА опять дети придумывали?

[Pirat5]

В соответствии с URL, вес

Mass at liftoff: 715 kg., 717 kg., 716 kg., et 717 kg. – Total mass: 2,865 kg

Это понятно. Добавляем диспенсер (картинка на 5й странице)

Mass: 430 kg

Получается 3,295 kg

The launcher will be carrying a total payload of approximately 3,290 kg

Что-то высохло на 5 кг, пока готовили launch-kit

[che wi]

[che wi]

https://twitter.com/DutchSpace/status/798898071241428993

[Чебурашка]

Во сколько по Москве запуск?

Текущий статус навигационной системы https://www.gsc-europa.eu/system-status/Constellation-Information
9 рабочих спутников.
С учётом 2 ещё не введённых в эксплуатацию и 4-х запускаемых - будет 15.
А чем вызван столь долгий ввод в эксплуатацию?

[PIN]

Так вся система находится на "вводе в эксплуатацию".

[che wi]

Чебурашка пишет:

Во сколько по Москве запуск?

http://novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/forum14/topic12306/?PAGEN_1=19

[Тангаж]

Lanista пишет:
Названия КА опять дети придумывали?

Во-первых - не дети, а в честь детей (победителей европейского конкурса рисунка на аэрокосмическую тематику), об этом на предыдущей странице написано.

Во-вторых - не "опять", а уже четыре или пять лет тому назад; имена дали всем двадцати с лишним спутникам этапов IOV и FOC.

[Чебурашка]

Пошла прямая трансляция http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Navigation/Galileo/Launching_Galileo/Watch_the_launch_of_Galileos_15_18

[Чебурашка]

Полетели...

[che wi]

Бустеры отделились, ГО сброшен.

[azeast]

[Максим]

Красиво "махал крылышками" ГО. Нигде такого не замечал.

[che wi]

Отделение 1-й ст.

[Чебурашка]

Зачем они огромный центральный блок аж до 8,25 км/c разгоняют. Или верхняя ступень недоразмерена?

[che wi]

[тавот]

А могли бы быть два Союза   .   Теряем клиентов...

[Mikhail-G]

тавот пишет:
А могли бы быть два Союза    . Теряем клиентов...

Они всё равно деньги за уже проведенные пуски не платят