Lancement Zenit 3SL / Intelsat-19 (Sea Launch) 31 mai 2012

01.20.2012 / 8:39 was named the new starting date for the program "Sea Launch"

The next launch of the program "Sea Launch" of the position the Pacific in May 2012, the source said on Wednesday in the space industry.
"communications satellite Intelsat 19 tentatively scheduled for May 5," - said the source, "Interfax".
Initially This launch was planned for December 2011, but it had to be postponed due to the fact that the rocket, intended to launch Intelsat 19, used to send into space apparatus Intelsat 18 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in October under the "Land Launch."

02.02.2012 / 10:30 Roskosmos and RSC "Energia" prepare a plan resuscitation "Sea Launch"


Federal Space Agency together with RSC "Energia" prepare a business plan to restore the profitability of the project "Sea Launch" (Sea Launch), told the radio station "Echo of Moscow" Russian Space Agency head Vladimir Popovkin, RIA Novosti reported.
"After the break, when the" Sea start "had financial problems, RSC" Energia "in fact bought this floating platform to launch from the waters of the ocean in" Boeing ", through its affiliates. Now with the RSC" Energia "We are preparing a business plan in order to" Sea Launch " become profitable. To do this, provide three to four starting in a year. For the next two years, we already have such contracts, "- said Popovkin.

LVM a écrit:C'est assez cohérent avec ce que Sea Launch décrivait récemment comme étant son carnet de commandes ferme (soit huit missions, dont trois prévues sur 2012 et quatre à cinq sur 2013, même si ce dernier objectif peut sembler ambitieux au vu des récurrentes difficultés d'approvisionnement de la filière Zenit). L'enjeu est donc désormais pour Sea Launch de justifier (et d'engranger !) un niveau de (nouvelles) commandes susceptibles d'alimenter un plan d'affaires solide à partir de 2014.

Pour référence, Kjell Karlsen avait indiqué suite au tir d'IS-18 en octobre dernier que Sea Launch n'avait besoin que de trois tirs par an pour atteindre l'équilibre. Son actionnaire majoritaire semble désormais opter pour des objectifs un peu plus ambitieux (à mettre en regard des déclarations du Président d'Energia Vitaly Lopota en novembre dernier). D'où l'exercice en cours.

LVM a écrit:A Intelsat 19, il faut désormais ajouter Intelsat 21, officiellement annoncé hier par Sea Launch pour un tir au troisième trimestre 2012 (http://www.sea-launch.com/news_releases/2012/nr_120124.html).

Sans oublier une charge utile encore non identifiée pour Eutelsat (très vraisemblablement Eutelsat W5A), dont le tir devrait intervenir au quatrième trimestre 2012 et dont Eutelsat doit prochainement confirmer l'attribution définitive à Sea Launch.

Bern, Switzerland, May 21, 2012 –The Sea Launch vessels have departed Sea Launch Home Port in Long Beach, California for the equator, in preparation for the launch of the Intelsat-19 satellite owned by Intelsat. Liftoff is planned for 22:23 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) on Thursday, May 31st (05:23 UTC/GMT, Friday, June 1), at the opening of a 120-minute launch window.

03.06.2012 / 00:05 Battery satellite Intelsat 19 time was not revealed, but there is no threat to him

One of the two solar satellite Intelsat 19, running from June 1 platform "Sea Launch" in the Pacific Ocean, not opened as scheduled, said the telecommunications company Intelsat.
"Intelsat and the company Space Systems / Loral, a satellite manufacturer, is currently trying to find out the cause and take action to remedy the situation," - said in a statement on its website.
It emphasizes that the spacecraft itself will remain in geostationary transfer orbit, and it is not in danger, RIA Novosti reported.

04/12/2012 Completed investigation of the causes of abnormal operation of the satellite Intelsat-19

Companies Commission of Sea Launch AG ("Sea Launch") and Space Systems / Loral an opinion on abnormal operation of the spacecraft Intelsat-19, launched in the spring of 2012 from a floating platform in the Pacific Ocean, "Interfax-AVN" on Friday in the company Sea Launch AG.

"The Joint Commission Sea Launch AG and Space Systems / Loral to investigate anomalies that led to the failure to disclose one of the solar panels of spacecraft Intelsat-19, launched in spring 2012 with the Odyssey launch platform in the Pacific Ocean, has successfully completed the work", - said the representative of the company .

In the course of the commission, he said, was a detailed analysis of telemetry data carrier rocket "Zenit-3SL" and spacecraft Intelsat-19 as well as the interfaces between them. Sea Launch AG has provided a complete and comprehensive information on the flight data of the launch vehicle, which would provide objective reasons for the anomaly, the source said.

"According to the report, an anomaly occurred in a solar spacecraft until separation from the launch vehicle during launch rocket through the atmosphere. Reason was a rare combination of factors of production in the manufacture of solar cells in the company - the manufacturer of the spacecraft, led to structural and electrical damage battery components, "- said the representative of the company.

"Rocket" Zenit-3SL "worked in normal mode at all stages of the machine and removing the comic had no impact on the occurrence of anomalies in the output satellite" - quoted the spokesman of the committee. According to him, the president of Space Systems / Loral, John Celli satisfied with the work of the Commission and concluded.

"He said that now the Space Systems Loral absolutely sure that there are no negative effects of the launch vehicle systems on the spacecraft IS-19," Zenit-3SL "worked normally and now producer of spacecraft intended to take steps to eliminate the risk of such situation made telecommunications satellite in the future ", - the representative of the company.

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