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...): International Launch Services (2000). Image is of the Atlas 3A launch on... satellite. Sea Launch (1999). Image is of the inaugural Zenit 3SL launch on March 27, 1999, from the Odyssey Sea Launch Platform. 2000 YEAR... three launches by the multinational Sea Launch venture. Overall, 35 worldwide commercial... a test payload. Lockheed Martin's International Launch Services successfully flew its new...-Licensed Commercial Activity 2000 Worldwide Launch Activity Five-Year Space Transportation... space launch activity as authorized by Executive Order 12465, Commercial Expendable Launch Vehicle Activities, and the Commercial Space Launch Act of... 2000 FAA-LICENSED LAUNCH SUMMARY 2000 FAA-LICENSED LAUNCH SUMMARY The 10... of these launches were by Sea Launch Zenit 3SL from the Pacific... $27 million Three flights for Sea Launch, at approximately $255 million One... ICO launches from U.S. providers and Sea Launch did not occur. The Orbcomm... 2000 FAA-LICENSED LAUNCH SUMMARY Launch Activity in Detail Sea Launch Sea Launch's Zenit 3SL flew three times in 2000; the first launch... number of commercial launches that Sea Launch could conduct.2 The company may... allow. First Atlas 3A Launch a Success International Launch Services launched the first... launch of its Delta 3 carrying a dummy payload. Two previous attempts to launch... 1964 1989 1998 Launch VAFB CA VAFB CCAFS, CCAFS Launch VAFB, Spcprt... (lb.) -1,290 --4,060 8,400 2 Multinational (Sea Launch) Atlas 1&2 Atlas 3 1991 2000 1981... CCAFS, VAFB 47,800 Odyssey Pacific Ocean Platform 35,000 8,200 8,900... IN REVIEW 2000 WORLDWIDE LAUNCH ACTIVITY 2000 WORLDWIDE LAUNCH ACTIVITY New Commercial... to launch its first payloads in 2001. Figure 3. 2000 Total Worldwide Launch Activity 40 35 Number of Launchess Launch providers in..., and Europe, together with the Sea Launch partnership, conducted a total of 35... launches represent 34 percent, and Sea Launch's three launches gave the company... China Multinational Table 3. 2000 Orbital Launch Events Commercial Launches NonCommercial Launches... 5. 2000 Commercial Launch Revenues (approximate) $1,433 M $1,600 $1,400 Worldwide Launch Revenues $1,200... YEAR IN REVIEW $2.7 billion. U.S. commercial launch revenues were $370 million; Russian... $1,433 million; and the multinational Sea Launch venture had revenues of about..., with the exception of the Sea Launch venture, which is designated as... launch activity is conducted in partnership with American and European launch service providers through a number of joint ventures. International Launch Services..., conducts launches of Soyuz. Also, Sea Launch represents a partnership among organizations in... 4. 2000 Non-U.S. Commercial Launch Events Date Vehicle Payload(s) Launch Outcome Orbit Jan... agreement on commercial launch services. Table 6. Russian and Ukrainian Launch Vehicle Performance.... Japan – The M-5 launch of Astro E was Japan's only launch. The vehicle failed... launch service providers to its site. Table 7. European, Chinese, and Japanese Launch....0% 66.7% First Launch 1988 1996 1984 1994 1999 1997 Launch Sites Kourou... commercial launch systems, and privately Figure 10. Launch Revenues for Commercial Launch Events... 1999 0 2000 Table 8. Launch Revenues for Commercial Launch Events (approximate, in U.S. millions... launch systems through partnerships with American and European companies. The commercial launch.... Going beyond marketing partnerships for launch services, manufacturers such as Lockheed...,576 pounds at launch. The satellite was deployed by a Sea Launch Zenit 3SL... developing reusable launch Figure 13. Five-Year Worldwide Orbital Launch Share (1996... in the international launch market. The first test launch of the H-2A... demand for launch services. Figure 14. Five-Year Worldwide Commercial Launch Share... REVIEW APPENDIX: 2000 LAUNCH EVENTS 2000 WORLDWIDE ORBITAL LAUNCH EVENTS Date 1/20... 4 Space Comm. Corp. ü Zenit 3SL Odyssey * ICO Z-1 New ICO Taurus 1 VAFB.... Comml Price L M S S S S S S S S S S S S ü Denotes commercial launch, defined as a launch that is internationally competed, FAA-licensed, or represents privately-financed launch... REVIEW APPENDIX: 2000 LAUNCH EVENTS 2000 Worldwide Orbital Launch Events (cont.) Date.../00 8/6/00 ü Zenit 3SL Soyuz Odyssey Baikonur 8/9/00 Soyuz Baikonur 8/17... Scientific Communications S S ü Denotes commercial launch, defined as a launch that is internationally competed, FAA-licensed, or represents privately-financed launch... REVIEW APPENDIX: 2000 LAUNCH EVENTS 2000 Worldwide Orbital Launch Events (cont.) Date... Delta 2 7925 Baikonur CCAFS Baikonur Odyssey Kourou Baikonur Xichang 11/15... M S S Communications Development ü Denotes commercial launch, defined as a launch that is internationally competed, FAA-licensed, or represents privately-financed launch...
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... left): Sea Launch (1999). Image is of the Zenit 3SL launch on October 9, 1999, from the Odyssey Sea Launch Platform. It successfully deployed the DirecTV 1R satellite. International Launch Services.... U.S. launch providers also conducted 2 launches for U.S. government customers and the international Sea Launch... anticipated launch rate. In 1999, the Sea Launch venture successfully conducted its first launch of the Zenit 3SL vehicle from a sea-based platform near the Equator in the Pacific Ocean. The first launch, which deployed a test payload, was followed by Sea Launch’s second launch, deploying... United States during launch operations. The Commercial Space Launch Act of 1984...-LICENSED LAUNCH SUMMARY 1999 FAA-LICENSED LAUNCH SUMMARY Figure 1. FAA-Licensed Orbital Launch... U.S. launch ranges.1 The remaining two launches were conducted by the international Sea Launch..., worth $94 million 1 operational launch by Sea Launch, worth approximately $85 million (no... 1999 resulting from launch failures. A total of four launch attempts involving U.S. vehicles... * U.S. Government payload; launch services not internationally competed. † Test launch; not counted in.... Sea Launch Deploys Successfully On March 27, Sea Launch conducted its first successful test launch of the Zenit 3SL deploying the Demosat test satellite from a sea-based platform near the Equator in the... launched October 9. Established in 1995, Sea Launch is a partnership between U.S.-based Boeing... 1999 Last 10 Years International (Sea Launch) Delta 2 Delta 3 Atlas 2 Shuttle Titan... KSC 1989 CCAS, VAFB 1999 Odyssey 3,300 1,755 4,350 7,900 11... Launch PAGE 2 1999 YEAR IN REVIEW 1999 WORLDWIDE LAUNCH ACTIVITY 1999 WORLDWIDE LAUNCH... 1999 by launch providers in four countries and the international Sea Launch partnership. The United States captured 36 percent of the commercial launch... launches for a 22 percent share. Sea Launch and the China Great Wall... China Int'l (Sea Launch) India Brazil Table 3. 1999 Orbital Launch Events Commercial Launches... 28 Europe 8 2 10 China 1 3 4 Int'l (Sea Launch) 1 1 2 Japan 0 1 1 India 0 1 1 Brazil 0 1 1 TOTAL 36... Commercial Market Share China 3% Int'l (Sea Launch) 3% United States 36% Europe 22... States Russia Europe China Int'l (Sea Launch) PAGE 3 1999 YEAR IN REVIEW... $23 million; and the international Sea Launch venture had revenues of about... the exception of the international Sea Launch venture. In the past, this... conducts launches of Soyuz. Also, Sea Launch represents a partnership among organizations in... country to successfully launch a satellite. Table 4. 1999 Non-U.S. Commercial Launch Events Date... were launched to GEO, including Sea Launch's test payload. Three commercial payloads... States Russia Europe China Int'l (Sea Launch) Japan India Brazil Table 5. Payloads... 48 Europe 8 4 12 China 2 5 7 Int'l (Sea Launch) 2 0 2 Japan 0 1 1 India 0 3 3 Brazil 0 1 1 TOTAL 76... Int'l (Sea Japan India Brazil China Launch) 1% 2% 1% 5% 2% United States 42% Europe 9% Launch Activities... 11% Russia 44% China 3% Int'l (Sea Launch) 3% United States 39% TOTAL: 76... deployed during the same launch. Japan – Japan's only launch in 1999 was... - There was one launch of India's PSLV launch vehicle this year, on... international Sea Launch vehicles on the international launch services market. Figure 10. Launch Revenues for Commercial Launch Events...-Year Summary (1995-1999) Launch Events by Launch Event Type 120 Non...-Year Summary (1995-1999) Launch Events by Launch Type Commercial Launches NonCommercial... 1998 1999 1995 Table 8. Launch Revenues for Commercial Launch Events (approximate, in... Commercial Payloads 4 $481 Ukraine Int'l (Sea Launch) 1997 GEO Commercial Payloads 18... Europe China Ukraine Int'l (Sea Japan Launch) India Israel Brazil North Korea... Russia Europe China Ukraine Int'l (Sea Launch) Japan India Israel Brazil North... Worldwide Commercial Launch Share (1995-1999) Israel North Korea Intl' (Sea <1% Launch) Japan... States 6% 41% China 9% Ukraine 1% Int'l (Sea Launch) 1% United States 41% Europe 14... REVIEW APPENDIX: 1999 LAUNCH EVENTS 1999 WORLDWIDE ORBITAL LAUNCH EVENTS Date Vehicle... Scientific Communications $35-40 M S S S S Asiasat Sea Launch Hughes Hughes Communications Test S S S S RKK... Proton Pegasus XL Soyuz Proton + Sea Launch Soyuz Ariane 42P Titan 4B...,46 Baikonur * AsiaSat 3S Sea Launch * DemoSat Platform Baikonur Progress M-41 Kourou * Insat... M S S S F S S $45-55 M S S S F S S S S ' Denotes commercial launch, defined as a launch that is internationally competed... REVIEW APPENDIX: 1999 LAUNCH EVENTS 1999 WORLDWIDE ORBITAL LAUNCH EVENTS (CONT.) Date... Delta 2 7925 CCAS 10/9/99 ' + Sea Launch Sea Launch Platform Long March 4B Taiyuan 10... M S S S F S S S $18-20 M S F S S S S S S S S S ' Denotes commercial launch, defined as a launch that is internationally competed...
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Дата загрузки: 2017-03-26
... and final demonstration launch and the first commercial launch of the enhanced... first launch of India’s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) from ISRO’s new launch... U.S. government launch vehicles; (2) provide equal consideration and support to all launch service... sea air at Omelek Island from November 2005 until the actual launch... launched by a Sea Launch Zenit-3SL from Sea Launch’s equatorial Pacific Ocean Odyssey platform on 18... company’s 7000 bus, the same platform as two other Intelsat satellites... contract, for a Spacebus 4000-B2 platform carrying 24 Ku-band transponders...; OSC will provide the Star-2 platform and will be responsible for... concept, originated by Germany as a platform for future small geostationary-orbit... built on Astrium’s Eurostar-3000 platform with an Alcatel Alenia Space... a Sea Launch Zenit-3SL rocket. The spacecraft, built by Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch... Ariane-5, but was switched to Sea Launch because the Ariane manifest was... facilitated by the agreement between Sea -15- Launch and Ariane. Venezuela ordered... 21 August by a Sea Launch Zenit-3SL rocket from Sea Launch’s Odyssey sea-based platform. The 4.5-tonne... the company’s Spacebus 4000 C1 platform for South Korea’s KT Corporation... successfully on 8 November 2005 by a Sea Launch Zenit-3SL to its geostationary... in Bangalore. Launch is planned via ISRO’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicles in... planned for launch in 2011 – 2012. Sentinel-3, also expected to launch in...-satellite platform, will have 2.5-m black-and-white resolution. Planned for launch in... a 3 February spacewalk to repair the platform carrying the station’s robot arm... 2008). The Russian solar power platform was dropped from the Shuttle... the opening launch date window for 27 August. The launch was postponed... the company’s Biopan exobiology research platform on a Russian Foton spacecraft subsequently... of equipment to the telescope platform. The equipment includes two new... Mars: Mars Global Surveyor, Mars Odyssey, and Mars Express. Goals of... penetrator mission for launch in 2012, a Mars rover launch in 2013, a lunar... on the Spacebus 4000 C2 platform and fitted with 38 C-band... to launch a communications satellite. Mexico had already chosen Arianespace to launch Solidaridad.... The launch of Inmarsat's second I-4 satellite took place from a Sea Launch Zenit on... in March, according to launch provider International Launch Services (ILS). (5) Thuraya Satellite... a test platform for technologies such as a large unfurlable antenna. Launch is expected... to launch a communications satellite. Mexico had already chosen Arianespace to launch Solidaridad... the launch of U.S. satellites and satellites containing U.S. components by Indian launch vehicles... logistics support, ARES Corporation (USA), Odyssey Space -94- Research (USA), and... Martin Commercial Launch Services will now take over commercial launch marketing and..., named Blues, was launched by a Sea Launch Zenit3SL rocket into a geosynchronous orbit... on a Boeing Satellite Systems 702 platform redesigned to eliminate the solar... Latin America into a single television platform. The deal included the merger... of the newly-developed Yakhta platform intended for use in various... the Tanegashima Space Center. The platform has three instruments: (1) the Panchromatic...-1 is due for launch using a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle in early 2008... in September 2006. NASA’s Mars Odyssey, mainly devoted to the mapping... Florida for Mars, the Mars Odyssey spacecraft is still orbiting the... through to August 2004, Mars Odyssey has made global observations of..., an area rich in haematite. Odyssey is currently supporting landing site...% water ice by volume. Other Odyssey accomplishments include the measurement of... scientific investigations with cameras on Odyssey. The ESA Mars Express mission... collaboration between Mars Express, Mars Odyssey and both rovers is expected... its seven-year round-trip odyssey to comet 81P/Wild 2, NASA...: NASA’s Mars Global Surveyor and Odyssey and ESA’s Mars Express, together... missions, namely the Interplanetary Monitoring Platform – IMP-8, Wind, and the Advanced... been developed for the Eureca platform, on the International Space Station... ecological system facilities) as a new platform for both public and student... maintained their role in providing a platform for the validation of new... the ESRANGE balloon launch pad to accommodate the launch of large heavy... good order. The NASA Mars Odyssey mission (Category III) continues its... around Mars. Additional results from Odyssey are documenting widespread hydrogen, interpreted... has been relayed through Mars Odyssey. ESA’s Mars Express orbiter (Category... on its 10½ year cometary odyssey to 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The... being developed for launch in 2007 by a Delta-II launch vehicle from... European Rertrievable Carrier, a free-flying platform for space materials processing Extreme... Biomedical Problems (Russia) Interplanetary Monitoring Platform International Magnetospheric Study Indian National... NRLMSISE-00 NSF NSWP O ODIN Odyssey OGO-6 OI OMEGA OOSA Opportunity...
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...-based research aboard the orbiting platform.” The STS-98 crew consisted... days.44 7 April The Mars Odyssey spacecraft launched successfully aboard a Delta... years. NASA had designed Mars Odysseyequipping it with a thermal-emissions..., “Lockheed Martin-Built 2001 Mars Odyssey Successfully Launched, Begins Journey to... January 2010); William Harwood, “Mars Odyssey Takes Off for Red Planet..., 8 April 2001; Mark Carreau, “Flawless Odyssey Launch Fuels Hoe: Three-Year Mission... launched Mars Odyssey spacecraft. Headed for the Red Planet, Odyssey pointed its... of the Mars mission. Mars Odyssey 47 NASA, “Space Shuttle Mission... Snapped by NASA’s 2001 Mars Odyssey,” news release 01-81, 23.... 58 The Boeing Company, “Sea Launch on a Mission To Launch XM’s ‘Roll’ Satellite... 28 July 2008); Jim Banke, “Sea Launch Sends ‘Roll’ Spacecraft into Orbit... the ISS two days after launch. The launch was the first using... Viking missions, the 2001 Mars Odyssey traveled toward the Red Planet... rocket during and after launch. Observers regarded the launch as a major success... and one-half year mission. Odyssey, designed for low-altitude remote.... NASA engineers planned to use Odyssey’s images to help determine landing...-2005 23 October NASA’s Mars Odyssey spacecraft maneuvered into Mars’s orbit... to 1999. NASA planned for Odyssey to orbit Mars for two...’s surface. Toward the end of Odyssey’s orbital reconnaissance mission, the spacecraft....138 31 October NASA’s Mars Odyssey provided its first image from... orbit around the Red Planet. Odyssey took the image as part... ice cap, 136 Mark Carreau, “Odyssey Slips into Orbit, Breaks String... increased during 139 NASA, “Mars Odyssey’s First Look at Mars Is... and to act as a work platform for a mechanical arm, which the... prepare the MTa track-mounted platformfor use. The crew had... data gathered by NASA’s Mars Odyssey spacecraft, scientists discovered direct evidence.... NASA scientists were using the Odyssey to measure and map soils... near its surface, but the Odyssey’s new information was the first... 4 to Earth.243 241 NASA, “Odyssey Finds Water Ice in Abundance... the installation of the MBS platform. In the final EVA, Chang... of Boeing’s Delta 2 expendable launch vehicle to launch medium-class payloads between... exploded shortly after launch in December 2002, Rosetta’s launch vehicle was not... F1, based on the 702 platform of Boeing Satellite Systems, was... transponders, on Astrium’s Eurostar 3000 platform.369 7 February NASA notified SPACEHAB.... Rutan had begun testing the launch platform at lower altitudes in August... between the spacecraft and the launch platform. In the public unveiling, Rutan... 767-400 transport aircraft as a platform for powerful multifunction radar with... 10 June From its floating platform Odyssey, Sea Launch launched a telecommunications satellite Thuraya-2 aboard... East, Europe, Africa, and Asia. Sea Launch had launched Thuraya-1 in October...,” 10 June 2003; Jim Banke, “Sea Launch Soars Again Carrying Thuraya-2 to... The German-Russian Eurockot Launch Services’ Rockot launch vehicle, a modified Russian ballistic...-2005 payloads from a floating platform known as Sea Launch. Boeing indicated that it... the Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services’ Atlas 5 expendable launch vehicle for the... 8 August From its Odyssey Platform in the Pacific Ocean, Sea Launch lifted off its... Satellite Lofted into Orbit by Sea Launch,” Space News, 8 August 2003. 495...) program under its Quiet Supersonic Platform Initiative. NASA’s LaRC and Dryden...’s KAITSAT-4 scientific-research microsatellite, a demonstration platform to test new satellite systems... 13―launched aboard a Sea Launch Zenit 3-SL rocket from a platform in the equatorial..., marking the final launch of the Lockheed Martin launch vehicles. In keeping...) to accommodate the taller launch vehicles, building a fixed launch platform, modifying the umbilical..., to operate as a launch site for suborbital reusable launch vehicle (RLV) missions... a spacewalk to install a universal work platform at the station’s Zvezda module...), to the newly installed work platform. The two-jointed robot, with... a 76-minute delay. The launch was Japan’s first launch of a heavy-lift... Alcatel Spacebus 4000 C1 satellite platform selected for Apstar 6 included no... from Sea Launch’s Odyssey floating platform at the equator aboard a Zenit-3SL rocket. Sea Launch used a self-propelled launch platform... it possible to launch heavier payloads than elsewhere. Sea Launch announced that the... Press, “DirecTV Satellite Launched from Sea Launch Ocean Platform,” 27 April 2005. 784... the first time, NASA’s Mars Odyssey and ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft... the planet since 1997, Mars Odyssey had arrived in 2001, and... late 2003. MGS and Mars Odyssey followed similar nearpolar orbits, sometimes... kilometers) of each other, but Odyssey orbited higher than MGS to... had captured two images of Odyssey 7.5 seconds apartthe first from... also installed an external stowage platform and a new iteration of an...
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Дата загрузки: 2017-05-20
... FAA-Licensed Orbital Launch Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 U.S. and FAA-Licensed Orbital Launch Activity in Detail . . . . . . . . 5 2008 Worldwide Orbital Launch Activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Worldwide Orbital Payload Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Launch Activities by... five launches used the multinational Sea Launch Zenit-3SL. Overall, 28 commercial... were three launch failures, including one non-commercial launch and two commercial... Suborbital or Orbital Launch A commercial suborbital or orbital launch has one or... greatest mass on a launch vehicle for a given launch. • The launch is privately financed... internationally competed launch contract is one in which the launch opportunity was... principle to any capable launch service provider. Such a launch is considered commercial... dominated by GEO launches. After a Sea Launch failure in early 2007, there... Thuraya 3 on January 15, 2008, Sea Launch went 19-Mar-08 Zenit... Zenit-3SL launches from the Sea Launch Odyssey platform occurred during 2008. All five... for a single launch may be spread over several years. •3• Launch Outcome Table 1. 2008 FAA-Licensed Orbital Launch Events The..., launch rates have fluctuated (see Figure 1) but the resurgence of the Sea Launch... Administration (NASA) civil government missions. Sea Launch conducted five FAA-licensed commercial... of U.S. launch activity (including Sea Launch) during 2008 by vehicle. UNITED STATES SEA LAUNCH Vehicle...-3SL 5 1 2 2 1 0 5 Launch Reliability (2008) 2/2 100% 1/2 50% 5/5 100% 2/2 100% 4/4 100% 5/5 100% Launch Reliability..., VAFB CCAFS, VAFB KSC Odyssey Pacific Ocean Platform 6,100 (13,440) 2,170.... LOCKHEED MARTIN COMMERCIAL LAUNCH SERVICES Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services (LMCLS) manages... 2008, LMCLS performed one launch. The launch took place in April and... using a Pegasus XL vehicle. SEA LAUNCH COMPANY, LLC Sea Launch offers the Zenit-3SL... the mobile Odyssey Launch Platform along the Equator in the Pacific Ocean. Sea Launch returned to flight in 2008, following a January 2007 launch failure. In 2008, Sea Launch carried out five successful... premiere of the Land Launch system, operated by Sea Launch LLC and launched... majority shareholder (40 percent) of Sea Launch. Other partners include S. P. Korolev Rocket... the multinational consortium Sea Launch conducted a total of 69 launch events in 2008... by the return of the Sea Launch Zenit-3SL to service. See... global commercial launch market (see Table 3. 2008 Worldwide Orbital Launch Events Figure... share. Sea Launch had five commercial launches while its Land Launch joint venture conducted its first-ever launch to comprise... Commercial Launch Events WORLDWIDE LAUNCH REVENUES Revenues from the 28 commercial launch events... and Sea Launch had an estimated US$475 million in commercial launch revenue... based, with the exception of Sea Launch, which is designated simply as...-1. The lunar launch occurred in October using a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV... Launches Launch Reliability (2008) Launch Reliability (Last 10 Years) Year of First Launch CHINA INDIA JAPAN IRAN LAND LAUNCH Ariane 5 Long... commercial launches, respectively. The multinational Sea Launch Company performed 19 commercial launches... 2006 Table 8. Approximate Launch Revenues for Commercial Launch Events 2004–2008 (US... 2008 Figure 14. Approximate Launch Revenues for Commercial Launch Events (2004–2008... multinational firms such as Sea Launch to provide launch services. China is likely... to launch from Baikonur Cosmodrome instead of the Sea Launch platform. Its April launch lifted... into GEO. Land Launch is a collaboration between Sea Launch and Moscow-based Space... developing a small launch vehicle, designated the Korea Space Launch Vehicle (KSLV), that... Internationally Competed Launch Events (2004-2008)* * An internationally competed launch contract is one in which the launch opportunity was... M S S 15-Jan-2008 V Zenit-3SL Odyssey Launch Platform * Thuraya 3 GEO Thuraya Satellite Boeing...-6 19-Mar-2008 V Zenit-3SL Odyssey Launch Platform * DirecTV 11 GEO DirecTV, Inc... LEO LEO V Denotes commercial launch, defined as a launch that is internationally competed...-2008 V Kosmos 3M Manufacturer Roscosmos Odyssey Launch Platform * Galaxy 18 Kourou Operator Intelsat...-6 15-Jul-2008 V Zenit-3SL Odyssey Launch Platform * Echostar XI GEO Echostar Communications... Alenia Space V Denotes commercial launch, defined as a launch that is internationally competed... S S 24-Sep-08 V Zenit-3SL Odyssey Launch Platform * Galaxy 19 GEO Intelsat Space... 1M GEO V Denotes commercial launch, defined as a launch that is internationally competed... M R18 MEO V Denotes commercial launch, defined as a launch that is internationally competed...
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Дата загрузки: 2017-03-09
... the mass ratio of a multistage launch vehicle necessary to deploy the... the recent patent controversy between Odyssey and ICO.) However, despite the... to communicate with ships at sea. Marconi’s transmission system was improved... that fits within an Ariane 4 launch vehicle fairing envelope. The antenna..., antennas, on-board processing, and launch vehicles. Electric power is provided... payload into GTO, while a Zenit Sea Launch rocket has a payload capability of... the limitations of satellites and launch vehicles constrained the available power... propulsion systems used on both launch vehicles and satellites. The law... alone. LAUNCH VEHICLE PROPULSION SYSTEMS In the first stage of a launch vehicle... exhaust is equal to the sea level atmospheric pressure 101.325.... The second stage of the launch vehicle is designed for optimum... pressure is less than at sea level, the exit pressure of... stage of a Delta II 7925 launch vehicle has an expansion ratio... 4800 kPa (700 psia) with a sea level specific impulse of 255... to the latitude of the launch site. To minimize the required... thus advantageous to have the launch site as close to the... example, in a Delta or Atlas launch from Cape Canaveral the transfer... is 1831 m/s; for an Ariane launch from Kourou the inclination is... for a Zenit flight from the Sea Launch platform on the equator the velocity... mass when separated from the launch vehicle. Before performing the apogee... is sometimes performed by the launch vehicle at spacecraft separation or... by the spacecraft itself. In a launch from Cape Canaveral, the angle... combined propulsion capabilities of the launch vehicle and the spacecraft. For... 235 seconds. For an Ariane launch the separated mass in GTO... is approximately 2970 kg at launch, 1680 kg at BOL, and... the pressure and temperature at launch. The volume of the remaining... selection of the Atlas IIAS launch vehicle. Similar arcjet systems are.... The HS-702 satellite has a launch mass of up to 5200... mass to permit a more economical launch vehicle. _________________________________ Dr. Robert A. Nelson..., including Loral/Qualcomm's Globalstar, TRW's Odyssey, MCHI's Ellipsat, and Constellation Communications... licenses to Iridium, Globalstar, and Odyssey but withheld its decision on... in December TRW dropped its Odyssey system in favor of partnership... deployed within twelve months on launch vehicles from three continents: the... was released from a Delta II 4 launch vehicle, and three had reaction... the FCC for approval to launch a 12 satellite geostationary constellation to... has requested FCC authorization to launch and operate a system called the... with TRW's former 12 satellite ODYSSEY system for mobile telephony, which... Satellite Communications, Inc. intends to launch a single V-band geostationary satellite that... and messaging. Globalstar plans to launch an 80 satellite V-band constellation.... In addition, it plans to launch 64 Low Earth Orbit satellites... pole, compared to 1° today. At sea, however, Columbus and his contemporaries... biography Admiral of the Ocean Sea, Samuel Eliot Morrison states that... use of this method at sea. Nevertheless, James Bradley, the third.... Inability to measure longitude at sea had the potential of catastrophic... a method to determine longitude at sea within a half a degree. The scientific.... Both methods were tested by sea trials. The lunar tables permitted... eleven prototype satellites, including one launch failure, that validated the system... Martin. The first launch in 1997 resulted in a launch failure. The first... a rate offset prior to satellite launch of - 4.465 parts in 1010... of the satellite clocks before launch is thus 10.22999999543 MHz... applied by a receiver on a moving platform, such as an aircraft or... the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. This work was begun in...
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Дата загрузки: 2017-05-20
... Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2011 Launch Activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 WORLDWIDE ORBITAL LAUNCH ACTIVITY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Worldwide Launch Revenues. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Worldwide Orbital Payload Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Commercial Launch Payload Summaries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Non-Commercial Launch Payload Summaries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 U.S. AND FAA-LICENSED ORBITAL LAUNCH ACTIVITY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 FAA-Licensed Orbital Launch Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 U.S. and FAA-Licensed Orbital Launch.... The license was for the launch of Sea Launch AG’s Zenit 3SL rocket.... Figure 1. 2011 Total Worldwide Launch Activity Sea Launch AG had two commercial launches...-licensed orbital launch this year. Sea Launch carried out its second launch out of... launches on three different launch vehicles: • A Rockot launch vehicle failed to place... 2011 LAUNCH ACTIVITY WORLDWIDE ORBITAL LAUNCH ACTIVITY This section highlights worldwide launch activity... in 2010. • The multinational Sea Launch Zenit 3SL launch vehicle returned to flight... launches, one FAA-licensed launch from a platform in the Pacific Ocean and... present, there is one launch service corporation, Sea Launch, that is characterized as... LAUNCH ACTIVITY FAA-Licensed Orbital Launch Summary There was one FAA-licensed launch... conducted by multinational launch provider Sea Launch was a Zenit 3SL launch vehicle carrying the..., FAA licensed 11 launches, including 5 Sea Launch Zenit 3SL launches of commercial... Launch Events, 2007-2011 U.S. and FAA-Licensed Orbital Launch Activity in Detail U.S. launch... Transportation SEA LAUNCH UNITED STATES Vehicle 2011 Total Launches 2011 Licensed Launches Launch Reliability (2011) Launch Reliability (Last 10 Years) Year of First Launch Active Launch... CCAFS, VAFB CCAFS CCAFS KSC Sea Launch Platform LEO kg (lbs) 640 (1,411... United Launch Alliance United Launch Alliance (ULA) conducts launches for the U.S. government launch... their crews. Sea Launch The only FAA-licensed commercial orbital launch in 2011 was conducted by multinational launch provider Sea Launch. Its Zenit 3SL launch... from Sea Launch’s Odyssey platform in the Pacific Ocean. It was the first launch • 11 • Federal Aviation Administration / Commercial Space Transportation conducted by Sea Launch... successful launch of the Land Launch system from Baikonur, Kazakhstan, operated by Sea Launch... June 15. Multinational Multinational launch provider Sea Launch AG had two commercial launches... launch license (see Page 9). In October, Zenit 3SLB, a launch vehicle operated by Sea Launch... the multinational category represented by Sea Launch AG. EUROPE Vehicle CHINA Ariane... First 2002 Launch Active Launch Kourou Sites JAPAN INDIA IRAN LAND LAUNCH Long... had 17 commercial launches. • Multinational Sea Launch performed 13 commercial launches. • China... (2007-2011) of Orbital Launch Events and Launch Failures • 16 • 61 17... RSC Energia V Denotes commercial launch, defined as a launch that is internationally competed... CAST Communications S S V Denotes commercial launch, defined as a launch that is internationally competed...-11 V 02-Oct-11 Site Sea Launch Platform Kodiak LC Long March 2F... Communications $85M V Denotes commercial launch, defined as a launch that is internationally competed... Space Space V Denotes commercial launch, defined as a launch that is internationally competed... Remote Sensing V Denotes commercial launch, defined as a launch that is internationally competed... 1Q-12 V + Zenit 3SL Soyuz Sea Launch Platform Baikonur Cosmos (Military Gonets 1) Gonets... $12M TBA V Denotes commercial launch, defined as a launch that is internationally competed... Communications $85M V Denotes commercial launch, defined as a launch that is internationally competed... a launch vehicle for a given launch. • The launch is privately financed without government support. LAUNCH...
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... year, in recent years, the launch-log reveals a surprising percentage of... in the United States. purchase a launch, and competitively offered by more... to provide a launch vehicle for LEO payload delivery. Launch suppliers today include... their own government-sponsored launch vehicles. Today, worldwide launch rates are appreciable... the public, there is a major launch to earth orbit (ETO) essentially.... SPACE LAUNCH DATABASE Industry observers are paying close attention to launch activity... launch vehicles that comprise today’s “operational global fleet,” including their corresponding launch... U.S., also tracks launch activity and analyzes success rates of launch systems in..., including Spaceflight Now’s Launch Log and The Space Launch Report.4,5 The logs... launch vehicle, the name of the payload(s), the location of the launch site, and the actual launch date/time, among other facts and figures. Whereas each launch... launches for communications satellites. The launch log in Ref. 4 allows a multiyear... the twenty-first century new launch providers and endusers would enter... benefit by having a choice of launch providers at varying levels of... the launch log was posted. III. SPACE LAUNCH INFRASTRUCTURE AND ACTIVITY ETO launch...’s space policies/strategies. Their respective launch sites are located around the... ETO launch vehicles employed for the missions given in the launch log... ETO-capable vehicles provides the launch customer with an array of.... Figure 3 illustrates the launch sites for the active launch vehicles, focusing on... suborbital launch sites are omitted, unless an actual orbital launch occurred from... seaboard of the U.S. The workhorse launch sites exist within the continental... NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) launch sites. Vandenberg Air Force Base... Barents Sea (submarine) launch capabilities continue to serve as well. Commercial launch sites...--the Odyssey ocean launch platform--and Wallops Flight Facility, which was originally a suborbital launch site. The Sea Launch Odyssey platform is an interesting case. The platform itself is owned and operated by Sea Launch, a multi-national corporation; it was converted from a Japanese oil platform into a floating launch site by a Norwegian company .24 However, as Odyssey’s home port is in California and Sea Launch operations are... purposes of this paper Odyssey will be considered a U.S. launch site. The emerging... Northern Hemisphere is dotted with launch sites from the equator to..., land launch sites are just as common. Several new launch sites for... of Aeronautics and Astronautics Figure 3. Launch sites employed for space access... established worldwide providers of ETO launch services. 6 American Institute of Aeronautics... Given the proliferation of ETO launch capability, a measure of worldwide space... success rates of newer space launch vehicles are attractive to prospective... the launch pad, the LV, and the spacecraft (S/C): a) Both LV and launch... the launch pad in and by another nation; or c) the launch pad..., the primary provider of ESA’s launch facilities. While there may be... a platform on the Pacific Ocean, and CIS submarine launches from Barents Sea... booster, launched from the Pacific Odyssey ocean platform, carrying an American-built... from its South America Kourou launch site. The involvement of 3 or...-occupancy payloads still dominate space launch manifests. There is, however, a trend... latter group operates many launch sites. a) Launch Vehicle Types by source Figure... payloads. b) Launch Sites by source Figure 8. Launch vehicle types (a) and launch sites (b) around.... The distribution of ETO launch vehicles and associated launch sites among the... billion was commercial revenue. The launch industry revenue portion is reported..., thus sustaining a predictable market for launch providers to make the necessary.... The referenced launch-logs note that a variety of launch providers were utilized... International Launch Services (ILS),providing either U.S. (Atlas) or Russian (Proton) launch vehicles... eight countries provide ETO space launch capability and/or satellite manufacturing...-sponsored missions or privately marketed launch services. The community of scientific... in terms of suitable launch vehicles and launch sites around the world... Office, Washington D.C. 1958 2 “The Space Launch Industry Recent Trends and Near.... 4 "Worldwide Launch Log." Spaceflight Now. 1 Feb. 2009, . 5 “The Space Launch Report.” Ed Kyle. 3 Mar. 2009, . 6 “CPIAC Launch Log.” The..., International Reference Guide to Space Launch Systems, 5th ed. (AIAA Publications... Parsley, R. C. “International Cooperation in Space Launch Propulsion,” AIAA2003-2906, AIAA International.... 2009. Nov. 2, 2009. . 24 “Facilities,” Sea Launch. 2009. Nov. 2, 2009. . 13 American...
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... defense systems, missiles, rocket engines, launch vehicles, and advanced information and... the Air Force’s Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) program. The Air.... Our Delta IV family of launch vehicles will reduce the cost... Laser, third-generation Patriot, and a sea-based system known as Navy... new Delta IV family of launch vehicles — being developed in partnership... as a valuable extension of our launch capabilities in serving commercial customers... services, with additional responsibility for launch and mission support. 767- 400... the first 767-400ER to launch customer Delta Air Lines is..., Colorado — Centrally located between major launch complexes at Cape Canaveral in... a NASA scientific mission scheduled for launch in early 1999. The Delta... the world’s most reliable expendable launch vehicle. In 1998, there were... II, failed in its inaugural launch because of problems with the... early 1999 (for more on launch vehicles, see the EELV story... development of the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) program valued at... to develop a new generation of launch vehicles that will reduce the... payloads into orbit. This initial launch services contract covers small, medium... from 2002 to 2006. First launch of the Boeing Delta IV.... 23 The Sea Launch platform, accompanied by a command ship, will launch satellites from Pacific sites near the equator. Sea Launch Prepares for Action Long Beach, California — In October, the Sea Launch platform Odyssey arrived..., Egypt (Suez Canal) and Singapore. Odyssey is a 20-story-high, 436... that will serve as the launch platform for Sea Launch, of which Boeing is... integration and mission operations. The Sea Launch Company is a joint venture of.... Sea Launch uses a Ukranian- and Russian-built rocket, the Norwegian-built Odyssey launch platform, and a 656-foot-long command ship, the Sea Launch Commander. 24 From Long Beach, the Odyssey and Sea Launch Commander, with... launch satellites. In the commercial satellite launch business — where economics is vital — a launch.... Sea Launch will demonstrate the capabilities of its ocean-based commercial launch system with its first launch in March 1999. The joint venture currently has 18 firm launch... on three different types of launch vehicles. This unprecedented, complex orchestration... 1960s, the Delta family of launch vehicles continues to evolve to... from a sea-based mobile platform in 1999. Home port for Sea Launch is Long Beach, California. Sea Launch... Warning and Control System (AWACS) platform, following the successful performance of... primarily associated with the Sea Launch program, (a commercial satellite launch venture with Norwegian... the Sea Launch program. The Sea Launch assembly and command ship and the launch platform were completed in June 1998. Boeing is a 40% partner in Sea Launch...%) from Ukraine. The first launch from this sea-based platform will be a demonstration... Systems/Loral are the first Sea Launch customers, with announced orders for.... Technical failure on the initial launch could substantially impair the prospect... of the Sea Launch program assets. Ongoing viability of the Sea Launch program will depend on consistent launch reliability. The... ready the Space Shuttle for launch. Although the joint venture operations... include the Delta family of launch vehicles. ....... The Boeing Company and... government and commercial markets, including launch services, orbital systems and exploration... significant market force affecting the launch services business is the projected... provide a full family of space launch vehicles. The Space and Communications... with the Delta family and Sea Launch commercial launch vehicles, and is the... Sea Launch team to offer highly automated commercial satellite launching from a seagoing launch platform. First launch is currently scheduled for March... Delta IV family of expendable launch vehicles. These product offerings provide... significant portions of the space launch market not previously available with... the U.S. Air Force Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program, positions the Company... the migration to platforms and platform teams modeled, to some degree...% partnership in the Sea Launch program, a commercial satellite launch venture with Norwegian, Russian...
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... the dense metal-based “sister” platform, the ISS. There are also... and reliability of high altitude platform systems and private space transportation...-built Zenit 3SL provided by Sea Launch, LLC. All 2005 4.3.1 Status of... Arthur C. Clarke in “2001: A Space Odyssey”. and underlying technical R&D. (Editor’s Note.... Kg to 100 Km Launch Site Ocean launch landing. & Services Aera Space... Force Cape Canaveral Launch Facility- 5 year agreement. Orbital. Launch to LEO of...&EndDate=5/19/2006 Balloon Launch Reusable Vehicle Balloon launch and then Negev... (4500 Kg to LEO) Sea Star. Microsat Launch Vehicle. Stage and a Half... Balloon. Can be used as Launch Platform to LEO using ion engines... and Satellite and Cargo launch. sub-orbital Tow launch of reusable space... Tourism and nanosatellite launch. Xerus can also launch 10kg kg microsatellite to... ISS, with the first launch of RpK’s K-1 launch vehicle in late 2008... a so-called “tow launch” technology. The current launch system employs a modified 747... a license for the launch and that the launch event had been of... the issue of the launch site and the launch operations from a fully... K-1 Vehicle Now Slated for Launch from the Woomera Launch Center in 2007... a processing bay; the Launch Service Structure and orbital Launch Pad 1; the Spacecraft... owns two launch pads at Wallops. Launch pad 0B, its first launch pad, was designed as a “universal launch pad... its Conestoga launch vehicle. The Conestoga made one launch from launch pad 0A... To be determined Launch Control Facility, SubOrbital Launch Platform 13,500 ft runway... in a road and a launch platform facility, along with a launch control facility. Mission control... to support reusable launch vehicles (RLVs), but suborbital expendable launch vehicles (ELVs... projects include adding orbital launch capabilities for Reusable Launch Vehicles (RLVs). Spaceport... from the K-1 launch. (See earlier discussion of Australian launch development in Section... envisioned to reduce launch costs and allow flexible launch scheduling based essentially.... Floating Sea-launch: Neptune Spaceliner launch operations will be carried out at sea using a technique called floating launch that was first developed by the Italian San Marco launch platform... perfected more recently by the Sea Launch Corporation. A floating-launched rocket is... the water. An expensive floating sea-launch platform is not required. Just like... the world 2) Floating-launch systems are portable 3) Launch insurance costs are substantially... floating-launch. Captain Draim held the original patents on floating launch. Launch operations... carry out the launch and recovery operations at sea. Initial launches will... capability required of a reusable launch vehicle (RLV) to launch a payload to low... physiological effects of launch and reentry that the launch providers can use... Space”. Premiere of “2001, A Space Odyssey” – Academy Award winning movie by..., Israel 13 San Marco Ocean Platform-Italy 14 Baikonur/Tyuratam, CIS... Taiyuan/Wuzhai Italy San Marco platform 2.9o S 37.5 N o 102.0 E o India Sriharikota... SAN MARCO Italy's offshore orbital launch platform is today little used. This... San Marco platform provides the launch pad, while Santa Rita platform houses blockhouse... have been launched from this platform. 9. JAPAN KAGOSHIMA SPACE CENTER Japan... the last Apollo lunar launch in 1972, Launch Complex 39 supported Skylab... federal launch ranges currently provide launch safety services for the launch of expendable launch... at a government launch site) exposed to risk from a commercial launch (1 x 10-\5\) than... For a reusable launch vehicle, outside a designated landing site. For a launch that takes... subchapter. PART 431--LAUNCH AND REENTRY OF A REUSABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE (RLV) 5. The... of coverage for licensed launch, including sub-orbital launch, or permitted activities... launch or reenter a launch or reentry vehicle. Licensed activity means the launch of a launch... of coverage for licensed launch, including sub-orbital launch, or permitted activities... launch or permitted activities at a launch or reentry site; and (2) For orbital launch... ignition of the launch vehicle. (3) For a sub-orbital launch, until the later... of United States launch or reentry property or launch or reentry services... 1: Information Requirements for Licensed Launch, Including Sub-orbital Launch I. General Information A. Mission.... 5. Identification of the launch site facility, including the launch complex on the site, planned date of launch, and launch windows... proposed activities. B. Launch vehicle description. 1. General description of the launch vehicle and... of Responsibility for Licensed Launch, including Suborbital Launch THIS AGREEMENT is entered... the launch of [Payload] payload on a [Launch Vehicle] vehicle at [Location of Launch... assist in space launch. Orbital Sciences Corporation’s Pegasus launch vehicle is air... public safety of the launch and reentry of launch and reentry vehicles...