Tuesday, February 16, 2016

The upper stage “Briz-KM” orbited Sentinel-3A satellite – RIA Novosti

 European space Operations Centre. Archival photo

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MOSCOW, February 16 – RIA Novosti Started in 20.58 MSK from the state test cosmodrome Plesetsk in Arkhangelsk Oblast booster lung. class “Rokot” at set times successfully put into orbit the European spacecraft “Sentinel-3A” ( “Sentinel-3A”), told RIA Novosti the press service and information of the Ministry of defense of the Russian Federation.

Start ” Rokot “and removal of the spacecraft Sentinel-3A into orbit passed in a regular mode

After separation from the upper stage.” Breeze-KM “European satellite Sentinel-3A was adopted to manage the launch customer – the European space Agency (ESA ).

The satellite Sentinel-3A is used for ocean observation and climate change. The lead vehicle manufacturer is the French unit of Franco-Italian group Thales Alenia Space. mass of the satellite reaches 1.25 tons. As expected, the Sentinel 3A will be located on a sun-synchronous orbit at an altitude of about 800 km.

In total, under this project, ESA has planned seven missions, during each of which certain research equipment will be put into orbit . In particular, the Sentinel-1 – radar, the Sentinel-2 – opto-electronics, the Sentinel-3 – equipment designed to monitor oceans, the Sentinel-4 – Tools for monitoring the atmosphere. It is planned that all seven missions will cover the whole range of scientific observations of the Earth.

The company Eurockot Launch Services GmbH ( “Eurockot”) was established in 1995 and is engaged in marketing of light class Russian carrier rocket “Rokot” and provides its commercial operation in the world market launches of spacecraft into low orbits. Currently Eurockot is a joint venture between Airbus Safran Launchers and the State Research and Production Space Center Khrunichev.

Launch vehicle light class “Rokot”, which produces the Khrunichev Center, established in the framework of the conversion program on the basis of a release with weapons mezhkontenentalnoy ballistic missile RS-18.

The rocket consists of the accelerator unit in the transport and launch container, which includes first and second stages, and the space head part consisting of the upper stage “Breeze-KM” fairing , transition systems, intermediate compartment and the payload bay. The first launch of “Rokot” took place from the Plesetsk cosmodrome May 16, 2000. To date, 23 rocket launch was made from Plesetsk.

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