MOSCOW, April 27th. / TASS /. The first launch of the rocket “Soyuz-2.1a” with Russia’s new Vostochny cosmodrome, which was to be held on Wednesday at 5:01 MSK, was postponed for a day for 1.5 minutes before the start, the reasons for studying the Commission, but we already know that the starting system of the Baikonur launch cancellation is irrelevant. This was reported in the state corporation “Roscosmos”.
The rocket was supposed to launch the spacecraft “Mikhail Lomonosov”, “Aist-2D” and SamSat-218. The night before “Soyuz-2.1a” was fueled with propellant components by the decision of the state commission, was later approved starting at 5:01 MSK.
“Automation rebound gave the start of a space rocket” Soyuz-2.1a “from the cosmodrome Vostochny . for 1.5 minutes before the start of the backup start date, 28 April, the Commission examines the reasons preserved rebound starting on the findings of the commission will be announced later… “, – said the” Roskosmos “
According to the press reporters Secretary of the Russian President, Dmitry Peskov, the President arrived at the launch site, Vladimir Putin, to watch the first start. He delayed on the East until they are clarified the prospects for launching a day.
The Russian carrier rocket “Soyuz-2.1a”. Profile
Satellites “Lomonosov”, “Aist-2D” and SamSat-218. Profile
End 1.5 minutes
to hang up command has been issued for 1.5 minutes before the start. Prior to that, the speaker at the launch site announced that the first launch postponed for a day. “Bring the launch pad to its original state”, – he said. After this ad speaker all managers work went to a meeting to discuss the reasons for canceling the start.
Before you undo the announcer start command “key on the drain.” As explained by a source in the space industry, this team goes to the team, “board – earth” and separating the mast maintenance and the next start. The “Key to the drain” means closing drain valves, through which went removal of the evaporating liquid oxygen from the rocket into the atmosphere that is visually manifested in white clouds enveloping the missile.
What is important to know about the cosmodrome East
Baikonur do with it
According to the first deputy head of “Roskosmos” Alexander Ivanov, corporation already has internal data on start cancellation, but more needs to find out the exact causes of the commission. “It was not long, but we know the place where it happened, we know why this happened,” – he said,
At the same time, he stressed that the cancellation of the launch is not related to the very infrastructure of the cosmodrome.. “There has been some failure, it is necessary to understand and fix it to the mobile towers or home system is not relevant.” – Ivanov said. He also ruled out the human factor of the possible reasons for canceling the start.
Earlier, a source in the space industry told Tass that the start was postponed for technical reasons.
In turn, the head of “Russian Space Agency “Igor Komarov said that at present the identified problem has been eliminated. “We managed well enough to locate the problem areas, which could all happen, and now works on working out and use a spare set and determine the exact reason”, – he said
The official representative of “Roscosmos” Igor Bourenkov at. it noted that all of the cosmodrome Vostochny system “operate normally, and successfully demonstrate what happens to the launch vehicle.” Automation and telemetry reception at the launch site and working properly. According to him, some emergency had happened. “The system we showed that it is better start to postpone”, – said Bourenkov
Putin remains
Russian President personally came to Baikonur to watch the start and after the cancellation of the start decided to stay on. East until they are clarified the prospects for re-launching, scheduled for April 28.
According to the press secretary of the head of state, Putin on Wednesday morning I arrived in Blagoveshchensk, where went to the East. In anticipation of the planned launch of the president was informed about the work of the spaceport and modes of automation of work.
According to a report on the website of the Kremlin, the President has already held meetings on the second and third stage of the launch site and the construction of the Science Town Tsiolkovsky.
the responsibility to guide
According to the head of state corporation “Roscosmos”, responsible for the abolition of the trigger from the East lies with those in charge of the rocket and space industry. “As usual, the responsibility for what happens in the space sector, is on those people who are engaged in and direct,” – he told reporters.
head “Roskosmos” said the first launch of a new start table and even more so with the new cosmodrome – “this theme of responsibility.” At the same time, he noted that such precedents transfer startup has already happened in the past.
Not the first time
A similar situation occurred in 2014 when the booster rocket “Angara” light class for the first time I was supposed to take off from the Plesetsk cosmodrome on 27 June but tripped automatic cancellation of the launch. He moved for a day, but the launch did not take place and the next day. The rocket took off from the launch pad to carry out additional checks.
As a result of the first test launch of the “Angara” was successfully held on July 9th. The layout of the payload from the second stage of the new Russian rocket light class “Angara-1.2pp” hit the target area of the Kura test site on the Kamchatka Peninsula. The program of the first flight of a rocket “Angara-1.2pp” removal of objects was not provided into orbit.
At the beginning of this week, on March 26 from Kourou in Guiana Space Center successfully launched a carrier rocket “Soyuz-ST “with European satellites. Its launch also transferred three times in a row, at the same time twice because of unfavorable conditions and once because of a technical problem.
In addition, in early March, was delayed launch from Baikonur rocket with a Russian satellite remote sensing (ERS) “Resurs-P” №3. Initially the “Soyuz-2.1b” was supposed to start on March 12 but due to the automatic shutdown of the engine start-up was canceled and transferred to the backup date – March 13
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