Tag: Zenit
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Russia debuts new rocket with maiden Soyuz-5 launch
Russia’s brand new Soyuz-5 rocket made its first flight on Saturday, lifting off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Thursday on a suborbital demonstration mission with a dummy payload that will pave the way for its entry into service. This launch is something the Baikonur Cosmodrome has not witnessed for many decades – the debut of…
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Zenit rocket lofts AngoSat-1
Over two years after its last launch, Russia and Ukraine’s Zenit rocket launched Wednesday, deploying Angola’s first satellite, AngoSat-1, in a mission from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The launch – Russia’s last of 2017, and likely the last launch of the year worldwide – occurred at 01:00 local time (19:00 UTC on Tuesday). At…
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Photos: Zenit rocket soars on perhaps its last launch
A Zenit rocket fired away from a Kazakh launch pad Friday with a Russian weather satellite, and the launch marked what could be the Ukrainian-made booster’s final flight. One more Zenit rocket is built for launch of a Russian astronomical telescope in 2017, but Russian authorities are considering switching the payload to a Proton launcher.…
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Zenit successfully launches on likely swansong with Elektro-L
The Zenit rocket has successfully conducted what is likely to be its final flight Friday, successfully delivering Russia’s Elektro-L No.2 weather satellite into orbit following a lengthy flight. Liftoff occurred at 19:45 local time (13:45 UTC) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Zenit Launch: The launch of Elektro-L No.2 was the first outing for a…
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Zenit rocket raised on launch pad for possible final flight
In the run up to what may be the final flight of a Zenit launcher, a Russian-Ukrainian creation that represented a new age of Soviet-era rocketry, ground crews transferred the powerful booster to a launch pad Wednesday at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The Zenit rocket reached its launch pad, part of Baikonur’s Complex 45 site, Wednesday…
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Russian engineers battling to restore stricken Fobos-Grunt spacecraft
Despite several valiant attempts, Russian experts are still unable to command the Fobos-Grunt spacecraft back to nominal operations – which is required for it to carry out two critical burns to head to its Phobos destination. The spacecraft is expected to wander around in Low Earth Orbit for some time, although controllers only have two…
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Russian Zenit-2 launches Fobos-Grunt – Battle on to save mission
A Russian Zenit-2 launch vehicle lofted Russia’s Fobos-Grunt spacecraft into orbit – launching at 02:16 local time on Wednesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome – ahead of its sample return mission to Phobos, along with China’s first Mars probe, Yinghuo-1. However, both of the two planned burns to send it on its way to Mars failed, related to problems with the flight computer.…
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Zenit 3SLB launches successfully with Intelsat-18 satellite
The Sea Launch company’s Land Launch division have followed up their return to flight of their oceanic adventures with the launch of their Zenit 3SLB, which is carrying the Intelsat-18 telecommunications satellite into orbit. Launch was on schedule at 17:00 Eastern (21:00 UTC) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, ahead of over six hours of flight…
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Zenit-3SLB launches repaired MEASAT-3a into orbit
Sea Launch have successfully launched their Zenit-3SLB launch vehicle, carrying the MEASAT-3a telecommunication satellite. The Land Launch branch of the multi-national company lofted the Orbital Sciences built satellite into a geosynchronous transfer orbit from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Zenit-3SLB is derived from the Zenit-2SLB, and further modified from the Zenit-3SL used by Sea…
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Sea Launch Zenit-3SL lifts off with Italy’s SICRAL 1A
Sea Launch were in action early this morning, with the launch of SICRAL 1A – an Italian military communications satellite. Liftoff was at the opening of a 57-minute window, at 1:16am PDT (08:16 GMT), from the Odyssey Launch Platform out in the Pacific Ocean. The Zenit-3SL is a hybrid concept developed by RSC Energia. The…