"Proton" put into orbit an American satellite

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"Proton" put into orbit an American satellite

The Proton-M launch vehicle, the launch of which was postponed twice, put the American communications satellite Sirius FM-6 into the calculated orbit. This was reported in Roscosmos.

"Proton" launched on the eve of about 22: 08 MSK from the Baikonur cosmodrome. At the estimated time - in 07: 19 Moscow time Saturday - the satellite separated from the upper stage "Breeze-M" and went into orbit. “Thus, the Russian part of the program for its launching into orbit is completed,” RIA quotes.News"representative of Roscosmos.

The launch date of the Sirius FM-6 was postponed twice. At first, October 20 was postponed for a day, and then indefinitely. As noted in Roscosmos, this was done at the request of the Americans due to problems at the reception station in South Africa.

Sirius satellite was launched under a contract with International Launch Services Inc. (ILS), which has the exclusive right to marketing and commercial operation of the Protons. Sirius FM-6 is owned by satellite operator Sirius XM Radio (Satellite CD Radio, Inc).

Satellites of this type will operate in geostationary orbit. It is capable of emitting twice as powerful a signal as its predecessors and, thus, will become the largest and most powerful spacecraft of the company. The coverage area of ​​Sirius is the territory of North America. The lifetime of the satellite is more than 15 years.

The current launch of "Proton" is the second since the accident of a carrier of this type, which took place on July 2. Recall, July 2 rocket was supposed to put into orbit three GLONASS satellites. However, at the tenth second of the flight, the rocket changed its trajectory, caught fire, fell on the territory of the Baikonur cosmodrome and exploded.

A special commission investigating the catastrophe concluded that the angular velocity sensors were installed incorrectly on the Proton. Following the investigation, three employees, including the deputy head of the Khrunichev Center, lost their posts, and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev announced the head of Roskosmos, Vladimir Popovkin, a reprimand for improper performance of duties.
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  1. +12
    28 October 2013 13: 13
    "Proton" put into orbit an American satellite
    I am glad for Proton, but he would be even more happy if OUR satellites, especially GLONASS ...
    1. alatau_09
      +30
      28 October 2013 13: 25
      It’s strange how the Yusovian cargo takes off, as yours is not a regular situation ... trace the statue ...
      1. +10
        28 October 2013 13: 29
        There wasn’t anything strange, there weren’t any freights, and grandmas need to be written off, so Protons are falling with GLONAS satellites (more precisely, with their mock-ups).
        1. +9
          28 October 2013 13: 56
          it would be better if the Proton satellite Sirius brought it out of orbit, the news would have caused much greater interest wassat
        2. 0
          28 October 2013 18: 55
          And then where are the satellites doing? They do it after all. Or not?
        3. +1
          29 October 2013 01: 52
          if the satellite is Russian, Proton has no chance!
      2. +11
        28 October 2013 13: 56
        Quote: alatau_09
        Strange

        And for me it is high time to draw conclusions and look. as the IVS used to say - "Each state of emergency has its own SURNAME, NAME and PATTERNAME ..."
      3. +3
        28 October 2013 14: 14
        Directly removed from the tongue!
        1. +5
          28 October 2013 14: 29
          were there 3 GLONASS satellites on that proton ...
          What thread was a dummy instead of 3 satellites.
          Loot type worked, then 3 more to build - again loot.
          Something like this...
          It was definitely a diversion.
          1. +5
            28 October 2013 15: 30
            I see that our satellites are falling, while imported birds are taking off. Somehow selectively, somehow suspiciously - am I really paranoid? Can shake this office properly? not to arrange an official leapfrog, but to recall the successful manager Lavrentiy Palych ...
            1. +2
              28 October 2013 21: 22
              no, you’re not paranoid. it’s very simple. the Yusovskiy satellite if it falls due to a proton, you will have to pay huge grandmothers to us.
          2. bask
            +1
            28 October 2013 19: 21
            Quote: afire
            were there 3 GLONASS satellites on that proton?

            Proton "launched an American satellite into orbit

            So I’m talking about something. Like the launch of Proton with satellites GLONASS, it’s an accident.
            As with ameroskimi, everything is normal.
      4. +4
        28 October 2013 18: 10
        You just need to mix the loads - our three + one Yankees and everything will be displayed normally.
      5. surveyor
        +1
        28 October 2013 23: 57
        I'm a noob full, but still? ..... maybe our satellite is heavier? grams by 300 ... but over alak they are generally why they are lost.
        ps Sorry for the lawlessness, but offensive to the homeland.
      6. 0
        16 May 2014 09: 33
        You my friend looked into the water ... Today is 16.05.2014/XNUMX/XNUMX. Proton M with our communications satellite fell. (((
    2. +2
      28 October 2013 17: 58
      The main thing is that the Americans pay for it, and with their money we will do our companions smile
      1. +1
        28 October 2013 21: 23
        Quote: MAKCs
        The main thing is that the Americans pay for it, and with their money we will do our companions


        which then fall with protons.
  2. +4
    28 October 2013 13: 14
    Really it was necessary to arrange a separation to Roskosmos so that the Protons began to fly and not fall, we'll see later when they fly with our satellites.
    1. Analyst
      +1
      28 October 2013 13: 43
      Quote: Edward72
      Really it was necessary to arrange a demolition of Roskosmos

      Now, if everyone thought so! Ehh
    2. demeen1
      0
      28 October 2013 13: 52
      Do you think it’s worth launching them, maybe they’ll immediately put them under the ice rink and say they’ve lost them during transportation, the drawer didn’t screw the box properly.
  3. +4
    28 October 2013 13: 14
    Great of course.
    Our satellites are ruined by bundles, and the American are put into space in safety and security.
    This situation leads to certain thoughts about the NKVD and BERIJA-who should send the forest to Kolyma.
    1. +3
      28 October 2013 13: 33
      Neither Beria, nor the NKVD, nor forests in Kolyma were left. Previously, the world revolved around IDEAS, and now in the circle of the exchange.
      1. demeen1
        +2
        28 October 2013 13: 57
        You want to say that you have already mastered all of Russia, you are mistaken, there is the yet undeveloped southern coast of the Arctic Ocean, though there is nothing like Beria
        1. +1
          28 October 2013 18: 52
          Quote: Canep
          no forests in Kolyma left.

          Quote: demeen1
          there is still the undeveloped southern coast of the Arctic Ocean,

          So let them plant a forest there.
  4. +3
    28 October 2013 13: 17
    Russia as a shoemaker without boots, we launch aliens into space, and ours into the ocean
  5. +2
    28 October 2013 13: 20
    Rogozin is also happy https://twitter.com/Rogozin/status/393978824490115072
  6. +5
    28 October 2013 13: 27
    something strange with protons. I'm not paranoid, but why did the Yankees suddenly ask to postpone the launch? why there are no questions with foreign satellites, but ours often crash? in Soviet times, Chekists would have rummaged all the enterprises that were tied up
  7. +4
    28 October 2013 13: 33
    For some reason, I’m not surprised how foreign satellites can get out without problems, but as domestic satellites, it doesn’t fly, I got out of control ... obviously someone is standing behind this unarmed eye ...
  8. +1
    28 October 2013 13: 40
    strange and why aren't the Americans abandoned the proton with the latest private what they even didn’t grimace to the mistakes of others meticulous request
    1. +2
      28 October 2013 14: 47
      starhina Quote. it’s strange why Americans didn’t abandon the proton with the latest state of emergencys, what even they do not grimace, they didn’t scrupulously scary to other people's mistakes

      Apparently they know the true reason, unlike our FSB. Therefore, it’s GLONAS
      satellites stubbornly do not enter orbit For decades, we can not create a full
      grouping - equivalent to GPS. It seems that many "moles" have dug in in our country, from bottom to top, and modern "mole catchers" do not even catch mice.
  9. 0
    28 October 2013 13: 42
    Hare launch other people's satellites, you need to create and launch your own !!!!
  10. +1
    28 October 2013 13: 44
    Protons fly it well. It’s only a pity that it’s not with our companions or something else. It would also be nice to attach something to their satellites without a pale to read the information, and at the crucial moment to destroy the satellite altogether. Like, you yourself release such shit, everything breaks down.
  11. +2
    28 October 2013 13: 44
    I wonder if the rocket was sprinkled with "holy water" before launch.
    If so, did Kropilshik receive a bonus for successful work, and in what currency it was paid.
  12. 0
    28 October 2013 13: 54
    The news is good, we hope that conclusions from the last unsuccessful launches are made and the emergency will not happen again.
  13. Algor73
    +2
    28 October 2013 13: 55
    Protons are not bad launch vehicles. This confirms the lines of their use. But what falls, somehow does not fit into a logical chain - either for "foreigners" one requirement for quality, but for their own another, or someone's planned action.
  14. +1
    28 October 2013 14: 24
    Amazing Why is there never an accident when there are foreign satellites aboard the Proton? And ours, domestic suffer disasters and quite often. It leads to certain thoughts.
  15. Peaceful military
    +1
    28 October 2013 14: 46
    It's a shame, still comes out with his companions. It seems to me that this is no accident.
  16. DPN
    0
    28 October 2013 15: 11
    In general, they’re not happy about anything. Most likely, when the Russian satellites are launched, theft of money or the accumulation of capital by senior persons occurs. It is not possible to do this with Western satellites, if they don’t plant it, they’ll certainly lose their bread place.
  17. DPN
    0
    28 October 2013 15: 17
    Quote: chunga-changa
    I wonder if the rocket was sprinkled with "holy water" before launch.
    If so, did Kropilshik receive a bonus for successful work, and in what currency it was paid.

    It’s GOOD noticed, in the SOVIET time they simply hiked on a wheel and rockets flew, and now even SEVENTH WATER DOES NOT ALWAYS HELP.
  18. +1
    28 October 2013 16: 46
    Well, at least our missiles do not fall with American satellites. Hooray!
  19. +1
    28 October 2013 16: 53
    If GLONASS doesn't fly, then someone needs it?
    1. AK-47
      0
      28 October 2013 18: 49
      Quote: Neighbor
      If GLONASS doesn't fly, then someone needs it?

      Competitors definitely.
  20. 0
    28 October 2013 16: 59
    Quote: alatau_09
    It’s strange how the Yusovian cargo takes off, as yours is not a regular situation ... trace the statue ...

    I have developed a strong suspicion that someone seriously opposed the deployment in full of our GLONAS system. And it goes to great lengths to disrupt the success of launches.
    From sabotage to bribery ... I would be glad to be mistaken.
  21. vitatin
    0
    28 October 2013 18: 27
    The Sirius satellite was launched under a contract with International Launch Services Inc. (ILS), which has the exclusive right to marketing and commercial exploitation of Protons. Sirius FM-6 belongs to the satellite operator Sirius XM Radio (Satellite CD Radio, Inc).
    I didn’t understand something. To launch protons, now I need to ask permission from the Americans? Yes, and pay money for the operation? It's all ... damn no words
  22. +1
    28 October 2013 18: 49
    I didn’t understand something. To launch protons, now I need to ask permission from the Americans?

    In 1993, GKNPTs, RSC Energia and the American corporation Lockheed created the Lockheed-Khrunichev-Energia joint venture (LHE). The main goal of the joint venture was the marketing of launch services for the Proton LV. Within the framework of this enterprise, the GKNPTs ensured the manufacture of the launch vehicle, the adaptation of the payload to it, the development and manufacture of the fairing and the provision of launch services. The joint venture "LHE" was reorganized into the JV International Launch Services Inc on June 7, 1995 .. The majority stake in ILS belongs to the Russian State Space Research and Production Center named after M.V. Khrunichev (Moscow), the developer and manufacturer of the launch vehicle " Proton "and" Angara ".

    So this is a joint venture, the leader of which is the Khrunichev Research and Production Center. For this reason, they take me envy:
    The life of the satellite is more than 15 years.
  23. skiffdv
    0
    28 October 2013 19: 20
    A strange trend. ROSKOSMOS cannot display Russian satellites, either the polarity of the sensors is in the way, or something else. But KA of foreign customers is easy. The question is, whose agency is this? Obviously not ours.
  24. 0
    28 October 2013 19: 38
    The paradoxical situation is that Americans are not afraid to display their satellites with our Protons and the paradox is that they really bring them out.
    1. 0
      28 October 2013 19: 55
      Quote: APASUS
      The paradoxical situation is that Americans are not afraid to display their satellites with our Protons and the paradox is that they really bring them out.

      Nothing paradoxical. Commercial satellites, and Proton is an excellent carrier.
    2. 0
      28 October 2013 20: 28
      Perhaps the launch cost and the set of services are different for us and the Americans. That is, the Americans pay additionally for checks, so that the sensors are not put upside down, so that telemetry is at the entire stage of the output and the like, in short, they "saw the printed loot" in full in terms of the topvar.

      And ours save on checks, the main thing is that the priest waved a broom, and as a result, the same launch vehicles from Roscosmos and International Launch Services Inc fly a little differently.

      This is just an assumption.
  25. 0
    28 October 2013 19: 51
    I hope to stray to listen to all of North America screwed there)))) therefore did not fall
  26. 0
    28 October 2013 20: 03
    Maybe everything is simpler? We launch domestic satellites "from a hangover," and foreign ones seem to be sober. I probably don't want to be dishonored. request
  27. vitatin
    0
    28 October 2013 20: 05
    zennon, the exclusive right to commercial operation, it’s the same as with gas, for example. The deposit and production belongs to Russia, and where to sell and at what prices the Americans are already deciding. I won’t argue, but nevertheless they let these Yankees into the very-most bins, nowhere else to go, an echo of the dashing 90s. It remains to sell the right to approve the routes of Russian nuclear submarines in the oceans.
  28. July
    0
    28 October 2013 20: 40
    "Proton" put into orbit an American satellite , I just want to add "dual-use to the detriment of Russian interests"
  29. 0
    28 October 2013 20: 48
    and where to sell and at what prices the Americans are already deciding.

    No, we launch our own load. The task of Amers is to search for commercial cargo over the hill. Do not forget the largest manufacturers of satellite mattresses. By the way, Lockheed itself is the largest corporation in the world military-industrial complex, which has a bunch of joint ventures with many countries. space products. They have a Lockheed Martin Space Systems division. They have vast experience in organizing, licensing, certified
    and production. You do not need to see the machinations of enemies in everything - it may end in a neurosis.
  30. 0
    28 October 2013 21: 45
    Once again, another "Proton" has confirmed its allergy exclusively to our satellites. Yes, it's time to grab someone for .... Surname, Name and Patronymic.
  31. 0
    28 October 2013 21: 54
    We will wait with GLONAS satellites! The rest does not count
  32. 0
    28 October 2013 22: 12
    this satellite still comes around to us
  33. 0
    28 October 2013 22: 42
    I wonder what the fuck ... International Launch Services Inc. (ILS) has exclusive rights to marketing and commercial exploitation of Protons?
  34. UVB
    0
    28 October 2013 23: 07
    Quote: strannik595
    it would be better if the Proton satellite Sirius brought it out of orbit, the news would have caused much greater interest wassat

    "Buran" could take out of orbit. Thanks MSG!

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