sh1pman Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 16 hours ago, Ultimate Steve said: Interesting, a mission extension vehicle launched on this most recent Proton. It will grapple old sats by the engine and provide ~15 years worth of control propellant. Its first mission is to extend the life of Intelsat 901 by 5 years. Like this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 46 minutes ago, sh1pman said: Like this? Actually, that’s pretty darn close. it’ll use a docking probe inserted into the throat of the target sat’s kick motor, then pull it against those klaw-looking bits for a solid connection. Basically a new attitude/propulsion unit. Will be able to do this two or three more times, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 They said FGB is too heavy, too expensive. For an orbital station. And here is an FGB for just a satellite. TKS was cancelled for our sins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 By late 2021, for 373 mln RUR (~6 mln USD) TsNIImash will provide a research for Roscosmos, concerning robots usage on the Moon surface, before the human flights to the Moon. By that time the suggestions on life support air&water regeneration will be developed. Also for the Moon development will be assisted by robot squads commanded by a human; crewed flights with intellectual robot management; squads of uncrewed lunar crafts interacting between each other. And they should invent how to use 3d printers beyond the Earth, too. Also a crew selection and training program should be developed, and requirements on the lunar launch/landing infrastructure. By 2022 there should be developed a program of Moon development till 2030 and later. The Russian Moon development project consists of three phases. Phase #1 "Foray / Вылазка" includes several uncrewed orbital probes and Luna-27 lander. The latter will explore a place for a base. Phase #2 "Outpost / Форпост" - near-lunar orbbital station and lunar lander, first uncrewed, then crewed. Also robots training, energetic module delivery. Phase #3 "Base / База" - a ground base. https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=ru&sl=ru&tl=en&u=https://www.interfax.ru/russia/679988 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted October 13, 2019 Author Share Posted October 13, 2019 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh1pman Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 (edited) Edited October 15, 2019 by sh1pman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wjolcz Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 (edited) On 10/11/2019 at 11:01 AM, CatastrophicFailure said: Actually, that’s pretty darn close. it’ll use a docking probe inserted into the throat of the target sat’s kick motor, then pull it against those klaw-looking bits for a solid connection. Basically a new attitude/propulsion unit. Will be able to do this two or three more times, too. This is actually pretty interesting because in the X-37 thread we were speculating what the spaceplane is for. It has A LOT of dV and in theory it could rendezvous and disable/cripple other satellites and/or scare them away forcing them to run out of fuel. You could use a tug, like the one posted by you, to move them back to their original (presumably more useful) orbits. I'm not saying that's exactly what happens, but it's a really good countermeasure against a reusable spysat that can launch, rendezvous with practically anything in LEO, land and relaunch. Edited October 15, 2019 by Wjolcz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 Quote Roscosmos to build robotic Centaur If they add a tail with drill, it will be a manticora. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 (edited) The Moscow city authorities have agreed on the National Space Center tower construction. It will be a 200 m high three-edged rocket on the Khrunichev's Center territory. The construction will take three years. The money is already provided. According to presentation, it will cost 25 bln RUR (~400 mln USD). https://www.rbc.ru/rbcfreenews/5dab1b219a79470ef41988b8 Edited October 19, 2019 by kerbiloid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 17 hours ago, kerbiloid said: The Moscow city authorities have agreed on the National Space Center tower construction. It will be a 200 m high three-edged rocket on the Khrunichev's Center territory. The construction will take three years. The money is already provided. According to presentation, it will cost 25 bln RUR (~400 mln USD). https://www.rbc.ru/rbcfreenews/5dab1b219a79470ef41988b8 Fake water tower! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, DDE said: Fake water tower! Let Musk live in his tin cystern if he prefers. While he is modding a craft, wise people make the rocket with KerbalKonstructs. Edited October 20, 2019 by kerbiloid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 Apparently, Oryol is still to be integrated with Soyuz-5 (as well). https://ria.ru/20191020/1559988866.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 Something's funky is going on with the most recent military Soyuz-2.1v launch. NORAD is reporting not four but a full eight satellites, but all but one evade visual detection. Speculation abound. https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=48521.60 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 (edited) 13 hours ago, DDE said: NORAD is reporting not four but a full eight satellites, but all but one evade visual detection. Spoiler Quote eight Strange. Should be twelve. Spoiler Probably, four stay on the scooters. Edited October 28, 2019 by kerbiloid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 Probably, the Angara 1.2 contract is cancelled.https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=ru&sl=ru&tl=en&u=https://www.rbc.ru/business/02/11/2019/5dbcd8859a794714c904d57c Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh1pman Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 4 hours ago, kerbiloid said: Probably, the Angara 1.2 contract is cancelled.https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=ru&sl=ru&tl=en&u=https://www.rbc.ru/business/02/11/2019/5dbcd8859a794714c904d57c Good, light Angara is useless anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 The Fedor won't fly again. "His" children will. Don't ask about details, just face it. https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=ru&sl=ru&tl=en&u=https://www.interfax.ru/russia/684037 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted November 13, 2019 Author Share Posted November 13, 2019 24 minutes ago, kerbiloid said: Don't ask about details, just face it. This is a family-friendly website, after all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 The Deputy General Director for Production of the Progress Rocket and Space Center died in road accident. https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=ru&sl=ru&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.interfax.ru%2Frussia%2F684026&sandbox=1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jim Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 8 minutes ago, kerbiloid said: The Deputy General Director for Production of the Progress Rocket and Space Center died in road accident. https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=ru&sl=ru&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.interfax.ru%2Frussia%2F684026&sandbox=1 RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 Roscosmos have published their NY gift procurement orders: https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&nv=1&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=auto&sp=nmt4&tl=en&u=https://www.interfax.ru/russia/684057&xid=17259,15700023,15700186,15700191,15700256,15700259,15700262,15700265,15700271,15700280,15700283&usg=ALkJrhgiCAmNxNXguSWj7MUTHDxXM1jH8g Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 (edited) The souvenir foodbelts are the best. Also a helmet set with cans of space drinks would be nice. Edited November 14, 2019 by kerbiloid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh1pman Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 Roscosmos filed a patent for a combined cycle engine for... spaceplanes? Hypersonic air launch motherships? Quote MOSCOW, Nov 18 - RIA Novosti. Roscosmos received a patent for an engine scheme for an aircraft capable of briefly flying at hypersonic speed and launching rockets into space, the description of the invention, which is published on the website of Rospatent, says. Roscosmos specialists developed a combined engine scheme combining the capabilities of an air-jet engine and a liquid-propellant rocket engine. The invention, as stated in the description thereto, "can be used to create an aerospace horizontal launch system or to create an aircraft that will be able to carry out short-term flight at hypersonic speed." This engine is proposed to be used mainly on an accelerator aircraft, which will take off from the airfield, gain speed up to Mach 6 and, acting as a kind of first stage, launch a rocket into space. The relevance of the development at Roskosmos is confirmed by similar work underway in the United States and Great Britain to create a combined engine under the SABRE program. Foreign development, as noted in the description of the invention, has a complex engine design. Russian invention is simpler. https://ria.ru/20191118/1561051596.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, sh1pman said: Hypersonic air launch motherships? Or hypersonic air launch missille carriers. Particularly, because 2 hours ago, sh1pman said: invention is simpler. Edited November 18, 2019 by kerbiloid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh1pman Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 12 minutes ago, kerbiloid said: Or hypersonic air launch missille carriers. Particularly, because Right, who needs a complex pre-cooler when the engine itself is supposed to be expendable? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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