Codraroll Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 1 hour ago, DDE said: Our earlier heroes, Panorama, now "report" that the Russian Orthodox Church has declared the creation of a Lunar Exarchate: VK comments be like: "Which mod is that?" "Sod taking over Ukraine, let's go for something easier and more achievable. Like the moon." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 It's not a downloadable mod, but there were two such churches several years ago on the Russian KSP site (idk, if it's currentl;y banned or not here), and youtube videos with them. 23 minutes ago, Codraroll said: Sod taking over Ukraine You've already jinxed it by mentioning too often, you see? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 On 10/8/2022 at 12:37 PM, Codraroll said: On 10/7/2022 at 10:23 PM, kerbiloid said: The word filter and forum rules wouldn't allow the direct link, but after the google "melnik musk diplomatic reply", maybe somebody just did what he was asked for... That would put Musk in a whole world of trouble with the US government, so it's probably not his doing. Turning off Starlink to the Ukrainians wouldn't award him a "slap on the wrist" type of punishment, but years behind bars. Aiding the other side in a conflict where the US is involved by sabotaging services bought by the US government would be an act of treason. Oops. https://edition.cnn.com/2022/10/13/politics/elon-musk-spacex-starlink-ukraine/index.html Because US is a free country, and a man can use his own money on his own. After also. https://www.vice.com/en/article/g5v837/ukrainian-city-removes-elon-musks-face-from-celebratory-billboard P.S. It's an offtopic here, but just to close this offtopic topic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codraroll Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 On 10/12/2022 at 5:06 PM, tater said: I was just made aware, through Ars Technica's weekly rocket report, that this might actually have been the last-ever commercial Proton launch. With Angara slated to take over, there remain only a few Protons to "use up", and with the commercial launch market having dried up, they are likely to be used by the military and not commercial customers. It has had a long service life as a "workhorse" for Roscosmos, now it's time to see if Angara will have the same success. 7 hours ago, kerbiloid said: Oops. https://edition.cnn.com/2022/10/13/politics/elon-musk-spacex-starlink-ukraine/index.html Because US is a free country, and a man can use his own money on his own. It's a dispute over payment, he's not likely to withdraw the service. The price he asks is chump change for the Pentagon: the war in Iraq cost a billion dollars per day. It's not an unreasonable demand either. The factories that make the gear donated to Ukraine aren't working for free after all, so one shouldn't expect Starlink service to be free either. But I guess this discussion is more relevant to the Starlink thread. None of this takes place in Russia, after all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh1pman Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 On 10/13/2022 at 2:15 PM, DDE said: Panorama Earlier they wrote that Baikonur will be renamed to Rogozinsk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 Angara, Kosmos-2560, Plesetsk https://ria.ru/20221015/angara-1824348081.html Chatter says it's another EMKA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insert_name Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 Is this the first time an Angara has deployed a functioning payload, I'm surprised there wasn't more commotion about this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 The fifth one. Including two flights when the payload was lost on the payload or upper stage malfunction, after the Angara part of flight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 9 hours ago, insert_name said: I'm surprised there wasn't more commotion about this Zak has paywalled all of his reporting on it, there isn't a political angle for a catchy headline (barring fearmongering about an Elon M.), not much info at all, I suspect... why would it make the news at all? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beccab Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 1 hour ago, DDE said: not much info at all, I suspect... As NSF put it: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 Soyuz-2.1v, Kosmos-2561 and 2562, Plesetsk. Everyone is drawing a blank on satellite types. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, DDE said: Soyuz-2.1v, Kosmos-2561 and 2562, Plesetsk. Everyone is drawing a blank on satellite types. https://www.interfax.ru/russia/869021 They say, it's Sphere and Gonets's. Edited October 22, 2022 by kerbiloid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 1 hour ago, kerbiloid said: https://www.interfax.ru/russia/869021 They say, it's Sphere and Gonets's. That's a quad launch out of Vostochnyi. Promised today. Jeez, that's a busy week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 13 minutes ago, DDE said: That's a quad launch out of Vostochnyi. Promised today. Jeez, that's a busy week. Well, in KSP we also don't wait for the next day to launch several times. Why should they?.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 "Live in 74 minutes" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 Interesting article suggesting that Skif is there simply to prevent the 2015 frequency band claim from expiring. https://vsatman888.livejournal.com/395470.html 17 hours ago, SunlitZelkova said: I thought “Grom-22” was already held in February. What is this? Grom-22-2? Or just simply reusing the name again? It was the Grom for 2021, IIRC. That, and the numbers are likely to be an apocrypha - publications from February 2022 avoid mentioning a number. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanamonde Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 Some comments removed. As always, please avoid the subject of politics. It just never ends well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superluminal Gremlin Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 8 minutes ago, Vanamonde said: It just never ends well. Never has never will Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted October 28, 2022 Author Share Posted October 28, 2022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunlitZelkova Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 820th Main Center for Missile Attack Warning just got the false contact of their lives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 2 hours ago, SunlitZelkova said: 820th Main Center for Missile Attack Warning just got the false contact of their lives. I think Soviet "plasma curtain" tests with train-based emitters have produced more impressive results - the same signature as an entire Chinese MRBM regiment launch. This one is a point signature. Also, you're assuming half the center wasn't busy watching it on YouTube. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codraroll Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 The first launch of the Orel manned spacecraft of the Russian Federation has been postponed from 2023 to a later date Quote Moscow. November 17th. INTERFAX.RU - The first launch of the promising manned spacecraft Orel will take place no earlier than 2025, said Sergei Krikalev, executive director of Roscosmos for manned programs. "The planned launch year was actually 2023, that is, the next one, but according to the current situation, there will probably not be a launch of the ship before 2025," Krikalev said Thursday at a meeting with students at the Voenmekh Baltic State Technical University. According to him, the transfer is connected "not so much with the ship, but with the creation of ground-based testing facilities." https://www-interfax-ru.translate.goog/russia/872946?_x_tr_sl=ru&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=no&_x_tr_pto=wapp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beccab Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Codraroll said: The first launch of the Orel manned spacecraft of the Russian Federation has been postponed from 2023 to a later date https://www-interfax-ru.translate.goog/russia/872946?_x_tr_sl=ru&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=no&_x_tr_pto=wapp Woah, that was so unexpected Edited November 21, 2022 by Beccab Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 Expected, like almost every Starship declaration. Happily, SLS, Orion, and CST-100 finally left the ground. (Lost two onboard sats to the moment, but who cares, they have moar.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codraroll Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 30 minutes ago, kerbiloid said: Expected, like almost every Starship declaration. Happily, SLS, Orion, and CST-100 finally left the ground. Orel predates all of these, however, and remains in an earlier stage of development. SLS began development in 2011, flew the other day. Orion was announced in 2011, also flew the other day. Starliner was unveiled in 2010, flew its first test flight in 2019, and again this year. Orel was made public in January 2009 and remains on the mock-up stage today with the first flight years away. Orion as first conceived (the Crew Exploration Vehicle) dates back to 2006, but this predecessor also went through a flight test in 2014. By 2025, Orel will be older than the CEV is today. Setbacks and delays are common, but not to this degree. The craft you mentioned are infamous for their multiple delays, but at last had their pre-development concluded with test hardware in flight. That milestone is still years away for Orel, and the odds of further delays are quite substantial, with the way things are going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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