DDE Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 https://t.me/roscosmos_press/1692 TEM Zeus Total mass dry / fueled 20.6 t / 22 t Structural gurder mass 10.6 t Power unit mass 7 t Propulsion system, dry mass 1.4 t Support systems dry mass 3 t UDMH+NTO 0.44 t Xenon 1 t Dimensions, stowed 24.9x5 m Dimensions, deployed 56.7 m x 10.6 m (radiators) / 20.9 m (solar panels) Inertia moment 72 (X), 7400 (Y), 8400 (Z) t*m2 Launcher Angara-A5 Tug Fregat Area of (high-temperature?) radiator 696 m2 Reactor output 1900 kWt (thermal), 470 kWt (electrical) The slide appears to feature both an ion and a rotary MPD variant. I suspect the datasheet is mainly for ion because the rotary MPD has an extra structure atop the reactor in order to connect MPD's rotors directly to the turbine shaft(s). Yes, this means the two variants have opposite thrust vectors. @nyrath Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 Senator thinks bill that provisions of the new Earth remote sensing bill that effectively ban government entities from purchasing non-Roscosmos ERS data may not be such a brilliant idea, proposes removal of clause https://t.me/roscosmos_press/1714 https://tass.ru/ekonomika/19491025 Because creating a monopoly is an interesting way to "build an ERS data market" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted December 16, 2023 Share Posted December 16, 2023 Arctica-M №2, launch successful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted December 16, 2023 Share Posted December 16, 2023 1 hour ago, DDE said: Arctica-M №2, launch successful. Got visual https://t.me/fotozak/5815 and Fregat sep https://t.me/space78125/2237 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 Today's subject of giggling throughout the RuNet: photographs of MAMI's electric car testbed "Memorable design: ✓" "Guys, where am I? Guys... is it still the 31st? Guys, why is my head spinning?" "Optimus, are you sure we're on the right planet?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthgently Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 6 minutes ago, DDE said: Today's subject of giggling throughout the RuNet: photographs of MAMI's electric car testbed "Memorable design: ✓" "Guys, where am I? Guys... is it still the 31st? Guys, why is my head spinning?" "Optimus, are you sure we're on the right planet?" They frakked up the number one rule of passenger vehicle design: Every road vehicle has a "face" with an "expression". Don't frakk it up. Seriously, if a meth-head were a car... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 1 hour ago, darthgently said: They frakked up the number one rule of passenger vehicle design: Every road vehicle has a "face" with an "expression". Don't frakk it up. Why, it's so bad it's hilarious! To be fair, it's not a production design. The doors from a Lada kinda give it away. To me, the proportions are suspiciously like an electric locomotive. Another joker's already christened it Lada Hippo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthgently Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 47 minutes ago, DDE said: To me, the proportions are suspiciously like an electric locomotive. If it has a larger single centered headlight the resemblance would be spot on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 2 hours ago, darthgently said: If it has a larger single centered headlight the resemblance would be spot on It would be too far up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted December 19, 2023 Author Share Posted December 19, 2023 5 hours ago, darthgently said: Every road vehicle has a "face" with an "expression". Don't frakk it up. That car has seen some **** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AckSed Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 8 hours ago, DDE said: Today's subject of giggling throughout the RuNet: photographs of MAMI's electric car testbed "Memorable design: ✓" When you try to do a 'skateboard' chassis with lead-acid batteries and fibreglass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthgently Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 1 hour ago, AckSed said: When you try to do a 'skateboard' chassis with lead-acid batteries and fibreglass. It's like Peter Dinklage standing on a milk crate playing the part of a sociopath very convincingly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 It's a temporary design, to prevent its stealing by the foreign competitors. Last time the designer had made a wireframe model, Tesla immediately released a wireframe-looking car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted December 21, 2023 Author Share Posted December 21, 2023 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted December 22, 2023 Share Posted December 22, 2023 Alexey Leonov and David Scott's book finally gets released in Russian. https://t.me/bigboss_books/1222 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted December 22, 2023 Share Posted December 22, 2023 Yesterday's launch from Plesetsk. Absolutely no info on actual Kosmos number or payload Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted December 24, 2023 Share Posted December 24, 2023 On 12/16/2023 at 8:54 PM, DDE said: Got visual https://t.me/fotozak/5815 and Fregat sep https://t.me/space78125/2237 Stitched together. https://t.me/fotozak/5863 Fregat-Orion! /s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 And right yesterday they have reported about another Angara A5 shipping. Now it's clear what for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted December 27, 2023 Share Posted December 27, 2023 (edited) Plesetsk, 10:30 MSK, Soyuz-2.1v, military payload https://t.me/roscosmos_gk/11934 Kosmos 2574, but NSF are pretty clueless as to what it is - they keep repeating the old inside scoop about a cartographer Edited December 27, 2023 by DDE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted December 27, 2023 Share Posted December 27, 2023 6 hours ago, DDE said: military payload cartographer One man's cartographer Spoiler is another's Spoiler Joxer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted December 28, 2023 Share Posted December 28, 2023 Belarus's national Earth remote sensing program is canned to redirect funds for a potato storehouse at the Tolochino cannery https://pravo.by/document/?guid=12551&p0=C22300935 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted December 28, 2023 Share Posted December 28, 2023 4 hours ago, DDE said: Belarus's national Earth remote sensing program is canned to redirect funds for a potato storehouse at the Tolochino cannery Now it's the national Mars colonization program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codraroll Posted December 28, 2023 Share Posted December 28, 2023 9 hours ago, DDE said: Belarus's national Earth remote sensing program is canned to redirect funds for a potato storehouse at the Tolochino cannery https://pravo.by/document/?guid=12551&p0=C22300935 I see what you did there ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 So many questions... Is that a Earth orbital rendezvous lunar flyby ship from L-1, and a very scaled-up Sputnik 3? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeSchmuckatelli Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 9 minutes ago, DDE said: So many questions... Is that a Earth orbital rendezvous lunar flyby ship from L-1, and a very scaled-up Sputnik 3? Shouldn't one have a Red Nose? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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