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Forum:Soviet - Russian Space
Topic:Vostochny Cosmodrome to replace Baikonur
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Robert PearlmanPer Anatoly Zak of RussianSpaceWeb.com:
Roskosmos did not televise the launch, but sources at the site told RussianSpaceWeb.com, that the launch countdown was automatically aborted after the "Klyuch na Start" (key to launch) command and during the pressurization of the vehicle's tanks, just minutes before a scheduled liftoff. The umbilical cable mast reportedly remained connected to the rocket.

The problem required to postpone the launch for at least 24 hours and, according to Kremlin's press officials, President Putin would remain at the launch site for another day, hinting a likely launch attempt on April 28.

Robert PearlmanThe first launch from the Vostochny Cosmodrome was a success, reports TASS.
A cluster of three space satellites — Lomonosov, Aist-2D, and SamSat-218 — in combination with the upper stage booster Volga has successfully separated from the third stage of the Soyuz-2.1a rocket, launched from the spaceport, the Russian space agency Roscosmos said on Thursday.

"The satellites are now in the interim orbit," a Roscosmos spokesman at the spaceport said.

The carrier rocket was launched from Russia's new Far Eastern spaceport Vostochny at 05:01 a.m. Moscow time. The satellites and the upper stage separated from the third stage approximately nine minutes after the blastoff.

jasonelamI noticed during the launch the rocket executed a roll program right after liftoff. I hadn't seen this on previous launches. Does this suggest that the launch platform does not move the rocket to the proper azimuth before launch, like it does at Baikonur?
domA little underwhelming...

Launching 60 year-old rockets just isn't impressive anymore and it'll be years before the Angara is flown from there because of Russia's present economic situation. It's going to be a long time before this new site gets used to its full potential - ironically, this will be in the post-Putin era. Watching Putin's unimpressed face makes me think he realises this too!

Robert PearlmanFrom Anatoly Zak on Twitter:
Very rare shot: A fallen Stage I booster from Soyuz rocket just spotted downrange from Vostochny.
jasonelam
quote:
Originally posted by jasonelam:
Does this suggest that the launch platform does not move the rocket to the proper azimuth before launch, like it does at Baikonur?
Found the answer to my question via RussianSpaceWeb.com:
In the original Service Cabin, all access bridges formed a circular turntable, which could rotate along with other service systems to orient the rocket for a correct ascent azimuth depending on the orbital inclination of the upcoming mission. This feature became unnecessary with the introduction of the Soyuz-2 variant, whose flight control system could perform the necessary roll maneuver in flight to attain the correct azimuth.
Robert PearlmanRocketcam footage of the first Vostochny launch:

Robert PearlmanRussia’s new Vostochny Space Center's astronaut training complex will be completed by 2022, the head of the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center said.
"According to the confirmed schedule, the construction of the preflight astronaut training center at the Vostochny Cosmodrom will be completed in 2022... This will be the most modern preflight training complex," Yuri Lonchakov told journalists.
SpaceAholicRumors are circulating that Russia is going to leave the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
Kazakhstan said Thursday (May 15) there were no talks on Russia giving up its lease on the Baikonur spaceport before it runs out in 2050, amid reports Moscow is looking to ditch the ageing cosmodrome.

The spaceport is used by Russia to send astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS). But Moscow has signaled it aims to pull out of the ISS — one of the rare projects where Russian cooperation continues with Western countries — as early as 2028.

That has put the status of Baikonur at risk, with Kazakh media reporting that Russia could give up renting the facility sometime between 2026 and 2028.

"The question of early termination of the lease, or transfer of the city of Baikonur to the full control of the Kazakh side, is not being considered at this time," the Kazakh aerospace industry ministry told AFP.

Russia is looking to accelerate the development of other spaceports located on its own territory, including the more modern Vostochny Cosmodrome in its Far East. Moscow has not commented on any possible withdrawal.

cosmos-walterI am pretty sure that the cooperation between Russia and the Western countries on board the ISS will continue till there has been a rotation on the yet to build new Russian polar space station.

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