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Carrier rocket Dnepr with Thai satellite to be launched Wed
YASNY Launch Base (Orenburg Region), August 6 (Itar-Tass) - A Dnepr
(Dnieper) carrier rocket, converted for civilian use, is to be launched with a Thai satellite for the remote sensing of the Earth, the THEOS, on Wednesday from Russia's Strategic Missile Forces' (SMF) base in Orenburg region, a space rocket industry official has told Itar-Tass.
"The satellite, weighing 750 kg is to be put into a solar synchronous
orbit at an altitude of 820 km with an inclination of 99 degrees," the
official said.
According to open-access sources, the European company EADS Astrium
SAS has made THEOS satellite. The satellite's onboard equipment will make
it possible to get black-and-white pictures of terrestrial surface with a
resolution of two metres, and colour ones with a resolution of 15 metres.
The Dnepr rocket has been converted from the heavy-duty
intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) RS-20V Voyevoda (Satan,
according to Western classification). The Cosmotras Company, founded in
1997, handles the marketing of Dnepr rockets. The Company comprises the
enterprises of Russia and Ukraine that designed the RS-20 missile system.
The Dnepr rockets can be launched from the Baikonur launch center, which
affords three silo launchers. Yet another silo launcher has been built up
at the Yasny launch base for commercial launchings.
The first and second stages of combat rocket are used in the
three-stage rocket Dnepr with a liftoff weight of about 265 tonnes. A
third stage has been optimised to ensure its departure from orbit
following the separation of payload. The rocket lifts off from a silo
launcher in the so-called mortar launch -- by means of a powder pressure
accumulator it is fired to a height of up to 30 metres where the
third-stage sustainer is ignited.
Colonel Alexander Vovk, chief of the SMF information and public
relations service, has told Itar-Tass,"The rocket that is being prepared
for launch was operational for 25 years and was phased out of the SMF in
2005".
"After being stored in the arsenal, the rocket was delivered to the
Yasny launch base in 2007 and was found fit for uses as a carrier rocket
for the launching of spacecraft. Wednesday's launch is to be carried out
according to the plan for the SMF activities aimed at eliminating ICBM'
s by a method of firing and for the implementation of the Dnepr
programme," he specified.
In the estimate of the SMF official, "The implementation of the Dnepr
programme makes it possible to reduce Russia's State budget expenditure on
work to extend the service life of the missile systems armed with RS-20
ICBMs". "The Cosmotras Company fully pays to the Russian Defence Ministry
for services in the launch of RS-20 rockets with spacecraft," the SMF
official pointed out.
Under the Dnepr programme, ten successful launches have been carried
out by now, with over 30 spacecraft of Russia and other countries deployed
into orbits.
.RME motor convoy to bring relief to Trans-Dniester region.
MOSCOW, August 6 (Itar-Tass) - A motor convoy of the Russian Ministry
for Emergencies (RME) with humanitarian aid supplies leaves for the
Trans-Dniester Region hit by floods, an official in the RME information
department has told Itar-Tass.
The nine-truck convoy is to leave the town of Noginsk near Moscow,
where an RME rescue center is located, on Wednesday morning. It will bring
45 tonnes of food, as well as tents, folding-beds, blankets, power plants,
engine-driven pumps, and water filters. "The aggregate weight of
humanitarian supplies is 92 tonnes," the RME official said. The relief is
being provided on instructions from the Russian Head of Government, the
official pointed out.
According to preliminary data from the leadership of the
Trans-Dniester Region, as a result of the floods, about 800 houses have
been underflooded or submerged, and 1,174 people have been evacuated to
safety. First estimates indicate that the floods-inflicted damage amounts
to about $13.5 million. A state of emergency has been declared in the
Trans-Dniester Region in view of the floods. Emergency regulations will
remain in effect until August 9.
(Dnieper) carrier rocket, converted for civilian use, is to be launched with a Thai satellite for the remote sensing of the Earth, the THEOS, on Wednesday from Russia's Strategic Missile Forces' (SMF) base in Orenburg region, a space rocket industry official has told Itar-Tass.
"The satellite, weighing 750 kg is to be put into a solar synchronous
orbit at an altitude of 820 km with an inclination of 99 degrees," the
official said.
According to open-access sources, the European company EADS Astrium
SAS has made THEOS satellite. The satellite's onboard equipment will make
it possible to get black-and-white pictures of terrestrial surface with a
resolution of two metres, and colour ones with a resolution of 15 metres.
The Dnepr rocket has been converted from the heavy-duty
intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) RS-20V Voyevoda (Satan,
according to Western classification). The Cosmotras Company, founded in
1997, handles the marketing of Dnepr rockets. The Company comprises the
enterprises of Russia and Ukraine that designed the RS-20 missile system.
The Dnepr rockets can be launched from the Baikonur launch center, which
affords three silo launchers. Yet another silo launcher has been built up
at the Yasny launch base for commercial launchings.
The first and second stages of combat rocket are used in the
three-stage rocket Dnepr with a liftoff weight of about 265 tonnes. A
third stage has been optimised to ensure its departure from orbit
following the separation of payload. The rocket lifts off from a silo
launcher in the so-called mortar launch -- by means of a powder pressure
accumulator it is fired to a height of up to 30 metres where the
third-stage sustainer is ignited.
Colonel Alexander Vovk, chief of the SMF information and public
relations service, has told Itar-Tass,"The rocket that is being prepared
for launch was operational for 25 years and was phased out of the SMF in
2005".
"After being stored in the arsenal, the rocket was delivered to the
Yasny launch base in 2007 and was found fit for uses as a carrier rocket
for the launching of spacecraft. Wednesday's launch is to be carried out
according to the plan for the SMF activities aimed at eliminating ICBM'
s by a method of firing and for the implementation of the Dnepr
programme," he specified.
In the estimate of the SMF official, "The implementation of the Dnepr
programme makes it possible to reduce Russia's State budget expenditure on
work to extend the service life of the missile systems armed with RS-20
ICBMs". "The Cosmotras Company fully pays to the Russian Defence Ministry
for services in the launch of RS-20 rockets with spacecraft," the SMF
official pointed out.
Under the Dnepr programme, ten successful launches have been carried
out by now, with over 30 spacecraft of Russia and other countries deployed
into orbits.
.RME motor convoy to bring relief to Trans-Dniester region.
MOSCOW, August 6 (Itar-Tass) - A motor convoy of the Russian Ministry
for Emergencies (RME) with humanitarian aid supplies leaves for the
Trans-Dniester Region hit by floods, an official in the RME information
department has told Itar-Tass.
The nine-truck convoy is to leave the town of Noginsk near Moscow,
where an RME rescue center is located, on Wednesday morning. It will bring
45 tonnes of food, as well as tents, folding-beds, blankets, power plants,
engine-driven pumps, and water filters. "The aggregate weight of
humanitarian supplies is 92 tonnes," the RME official said. The relief is
being provided on instructions from the Russian Head of Government, the
official pointed out.
According to preliminary data from the leadership of the
Trans-Dniester Region, as a result of the floods, about 800 houses have
been underflooded or submerged, and 1,174 people have been evacuated to
safety. First estimates indicate that the floods-inflicted damage amounts
to about $13.5 million. A state of emergency has been declared in the
Trans-Dniester Region in view of the floods. Emergency regulations will
remain in effect until August 9.
