Koronas-Foton - a new Russian spacecraft to explore the Sun!

Koronas-Foton - a new Russian spacecraft to explore the Sun!

Guest_Zvezdichko_*	Jan 3 2009, 12:23 PM Post #1
Guests	http://www.newsinfo.ru/news/2008-12-15/sputnik/174938 Russia will launch a new spacecraft to study the Sun - Koronas-Foton (or Coronas-Photon). Launch is scheduled to occur on 29th of jan 2009. This is supposed to be the last launch of a Tsyklon rocket. Once launched Koronas-Photon will be placed into a cirtular orbit 500kms above the Earth. Orbital inclination - 82.5 deg.

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Guest_Zvezdichko_*	Jan 22 2009, 11:13 PM Post #2
Guests	http://www.roscosmos.ru/NewsDoSele.asp?NEWSID=5225 http://www.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/content/z22.01.09.shtml Tests have nown been completed successfully. Launch is scheduled to occur on time. Image of the satellite : http://www.roscosmos.ru/PictFiles/8/2009_01_20_1.JPG It's a beautiful bird

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Zvezdichko Koronas-Foton - a new Russian spacecraft to explore the Sun! Jan 3 2009, 12:23 PM

Hungry4info Well that was rather sudden... Jan 4 2009, 04:42 AM

mchan QUOTE (Zvezdichko @ Jan 3 2009, 04:23 AM)... Jan 4 2009, 06:59 AM

Zvezdichko Yes, it was - there was a Roscosmos link, but the ... Jan 4 2009, 09:01 AM

Zvezdichko http://www.roscosmos.ru/NewsDoSele.asp?NEWSID=5225... Jan 22 2009, 11:13 PM

Zvezdichko http://www.roscosmos.ru/NewsDoSele.asp?NEWSID=5277... Jan 27 2009, 10:22 AM

Zvezdichko http://www.vesti.ru/doc.html?id=247070&cid=10 ... Jan 29 2009, 08:54 AM

Zvezdichko http://www.roscosmos.ru/NewsDoSele.asp?NEWSID=5303... Jan 30 2009, 01:40 PM

Zvezdichko http://www.tesis.lebedev.ru/project_diary.html Th... Jan 30 2009, 02:25 PM

Zvezdichko LAUNCH SUCCESS: http://www.roscosmos.ru/NewsDoSel... Jan 30 2009, 03:23 PM

ngunn Great! Thanks for keeping us updated with even... Jan 30 2009, 04:10 PM

Zvezdichko What surprised me most is that the Russian space p... Jan 30 2009, 05:34 PM

Zvezdichko http://iaf.mephi.ru/ We have information that the... Jan 30 2009, 05:46 PM

maschnitz For us non-Russian-speakers out there: you can fol... Jan 30 2009, 09:00 PM

Sunspot Spaceflight Now article on the launch http://www.s... Jan 31 2009, 01:32 PM

Zvezdichko http://zvezdanews.ru/video/day_events/0026033/ - L... Jan 31 2009, 02:33 PM

lyford Thanks for this - very cool. As someone raised on... Jan 31 2009, 04:31 PM

Zvezdichko I also wonder how they are able to launch in such ... Jan 31 2009, 04:47 PM

ugordan QUOTE (Zvezdichko @ Jan 31 2009, 05:47 PM... Jan 31 2009, 04:57 PM

Zvezdichko Roscosmos announces that the team has started swit... Feb 20 2009, 10:28 AM

Sunspot Are we likely to see any data/images from this mis... Feb 20 2009, 10:44 AM

tedstryk QUOTE (Sunspot @ Feb 20 2009, 10:44 AM) A... Feb 21 2009, 03:37 AM

Zvezdichko I think it's very, very likely - especially fr... Feb 20 2009, 10:49 AM

Zvezdichko FIRST IMAGES!!!! http://www.rosco... Feb 27 2009, 10:10 AM

Sunspot WOW... that was quick Feb 27 2009, 12:10 PM

Dominik Awesome images! I always love to view the newe... Feb 27 2009, 12:32 PM

Zvezdichko http://tesis.lebedev.ru/project_diary.html A whol... Mar 3 2009, 11:49 AM

ustrax Look ma, no show off! Just love the russian so... Mar 4 2009, 07:48 PM

lyford QUOTE (ustrax @ Mar 4 2009, 11:48 AM) ...... Mar 5 2009, 02:33 AM

Zvezdichko Thanks, folks! More news coming: http://www.... Mar 5 2009, 10:34 AM

Juramike Wow. These are beautiful. Is this going to be th... Mar 5 2009, 01:10 PM

Zvezdichko I think so. Mar 5 2009, 01:12 PM

Zvezdichko http://tesis.lebedev.ru/gallery/image_of_day.php?i... Mar 14 2009, 10:13 PM

ugordan A star scanner image with Earth in the FOV? Mar 14 2009, 10:34 PM

Zvezdichko ugordan: Bingo! Mar 14 2009, 10:41 PM

ugordan I'm still having trouble figuring out the geom... Mar 14 2009, 10:45 PM

Hungry4info QUOTE (ugordan @ Mar 14 2009, 04:45 PM) I... Mar 15 2009, 01:49 AM

ynyralmaen The airglow layer? Mar 15 2009, 12:38 PM

Zvezdichko According to Roscosmos: http://www.roscosmos.ru/N... Apr 1 2009, 09:22 AM

Zvezdichko Koronas-Foton photographs solar flares: http://ww... May 23 2009, 12:52 PM

nprev Ooo...COOL shot, thanks for posting the link, Z... May 23 2009, 06:45 PM

Zvezdichko I believe these are flares. Btw there's a ver... May 23 2009, 09:16 PM

Zvezdichko An update: http://www.tesis.lebedev.ru/info/tesis... May 29 2009, 01:14 PM

Zvezdichko Yet another update (Is anybody interested in the m... Jun 8 2009, 05:32 PM

Sunspot QUOTE (Zvezdichko @ Jun 8 2009, 06:32 PM)... Jun 8 2009, 06:08 PM

lyford Keep the updates coming! I shared some of the... Jun 8 2009, 08:44 PM

imipak The Google translation app is getting pretty good ... Jun 9 2009, 07:33 AM

Zvezdichko A new update: http://www.tesis.lebedev.ru/info/ma... Jun 19 2009, 09:42 AM

Zvezdichko NEW IMAGE: http://www.roscosmos.ru/NewsDoSele.asp... Jul 6 2009, 12:03 PM

Zvezdichko http://www.tesis.lebedev.ru/info/tesis_20090722.ph... Jul 23 2009, 05:57 PM

ugordan I like how the targeting system tries to keep the ... Jul 23 2009, 06:30 PM

nprev Cool indeed! The slewing adds an odd sort of i... Jul 23 2009, 11:52 PM

Zvezdichko QUOTE (nprev @ Jul 23 2009, 11:52 PM) Coo... Jul 24 2009, 09:41 AM

nprev Thank you very much, Z! Looks like the Sun is... Jul 24 2009, 05:43 PM

tedstryk So great that they are releasing nice images and m... Jul 26 2009, 12:40 PM

Zvezdichko And there's more! Looks like we have a LIV... Aug 1 2009, 09:03 AM

Zvezdichko http://tesis.lebedev.ru/ I noticed that the main ... Aug 1 2009, 09:15 AM

Sunspot But aren't those SOHO images? Aug 1 2009, 10:15 AM

Zvezdichko Looks like the currently images are of SOHO. Not s... Aug 1 2009, 10:19 AM

Zvezdichko http://www.tesis.lebedev.ru/info/tesis_20090811.ph... Aug 17 2009, 07:05 PM

Zvezdichko http://www.izvestia.ru/science/article3132137/ VE... Aug 24 2009, 02:33 PM

imipak QUOTE recently, STEP began to observe streams of ... Aug 24 2009, 08:31 PM

Zvezdichko This is what I'm going to ask - is this seriou... Aug 25 2009, 06:21 AM

Hungry4info Well, if it isn't repeatable, it isn't sci... Aug 25 2009, 09:27 AM

Zvezdichko http://www.tesis.lebedev.ru/info/tesis_20090927.ph... Sep 30 2009, 07:01 PM

Stu Wow, that's some image, great catch! Sep 30 2009, 07:12 PM

PDP8E That is a great image, and a little way into the s... Sep 30 2009, 08:07 PM

nprev Oh, wow...first Stu's great HiRISE colorizatio... Sep 30 2009, 11:49 PM

Zvezdichko http://www.tesis.lebedev.ru/info/tesis_20091104.ph... Nov 6 2009, 11:48 AM

Zvezdichko BAD NEWS - Koronas-Foton is in Safe mode due to a ... Dec 11 2009, 01:10 PM

Zvezdichko Yesterday I googled the Russian Google and came ac... Dec 13 2009, 10:07 AM

Sunspot This is disappointing . Dec 13 2009, 10:17 AM

Zvezdichko Yes, it is. It's not a typical safe mode, but ... Dec 13 2009, 11:16 AM

Zvezdichko Russia loses contact with Koronas-Foton http://t... Dec 18 2009, 12:32 PM

Hungry4info This is terrible to hear. Of curiosity, does Koron... Dec 18 2009, 04:56 PM

Zvezdichko I can't confirm that the chemical batteries ar... Dec 18 2009, 05:47 PM

nprev Terrible news. Dec 18 2009, 05:58 PM

Sunspot awwwww bad news We still have SDO launching in a ... Dec 18 2009, 06:26 PM

Zvezdichko SDO has a very friendly Facebook chatter and IIRC ... Dec 18 2009, 06:30 PM

mchan That is unfortunate. I am reminded of a similar m... Dec 19 2009, 01:50 AM

Big_Gazza I'm still having problems coming to terms with... Dec 19 2009, 08:52 AM

nprev To give the KF team their due: Project management/... Dec 19 2009, 09:20 AM

Zvezdichko I have my explaination why this happened, but I... Dec 19 2009, 09:43 AM

djellison You're not sure if you should mention politics... Dec 19 2009, 10:56 AM

Zvezdichko Koronas-Foton returns to life! http://www.izv... Dec 29 2009, 03:59 PM

Sunspot That's incredible news Dec 29 2009, 05:56 PM

Zvezdichko I'd like to advice you to wait for an official... Dec 29 2009, 05:58 PM

djellison QUOTE (Zvezdichko @ Dec 29 2009, 05:58 PM... Dec 29 2009, 06:14 PM

Zvezdichko Yes, you are right, I should check my sources when... Dec 29 2009, 06:42 PM

tedstryk Great news! Dec 31 2009, 04:50 PM

nprev Great news indeed! Will be interesting to s... Dec 31 2009, 07:28 PM

Zvezdichko Doh! Look what I found out here: http://www.t... Jan 2 2010, 10:18 AM

imipak How utterly bizarre. Does this mean Roscosmos shou... Jan 2 2010, 05:36 PM

Zvezdichko I really don't know how to comment this. My pe... Jan 3 2010, 05:07 PM

Zvezdichko http://tesis.lebedev.ru/info/tesis_20100118.php K... Jan 18 2010, 01:43 PM

mps I also don't have any good explanation. But th... Jan 18 2010, 05:15 PM

Zvezdichko QUOTE (mps @ Jan 18 2010, 06:15 PM) But t... Jan 18 2010, 06:23 PM

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