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
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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 30 2009, 02:25 PM
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http://www.tesis.lebedev.ru/project_diary.html
They confirm that the first and the second stages of the rocket have worked. We don't have confirmation that the third stage has worked. The first radiosignal of the spacecraft should be received at 18:02 Moscow time. This means yet another 40 minutes of tense waiting. |
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