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"Морской старт" (Sea Launch) / Loral 2 (Galaxy 19).
КА Loral 2 (Galaxy 19)
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Построенный компанией Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), гибридный космический аппарат Loral 2 (Galaxy 19) серии 1300, весом 4692 кгс, на котором установлены 44 ретранслятора работающие в диапазоне 62 дискретных частот, обеспечивая частотный диапазон в общей сложности 1944 МГц. Зоны охвата обеспечиваются зафиксированными антеннами С-диапазона и Кu - диапазона, в дополнение к управляемой антенне Кu-диапазона, для обеспечения услуг связи в Северной Америке, Центральной Америке и на Карибских островах. Промышленный лидер в части мощности, производительности и надежности, модель 1300 разработки SS/L является проверенной в космосе платформой, которая поддерживает широкий диапазон спутниковых услуг и является рекордсменкой по надежности работы. Для бесперебойного обеспечения электроэнергией разработаны высокоэффективные и легкие солнечные батареи. Точка стояния КА Loral 2 (Galaxy 19) 97 градусов западной долготы, он заменит аппарат Galaxy-25.
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Space Systems/Loral delivers the Galaxy 19 satellite to Sea Launch Home Port. It travels from the manufacturing facility in Palo Alto, California, in a specially designed container on a flat-bed truck. Michael Polak, customer support logistics specialist, directs the driver to the Payload Processing Facility. Here, the spacecraft is tested, fueled and encapsulated in a payload fairing, in preparation for mating with a Zenit-3SL rocket.
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Following testing, fueling and encapsulation of the Galaxy 19 satellite, the payload assembly unit is rolled out of the Payload Processing Facility onto a special transporter. An air-conditioning unit at the forward end keeps the spacecraft (inside the fairing) at its proper temperature and pressure. The transporter then rolls down the road, toward the Sea Launch Commander, where the unit is brought onto the stern ramp and into the rocket assembly area.
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The fully integrated Zenit-3SL launch
vehicle is transferred from the Sea Launch Commander,
where it was assembled, to the Odyssey Launch
Platform, where it is moved into an environmentally
protected hangar, atop the transporter-erecter.
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The Odyssey Launch Platform, with all systems and personnel on board and ready for launch, departs Sea Launch Home Port.
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With the Zenit-3SL rocket now fully integrated and positioned on the Odyssey Launch Platform, the final series of tests gets underway at the launch pad. First the rocket rolls out from the hangar on the transporter-erector, and begins the erecting process to a vertical position. |
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Mohinder Guru, Intelsat's Senior Manager, Space Systems Acquisition, takes a photo opportunity in the midst of operations. Mohinder, who has worked on several missions with Sea Launch, is preparing for his first mission with the team at sea. |
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The rocket is erected on the launch pad, at the stern of the Launch Platform. |
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With the rocket fully erect on the pad, our photographer captures the image from inside the hangar, looking out toward the stern.
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With the Zenit-3SL vehicle poised for launch on the Odyssey Launch Platform, our photographer takes a helo flight to capture these beautiful images.
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