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| 666.1 | AW related photos | CSS::BIRO | | Wed Oct 31 1990 17:14 | 3 |
| for more info see Aviation Week Oct 15 1990 page 26
jb
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| 666.2 | for sale??? | 60608::MANSFIELD | | Sat Nov 03 1990 04:05 | 20 |
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The breadth of knowledge the soviets have acculamated must represent a
signifcant asset.
The move to a free market economy will expose organisations to the
harshest of conditons. I suggest that of all the areas of the soviet
economy the space industry will be one of the first to be exposed to
the 'profit or close' attitude.
So who will invest or 'buy' the information, technology and
infrastructure of the soviet space indudstry/complex ??
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| 666.3 | ALMAZ launched | 3149::BIRO | | Mon Apr 01 1991 13:46 | 6 |
| ALMAZ was luanch on Sunday the 31st of March, however
no offical newswires yet. As soon as I get a NASA
elset on it I will post.
cheers john
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| 666.4 | NEWS RELEASE | 3149::BIRO | | Tue Apr 02 1991 08:55 | 26 |
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.UNMANNED SPACE STATION LAUNCHED.
1/4 TASS 56
MOSCOW APRIL 1 TASS - A SOVIET PROTON CARRIER ROCKET LAUNCHED
AN AUTOMATIC SPACE STATION, +ALMAZ-1+, FROM THE BAYKONUR
COSMODROME ON SUNDAY.
THE AIM OF THE LAUNCH IS TO CONTINUE THE INVESTIGATION OF THE
SURFACE OF LAND, AS WELL AS OF SEAS AND OCEANS, THAT WAS STARTED
IN 1987 BY THE +KOSMOS+ 1870 SATELLITE USING THE RADIO-LOCATING
METHOD OF REMOTE SENSING.THE PROGRAMME OF THE STATION +ALMAZ-1+
INCLUDES SURVEYS OF THE TERRITORY OF THE SOVIET UNION AND OF
OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE INTERESTS OF GEOLOGY, CARTOGRAPHY,
OCEANOLOGY, ECOLOGY, AGRICULTUGE, (garbled) OF THE ICE
SITUATION IN HIGH LATITUDES.
THE STATION WAS PUT INTO ORBIT WITH THE PARAMETERS:
- MAXIMUM DISTANCE FROM EARTH / APOGEE/ - 280 KILOMETERS:
- MINIMUM DISTANCE FROM EARTH / PERIGEE/ - 170 KILOMETRES:
- INITIAL ROTATION PERIOD - 88,7 MINUTES:
- ORBIT INCLINATION - 72,7 DEGREES.
THE STATION'S EQUIPMENT FUNCTIONS NORMALLY
ITEM ENDS +++ +
MSK 23.28 01-04-1991
(filed at 1528 est)
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| 666.5 | ELEMENT SET FOR ALMAZ | 3149::BIRO | | Tue Apr 02 1991 08:57 | 20 |
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ALMAZ (Launch 91-24- A) Set: 4, Obj: 21213
Epoch Year: 1991 Day: 91.490722450 Orbit # 14
Inclination = 72.70450000 R.A.A.N = 99.82020000
Eccentricity = 0.00666560 Arg of Per = 63.73340000
Mean Anomaly = 297.18350000 Mean Motion = 16.25729662
Drag = 0.86308E-02 Frequency = 0.000
S.M.A. = 6582.1365 Anom Period = 88.5756
Apogee Ht = 247.8504 Perigee Ht = 160.1026
ALMAZ/R PRONTON (Launch 91-24- B) Set: 5, Obj: 21214
Epoch Year: 1991 Day: 91.429180690 Orbit # 13
Inclination = 72.71200000 R.A.A.N = 99.96190000
Eccentricity = 0.00449750 Arg of Per = 63.27620000
Mean Anomaly = 313.19600000 Mean Motion = 16.33301985
Drag = 0.37089E-01 Frequency = 0.000
S.M.A. = 6561.7766 Anom Period = 88.1650
Apogee Ht = 213.1282 Perigee Ht = 154.1051
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| 666.6 | More on ALMAZ 1 | ADVAX::KLAES | All the Universe, or nothing! | Tue Apr 02 1991 11:05 | 51 |
| From: [email protected]
Newsgroups: clari.tw.space,clari.news.hot.east_europe,clari.news.hot.ussr
Subject: New Almaz satellite launched by giant Proton booster
Date: 1 Apr 91 23:30:58 GMT
MOSCOW (UPI) -- The Soviet Union launched a new large space
satellite, Almaz-1, on Sunday, hoisting it aloft atop a giant Proton
booster rocket, the Tass agency said Monday.
Tass did not give the weight of the Almaz-1 satellite, but the
Proton which took it aloft is the second heaviest booster in the
Soviet rocket fleet exceeded only by the Energia which propelled the
Buran shuttle into orbit on its maiden flight Nov. 15, 1988.
Almaz-1 will ``continue the investigation of the land's
surface as well as the sea and oceans that was started in 1987 by the
Kosmos-1870 satellite,'' Tass said.
``The program of the Almaz-1 station includes surveys of the
territory of the Soviet Union and other countries in the interest of
geology, cartography, ecology and agriculture,''it said.
Tass said the station was functioning normally.
It said Almaz 1 was launched on Sunday from the Baikonur
cosmodrome in Central Asia.
It said Almaz-1 was orbiting with a maximum distance from
Earth, or apogee, of 280 kilometers, and a minimum distance, or
perigee, of 170 kilometers.
The initial rotation period was 88.7 minute and its orbit
inclination was 72.7 degrees, Tass said.
Launching of the Almaz-1 has been long expected, but
legislative criticism of the space program and a funding cutback has
made space officials proceed gingerly with new projects.
One major victim of the scarcity of money has been the Buran
shuttle, which flew on its only mission more than two years ago. The
mission was unmanned and Buran landed automatically.
But the Soviets have assiduously maintained their other
high-profile success, the manned Mir space station, which has now been
in orbit for five years since its Feb. 20, 1986 launch with crews
being changed regularly, most recently at six-month intervals.
``Almaz'' means diamond, possibly indicating the high hopes
the space planners, now trying to make their programs pay for
themselves, have for the new satellite.
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| 666.7 | ALMAZ and other Soviet sats go commercial | 25626::KLAES | All the Universe, or nothing! | Thu May 23 1991 11:31 | 42 |
| Article 31159
From: greer%utdssa.dnet%[email protected]
Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: Glavkosmos Joint Ventures
Date: 22 May 91 15:09:24 GMT
Sender: [email protected]
Organization: The Internet
I found an interesting tidbit in _Soviet Business & Trade_, Vol.XIX,
Iss.6, April 17, 1991. News of this may have appeared on the net
before, but if it did I missed it.
The Soviet commercial space agency Glavkosmos is codeveloping
four 18 ton satellites which are ultimately intended to provide
direct-broadcast television to homes throughout the USSR.
Unnamed German coporations are participating in the design,
development, and financing of the satellites, which will be five
times heavier than any other satellite launched into a
geosynchronous orbit.
The project was revealed by Mr. Alexander Dunaev, chairman of
Glavkosmos, before an audience of US aerospace executives. He
said Glavkosmos is willing to consider additional foreign
participation in the project, including American coporate
participation. The preliminary timetable calls for launching the
first of the satellites in 1994.
Three satellites will suffice for broadcasting television
throughout the USSR, and the fourth would provide global
coverage. Their signals are intended to be received by satellite
dishes 1.5 feet (0.5 meter?) in diameter located on rooftops of
houses and apartment buildings.
Mr. Dunaev also said the Almaz radar mapping system would go
commercial. Almaz images will have a resolution of 20 meters and
will be marketed in the US by the Texas based Space Commerce
Corporation.
_____________
Dale M. Greer, whose opinions are not to be confused with those of the
Center for Space Sciences, U.T. at Dallas, UTSPAN::UTADNX::UTDSSA::GREER
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| 666.8 | | STAR::HUGHES | You knew the job was dangerous when you took it Fred. | Thu May 23 1991 12:10 | 4 |
| Those are the Gals/Gelikon satellites for DBS. There a note about them
somewhere.
gary
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| 666.9 | ? Almaz Tumbling ? | PORTIA::BIRO | | Wed Sep 09 1992 09:00 | 32 |
| Subj: Almaz tumbling?
A friend telles me that observations have been posted on Compuserve's
satellite forum forum, saying that Almaz is tumbling, with a flash
period of 30-35 seconds. The most recent most recent observation report
I have on hand is from Russell Eberst, who saw no flashing on 2 consecutive
passes on Sep 1. Has anyone seen it since, or heard anything anything reliable
about the Compuserve observations?
I don't want to make too much of this report because I have heard tumbling
reports reports on quite a few sats over the years that could not be
confirmed. Time will tell.
BFN
Almaz 1
1 21213U 91024 A 92247.54649665 .00065049 00000-0 31907-3 0 1487
2 21213 72.6474 229.1306 0006349 329.3916 30.7995 15.82006410 82863
or
Almaz 1 (Launch 91-24- A) Set: 148, Obj: 21213
Epoch Year: 1992 Day: 247.546496650 Orbit # 8286
Inclination = 72.64740000 R.A.A.N = 229.13060000
Eccentricity = 0.00063490 Arg of Per = 329.39160000
Mean Anomaly = 30.79950000 Mean Motion = 15.82006410
Drag = 0.65049E-03 Frequency = 0.000
S.M.A. = 6702.8620 Anom Period = 91.0237
Apogee Ht = 328.9576 Perigee Ht = 320.4463
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