Feb. 11 Proton - Intelsat 16

[Zipi]

Launch time: 00:39 GMT on 12th (7:39 p.m. EST on 11th)
Launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

An International Launch Services Proton rocket with a Breeze M upper stage will deploy the Intelsat 16 telecommunications spacecraft. The satellite will provide direct-to-home services to Latin America.

Images & short article about Proton rollout: http://www.roscosmos.ru/main.php?id=2&nid=8754&lang=en

Rollout Video:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEdCTsPYUzA[/youtube]

ILS Launch Mission Control: http://www.ilslaunch.com/Intelsat-16-mission-control/
Mission overview: http://www.ilslaunch.com/assets/pdf/I-16-MO-fINAL.pdf
Blog: http://www.ilslaunch.com/Intelsat-16-blog
Photo Gallery: http://www.ilslaunch.com/intelsat-16-gallery

ILS Live Stream: http://www.ccistream.com/ils021110/
starts Feb 12th 00:15 GMT (Feb 11th 7:15 p.m. EST

TV Tsenki has probably its own live broadcast as well:
http://www.tv-tsenki.com/livechoose.php

 

[Zipi]

More info about the launch & satellite:

http://coopi.khrunichev.ru/main.php?id=467&lang=en

And few pictures from above page:









Seems that SiberinTiger's infos will appear to this page:

http://www.orbiter-forum.com/showthread.php?t=14354

 

[EarthlingX]

Nice job Zipi, thank you

 

[Zipi]

Official Roscosmos Youtube video:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0SKL4VJBMQ[/youtube]

 

[EarthlingX]

Nice launch, nice sound, beautiful

It' just that none of the live windows media links worked here, and i couldn't get tsenki to play full-screen ... :|

I still have some things to check, but if anyone has a hint .. ?

btw.
Krunichev doesn't like me, i got no password after successful registration .. ?
They have a very neat launch monitoring interface, by some Sweeden company, i think, yummy, would like to see that

 

[Zipi]

Nice launch, nice sound, beautiful

It' just that none of the live windows media links worked here, and i couldn't get tsenki to play full-screen ... :|

I still have some things to check, but if anyone has a hint .. ?

btw.
Krunichev doesn't like me, i got no password after successful registration .. ?
They have a very neat launch monitoring interface, by some Sweeden company, i think, yummy, would like to see that

These Russian launches are always more or less troublesome what comes to streaming video... Sometimes it works really well (at least here in finland), but sometimes is has so much of latency and compression errors that it is not worth of watching. Their official launch videos make justice to how beutiful machines these are... In most cases the unofficial Youtube videos recorded from the stream are pretty crappy.

If the shuttle launches are not counted I think the Proton launches could me the most beautifil ones I know. But of course every rockect launch are intresting enough for me to watch.

 

[EarthlingX]

This one was nice I would make some shots but was a bit carried away with STS-130 .. :roll:

Will adapt

 

[Zipi]

Khrunichev's article about successful launch: http://www.khrunichev.ru/main.php?id=1&nid=504&lang=en
(includes some photos as well)

Russians are not relying just luck when it comes to rocket launches: :mrgreen: (blessing of Proton rocket)

(This is a tradition they have and as far as I know they do these things to all their rockets)
http://www.ilslaunch.com/intelsat-16-gallery

 

[EarthlingX]

Some 'highlights' :

 

[nimbus]

Nice bangin ignition..

 

[EarthlingX]

..whooO-BAMB-RHOAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRrrrrrrrr......

 

[Zipi]

IntelSat's press release about the launch:

http://www.intelsat.com/press/news-rele ... 0212-1.asp